live performance 1 june 2005 @ sonotheque – chicago
apparat, aka sascha ring, is co-owner (with t.raumschmiere) of the shitkatapult label. since 1999, shitkatapult has chronicled the DIY-sound of berlin’s techno renegades and refugees. their self-described sound: “Every release is different. Digital high-speed attacks, groovy lownoise-loops, rocking shuffle-techno, funky micro-house tunes—Shitkatapult has everything your electronically polluted heart wants and, if we have our way, everything your electronically polluted heart needs.”
apparat’s partner, t.raumschmiere, has whipped up a stateside hipster frenzy thanks to a stage show packed with punk rock antics ala destroying keyboards and stripping down to his underwear while diving head-first into the stage monitors. apparat directs a similar intensity inward, chopping conventional techno, electro and experimental genres to bits and re-assembling them into a suprisingly warm and potent glitch-funk-headnod stew. with three LPs; multiple EPs, singles and remixes (on shitkatapult and ellen alien’s berlin-based bpitchcontrol); and a prestigious bbc peel session to his name, it’s no surprise that apparat has been selected as a featured artist for both this year’s detroit and mutek festivals.
apparat is well known for live shows, utilizing a custom software package (programmed by sascha himself) to rock the laptop with a maximum amount of sound and spontinaety. don’t miss this rare performance by one berlin’s most daring impresarios.