(Mute)Berlin's Sascha Ring, aka Apparat, has lately been captivated by "the old-school 'songs' thing", though his interpretation is informed by the electro/shoegaze he worked in before. A Bang in the Void, with its looped drones and tinkles, is pure systems music, in fact. Yet most of The Devil's Walk works melody and quietly needy vocals on to Ring's spacious electronic canvas. His sidle toward the mainstream – most obvious on Song of Los, with its similarity to Ultravox's Vienna, and Ash/Bla...
Guardian Music — (Mute)Berlin's Sascha Ring, aka Apparat, has lately been captivated by "the old-school 'songs' thing", though his interpretation is informed by the electro/shoegaze he wo... more info