Known as Apparat and now and again also as Moderat (in collaboration with Modeselektor), Sascha Ring has been putting smiles on the faces of party people for 10 years now. I got to know and appreciate him after a gig at the long since closed Cabaret Renz and began my mission to get my hands … Continued
Impressions of Electronic Beats Festival Cologne (May 19th, 2011)) Holy Ghost!, Planningtorock, Nouvelle Vague, Animal Collective, Modeselektor DJ Set.
Sascha Ring is hardly a novice on the music scene – music has been a constant presence in his life for the last fifteen years. Arriving at the dawn of the new millennium with his album Multifunktionsebene that was released on Shitkatapul – a stable he co-owns with T.Raumschmiere – Apparat’s ouvre subsequently appeared on … Continued
What a night! Electronic Beats returned to Cologne with this year’s Electronic Beats Festival, joined by live acts Holy Ghost!, Planningtorock, Nouvelle Vague and Animal Collective as well as our lovely djs Ada and Modeselektor. The EB staff would like to thank all the artists and of course you, the lovely people of Cologne. In … Continued
After 2010’s Ten Year Anniversary Festivals, the stakes were set pretty high for the first Electronic Beats Festival in 2011. But with an amazing selection of artists from a wide variety of musical backgrounds, a very curious and enthusiastic crowd and a sold-out E-Werk, the Electronic Beats Festival 2011 in Cologne was sure to be … Continued
Janine Rostron aka Planningtorock is about to transform. In anticipation for the release of her new album W, due this Friday via DFA, the experimental electro-chanteuse presents a new aesthetic that will culminate in her brand new live show. She will be on stage with her new program for the first time in Cologne for … Continued
It’s just a couple of days until Electronic Beats Festival 2011 in Cologne – and we would love to see as many of you at club E-Werk as possible. Celebrating with all of you and the EB team will be our live artists Animal Collective, Nouvelle Vague, Planningtorock, Holy Ghost! and our latest additions as … Continued
Mute Records, the label which just has become independent again via a new agreement between EMI and Daniel Miller, will release the new Apparat album this summer. Apparat is the Berlin-based electronic musician Sascha Ring who since 1999 has ran the record label Shitkatapult together with T.Raumschmiere. Aside from being a well respected DJ, he … Continued