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ELLEN ALLIEN / APPARAT - ORCHESTRA OF BUBBLES
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Orchestra Of Bubbles
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2x12" LP - 10 Tracks from 2006 Tech, Minimal Techno & IDM Classic Repressed.
Collaboration between DJs Ellen Allien (of the BPitch Control label) and Apparat (Sascha Ring of the Shitkatapult imprint) is far from a natural match. Both are iconoclastic with different approaches to electronic music in general and dance music in particular, though it should be noted from the outset that Orchestra of Bubbles is not their first collaboration. They've worked on remix projects together, and done one another's remixes for a few years now. Allien has worked tirelessly to engage the club dancefloor with her albums and 12"s, whereas Ring has taken a more aesthetic and strategic approach. The end result is that the two don't square off so much as find a strange albeit delightful common ground between techno and IDM. Allien and Ring both share a sense of humor, though the latter's is a bit more wry, and both are applied here. To call this is a 50/50 split between the two would be unfair and inaccurate. Individual identities don't play that much a role, though Allien's trademark vocals and floor-central modality anchor the project clearly. Ring, as Apparat, adds dimensionality, off-kilter beats, and dynamic ambient spaces to offer the technocratic solidity some room to breathe and open out onto different vistas -- and his moodier M.O. is heard precisely in those moments where Allien's bassline is most pronounced. On tracks such as "Retina," Allien's post-1989 futurism melds almost seamlessly with the dreamy and spacious exotica of Ring and his staccato beats. Elsewhere, on "Floating Points," the noir-ish electronica of Ring is lent weight and height by Allien's trusty 808 Roland drum machine, TR-808 drum machine, SH-101 analog synth, and the ARP 2600, along with other vintage synths, which add pop and flow to the melancholy spectral warfare of Ring's skeletal, post-rave aesthetic. Things get downright Bladerunner-ish on "Under," where Allien's TR-808 drum machine and SH-101 analog synth, along with the Nord Modular synths, are folded into Ring's heady and downright spooky atmospherics. The track bleeds imperceptibly into the dramatic silence and tension of "Edison," a short flange-and-loop cut that embodies the very core of their duo's experimental sensibilities. Then there's the beautifully understated vocal appearance by Ring on "Leave Me Alone" that could be a single anywhere these days. In sum, those looking for another Thrills by Allien or the bleak post-techno clinicalism of Apparat's Duplex may find this a bit underwhelming. For anyone sincerely interested in the open territory of electronic music and its possible futures, this is not only a microscope to examine the new bacteria with, it's the pulsing life form beneath it.
Collaboration between DJs Ellen Allien (of the BPitch Control label) and Apparat (Sascha Ring of the Shitkatapult imprint) is far from a natural match. Both are iconoclastic with different approaches to electronic music in general and dance music in particular, though it should be noted from the outset that Orchestra of Bubbles is not their first collaboration. They've worked on remix projects together, and done one another's remixes for a few years now. Allien has worked tirelessly to engage the club dancefloor with her albums and 12"s, whereas Ring has taken a more aesthetic and strategic approach. The end result is that the two don't square off so much as find a strange albeit delightful common ground between techno and IDM. Allien and Ring both share a sense of humor, though the latter's is a bit more wry, and both are applied here. To call this is a 50/50 split between the two would be unfair and inaccurate. Individual identities don't play that much a role, though Allien's trademark vocals and floor-central modality anchor the project clearly. Ring, as Apparat, adds dimensionality, off-kilter beats, and dynamic ambient spaces to offer the technocratic solidity some room to breathe and open out onto different vistas -- and his moodier M.O. is heard precisely in those moments where Allien's bassline is most pronounced. On tracks such as "Retina," Allien's post-1989 futurism melds almost seamlessly with the dreamy and spacious exotica of Ring and his staccato beats. Elsewhere, on "Floating Points," the noir-ish electronica of Ring is lent weight and height by Allien's trusty 808 Roland drum machine, TR-808 drum machine, SH-101 analog synth, and the ARP 2600, along with other vintage synths, which add pop and flow to the melancholy spectral warfare of Ring's skeletal, post-rave aesthetic. Things get downright Bladerunner-ish on "Under," where Allien's TR-808 drum machine and SH-101 analog synth, along with the Nord Modular synths, are folded into Ring's heady and downright spooky atmospherics. The track bleeds imperceptibly into the dramatic silence and tension of "Edison," a short flange-and-loop cut that embodies the very core of their duo's experimental sensibilities. Then there's the beautifully understated vocal appearance by Ring on "Leave Me Alone" that could be a single anywhere these days. In sum, those looking for another Thrills by Allien or the bleak post-techno clinicalism of Apparat's Duplex may find this a bit underwhelming. For anyone sincerely interested in the open territory of electronic music and its possible futures, this is not only a microscope to examine the new bacteria with, it's the pulsing life form beneath it.
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Last FM Information on Ellen Allien
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Ellen Allien (born Ellen Fraatz) is a successful electronic musician, music producer and the owner of the music label Bpitch Control. She lives in Berlin, Germany, but travels extensively. She sings in both German and English. Allien has said that one of the main inspirations for her music is the culture of reunified Berlin; her album "Stadtkind" was dedicated to the city.
Biography:
1989 - Ellen Allien lived for one year in London where she first came into contact with electronic music. When she later returned to Berlin, electronic music had become increasingly popular in Germany.
1992 - She worked in the "Fischlabor" where she got interested in DJ-ing. She later became a resident DJ there and also laid down tracks in the 'Bunker', 'Tresor', and the 'E-Werk'. At around the same time, she started her own show on the Berlin radio station Kiss-FM and created her own record label, calling them both "Braincandy." Due to discrepancies with distributers, she gave Braincandy up again in 1997 and instead, organized parties under the name "B Pitch".
1999 - Allien created the label Bpitch Control. With publications of Sascha Funke and Tok Tok the label became very successful.
2001 - Allien released her first album, Stadtkind (City Child).
2003 - Ellen released her second studio album Berlinette, in collaboration with Apparat (aka Sascha Ring).
2005 - She issued her third studio album, Thrills.
2005 - Allien created a Bpitch sub-label for minimal tech and minimal house, called "Memo Musik"; first artists are Ben Block, and Zander VT.
2006 - Ellen Allien and Apparat released the album Orchestra of Bubbles.
2007 - Allien was the first female artist to mix for the Fabric series (Fabric 34: Ellen Allien).
2008 - She released mix album titled Boogybytes, vol. 04.
2008 - After the death of her grandmother, Allien released her studio album Sool.
2010 - Ellen issued the studio album Dust. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
Last FM Information on Apparat
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Apparat is a German electronic musician (Sascha Ring) living in Berlin, Germany who since 1999 has been running the Berlin based record label "Shitkatapult" together with T.Raumschmiere. Starting out with dance floor-oriented techno, he later started to create ambient music and recently became "more interested in designing sounds than beats". Recent music is closer to glitch, clicks and cuts or IDM, accompanied with classical string instruments and other sounds. He works with his own tool created in MAX/MSP framework. Effects are controlled by midicontroller.
"While sensitively orchestrating his chamber musical qualities on his records or in his studio, his live performances are known for kicking some ass!" From Shitkatapult website
He collaborated with Ellen Allien in 2003 on the album Berlinette, and again in 2006 on the album Orchestra of Bubbles.
Apparat's fourth album,The Devil’s Walk released on 27 September 2011 through Mute Artists, began during a lengthy trip Apparat took in 2010 to Mexico, where he worked in a makeshift studio in the town of Sayulita.
Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.