DJ Kicks

Sascha Ring aka Apparat's work as a producer, artist, musician, live act and DJ has always been in a constant state of metamorphosis, while simultaneously always managing to stay true to its trademark musical sound. There is a unique spirit that lives within his projects and productions; or rather, they all have this special vision of music which becomes more distinctive with every release and spans his Multifunktionsebene and Walls albums on Shitkatapult, his Moderat album made together with the boys from Modeselektor on Bpitch Control, and his current DJ-KiCKS mix for !K7. Following on from Kode9 and his friend James Holden, Apparat is now offering all his fans a wonderful mix and insight into the tracks that have influenced and roused his passion for club productions over the years, as well as his current favorites in his box. The mix includes an exclusive track 'Sayulita,' which will also be released as a split single together with a new track from Telefon Tel Aviv. Josh Eustis from Telefon Tel Aviv was in fact closely involved with the completion of the final mix of Sascha's Walls album and also mixed the exclusive track together with him. Like with most things where Sascha Ring is concerned, that makes complete sense. Together with this mix, it also symbolizes a nice reference point in an important chapter in Apparat's own history - club music. This is a chapter that is by no means finished, for the more he succeeds in re-writing the narrow parameters of techno music, the more important it remains as the driving force in his life.