About Apparat (musician)
Sascha Ring (born 27 June 1978), better known by the stage name Apparat, is a German electronic musician. He was previously co-owner of Shitkatapult records. Starting out with dancefloor-oriented techno, he shifted focus towards ambient music, becoming "more interested in designing sounds than beats". He collaborates with Modeselektor under the name Moderat. == Career == Sascha Ring was born in Quedlinburg. He moved to Berlin in 1997 to "live a more regular life". Around 2000, he began to help run a record label Shitkatapult with its founder Marco Haas. A year later, he released his first debut full-length Multifunktionsebene alongside with limited EP Algorhythm. Ring collaborated with Ellen Allien in 2003 on the album Berlinette and again in 2006 on the album Orchestra of Bubbles. In 2004, he recorded a John Peel session.
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