Apparat -- _Walls_

Why aren't we raving more about this? I'm just hearing it now for the first time and it reminds me of a lighter Jackson & His Computer Band.

yes yes, it's vry good.

Hey robotsinlove -- do you want to send this to me again? I missed it the first time.

it's like everything i loved about "orchestra of bubbles" except a lot more fun. the first track i heard was "hold on" and i was honestly sort of shocked by how almost pop it sounded. like he's been listening to hip hop, ya know? but still very detached and cool and melancholic. i've only had the chance to listen twice, but i'm really enjoying this a lot.

OK, that sounds awesome. Am downloading now.

DUDES THIS ALBUM IS BADASS

(WREK is 2+ months behind in putting albums into rotation & I am a new music director, so I am just now hearing this for the first time)

It's a great album. Never liked his "IDM" stuff at all.

still lite

yep. this is still totally amazing. goddamn, "not a number" is pretty.

Hey guys, this record is really, really good. I'm really stuck on "limelight" at the moment. And "Arcadia" just kills kills kills.

this record is aerogel

I need to give this another listen, I really do.

You know, this is a VERY good summer-into-fall album.

Is anyone else like me in that they always start this record at track five or six? There's half a great record here.

What's wrong with the first half? You don't like "Hailin' From the Edge"?

Having said that, I'm still not sure I like this better than Orchestra of Bubbles.

this is still great

and the first half is fine, in fact "limelight" is probably my favorite track

I just like the dreamy stuff better, I suppose. The first few pop tracks sound a little stale to mine ears.

totally different beast to Orchestra of Bubbles imo. There's no urgency or grit to this really... it's all a bit slushy really, even for soft, great sounding music.

I agree with the good-half-an-album comments though I'd probably choose half by 50% of randomly picked tracks form all over it.

Don't like any of the vocals much 'cept for on Arcadia (which is SO great) especially not the lame hip-hopish ones.

"Limelight" is def. my favorite on here

I always considered this guy a 2nd rate IDM producer until Orchestra of Bubbles, but when I heard this album it just sounded like he really found his voice. "Useless Information", "Limelight", and "You Don't Know Me", have entered some kind of special favorite songs ever category, and "Arcadia" and "Hold On" are other stand-outs.

I really am not crazy about "Hailin' From the Edge", though. There's just something goofy and nerdy about it.

Y'know, this album is awesome and everything but will the boosters get upset if I say that 'Birds' sounds like the Beta Band and 'Arcadia' sounds like a shoegaze-IDM remix of Keane?

But in a good way, right?

He was very nice when I saw him play this year. My friend thought he looked like Orlando Bloom.

I liked the vocal collaborations on Duplex, a lot more than here unfortunately :/

he can be very soft-rocky though I kinda agree with Matt DC but no, it's not a bad thing either

Arcadia is so good I think I'll keep that for later tonight though....

and 'Arcadia' sounds like a shoegaze-IDM remix of Keane?

this is spot on but it's fantastic all the same

Still pretty great.

yes, this is great. In particular "Fractales (Part 1)" sets off so many pleasure centers in me, like I tickle while listening to it the way I do when eating really rich frosting.

Interesting, I thought this had a few great songs but didn't gel together as a piece.

fans of this should check out the imminent telefon tel aviv album

i dig this album a lot, but the moderat record is ~_~zzZZ

I LOVE the Moderat album.

I would have loved to have heard Michael Jackson sing "Hailin From The Edge".

Oh I didn't know anybody was talking about this album! Its really good!

no one besides me likes his DJ Kicks ;_;

I need to hear it! I'm sure I'll agree with you!

It has an apparently previously unreleased track from Telefon Tel Aviv that is just GORGEOUS

ditto

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It does a really excellent job of shifting from your expected Apparat low-key pretty party with beats into some just as beautiful but wholly unmelodic mid-tempo stomp and then back.

There's also an Apparat track that sounds suspiciously like a remix of a track off the last M83 album.

http://open.spotify.com/album/7Bb7GrbNTymPU6o7ADzS9N

apparently this was just released on the 27th on Mute, will be checking it out immediately

Yeah I was listening to The Devil's Walk over the weekend. I wish Apparat was as good a songwriter as he is producer and singer, the album SOUNDS lovely but the melodies are kind of cloying, it gives the overall impression of an impeccably produced Berlinified Keane or Coldplay or something.

I listened to The Devil's Walk once last year and went "eh"

Listening to again right now on a whim and I'm basically going O_O WAU

that's what I call a slow burn, lol

posts very much in character etc

btw I listened to his DJ Kicks mix more than about anything in the last couple years, DJP