Description:	7" and bonus CDR, very limited!! on Erased Tapes LAST FEW (ltd to 200 only!!!! Be quick!!)
	Format:	7" (vinyl)
	Genre(s):	Electronica / IDM
	Label:	Erased Tapes
	Price:	£4.99
	Availability:	Sold out / currently unavailable. Sorry!

5
...according to our Brian on 02 February 2007.

Great 7" in from APARATEC, a man who's obviously been hugely taken with Aphex Twin's recent Analord series. He's got this limited 7" of bendy as heck acid electro that's really bloody accomplished & fresh.. 1st tune has juddering squelches that wobble frantically over a hybrid of foot to the floor breaks & solemn synths that falls somewhere between 'Fenix Funk', mid 90s Squarepusher & possibly Vector Lovers. He tones down the pace for a straightish emotive electroid piece with warm synth strings & some deft programming. Side 2 brings back the burbling acid & the jagged pulse-quickening Analord-isms, keeping the pace with 2 further excellent tunes. He's the first person i've heard to utilise that sound & for him to be progressive with it without resorting to plagiarism earns him big brownie points. I bet even AFX would be impressed with the lad's fantastic efforts. It's his keen ear for warm melodies & tidy, playful beats that makes this 7" such a damn treat. Free CDr of the tracks for the less analogue inclined amongst you! On Erased Tapes & hugely limited!!

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What their label says...

APARATEC IS 21-YEAR OLD ELECTRO WONDERKID RYAN LEE WEST FROM THE LEICESTER SUBURB OF SYSTON. INFLUENCED BY IMPRESSIONISTS LIKE CLAUDE DEBUSSY AND MODERN ELECTRONIC ARTISTS SUCH AS AUTECHRE AND VENETIAN SNARES, HE CREATED HIS OWN SIGNATURE STYLE - A PLAYFUL AND BRUTAL MIX OF ELECTRONIC BEATS AND EMOTIVE SYNTH STRING ARRANGEMENTS, MUSIC THAT TOUCHES ALL SENSES - IRRESISTIBLE AND IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT. HIS DEBUT EP, "VEMEER", IS AVAILABLE AS A VERY LIMITED EDITION 7" COMPLETE WITH A BONUS CDR FEATURING ALL FOUR TRACKS FROM THE 7" PLUS ONE BONUS TRACK - ENOUGH TO SATISFY THOSE NOT SENSIBLE ENOUGH TO OWN A RECORD PLAYER. "METICULOUS, BUT YET EMOTIONAL. VEMEER IS A DANCEFLOOR STORMER!" (WIRELESS FM) - "DÜSSELDORF MEETS READING/KRAFTWERK MEETS JACQUES LU CONT. TRADITIONAL ELECTRO RHYTHM WITH CRAFTED QUIRK!" (CHANNEL 4) - "ELECTRO GENIUS ARE THE TWO WORDS FOR APARATEC." (BBC RADIO). APARATEC IS ON TOUR IN THE UK THROUGHOUT FEBRUARY SUPPORTING THE LIES AND HOW WE TOLD THEM.