Coming up on the 28th. September, is an Apoptygma Berzerk remix of the song "All Is Shadow" by Peter Heppner, and the remix will be available on both the LP and CD version of "TanzZwang", as well as on the 4xCD "Confessions & Doubts / Limited Fanbox". Through our friends at POPoNAUT you can pre-order all of these here: www.poponaut.de
Also on the 28th. September we'll se another Apoptygma Berzerk remix released, but then from Swedish outfit Machinista, on their new CD-Maxi "Black Tide". Here APOP have remixed the track "Dark Heart Of Me" taken from their 2015 album "Garmonbozia". The CD-Maxi will be out in a limited edition of 300 copies via Infacted Recordings. Pre-orders available now via our friends at POPoNAUT or via InfraRot.and you can hear a snippet of the APOP-remix via this video on YouTube from 00:54-01:47 HERE!
The Machinista remix will be released digitally as download/streaming on the 28th. as well, and we're waiting for comfirmation on the Peter Heppner remix, and we'll post links as soon as they are available!
We celebrate the 25th. Anniversary of "Soli Deo Gloria" with a reissue LP-version mastered for vinyl in July 2018 from the original tapes, and a CD-version remastered from the original tapes, containing no less than 7 bonus tracks!
The LP will be released in 300 copies limited edition purple vinyl and in an unlimited regular black vinyl version in Europe via Tatra Records/Rough Trade, and in Canada/USA via Artoffact Records, the LP will be released in 250 copies limited edition black+clear splatter vinyl and 250 copies limited edition purple+clear splatter vinyl. The CD's will have the same tracklist for both releases, but the Canada/USA edition will be a digipak, and the European version will be a regular jewelcase. Some of the artwork will also differ due to territorial licensing.
The original release date of the classic "Soli Deo Gloria" album was 11/11/93, so the date for the 25th. Anniversary Edition of "Soli Deo Gloria" is set to 11/11/18.
Pre-orders start 10/08/18, and Artoffact Records via Storming The Base are taking the pre-orders for USA/Canada, and in Europe, Lo-Fi-Merchandise are handling the pre-sales.
Here are the pre-sale links:
Artoffact Records: https://apoptygmaberzerk.bandcamp.com/releases
Lo-Fi-Merchandise: https://www.lo-fi-merchandise.com/?s=apoptygma&post_type=product&v=c2f3f489a005
We sincerely hope you'll enjoy this celebration, and that you will join in with us!
The APB Crew
In 1993, Apoptygma Berzerk released the very first Norwegian EBM album, “Soli Deo Gloria”, and this seminal classic also took Norwegian electronic music out beyond the borders of their country.
The release of “Soli Deo Gloria” didn’t only spark an interest outside of Norway, but also inspired many Norwegian bands to start their own careers.
So, on 11/11/18, exactly 25 years after the original release, “Soli Deo Gloria” will be reissued on LP with the original 13 tracks, and now they are remastered for vinyl from the original tapes for the very first time, giving the listener a more detailed, dynamic and true listening experience. The CD version will include 7 bonus tracks, where 4 of them are previously unreleased! Two of them are alternative versions from back then, the other two are re-recorded/remixes. Tracklist will follow shortly!
The 25th. Anniversary Reissue was remastered for vinyl and CD by Morten Lund who did the original CD mastering back in 1993, the reissue LP and CD design are done by Halvor Bodin who did the original CD design back in 1993, in Europe the LP and CD will be released by Tatra Records who released the original album back in 1993, and finally, at the heart of it all, you have Stephan Groth and Per Aksel Lundgreen, the two guys who were the heart of it all back in 1993! So it couldn’t possibly be more true to the original and at the same time updated for this amazing celebration!
The LP and CD reissues of “Soli Deo Gloria” will be available via Tatra Records/Rough Trade in Europe, and via Artoffact Records in USA/Canada, and pre-sales will start 10th. August 2018 via Storming The Base for Canada/USA and Lo-Fi Merchandise for Europe!
Pre-order link for Artoffact Records here: https://apoptygmaberzerk.bandcamp.com/releases
Pre-order link for Lo-Fi Merchandise here: https://www.lo-fi-merchandise.com/?s=apoptygma&post_type=product&v=c2f3f489a005
On top of this classic album reissue, Stephan wanted to celebrate the 25th. Anniversary with friends, bands that had inspired him, and both old and new musical heroes. So, first off a reworked 12” with 4 tracks from “Soli Deo Gloria” was planned, but in true APOP style where nothing is done half-way, this soon expanded, and the decision was made to re-record/rework/remix the entire album with the help of other artists! The result is "SDGXXV" a 2xLP/CD/Cassette to be released early 2019 by Tatra Records/Rough Trade for Europe and Artoffact Records for Canada/USA. More info, tracklisting and details about bands involved coming soon!
On the brand new Technomancer release, "The Outsider EP", APOP's own Stephan Groth has participated by doing backing-vocals, co-production and playing his KORG MS-20 on the track "Puppets", a cover-version of the classic Depeche Mode track!
The EP consists of 4 cover versions, and apart from the above mentioned "Puppets", the songs "I've Got A Sister In The Navy" (Rational Youth), "Sleepwalk" (Ultravox) and "The Outsider" (Psyche) make out the full EP that was released on Spotify, iTunes, Klicktrack, Google Play, Tidal, Deezer, and all other digital platforms and streaming services on the 15th. June 2018.
Co-producer on the entire EP, and also doing backing vocals on "I've Got A Sister In The Navy", is ex-APOP member Per Aksel Lundgreen a.k.a. Angst Pop.
As of now there's no plans for a physical release, but this is subject to change!
Apoptygma Berzerk have remixed the song "Krasch" for the new CD EP by Swedish electronica legends PAGE to be released on the 29th. June this year.
Out now from August 1st. on Spotify and iTunes!
The CD called "Stop EP" can be ordered via Hot Stuff Mailorder through this link: https://hotstuff.se/en/page/x-7640
You can hear a 1m 30s snippet of the "Krasch (Apoptygma Berzerk Redux)" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7DdeLkf4vE
There's also been conducted an interview of Stephan Groth and Eddie Bengtsson in Zero Magazine by the fantastic journalist Johan Arenbo. The interview is in Swedish and can be found here: http://zeromagazine.nu/2018/05/29/pageapoptygma/
In Belgian Side-Line Magazine they've also done an interview in English with Stephan and Eddie that can be found here: http://www.side-line.com/page-releases-ep-start-includes-apoptygma-berzerk-remix/
The EP is according to Energy Rekords to be released on Spotify, iTunes and all other digital platforms and streaming services 1 month after the physical release, meaning the end of July 2018.
This years gig at Kulttempel in Oberhausen was a huge success, so APOP was immediately asked to return to Oberhausen for the 2019 E-Tropolis Festival! on the 16th of March!
We are super excited, and looking forward to being back in Germany early next year, hopefully with some new material to present to you as well!
Germany, we're coming back!
"It's Apoptygma Berzerk, Jim - but not as we know it."
APOP reinvents itself - again - with an exciting new sound; different from, but complimentary to, the electro rock future pop stylings of previous releases.
On Exit Popularity Contest (a fix-up of the 12" EPs Stop Feeding The Beast, Videodrome and Xenogenesis), APOP founder Stephan Groth distils the essence of carefully selected pioneers to construct a classic yet refreshingly contemporary sound. Varied and vital, it brings instrumental music back into the spotlight, and after the wildly enthusiastic audience reaction to the sold-out performance in Norway last year, it appears he has tapped into a rich seam of electronic pleasure for a new generation as well as older aficionados.
Always a musical chameleon, Groth pays homage to his roots through emulating the analogue soundscapes of innovators like Kraftwerk, Tangerine Dream, Jean-Michel Jarre, Vangelis and Klaus Schulze, and the driving motorik Krautrock rhythms of Neu!, Cluster and La Duesseldorf, all filtered through his own unique Scandinavian sensibility. In doing so he has created a vibrant, colourful 21st century palette on which to blend these classic influences from the Golden Age of electronic music.
Exit Popularity Contest demonstrates an admirable musical purity and sincerity, channeling the best of the past to forge a path into the future.
