Out now on Side-Line, the classic Belgian magazine, is a double-whammy interview with Stephan Groth and Alex Møklebust (Zeromancer/Seigmen) about how they approach the art of doing a remix for another artist. They also talk about some of their gear and about some favorite remixes.
The full interview can be found here and also includes a great Spotify playlist of APOP-remixes available on that streaming service: http://www.side-line.com/double-interview-alex-moklebust-zeromancer-seigmen-and-stephan-groth-apoptygma-berzerk-about-remixing/
Stephan Groth / Apoptygma Berzerk has been commissioned to compose music for the 2018 Light Festival "NATTLJUS" in the Swedish city of Eskilstuna, and the festival will be held from the 26th. - 28th. October this year.
The piece entitled "Modularmix" is pre-recorded and will be presented in a sound-image-light performance by Karin Stolt, who's previously worked with Apoptygma Berzerk on the laser-show and visuals presented at the gig at ElectriXmas in Malmö in 2017.
More information about Karin Stolt and her work (in Swedish) can be found by following this link to an information page from Eskilstuna Kommun.
The performance will be presented at 6PM in Stadsparken in front of Klosters Kyrka as the main and final perfomance on the opening night of the festival!
For more information in both Swedish and English, go to www.eskilstuna.se and push the link entitled 1. EN RESA, invigning av Nattljus. Here you will find more details about the performance, the festival etc., and if you keep scrolling, there's a lot of info, pictures and details to be found.
The performance has no entry fee, so everybody who wants to experience it can just turn up on the day of the event!
PS! This is NOT a Stephan Groth / Apoptygma Berzerk LIVE concert/performance, everything is pre-recorded and the artist is not attending!
Out now, is an Apoptygma Berzerk remix of the song "All Is Shadow" by Peter Heppner, and the remix is available on both the LP and CD version of the album "TanzZwang", as well as on the 4xCD "Confessions & Doubts / Limited Fanbox". Through our friends at POPoNAUT you order all versions and formats here: www.poponaut.de.
You also find it on:
Spotify: Peter Heppner - "All Is Shadow (Apoptygma Berzerk Remix)"
iTunes: Peter Heppner - "All Is Shadow (Apoptygma Berzerk Remix)"
Amazon: Peter Heppner - "All Is Shadow (Apoptygma Berzerk Remix)"
Google Play: Peter Heppner - "All Is Shadow (Apoptygma Berzerk Remix)"
Deezer: Peter Heppner - "All Is Shadow (Apoptygma Berzerk Remix)"
Tidal / WiMP: Peter Heppner - "All Is Shadow (Apoptygma Berzerk Remix)"
Also now, we see yet another Apoptygma Berzerk remix released! This one is from Swedish outfit Machinista, and it's part of a 4-track single taken from their forthcoming album. APOP have remixed the old fan favorite "Dark Heart Of Me" taken from their 2015 album "Garmonbozia", and this mix can be found on the CD-EP "Black Tide". Infacted Recordings have released this in a limited edition of 300 copies, and it is available for purchase now via our friends at POPoNAUT or InfraRot.
The Machinista CD-EP is now out via:
Bandcamp: Machinista - "Dark Heart Of Me (Apoptygma Berzerk Remix)
Spotify: Machinista - "Dark Heart Of Me (Apoptygma Berzerk Remix)
iTunes: Machinista - "Dark Heart Of Me (Apoptygma Berzerk Remix)
Amazon: Machinista - "Dark Heart Of Me (Apoptygma Berzerk Remix)
Google Play: Machinista - "Dark Heart Of Me (Apoptygma Berzerk Remix)
Deezer: Machinista - "Dark Heart Of Me (Apoptygma Berzerk Remix)
Tidal / WiMP: Machinista - "Dark Heart Of Me (Apoptygma Berzerk Remix)
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!
"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.
