Electronic music composer and producer, Apell is Anthony Pell a musician from Melbourne, Australia who has been creating his own unique electronica since 2000. So far Apell has produced:
Tracks for the Clan Analogue releases Inverted and Re Cognition
Live performances at various venues in Melbourne
Apell produces leftfield electronic music which incorporates styles as diverse as:
Downtempo / Chill Out
Breaks / Breakbeats
Drum’n’Bass
Funk
Dub
This electronica has an organic sound using loops and samples of Apell’s own bass, guitar, keys and sax playing. Apell is influenced by not just electronic music but other styles of music such as rock, jazz, funk, classical, dub & more.
Sounds Like: Neil Young, Massive Attack, Lamb, Portishead
A cover of the Neil Young song Don’t Let it Bring You Down done in a breaks, downtempo drum n bass style. The beats create a double time feel over slower melodic music.
The song is sung by Rachael Hawkins who can also be heard on Tomorrow.
Re Cognition: The Clan Analogue Legacy Collection Launch
Clan Analogue launch their new triple-disc retrospective Re Cognition: The Clan Analogue Legacy Collection with a night of live electronic music at:
The Builders Arms Hotel
211 Gertrude St, Fitzroy
Saturday July 3, 9pm
The launch will feature live performances from Koshowko, Windup Toys and Apell, DJ sets from DJ Zaziz and live visuals by Object_State, a lineup which spans the multifarious coordinates of Clan Analogue’selectronic music spectrum, from experimental sonics to funked-up dance grooves and beyond. 6/2010
Reconstituted, sees Apell introducing more vocals and song-based elements into his eclectic fusion of trip-hop, drum n bass and dubby electronics, with even a couple of covers creeping into the tracklisting...heads looking for a bit of unpredictable early hours listening should find something to like here.