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well, they make some crazy trance but what on earth is with those vocals.
For example the tracks "Suffer in Silence" and "Until the End of the World"
now, this voice just ruins everything.. who puts male vocals like this in here? He sounds like a punk rocker 
now if there were some nice female vocals, i would understand.. but this? ruins the tracks.
opinions?
actually i believe that they are not a trance act...they're new wave or punk or industrial or something like that, and their trance tunes are done/remixed by trance artists like the classsic Kathy's Song [Ferry Corsten Remix]...btw i overheard some people with mohawks and leather and spikes (nothing against that) at tower records talking about how good they are...
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| Originally posted by ILL_FaTeD actually i believe that they are not a trance act...they're new wave or punk or industrial or something like that, and their trance tunes are done/remixed by trance artists like the classsic Kathy's Song [Ferry Corsten Remix]...btw i overheard some people with mohawks and leather and spikes (nothing against that) at tower records talking about how good they are... |
ferry corsten's remix of kathy's song does not have any vocals..and hopefully neither will Apoptygma Berzerk - Kathy's Song (Mat Silver vs. Tony Burt Remix)
they're from swedan or something can't be sure but they rock !
They ARE an industrial band/group etc as far as I know, first time I EVER heard Kathy's song was about a few years ago when I went to this "goth" club and they were playing nothing but stuff like that (and the original apoptygma berserk - kathy's song) is REALLY good from what I remember...was going nuts to it on the dance floor. Really cool shit...also when I was at Armin in June Mark Oliver spun one of their songs but remixed because a buddy of mine recognized the vocals and was sining along, so it's not uncommon at all.
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| Originally posted by Raptor they're from swedan or something can't be sure but they rock ! |
http://trance.nu/v3/news_show.php?id=929
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| Originally posted by Excite ferry corsten's remix of kathy's song does not have any vocals.. |
victoria remix
the victoria remix (aka vnv nation remix) of Kathy's song
is the best. it has both a male vocal part and a female robot vocal part, kind of like a story...
the ferry remix is the same with a faster beat, minus the male vocals..
pork
There is also a Green Court remix 
I happen to have the "12 with the corsten and the green court remix... There is a commondore 64 on the cover...really cool
To bad i dont own a Turntable so i can play it 
OK,there's a LOT of misunderstandings going on regarding APOP here,so I'll set the record straight right now:
Apoptygma Berzerk are indeed norwegian.The mastermind of the project is called Stephan Groth(He writes all the tracks and produces it all,I think the others are just perfomers on records and live shows),and he has quite a career behind him.Touring the whole of USA,playing at the Burning Man Festival in the middle of the Nevada desert,recording music videos in the same dome as the Mad Max movie was shot,getting his tunes played on porn shows on german tv,landing headfirst into the trance scene with the infamous trance remixes from Ferry,Pulsedriver and Green Court while still gaining immense amounts of cred in the metal scene:Stephan Groth has done it all.
As far as his music is concerned,Stephan Groth calls himself an EBM-artist.(He is NOT a trance artist.The remixes is what made him famous in the trance scene).This means that what he makes can be influenced by absolutely anything,be it trance,heavy metal,electro,techno etc.The core of his music however is still EBM(if not as puristic as the hardcore fans would like him to be),which is some kind of industrial sub-genre with lots of influences from other genres.Most people say this genre died out in the late 80s,but that is still open for debate.
Here are some quotes from an interview Stephan Groth did in Mutek Magazine some time ago:
"As a producer of EBM-minded music,I've been the first one to push the boundaries.And it's good that you can do that. A couple of years ago,I combined trance with EBM,and that worked out quite well.Green Court made a wicked remix,it really opened up for us(PERSONAL NOTE:I think he's mixing this one up with Ferry's),and after that we got remixed by Pulsedriver and Ferry Corsten as well,and suddenly we were standing in the middle of the trance scene,which was a good thing back then."
"For me,it was never a goal to be puristic and single-minded,I think that's pretty commercial.By experimenting musically I managed to get a whole new group of people to listen to my music,since they recognized some of the elements they were already familiar with."
"There are a lot of things that are unique with APOP.The most important thing for me was the vocals,and I've always retained those.The choruses are strict and haven't changed much.Sometimes I make tracks with guitar-sounds,and sometimes I make more trancey tracks.The core in APOP isn't the sounds that are made,it's the vocals and how the tracks are built up.Nowadays for instance,I'm making more funky electro-ish tunes..."
(This was his answer when the interviewer asked him if all the musical experimenting had robbed APOP of all musical identity.)
I hope this cleared things up.
hmmm
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| Originally posted by mindshooter There is also a Green Court remix I happen to have the "12 with the corsten and the green court remix... There is a commondore 64 on the cover...really cool To bad i dont own a Turntable so i can play it |
come on.
Victoria Mix is OK...but better than Ferry Corsten Remix??????
Corsten made it killer.
ferry corsten mix is amazing, nothing can beat it.
the green court mix is very good too, but alittle too average sounding.
the victoria mix is .. too slow and lacks some energy.
Sand Leaper hit it right on the head. Apop is EBM - Electronic Body Music. They're not trance, although there have been some trance mixes done to their stuff. Kathy's Song is awesome, but it's not my favorite tune by them. I highly reccomend:
Apoptygma Berzerk - Eclipse
Another EBM group that I really enjoy is VNV Nation. I listened to them and apop before I really got into trance. More male vocals than trance music, but it still rocks. If you wanna check out some of their stuff, some recommended tracks are:
VNV Nation - Further
VNV Nation - Kingdom
VNV Nation - Leigon
VNV Nation - Solitary
VNV Nation - Standing (Extended Version) <-- personal fav
VNV Nation - Tempest
kathys song is well cool
esp the ferry corsten remix
a bit slow tho... [132 bpm]
+5% pitch = mmm... 
oy..
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| Originally posted by davinox come on. Victoria Mix is OK...but better than Ferry Corsten Remix?????? Corsten made it killer. |
Apop is cool. I like his cover of Electricity by OMD. The 7 album is his best, Welcome to Earth has 3 good songs on it. I really like Eclipse on that album. His stuff is popular with the underground synthpop scene.
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| Originally posted by Hoss Sand Leaper hit it right on the head. Apop is EBM - Electronic Body Music. They're not trance, although there have been some trance mixes done to their stuff. Kathy's Song is awesome, but it's not my favorite tune by them. I highly reccomend: Apoptygma Berzerk - Eclipse Another EBM group that I really enjoy is VNV Nation. I listened to them and apop before I really got into trance. More male vocals than trance music, but it still rocks. If you wanna check out some of their stuff, some recommended tracks are: VNV Nation - Further VNV Nation - Kingdom VNV Nation - Leigon VNV Nation - Solitary VNV Nation - Standing (Extended Version) <-- personal fav VNV Nation - Tempest |
Do not know whether this question sounds stupid or not, but could anybody please tell me how to pronounce "Apoptygma Berzerk"???
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| Originally posted by SRP-ReAlign Do not know whether this question sounds stupid or not, but could anybody please tell me how to pronounce "Apoptygma Berzerk"??? |
heh, I remember EBM. Very catchy, yet very depressing at the same time!
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