As misleading band names go, Apparat Organ Quartet gets pretty good marks – mainly because there are four, not five of them.
Nomenclature aside, the Quartet (no relation to the other Apparat) are a Reykjavik-based band formed by composer Jóhann Jóhannsson in 1999, apparently with the intention of playing minimalist pieces. Over a decade later, and their modus operandi has clearly changed quite significantly. ‘Cargo Frakt’ is a crashing, distorted thing that has more in common with mid-2000s metal (or rather, mid-2000s metal covers of Kraftwerk songs) than it does modern classical.
Excitingly, despite the sequenced sound of much of the band’s work, everything is actually played by a human. No computers – just a variety of bastardised old equipment.
‘Cargo Frakt’ is taken from Apparat Organ Quartet’s forthcoming album Pólýfónía, out 14 November on Crunchy Frog.
Cargo Frakt by ApparatOrganQuartet
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