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Remixes and reinterpretations of Walls, 2007's standout electronic pop album

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    When Sascha Ring first burst onto the IDM scene in 1999 — with both his label Shitkatapult and his debut as Apparat (Multifunktionsebene) — he was hyperkinetic, busy and in three places at once. That manic pace continued; Ring dropped full-lengths on an annual basis, culminating in 2003’s Duplex, after which he down-shifted to an EP-per-year. And while he often deployed the keen of the human voice on his tracks, everyone sat up and noticed when he plunked them front-and-center on 2007’s “breakout” Walls.

    All the while, Apparat was also remixing his friends and peers and, as Things to be Frickled makes evident, they were returning the favor in kind. Orb half/Kompakt artist Thomas Fehlmann meticulously accumulates bits of "Schallstrom" and re-shapes it into a dubbed-out globular dance track. Frequent Apparat guest vocalist Raz Ohara strips his own contribution, "Holdon," down to just a keyboard and his own aching vocal while the mischievious Modeselektor screw down Ohara's voice for their jumbled take on the same track. But the unquestionable highlights here are by Telefon Tel Aviv. Their glitchy remix of "Komponent" opens the set while a dizzying yet steady reconfiguration of "Arcadia" is just pure bliss.

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