SOGAR
APIKAL BLEND
12K1022
Born in Nürnburg, Germany, Sogar’s Jürgen Heckel now lives and works in Paris. His music has become a signature blend of crystaline sound fragments, static, and simple transluscent melodies. Combining both the musical and non-musical, Sogar creates his sonic lifeforms with a combination of software, guitar, and found studio soundsources. Apikal.Blend is the 3rd release by Parisian-based Sogar. (his debut release, Basal, was on 12k in 2001 which was followed in 2002 by Stengel on the French label List). It is the perfect listen for winter days with its icy and fragile textures.*note:
Starting in January, 2003, with Sogar’s Apikal.Blend and onward, all 12k cds will be pressed in editions of 1000 and be packaged in digipacks.
REVIEWS
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AMBIENTRANCE (US)
"An Apikal.Blend of topical microsounds from Sogar flirts with your ears, never quite revealing whether it's more music or more noise... of course, sometimes being thusly teased is a delicious experience in itself. So nice!"
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D-SIDE (FR)
"Superbement réalisé, aussi inoubliable que translucide, Apikal.Blend es un album d'electronica a chérir, a protéger pour éviter qu'il ne fonde entre nos doigts."
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GROOVES (US)
"it's rare to encounter an album as flat-out beautiful as Sogar's Apikal.Blend. Challenging and lovely."
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HAUNTED INK (US)
"I was impressed with Sogar's second album, just as I was impressed with his debut, but neither of those works are quite in league with this new one."
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NEURAL (IT)
"With Apikal.Blend Sogar makes us feel like we could peek into his inner world, knowing we could find many other hidden wonders."
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TOUCHING EXTREMES (IT)
"The more I listen to Sogar, the better I think of him; I believe he's one of the best - if not THE best - neo digital minimalist we have today."
