Apparat Organ Quartet

Apparat Organ Quartet is an Icelandic electronic group founded in 1999 that included the musicians Hörður Bragason, Músikvatur, Úlfur Eldjárn and Jóhann Jóhannsson (previously of Daisy Hill Puppy Farm). They were soon joined by drummer Þorvaldur Gröndal, replaced in 2001 by Arnar Geir Ómarsson, drummer of the Icelandic rock band HAM. Lacking the time to dedicate himself to the group because of his solo projects, Jóhann Jóhannsson left the band in 2012. The band was originally conceived by Jóhann Jóhannsson as a collaborative project for a concert series curated by Kitchen Motors, a record label and art collective founded by Jóhannsson, Hilmar Jensson and Kristín Björk Kristjánsdóttir. The band's sound has evolved from the atmospheric and minimalistic post-rock documented on the Kitchen Motors compilations "Nart Nibbles" and "Motorlab 2" to a more robust, riff-driven sound, with a mixture of Kraftwerk-inspired electronics, Daft Punk-like robot voices, and hard rock beats. They have been compared to such different acts as Kraftwerk, Wagner, Goblin, Terry Reilly, Steve Reich, Sigur Rós, The Glitter Band, Stereolab and Trans Am.
==Links To Peel ==
Peel discovered the group through the indie label Duophonic in 2003. Their single Romantika was played on his show, but no other tracks from the group got any airplay by Peel.
==Shows Played==
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*12 June 2003: 'Romantika (CD Single)' (Duophonic Super 45s)
*July 2003 (FSK): Romantika (CD Single) Duophonic Super 45s
*11 July 2003 (BBC World Service): 'Romantika (CD Single)' (Duophonic Super 45s)
*23 July 2003: 'Romantika (CD Single)' (Duophonic Super 45s)
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Official Website
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