Rival Consoles

Ryan Lee West, known by his stage name Rival Consoles, is a British electronic musician,[1] living in London. All of his albums and EPs have been released by Erased Tapes Records.

Rival Consoles
Birth nameRyan Lee West
Also known asAparatec
Born (1985-11-10) 10 November 1985
Leicester, England
OriginLondon, England
GenresElectronic
Occupation(s)Musician, composer, producer
Years active2007–present
LabelsErased Tapes
Associated actsNils Frahm, Kiasmos, Ólafur Arnalds, Clark, Nosaj Thing, Luke Abbott, Peter Broderick
Websiterivalconsoles.net

Biography

West was born in Leicester.[2] He learned to play guitar in his youth, but later switched to electronic production, studying music technology at De Montfort University.[2] He initially used the stage name Aparatec, releasing an EP of material under that name in 2007. His first release as Rival Consoles was issued later in 2007 by Erased Tapes Records, which has released all of his albums and EPs.

West has remixed tracks by Jon Hopkins, Vessels, Ólafur Arnalds, Nils Frahm, Max Cooper, Noisia, Sasha and Toydrum.[3]

Rival Consoles' style is a combination of ambient, shoegaze, minimal techno and cinematic—often created with analogue synths, pedals and degraded processes. Pitchfork described Rival Consoles' sound as "high-brow, avant-garde electronic music in the vein of Jon Hopkins and Nils Frahm".[4]

West has also scored work for contemporary dance such as Alexander Whitley's Overflow[5] and has scored an episode of Netflix's Black Mirror ("Striking Vipers"). His track "Recovery" was used in a 2020 television commercial for Blue Dragon foods.

Discography

Studio albums

EPs
  • The Decadent (2007, Erased Tapes)
  • Vemeer EP (2007, Erased Tapes, as Aparatec)
  • Helvetica (2009, Erased Tapes)
  • Odyssey (2014, Erased Tapes)
  • Sonne (2015, Erased Tapes)
  • Odyssey/Sonne (2015, Erased Tapes)

With other musicians

References
  1. Fusilli, Jim (3 November 2015). "'Howl' by Rival Consoles Review". The Wall Street Journal.
  2. "Leicester - Blast - Rival Consoles". BBC. 14 August 2009.
  3. "Rival Consoles - Artists". Erased Tapes. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  4. Listen to “Unfolding” by Rival Consoles, retrieved 10 May 2019
  5. https://www.alexanderwhitley.com/overflow. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "Rival Consoles: Howl". Pitchfork. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  7. "Rival Consoles - Howl". Crack Magazine. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  8. "Rival Consoles: Night Melody". Pitchfork. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  9. "Rival Consoles Pays Homage to the Legacy of Minimalist Composition with Striking New Single". www.vice.com. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  10. Pritchard, Will (3 May 2018). "Rival Consoles – Persona". Clash. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  11. Foster, Rory (13 April 2018). "Persona by Rival Consoles". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  12. Wade, Lewis (10 April 2018). "Rival Consoles album review: Persona". The Skinny. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  13. "Rival Consoles: Articulation". Pitchfork. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
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