Rival Consoles

Rival Consoles
Birth name Ryan Lee West
Also known as Aparatec
Born (1985-11-10) November 10, 1985
Leicester, England
Origin London, England
Genres Electronic
Occupation(s) Musician, composer, producer
Years active 2007–present
Labels Erased Tapes
Associated acts Nils Frahm, Kiasmos, Ólafur Arnalds, Clark, Nosaj Thing, Luke Abbott, Peter Broderick
Website www.rivalconsoles.net

Rival Consoles is the stage name of Ryan Lee West,[1] an English electronic musician from Leicester.

West 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 the label Erased Tapes, which has (As of 2018) released all of his albums and EPs.

Discography

Solo

Studio albums

  • IO (2009, Erased Tapes)
  • Kid Velo (2011, Erased Tapes)
  • Howl (2015, Erased Tapes)
  • Persona (April 13, 2018, Erased Tapes)

EPs

  • The Decadent (2007, Erased Tapes)
  • Vermeer EP (2007, Erased Tapes, as Aparatec)
  • Helvetica (2009, Erased Tapes)
  • Odyssey (2014, Erased Tapes)
  • Sonne (2015, Erased Tapes)
  • Odyssey/Sonne (2015, Erased Tapes)
  • Night Melody (2016, Erased Tapes)
  • Persona (2018, Erased Tapes)

With other musicians

References


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