Frequently Asked Questions
I am a DJ on the Radio or at a Club! I love your stuff! How
can I get a free promotional copy?
Go to the contact page. Select a contact.
Plead your case.
People are calling me to request Apraxia but I can't find the CD / MP3
! Are you sure you sent them to me?
Yes we sent them. Really! Still can't find it? Need another Press Kit? There is also an electronic
version you can download as well. Just contact us
with the details.
What does Apraxia mean ?
Apraxia takes it's name from a neurological condition. This is defined as:
apraxia noun
- inability to make purposeful movements
- A disorder of voluntary movement consisting of the partial or
complete inability to execute purposeful movements without the
impairment of muscular power and coordination.
- A psychomotor defect characterized by the inability to make proper
use of a known object.
(Sources: WordNet 2.0, Princeton University ;The American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary ) We use this term as an analogy to media access and social class.
Where do you guys play?
The live act is on hiatus for now. We all got burned out on playing
shows.
But,
Apraxia played several clubs and cafes around Minneapolis,
and also in
Milwaukee
and
Detroit.
Check
out the dates
page for a list of our past shows over the last few years. At the
moment there is no live performing band, but if you want to book Siren313
as a solo act, contact Apraxia.
Where are you guys from ? / How long have you been a group ?
Siren313 is originally from Detroit. The project was actually born
in 1993 while he was in college at Michigan State University, East
Lansing, MI. After graduation Siren moved back to the Detroit area,
until 2002, when he moved to Minneapolis. A year later, Apraxia was
re-established and re-invented with a new sound. Dr Watson left the
group in 2006. Agent AA7 grew up in Africa and has lived many places
but now lives in Minneapolis.
Why did you cover Strangelove and why does it sound so empty and not
like Apraxia?
I recorded it for a few reasons. First off, people had
been telling me for years that I sounded like David Gahan. I don't agree
nor disagree
with this. I figured why not try something Depeche Mode? At the very
least it would be fun to play live. So I did. The reason the song
is so basic and "empty" and not so very "apraxia-like" if
because I want people to get their own ideas about how that song
should be done. Go
ahead and mash it up, mix it up or whatever. That is the whole point.
And if you need the tracks separated out so you can remix it, just
let me know! I would love to hear what you come up with.
What is the meaning behind this song in German?
I have been told that my song TotenPlatz is somewhat vague. I would
like to explain a little about it.
Totenplatz. dead place, a tomb.
The song is about grave robbing. For example, steeling antiquities
and selling them on the black market. I used the word totenplatz
just because
it was fun to say, like Totenhozen or Aufweiderhoeren. I like the
word platz because it has found its way into several languages and
turned
into so many other words like place, plate, plaque, plaza, plastic,
plaster...
Why sing this song in German?
I visited Germany only once but while I was there, I made sure to
visit as many churches as possible because I am obsessed with the history
of
religion -- any and all religion. American churches
do not have tombs inside the walls of the church. Even famous clergy
are
buried
in graves
or
adjacent
tombs.
They
are never located in the church itself. When I experienced this in
Germany it had a profound effect on me. I gained an appreciation for
the preciousness of artifacts that I never had before.
I would like to see the church of bones in France some day.
So that's it. Its a little Macabre. I think its horrible to rob graves.
We have lost so much history to thievery.
What style of music do you play?
Well sometimes we are going for a specific style, but sometimes we just experiment. Basically we combine styles. Here are a few of the genres from which we draw inspiration. We've linked them to their Wikipedia articles, which are all very interesting reads.
Where is your next CD coming out?
JANUARY 2010
Why don't you use a guitar ?
We have actually. Apraxia has nothing against guitar!
We love a whole bunch of hard rock and metal bands. The first album CyberChrist featured
quite a bit of guitar work from Tony Young. There is also one guitar
track
on Trite
Permission.
However, we enjoy the challenge of rocking
the house with keyboards only. Guitar has an innate groovieness that
is not found
in keys. Therefore we have to work harder and be more creative just
to get the grove going!
Siren however just purchased a nice Ibanez guitar and says
he will start doing more work with guitar. Who knows what direction
Apraxia will go. What are your influences ?
There are too many to list, and we are sure this list will grow over time, but lets give it a shot. In no particular order:
David Bowie, Kraftwerk, John Lennon, Information
Society, New Order, Depeche Mode, Public Enemy, Front Line Assembly,
Nina Hagen, Nine Inch Nails, Berlin,
Duran Duran, Gary Numan, VNV Nation, Covenant, Alien Sex Fiend,
Apoptygma Bezerk, Crunch-0-Matic, Meatbeat Manifesto, Skinny
Puppy, Thrill Kill
Kult, Plastikman, Speedy J, The Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, JJ
Fad, Technotronic, Egyptian Lover, Newcleus, Sisters of Mercy,
Bauhaus,
Dead Kennedies, Stromkern, Autechre, Deee-Lite, Haujobb, KMFDM,
Dead Can Dance, Dead or Alive, Communards, Erasure, Ministry,
Rammstein,
Front 242, BiGod20, Assemblage 23, Daft Punk, Tones on Tail, Psychopomps,
Einstuerzende Nuebatuten, Crash Worship, Savage Aural Hotbed, Merzbow,
Human League, Men Without Hats, Marilyn Manson, Public Image Limited,
Switchblade Symphony, Foetus, Test Dept, Chem Lab, Download, The
Cars, Devo, Phillip Glass, Brian Eno, Milton Babbit, John Cage,
Nitzer Ebb,
Clock DVA, Delerium, Future Sounds of London, Icon of Coil, Joy
Division, Laibach, Lords of Acid, Portishead, Revolting Cocks,
Siouxie and the
Banshees, Sister Machine Gun, E Nomine, Throbbing Gristle, Velvet
Acid Christ, Yoko Ono, Lou Reed, Queen, Rickie Lee Jones, Howlin
Wolf, Cole
Porter, Duke Ellington, Stevie Wonder, Gil Scott Heron, Pizzicato
Five, Beastie Boys, Chibo Mato, The Police, MC 5, Sly and the
Family Stone,
Wilson Picket, The Tempatations, George Clinton, Iggy Pop, Supertramp,
Pink Floyd, King Crimson, James Brown, Prince, Eric B and Rakim,
Dr Dre, MARRZ, JS Bach, Hayden, Eric Satie, Dvorak, Bramms and
tons more.
How do you record / create your music ?
Almost everything is done at home. Our set-up consists of 2 Protues
synth modules, 1 Proteus keyboard, M-Audio interface, and, at one time,
a Yamaha electronic drum set. The software we use is called Sonar.
Yes we use PCs running Windows. We also use various software toys,
plug-ins and mastering tools. |
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