Berlin-based producer and skilled laptoper Sasha Ring (aka Apparat) is set to release his new artist album through his own imprint Shitkatapult in May.

Titled Walls the album is Ring's first solo LP since 2003's Duplex. It comes as a sequel to his most recent studio collaboration with Ellen Allien on the critically acclaimed Orchestra Of Bubbles.

According to Ring, Walls is the result of dozens of unfinished tracks he had begun working on over the past few years. "I was just collecting some of the best ideas out of a folder with around 70 unfinished tracks, and finished them," he says. "It's more of a 'last-two-years of Apparat compilation.' That's why there's so much different stuff on it, a lot of different influences."

The album includes four tracks with vocals by Raz Ohara (who also appeared on Apparat’s Sizilium EP) and three songs with vocals by Ring himself - the first time he has sung on a record.

The first single, "Hold On," is out May 7 with remixes from Chris de Luca & Phon.o and Modeselektor.

Format: CD
Label: Shitkatapult
Release date: May 15, 2007

Tracklist:

01. Not a Number
02. Hailin From the Edge (Feat. Raz Ohara)
03. Useless Information
04. Limelight
05. Holdon (Feat. Raz Ohara)
06. Fractales Pt.1
07. Fractales Pt.2
08. Birds
09. Arcadia
10. You Don’t Know Me
11. Headup (Feat. Raz Ohara)
12. Over and Over (Feat. Raz Ohara)
13. Like Porcelain

Download: Ellen Allien & Apparat - Summer 2006 Live Set [via DivShare]