Your EDM Premiere: LA Energy Producer Dr. Apollo’s Fast Rise to RAM
Taking a look at Dr. Apollo’s Beatport discography, which begins with a track called “Red” on Hospital’s Sick Music 2019 compilation with fellow SoCal selekta Dip Vertigo and vocalist J. Leo Phillips, it’s clear that he not solely hit the bottom working, however he was at all times headed for large issues. From there, Reid Speed’s label Play Me took a shining to the artist, releasing most of his work in 2019 and 2020, together with collabs with Ms. Pace herself and MC Chickaboo.
From there, Viper and Bassrush acquired ahold of Dr. Apollo for his or her Bassrush 4.0 collab compilation as he teamed up with Bassrush baddy, Richter. Then he was clocked on RAM for his or her 2021 Annual with a observe known as “In Shade” earlier than releasing most likely one of the crucial enjoyable tracks of the 12 months, “I’ve Been Ready” on DeVice with Rene LaVice and Richter, featuring Gracie Van Brunt on vox. If we have been reciting this entire listing out loud, we’d be out of breath. The purpose is, Dr. Apollo’s star high quality appears to have already got been written within the stars.
It might have appeared inevitable that Dr. Apollo would come again to RAM through Program, however not everybody who has a observe on the annual will get a stand-alone launch signed. Even fewer American and none till now have managed to hook a full LP with the notoriously choosy A&R group at RAM. It’s a giant deal, and given he’s barely been on the discharge radar releasing since 2019, it’s actually remarkable.
The album, known as The Simulation LP, is various and ravey, stuffed with snares, amens and basic sounds that somebody who’s solely been producing for 2 years shouldn’t find out about. Like many artists from LA, nevertheless, Dr. Apollo is clearly tapped into the old fashioned. In actual fact, there’s even a observe on the album known as “Mo90s,” which, unsurprisingly, is all blown out, ameny snares and rave piano. The Doc has clearly been ready a very long time to launch some of these items and he’s pulling on 30 years of D&B to do it.
Our premiere as we speak is “Holy Grail,” the album’s opening observe and a very good cross part of what’s to return on The Simulation LP. The intro is a chopped up amen break snare fused with these pretty rave pianos and sound design. The snares proceed to make up the majority of the drumline in addition to the phrase transitions however after the primary drop, Dr. Apollo exhibits the viewers that its not coping with simply one other 90s nostalgia observe. A sine wave synth is available in after stated drop that immediately modernizes the observe and wakes up any listeners who could have been lulled into the melodics of the stings and ambient sound design. It’s an ideal mix of traditional and fashionable and a full-on homage to the amen break.
Jazz, jungle, darkish synths, banger bass and a fusion of outdated and new is what followers can count on from this primary ever American LP out on RAM this Friday, August 27 on Beatport. Should you haven’t been listening to Dr. Apollo The Simulation LP, now’s the time to begin. The labels definitely are.
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