Biography
Cutting his teeth as one third of shouty art punks, Tartrazine, Applemax's early musical adventures mainly revolved around guitars, white cider and riotous post punk bands such as PopChrist, Homer and United Fruitcake Outlet. As his interest in electronic sounds grew and his pedal board expanded, Max became less interested in the guitar as primary signal generator, and started exploring alternatives to guitar music.
He developed a love of Jungle and Drum + Bass, and became a regular at the early Shinobi nights. Eventually acquiring some decks and a cut down copy of Cubase, Max began trying to duplicate the sounds and grooves he was hearing in the clubs.
g up for the Access To Music music tech course proved a big step forward, and resulted in the tracks that eventually became the Tegleg album ' Guide' (2010). Hanging out with the Tegleg guys (Dan and Keith) also spawned the initial ElectroFurnace jams where TVs and X Boxes lined up with synths loopers and drum machines to produce tracks like Pneumatic Press and Spotlight. These sessions were a real eye opener for all three, giving them an idea of what was possible. Whilst Keith lost interest, Dan and Max kept things going and progressing, with the Electrofurnace, Applemax and DXN (Dans solo project) work all cross pollinating and moving all three projects forward.
In addition to remixes for DXN, andy carmichael, Full flava, Alex Larkman, Cyb3rnator, Count to Zero, Spank The Chemical Christians, Abezilla and Numerical, Applemax has produced a steady and solid body of work, including the following:
13/5/12 BBC introducing session and interview
16/3/14 Disco Biscuit EP release through tegleg
2014 Thats All ft Yol submitted for inclusion on the Squarewaves compilation CD, released as a fund raiser for local arts resource The Red Gallery. What started out as a benefit CD ended up as a meeting of minds amongst local electronic musicians, resulting initially in a live jam, and further on, regular gigs and recording sessions which ended up spanning 4 years, our own stage at the legendary Humber Street Sesh for 2 years, and a closing slot at the 2018 festival.
2016 Gamester Dub track, and Simulated Music EP released through Sub Cube Records
August 2017 Shopping Channel (ReBasser) released on YMNLT electronic music compilation #15
2019 Lets Pretend Its Snowing TinB vs AppleMax from the Hijack album - Local electronic act TinB takes instrumental tracks by local electronic musicians and lays his own vocal tracks over the top. TinB has since received natinal airplay on 6 music for his track 'Someone pressed pause' recorded with the broken orchestra.
November 2019 Phonestepper, a favourite from the Applemax live set, is included on YMNLT/EMOM compilation #3 volume 15.
He developed a love of Jungle and Drum + Bass, and became a regular at the early Shinobi nights. Eventually acquiring some decks and a cut down copy of Cubase, Max began trying to duplicate the sounds and grooves he was hearing in the clubs.
g up for the Access To Music music tech course proved a big step forward, and resulted in the tracks that eventually became the Tegleg album ' Guide' (2010). Hanging out with the Tegleg guys (Dan and Keith) also spawned the initial ElectroFurnace jams where TVs and X Boxes lined up with synths loopers and drum machines to produce tracks like Pneumatic Press and Spotlight. These sessions were a real eye opener for all three, giving them an idea of what was possible. Whilst Keith lost interest, Dan and Max kept things going and progressing, with the Electrofurnace, Applemax and DXN (Dans solo project) work all cross pollinating and moving all three projects forward.
In addition to remixes for DXN, andy carmichael, Full flava, Alex Larkman, Cyb3rnator, Count to Zero, Spank The Chemical Christians, Abezilla and Numerical, Applemax has produced a steady and solid body of work, including the following:
13/5/12 BBC introducing session and interview
16/3/14 Disco Biscuit EP release through tegleg
2014 Thats All ft Yol submitted for inclusion on the Squarewaves compilation CD, released as a fund raiser for local arts resource The Red Gallery. What started out as a benefit CD ended up as a meeting of minds amongst local electronic musicians, resulting initially in a live jam, and further on, regular gigs and recording sessions which ended up spanning 4 years, our own stage at the legendary Humber Street Sesh for 2 years, and a closing slot at the 2018 festival.
2016 Gamester Dub track, and Simulated Music EP released through Sub Cube Records
August 2017 Shopping Channel (ReBasser) released on YMNLT electronic music compilation #15
2019 Lets Pretend Its Snowing TinB vs AppleMax from the Hijack album - Local electronic act TinB takes instrumental tracks by local electronic musicians and lays his own vocal tracks over the top. TinB has since received natinal airplay on 6 music for his track 'Someone pressed pause' recorded with the broken orchestra.
November 2019 Phonestepper, a favourite from the Applemax live set, is included on YMNLT/EMOM compilation #3 volume 15.
