Rival Consoles

Ryan Lee West (born November 10, 1985 in Leicester ) is a British music producer and DJ . He appears under the pseudonym Rival Consoles and produces electronic ambient music with the help of mostly analog devices . He lives and works in London and is under contract with the London label Erased Tapes Records .

Life

West already played guitar in his youth and learned other instruments such as the violin. After a growing interest in electronic music production, he studied music production at De Montfort University in his hometown of Leicester. After completing his studies, he started producing music and performing as a DJ under the pseudonym Aparatec and later as Rival Consoles . In 2007 he was signed to the London label Erased Tapes and made his debut with "The Decadent EP". In addition to his individual releases, Rival Consoles produced the record "65 / Milo" in 2009 together with Kiasmos , the minimal duo Janus Rasmussens and Ólafur Arnalds .

West currently lives and works in London and performs alongside I Break Horses in the United Kingdom as well as in the United States .

Discography

Solo recordings

• Vermeer EP (2007, Erased Tapes, EP, still as Aparatec)

• The Decadent (2007, Erased Tapes, EP)
• Helvetica (2009, Erased Tapes, EP)
• IO (2009, Erased Tapes, album)
• Kid Velo (2011, Erased Tapes, album)
• Odyssey (2014, Erased Tapes, EP)
• Sonne (2015, Erased Tapes, EP)
• Odyssey / Sun (2015, Erased Tapes, EP)
• Howl (2015, Erased Tapes, EP)
• Night Melody (2016, Erased Tapes, EP)
• Persona (2018, Erased Tapes, Album)
• Articulation (2020, Erased Tapes, Album)

Recordings with other musicians

• 65 / Milo (2009, together with Kiasmos)

Web links

• Rival Consoles Releases on Erased Tapes website
• Rival Consoles MySpace Biography
• Artist description Rival Consoles on the Erased Tapes website
• BBC interview with Rival Consoles