We Are Here (Apparatjik album)
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"We Are Here" is the debut studio album
by rock
supergroup
Apparatjik
and was released first on February 1, 2010 for digital download via their official website. A physical CD/DVD release followed and the album was re-released for iTunes
, with bonus material, on June 15, 2010.
The album was once again re-released on 14 November 2010 on yellow 12" vinyl with an alternate sleeve and a poster, limited to 260 copies.
was a radio edit of "Datascroller", which aired on June 14, 2010. This was released as the third single on 19 July 2010 as a download only.
The album cover artwork is derived from a diagram related to spacetime
theories in the field of special relativity
within physics
, and follows with the band's overall image as being a "species of their own from another planet".
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
supergroup
Supergroup (music)
In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe "a rock music group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups"....
Apparatjik
Apparatjik
Apparatjik is a group formed in 2008. The band is a supergroup that consists of bassist Guy Berryman from Coldplay, guitarist/keyboardist Magne Furuholmen from A-ha, singer/guitarist Jonas Bjerre of Mew and producer Martin Terefe. The band's name literal translation is "agent of the apparatus"...
and was released first on February 1, 2010 for digital download via their official website. A physical CD/DVD release followed and the album was re-released for iTunes
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
, with bonus material, on June 15, 2010.
The album was once again re-released on 14 November 2010 on yellow 12" vinyl with an alternate sleeve and a poster, limited to 260 copies.
Background
The first single from the album, "Electric Eye", was released for digital download on November 30, 2009. The song was released again as a double-A-side single with "Antlers" for 7 inch vinyl on February 8, 2010. Apparatjik's first song to be played on BBC Radio 1BBC Radio 1
BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...
was a radio edit of "Datascroller", which aired on June 14, 2010. This was released as the third single on 19 July 2010 as a download only.
The album cover artwork is derived from a diagram related to spacetime
Spacetime
In physics, spacetime is any mathematical model that combines space and time into a single continuum. Spacetime is usually interpreted with space as being three-dimensional and time playing the role of a fourth dimension that is of a different sort from the spatial dimensions...
theories in the field of special relativity
Special relativity
Special relativity is the physical theory of measurement in an inertial frame of reference proposed in 1905 by Albert Einstein in the paper "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies".It generalizes Galileo's...
within physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
, and follows with the band's overall image as being a "species of their own from another planet".
Track listing
Personnel
Apparatjik- Jonas BjerreJonas BjerreJonas Bjerre Terkelsbøl is the lead singer and guitarist of Danish rock-trio Mew. Jonas Bjerre is also a visual artist and creates animated videos for Mew's live shows....
– lead vocals, guitar - Magne FuruholmenMagne FuruholmenMagne 'Mags' Furuholmen is a Norwegian musician. He is best known as the guitarist and keyboardist of the pop band A-ha.-A-ha:Furuholmen has been the keyboardist with A-ha since their formation in 1982, though he also plays guitar...
– vocals, guitar, keyboards - Guy BerrymanGuy BerrymanGuy Rupert Berryman is a Scottish musician known as the bassist for the groups Coldplay and Apparatjik. Berryman is left-handed but chooses to play the bass right-handed.-Coldplay:...
– vocals, bass - Martin Terefe – vocals, drums, production