John De Buck (born 9 May 1992), known professionally as Apashe (pronounced 'A-pa-she'), is a Belgian-born Canadian musician. He was born in

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and currently lives in Montreal, Canada.

Life and career

Apashe was born in

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. At the age of 19 he moved to Canada. There he began studying

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and then stayed in Montreal. After his studies he worked as a sound designer at Apollo Studio, where he co-produced the sound design for video games (e.g.

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, Watch Dogs, Far Cry) and the sound for

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gaming trailers. In 2014 he left the company as his own music started to kick off. 2011 he was signed by

Kannibalen Records Black Tiger Sex Machine, often abbreviated BTSM, are a Canadian electronic music trio based in Montreal, Quebec. The trio are the label heads for Kannibalen Records, which has signed such artists as Kai Wachi, Apashe, Dabin and Lektrique. BTSM sp ...

. In 2020 he released his third album Renaissance – a mix of electronic and

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, following his first two albums, "The Rising of the Sun" (2014) and "Infinite" (2016). For this project the Prague Symphony Orchestra with 69 instruments was hired. Requiem, which won GAMIQ's Electronic EP of the Year, and Renaissance were produced in his first own studio. His music has been used in various movie and series trailers e.g. John Wick, Marvel's Iron Fist, Kingsman: The Golden Circle,

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, and Love, Death & Robots Volume 3. Apashe describes his music as "majestic" (a mix of classical and electronic music). When Apashe composes, he takes inspiration from movie scenes that he creates in his head, while still aiming to make his music danceable. Apashe has collaborated with Tech N9ne, Alina Pash, Dabin, Sway, Black Prez, Wasiu, Lubalin, wifisfuneral, RIOT, Vladimir Cauchemar and more.

Discography

Albums

* ''Renaissance'' (2020)

Singles and EPs

* Black Mythology EP (2013) * ''Golden Empire'' (2014) * Goodbye (2014) * No Twerk (2014) * Battle Royale (2014) * Confess (2015) * I'm A Dragon (2015) * Trap Requiem (2015) * No Twerk VIP (2015) * Tank Girls (2015) * Skeleton Dance (2016) * Fire Inside (2016) * Copter Boy (2016) * Supernova (2017) * Do It (2018) * Feeling Good (2018) * ''Requiem'' (2018) * ''Requiem Remix EP'' (2018) * The Good, The Bad & The Fake (2019) * Annihilation (2019) * ''Renaissance (Remixes)'' (2021) * ''I Killed the Orchestra EP'' (2021) * RIP (2022) * ''I Killed the Orchestra Remix EP'' (2022)

Music videos

Apashe worked with director, cinematographer and friend

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on the music videos for the songs "RIP", "Lord & Master", "Uebok" and many more. 3D-Artist and motion designer

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created a lot of the visual effects for his music videos and visuals for his live shows.

Awards

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References

{{reflist 1992 births Living people Canadian electronic musicians Musicians from Montreal