{{Short description|English avant-garde act}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}} {{Multiple issues| {{Refimprove|date=February 2019}} {{Unreliable sources|date=November 2018}} {{Notability|music|date=January 2018}}}} {{Use British English|date=August 2010}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = a.P.A.t.T. | image = APAtT lock1.jpg | caption = Empress Play, Bossa Nova, Oscar Later<br /> General Midi, Mr Phil, Col Legno | landscape = yes | origin = Liverpool, England | years_active = 2002–present | genre = Experimental<ref name="BBC"/> | label = Postmusic<br />Pickled Egg<br />! A N G R r !<br />Upset the Rhythm | website = {{url|apatt.com}} | current_members = General Midi<br />Dorothy Wave<br />Master Fader<br />Field Marshall Stack<br />Sir Kit Breaker<br />The Count In<br />The Researcher<br />Oscar Later<br />Colonel Panic<br />Major Arpeggio<br />Norma Lies<br />Empress Play<br />Bossa Nova<br />Phil Harmonic<br />Mister Phil<br />Col Legno<br />DC Offset<br />Boss DR-5<br />Private Dancer<br />Ana Crusis<br />Ed Room }}
'''a.P.A.t.T.''' (no set pronunciation) is an avant-garde act based in Liverpool, England, who are known for a mixture of musical, filmic and multi-disciplinary works. They perform as a live band as well as avant-garde and modern classical projects.
Among other things, they have performed live soundtracks to accompany films such as Nosferatu.;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mcld.co.uk/blog/2009/new-soundtracks-for-old-films.html|title=New soundtracks for Old films|website=Mcld.co.uk|accessdate=2 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/article/2613-mtv-liverpool-music-week-set-to-rock-liverpool-.html |title=MTV Liverpool Music Week Set to Rock Liverpool! | Dolphin Music |access-date=12 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180313092602/http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/article/2613-mtv-liverpool-music-week-set-to-rock-liverpool-.html |archive-date=13 March 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://itsapatt.blogspot.com/2011/05/apatt-to-release-nosferatu-eine.html|title=a.P.A.t.T. to Release Nosferatu Eine Symphonie Des Grauens Soundtrack 1922|website=Itsapatt.blogspot.com|accessdate=2 June 2019}}</ref> modern classical pieces such as ''In C'' by Terry Riley;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itsapatt.blogspot.com/2010/02/apatt-presents-terry-rileys-in-c-live.html |title=a.P.A.t.T. presents Terry Riley's – In C. Live (Excerpt) |website=a.P.A.t.T.B.l.o.G |access-date=21 May 2024}}</ref> and in 2013 they performed the premiere of a piece of music composed from the locations of bird droppings falling on large sheets of paper.<ref name="BBC">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-21082873|title=Birds make music with bum notes|date=20 January 2013|accessdate=2 June 2019|website=Bbc.co.uk}}</ref>
== Recordings == === Singles and EPs === * ''(e.P.) -'' Self-released - Digital (2002) * ''Fre(e.P.)'' - Self-released Digital (2005) * ''a.P.A.t.T. vs Stig'' -12" Class A Audio - Vinyl (2008) * ''Martins Quest'' - POSTMUSIC - Digital (2009) * ''Paul the Record'' 12" - Upset the Rhythm - Digital (2010) * ''Just Because'' - POSTMUSIC - Digital (2014) * ''Cigarettes & Margarine'' POSTMUSIC - Digital (2020) * ''Solipsism'' POSTMUSIC - Digital (2021) * ''The Great Attractor'' POSTMUSIC - Digital (2022) * ''It Keeps Going'' POSTMUSIC - Digital (2023)
=== Albums === * ''(L.P.)'' - Lowsley Sounds - CD - Digital (2004) * ''Black & White Mass'' - Pickled Egg - CD - Digital (2008) * ''a.P.A.t.T. / Peepholes'' (Upset the Rhythm, 2010) – split with Peepholes * ''Ogadimma - !aNGRr!'', POSTMUSIC - 12" - Digital (2012) * ''Fun With Music - Pickled Egg'', POSTMUSIC - 12" - Digital (2016) * ''We - 9x9 Records'', POSTMUSIC, Dur et Doux - 12" - CD Digital (2023)
=== Compilations === * ''Ch(e.a.)P'' CD - Digital -(2006) * ''Bulk Dump'' - CD - Digital -(2010) * ''apattuntiltedmixexclusivthankyoudotcom'' - Digital (2020) * ''The Essential Now That's What I Call an a.P.A.t.T. Christmas Vol 1'' Digital (2020)
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == <!-- Per WP:ELMINOFFICIAL, choose one official website only --> * {{Official website|https://apatt.com}}
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Category:English experimental musical groups Category:Musical groups from Liverpool