Berlin-based musician, producer and composer Apparat (aka Sascha Ring) has announced details of his sixth studio album, ‘A Hum Of Maybe’. The new album will be released on Mute on 20 February 2026, available on limited edition double turquoise vinyl, standard double vinyl, CD and digitally.
‘A Hum Of Maybe’ is a complex and deeply personal record – one shaped by the years that have passed since 2019’s ‘LP5’, and by a long period of creative stasis in which Ring felt disconnected from his own music. To move forward, he set himself a radical task: to create the idea for one song every day, without judgement or expectation. The daily practice removed pressure, opened space, and eventually became transformative. From hundreds of sketches produced across six months in 2025, the strongest pieces began to surface, forming the contours of what would become his sixth full-length album.
The album launches today with ‘An Echo Skips A Name (Alternate Take)’. Mixing warm percussion and dreamlike synth pads, the track explores the gradual distances that can form within a relationship – changes so subtle they are barely noticed. Ring describes it as a “gentle fade of recognition”.
At its heart, ‘A Hum Of Maybe’ is about love – for his partner, for his daughter, and for himself – and about the delicate act of holding onto it in a world of constant flux. The lyrical process became a guide rope through the uncertainty, helping him focus on what matters most. The album embraces ambiguity: not a clear yes or no, but a hum in between – a space where possibility lives. “It’s a maybe that is not weakness,” Ring explains, “but a space where things can grow.”
Elegantly balancing electronic production and classical composition, ‘A Hum Of Maybe’ combines vivid textural detail, warm instrumentation and shifting emotional terrain. The album was made in collaboration with Ring’s long-time musical partners: Philipp Johann Thimm (cello, piano, guitar), who also co-wrote and co-produced the album; Christoph “Mäckie” Hamann (violin, keyboard, bass); Jörg Wähner (drums); and Christian Kohlhaas (trombone). Armenian-American vocalist KÁRYYN appears on ‘Tilth’, while Jan-Philipp Lorenz (aka Bi Disc) features on ‘Pieces, Falling’. These players will also join Apparat on tour, bringing the album’s organic, band-driven dynamic to life.
‘A Hum Of Maybe’ marks the beginning of a new chapter – a bold dive into complexity, uncertainty and renewal.
‘A Hum Of Maybe’ will be released on Mute on 20 February 2026.
‘A HUM OF MAYBE’ TRACKLISTING
(Cat # STUMM524)
- Glimmerine
- A Slow Collision
- Gravity Test
- Tilth — w/ KÁRYYN
- Hum Of Maybe
- An Echo Skips A Name
- Enough For Me
- Lunes
- Williamsburg
- Pieces, Falling — w/ Bi Disc
- Recalibration
APPARAT LIVE
27 Jan — Munich (DE), Alte Kongresshalle
28 Jan — Vienna (AT), Arena Wien
29 Jan — Zürich (CH), Rote Fabrik
30 Jan — Leipzig (DE), Werk 2 – Halle A
31 Jan — Berlin (DE), Huxleys
3 Feb — London (UK), HERE at Outernet
4 Feb — Paris (FR), Le Trabendo — SOLD OUT
5 Feb — Amsterdam (NL), Paradiso
6 Feb — Ghent (BE), De Vooruit — SOLD OUT
8 April — Prague (CZ), SaSaZu
9 April — Budapest (HU), Dürer Kert
10 April — Belgrade (RS), MTS Dvorana
15 April — Milan (IT), Alcatraz Milano
16 April — Rome (IT), Sala Sinopoli, Auditorium Parco della Musica
18 April — Gdansk (PL), Stary Manez
19 April — Wrocław (PL), A2 Centrum Koncertowe
6 June — Katowice (PL), Tauron Festival
3 July — Beuningen (NL), Down the Rabbit Hole Festival
