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 Brussels, Belgium and currently lives in Montreal, Quebec.
Life and career
Apashe was born in Brussels. At the age of 19 he moved to Canada. There he began studying electroacoustics at Concordia University 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. Assassin's Creed, Watch Dogs, Far Cry) and the sound for Ubisoft gaming trailers. In 2014 he left the company as his own music started to kick off. In 2020 he released his second album Renaissance – a mix of electronic and classical music. 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, Iron Fist, Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Fast & Furious, 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. He has collaborated with Tech N9ne, Dabin, Sway, Black Prez, Wasiu, Lubalin, wifisfuneral, RIOT, Vladimir Cauchemar, g. Alina Pash and more.
Discography
Albums & LPs
- Copter Boy (2016)
- Copter Boy Remix LP (2017)
- Renaissance (2020)
- Renaissance (Remixes) (2021)
- Antagonist (2023)
- Antagonist (Remixes) Part I (2024)
- Antagonist (Remixes) Part II (2024)
Singles and EPs
- Machines Should Work (2011)
- Contamination (2012)
- Ritual (2012)
- Funky Family EP (2013)
- Black Mythology EP (2013)
- Golden Empire (2014)
- Goodbye (2014)
- No Twerk (ft. Panther & Odalisk) (2014)
- Battle Royale (ft. Panther) (2014)
- Confess (with LeKtriQue) (2015)
- I'm A Dragon EP (2015)
- Trap Requiem (with Tha Trickaz) (2015)
- I'm A Dragon Remix EP (ft. Sway) (2015)
- No Twerk (ft. Panther & Odalisk) (VIP) (2015)
- Songs from "Fresh Flesh" (2015)
- Tank Girls EP (2015)
- Skeleton Dance (ft. Lena) (2016)
- Fire Inside (with RIOT) (2016) (Copter Boy)
- Supernova (ft. Dope D.O.D.) (2017)
- Requiem (2018)
- Do It (ft. Black Prez) (2018)
- Feeling Good (ft. Cherry Lena) (2018)
- Requiem Remix EP (2018)
- The Good, The Bad & The Fake (2019)
- Annihilation (with JayKode) (2019)
- Distance (ft. Geoffroy) (2019) (Renaissance)
- Uebok (Gotta Run) (ft. Instasamka) (2020) (Renaissance)
- Insane (ft. Tech N9ne) (2020) (Renaissance)
- Dead (ft. Yizzy) (2020) (Renaissance)
- Work (ft. Vo Williams) (2020) (Renaissance)
- Малый повзрослел (Apashe Remix) (2020)
- I Killed the Orchestra (2021)
- RIP (with Vladimir Cauchemar) (2022) (Antagonist)
- I Killed the Orchestra Remix EP (2022)
- Gasoline (ft. Raga) (2023) (Antagonist)
- Fracture (with Flux Pavilion ft. Joey Valence & Brae) (2023) (Antagonist)
- Revenge of the Orchestra (ft. Magugu) (2023) (Antagonist)
- Devil May Cry (ft. Sofiane Pamart) (2023) (Antagonist)
- Lost In Mumbai (ft. Geoffroy) (2023) (Antagonist)
Music videos
Apashe worked with director, cinematographer and friend Adrian Villagomez on the music videos for the songs "RIP", "Lord & Master", "Uebok" and many more. 3D-Artist and motion designer Josué Zabeau created a lot of the visual effects for his music videos and visuals for his live shows.
Awards
| Year | Category | Song | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Best Music Video | "Fuck Boy" | Nominated |
| 2021 | Best Song | "Uebok" | 2nd place |
| 2022 | Best Song | "Lord & Master" | 1st place |
| 2023 | Best VFX | "R.I.P." | Nominated |
| 2025 | Best Director | "Catch Me" | Nominated |
| 2026 | Best Concept | "Kyiv" | Nominated |
GAMIQQ
| Year | Category | Project | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Electronic EP of The Year | Requiem | Won |
