In the late 1990s Apoptose started as a one man dark ambient project somewhere in Germany. Folk-tales and rituals of nordic origin, megacity nightmares or childhood trauma are just few of the topics that Apoptose aka. Rüdiger covers in his music. Over the years he collaborated with different singers e.g. Gary Carey of British postpunk outfit Joy of Life or the classical trained Tenor Daniel Sans.

The apoptosis (Apoptose in German) is the process of highly regulated and controlled programmed cell death that may occur in multicellular organisms.