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FUNKSTÖRUNG
Vice Versa (K7108) Studio K7 2001 12 Tracks. 51mins41secs. Buy this CD on line now |
Funkstörung have always proven to be fascinating remixers as well as accomplished musicians. Only accepting an offer to remix a track if they have complete creative freedom, their work is utterly unique and instantly recognizable. If the material gathered on Vice Versa doesn’t indicate any major change of direction in the duo deconstruct the work of others by injecting glitches and scratches to incorporate their abstract conceptualisation of sound, the duo nevertheless present here funkier structures and more accessible soundscapes than on previous releases. Through short and sharp incursions into the world of others, Fakesch and De Lucas open up to more extrovert tones, bringing more subtle yet stronger beats assemblages. On collaborations with Jay-Jay Johanson on the beautiful I Want Some Fun, or Anti-Pop Consortium rapper Beans on Salt, Funkstörung summarise their expending production capacities, capacities only discernable on some occasions on Appetite For Disctruction. If the Johanson track is a pure alternative pop delight, Salt displays a dark Massive Attack-esque atmospheric backdrop on which Beans weaves precise words and brings an element of humanity to the mechanical production work. Elsewhere, on the brilliant reworking of Humanity, N.C.R. or Spatial Convolution, the duo embrace the sound of each original track and turn it into more abrasive displays, while on the more subdued Eyen or Moron reveal smoother, silkier contraptions. Funkstörung even entertain the idea of bringing Jean-Michel Jarre to life with a serious reshaping of the appalling C’est La Vie, and actually manage to succeed against all odds, showing the vast talent of the pair.
With this collected works, Funkstörung offer a wider sonic range, finally showing the band’s true colours and dissipating the tempting comparison with Autechre. Here, Michael Fakesch and Chris De Lucas introduce a funkier sound, based on rigorous glitches and noises and abstract hip-hop beats, indulging in more human temptations.
| 01 | Plaid
Eyen
Funkstörung Remiks |
07 | Ike
Yard N.C.R.
Remiksed By Funkstörung |
| 02 | Funkstörung Mit Jay-Jay Johanson I Want Some Fun | 08 | The
Notwist Moron
Twisted By Funkstörung |
| 03 | Nils
Petter Molaer Solid Ether
Funkstörung Miks |
09 | Funckarma
Spatial Convolution
Morphed By Funkstörung |
| 04 | A
Guy Called Gerald Humanity
Funkstörung Remiks |
10 | Phillip
Boa & The Voodooclub Rome In The Rain
Funkstörung Remiks |
| 05 | Beans Mit Funkstörung Salt | 11 | Tocotronic
Morgen Wird Wie Heute Sein
Funkstörung's K.O.K.O.N.U.T.S Miks |
| 06 | Speedy
J Something For Your Mind
Funkstörung Remiks |
12 | Jean-Michel
Jarre C'est La Vie
Reordered By Funkstörung |
Five best albums ever?
(actually this really changes
all the time...)
1. Björk Homogenic
2. Public Enemy It Takes
A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us
3. Autechre Tri Repetae
4. Plaid Not For Threes
5. Anti Pop Consortium Tragic
Epilogue
Best Funkstörung
track?
can’t answer that...
Track you wish you had
recorded?
Björk Joga...ohh,
no: Los Del Rio Macarena $$$$$$$
;-)
Autechre or Plaid?
Autechre, although we don’t
like their new stuff.
How do you spend your
last day alive?
Having fun with my kid and
my girlfriend, like every other day in my life.
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FUNKSTÖRUNG
Appetite For Disctruction (K7087) Studio K7 2000 11 Tracks. 59mins18secs. Buy this CD on line now |
After a myriad of 12'' for different labels as well as their own, and an album of remixes released last year, they now put their very own productions into an album format.
Appetite For Disctruction is a mind-blowing experience. Not quite as extreme as Autechre, but not far off, the 12 tracks composing this record all display some amazingly complex sounds and beats. Melodies are scarce, hardly identifiable, and tend to pop up when least expected. Instead of reassuring, the collage of voices and songs only adds to the disturbing impression of watching human beings trapped into some kind of disfunctioning machinery.
Like Autechre, Funkstörung manage to produce with Appetite For Disctruction, a very evocative, colourful and ever changing soundtrack, on which everyone is free to put their own pictures.
This album is not easily accessible, but very rewarding indeed. Funkstörung are master at their art and produce some of the most fantastic and modern music of their time.
| 01 | Test | 07 | Think! Feat. Greenwood |
| 02 | Appetite For Disctruction | 08 | I/0 Feat. Carin |
| 03 | Try Dried Frogs | 09 | Red Shirt, White Shoes Feat. Carin |
| 04 | Sounds Like A Breakrecord Feat. Tripple H | 10 | A Bottle, A Box & A Mic |
| 05 | Grammy Winners Feat. Tripple H | 11 | Mind The Gap |
| 06 | A8 KM34 | 12 | Untitled Feat. Carin |
| AUTECHRE - EP7 |
| MICHAEL FAKESCH - Marion |
| POLE - 1/2/3 |
| V/A - Warp 10 Influences/Classics/Remixes |
ADDITIONAL PRODUCTION Studio K7 1999 Buy it on line now |
Visit Venus Children
Of The Rave Solution
Visited By Funkstörung East Flatbush Project Tried By 12 Tried By Funkstörung Various Artists No. 9 No. 9,5 By Funkstörung Björk All Is Full Of Love In Love By Funkstörung Finitribe Mind My Make-Up Made Up By Funkstörung Dj Craze Bust It Mit Funkstörung Wu-Tang Clan Reunited Reunixed By Funkstörung S'Apex Henryk Synkopic Reprogrammed By Funkstörung |
| FUNKSTÖRUNG
Beautiful site from the masters of abstraction, Funkstörung.de offers interviews, features, tour dates, a discography and more... |
| STUDIO
K7
The Berlin based label famous for its DJ Kicks series has become a recognised force on the international music scene, with a roaster including Funkstörung, Herbert, Ian Simmonds or Rae & Christian. |
| MUSIC
AUS STROM
Music Aus Strom is Funkstörung's own label. |