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SASCHA FUNKE - QAM EP
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Qam EP
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RB109
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Nu-Disco / Deep House /
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Vinyl record
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4 trax of deep house and nu Disco
In the constant state of flux that house and techno are in since their inception, Berlin’s Sascha Funke is at once a fixture and an emblem of the city’s transformations. Probably best-known for his work on BPitch, Kompakt or the evergreen MZ, Funke’s EP for Running Back is an amalgamation of sounds, influences and atmospheres. Subdued rave euphoria, robotic disco-influenced techno-pop and hints of Berlin’s long gone „Dubmission“ party ethics get re-arranged, extracted and reconfigured with „German engineering“ values.
Take the ritual QAM for instance. Using a sample and the legendary morse melody of the weather forecast at the end of each „Tagesschau“ and putting it in a completely different context, is a prime example of a free-form approach to making music and making nostalgia future-proof.
That also holds true for the rest of the EP. While titles like FEZ (Freizeit- und Erholungszentrum) or SEZ (Sport- und Erholungszentrum) refer to lost places in East Berlin, the tracks are anything but. Yearning, precisely programmed and full of joie de vivre at the same time, they all lock into and complement each other. So much, that you will find a new favorite with every listen.
In the constant state of flux that house and techno are in since their inception, Berlin’s Sascha Funke is at once a fixture and an emblem of the city’s transformations. Probably best-known for his work on BPitch, Kompakt or the evergreen MZ, Funke’s EP for Running Back is an amalgamation of sounds, influences and atmospheres. Subdued rave euphoria, robotic disco-influenced techno-pop and hints of Berlin’s long gone „Dubmission“ party ethics get re-arranged, extracted and reconfigured with „German engineering“ values.
Take the ritual QAM for instance. Using a sample and the legendary morse melody of the weather forecast at the end of each „Tagesschau“ and putting it in a completely different context, is a prime example of a free-form approach to making music and making nostalgia future-proof.
That also holds true for the rest of the EP. While titles like FEZ (Freizeit- und Erholungszentrum) or SEZ (Sport- und Erholungszentrum) refer to lost places in East Berlin, the tracks are anything but. Yearning, precisely programmed and full of joie de vivre at the same time, they all lock into and complement each other. So much, that you will find a new favorite with every listen.
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A kind of techno that sways between the polarity of emotional overload and concrete rationale – hence immediacy, which is what Sascha Funke is all about.
1989
Sascha listens to a lot of euro-dance-pop as a twelve year-old his first purchased record after the fall of the wall was "technotronic mega mix".
1990-1992
First contact with techno and house is thanks to marusha's radio show "rave satellite;" Sascha buys his first techno record "the seawolf" (underground resistance/ ur).
1993/94
He visits the legendary Berlin club walfisch for the first time as a raver; he organizes parties in youth clubs in the east Berlin section Lichtenberg and thus encounters his first DJ experiences with trance.
1995/96
Sascha goes out with passion and visits clubs like the E-werk or The Matrix.
1997
Sascha begins his DJ career in Berlin clubs like Discount or SO36.
1998
He attempts first steps as a producer with borrowed equipment and the help of his soon to-be label partner Paul Kalkbrenner in their collective studio.
1999
Sascha splits his studio and runs a new studio with Djoker Daan in the side rooms of the Berlin club casino.
2000
Sascha's musical home becomes bpitch control, DJ's at the Ostgut, WMF, Maria, Tresor. Releases also on kompakt (Köln).
2001
Remix fun, like for mitte karaoke, internship at the newspaper De-bug, further solo releases.
2002
Bpitch control „Gemeinsam-tour 2002“, studio work on his first album.
2003
His debut-album Bbravo" / BPC075 appears in September 2003. bravo-tour around the world.
participation with the soccer team of bpitch at the magnet mitte soccer cup - drop out at preliminary round,
Best party: bpitch new year eve at Maria/Berlin
2004
Participation with the soccer team of Bpitch at the magnet mitte soccer cup - drop out at the semi finale. More remixes for A. Kowalski and Kompakt 100. Best party: WMF Summer Camp and Melt.
2005
No participation at the magnet mitte soccer cup due to an injury. More remixes for Ada and Anja Schneider. He got over his fear of flying and started working for the wepshop of Bpitch. Best party: WMF Summer Camp and Sonar.
2006
Moving back with his studio into the Bpitch house. He finished the second “boogy bytes” mix cd. Works on his new album. Moves temporarily to Aix-en-Provence in order to escape the grey Berlin winter.
2007
Produces in Aix-en-Provence an exclusive track for bpc's label compilation "Camping vol.3" (bpc148+149) as well as tracks for a new ep - "Auf Aix" (bpc144)
2008
'Mango' released on BPitch. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.