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EF 085EP
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Sascha Funke gave away some tunes from his latest album Lotos Land (EF 017CD EF 079LP, 2017) to friends for remix duties. Düsseldorf based Tolouse Low Trax formed "Twirl" into a foggy dark MPC-seducer for romantic nighthawks. Australian boy Dreems prepared a remix that grooves odd and uncommon. His percussive version of "Im Feiern Und Feuer" is a slow whirlwind. Tuff City Kids' version of "Purple Hill" is a heartfelt mélange between trance and house deepness. The final edit comes from Glasgow's Junto Club, who transformed "Comola" into a longing dark melodic synth stepper. Also features Autarkic and Emily Evans.
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Double LP version. Lotos Land, the third solo album from German producer Sascha Funke, on Tokyo's Endless Flight. Funke embraces fresh sound territories without forgetting his past. With two solo albums on Ellen Alien's BPitch Control label under his wings, Funke knows what it means to write and dramatize an album. All tracks on Lotos Land are well selected. Together they built a bewitching story arc. With some singing help from the Scottish crooner David Wilson, voice of the Glasgow based melancholic dance sensation Junto Club and the Tel Aviv born musician Autarkic, exotic but yet perfect sing-along melodies partly enthrall the listeners, too. And even if Sascha Funke has been a part of the club culture since the nineties, his musical memory and sensibility goes way back before the early techno and house eruptions. For his new works, which were all produced in Berlin during 2016, he removed the dogma of functionality and shifted into a riskier, more open terrain, which does not offer mainly club sensations. Funke explains: "I think I would not have made such a diverse album without the time with Saschienne. Before Saschienne, I mainly worked sample-based and produced exclusively at the computer. By working with Julienne as Saschienne, I discovered my love for the instrument. 'Playing' with the different synths is for me the greatest progress and ultimately also the best possible form of expression for my music." For his new tracks he used several kinds of gear; from a Korg ARP Odyssey to a Dave Smith Prophet 8, Moog Voyager, Solina String keyboard, or a Yamaha Pacifica guitar, stylistically his new orchestra leads him to a mesmerizing meltdown of trance, techno, synth-wave, post-punk, and ambient particles. Funke points his finger to the emotional landscape of Lotos Land, which delivers enchanted atmospheres, sensible stomping grounds, funky twisted spheres, and tragically hip psychedelic zones. At large there is an unmistakable strong UK influence -- be it new wave, pop, or early dance and techno stuff. Sometimes the bass rolls like in a Cure song, then dreamy synth sceneries arise to stick in the mind. Also features Emily Evans. Cover art by Mule Musiq and Endless Flight Hamburg-based home illustrator Stefan Marx. It features a Marx-styled interpretation of a 1901 illustration by the British painter William Edward Frank Britten, that was made to the poem The Lotos-eaters, written by the poet Alfred Tennyson.
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EF 017CD
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Lotos Land, the third solo album from German producer Sascha Funke, on Tokyo's Endless Flight. Funke embraces fresh sound territories without forgetting his past. With two solo albums on Ellen Alien's BPitch Control label under his wings, Funke knows what it means to write and dramatize an album. All tracks on Lotos Land are well selected. Together they built a bewitching story arc. With some singing help from the Scottish crooner David Wilson, voice of the Glasgow based melancholic dance sensation Junto Club and the Tel Aviv born musician Autarkic, exotic but yet perfect sing-along melodies partly enthrall the listeners, too. And even if Sascha Funke has been a part of the club culture since the nineties, his musical memory and sensibility goes way back before the early techno and house eruptions. For his new works, which were all produced in Berlin during 2016, he removed the dogma of functionality and shifted into a riskier, more open terrain, which does not offer mainly club sensations. Funke explains: "I think I would not have made such a diverse album without the time with Saschienne. Before Saschienne, I mainly worked sample-based and produced exclusively at the computer. By working with Julienne as Saschienne, I discovered my love for the instrument. 'Playing' with the different synths is for me the greatest progress and ultimately also the best possible form of expression for my music." For his new tracks he used several kinds of gear; from a Korg ARP Odyssey to a Dave Smith Prophet 8, Moog Voyager, Solina String keyboard, or a Yamaha Pacifica guitar, stylistically his new orchestra leads him to a mesmerizing meltdown of trance, techno, synth-wave, post-punk, and ambient particles. Funke points his finger to the emotional landscape of Lotos Land, which delivers enchanted atmospheres, sensible stomping grounds, funky twisted spheres, and tragically hip psychedelic zones. At large there is an unmistakable strong UK influence -- be it new wave, pop, or early dance and techno stuff. Sometimes the bass rolls like in a Cure song, then dreamy synth sceneries arise to stick in the mind. Also features Emily Evans. Cover art by Mule Musiq and Endless Flight Hamburg-based home illustrator Stefan Marx. It features a Marx-styled interpretation of a 1901 illustration by the British painter William Edward Frank Britten, that was made to the poem The Lotos-eaters, written by the poet Alfred Tennyson.
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BPC 075X-CD
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Originally released in 2003. Sascha Funke presents his debut album Brave: The Album Formerly Known As Bravo (same as before in terms of audio content, but with a new variant title spelling that only Germans will understand). It's true that the first signs of Sascha Funke's interpretation of techno lifestyles are keywords like continuity, independence, and translation. This Berliner is living a contradiction for all the spaces left in between: a simultaneous demand for pragmatic rationality and emotional pontification. Funke has a sharp nose for pop, even letting coincidence be the basis of the production process. A new belt is pulling techno tight, managing to create further free spheres and independence in the grey zone of creativity and the collective, which can be heard on this album. The fact that he remains himself and juggles his own inadequacies makes his music not only more pleasurable, but also the person behind it all the more transparent. What he calls "rowing with technology" is overshadowed elsewhere by the immediate and pure, aseptic production. On Brave he engages his path safely: that what is usually determined to be the paradigm in techno, namely, a rapid rise on a bolting industry train, he counters not only as a producer, but even as a DJ who works for patience and one's own confidence in personal skill. What's always decisive for him in unsure situations is the dancefloor itself. Short, momentary reactions and the belief that "techno is always that what you make of it" leaves Bravo without competition in the set selection of his record bag.
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BPC 180EP
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The dynamic team of Sascha Funke, DJ Koze and Tobias Thomas & Superpitcher present the Mango Remixes. DJ Koze's killer is 12 minutes long. Suspense is the keyword. The solid kick drum and evocative vocals will grab you and shake you around. Tobias Thomas & Superpitcher's remix is closer to the original track, but, of course, the duo flavor their remix with their own interpretation, including vocals sung by Superpitcher, specially recorded for this remix. Dreamy club material.
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BPC 166EP
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Taken from his second album Mango, Sascha Funke presents "Double-Checked." Fritz Zander's remix is dark and sober but not simple and minimal. His sounds are rough and he concentrates on the beats rather than playful melodies, while Sascha Funke's original is calmer, more laid-back. "The Ballerina" is demanding and captivating, deep and dreamy. One cannot get the bass line off their minds, and all thoughts of going home vanish into the night.
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BPC 167CD
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This is the second full-length release on BPitch Control by Berlin-based DJ and producer, Sascha Funke. After several 12" releases and remix projects, Sascha presents Mango, a fully-ripe evocation of the beauty of the six months he spent in Aix-en-Provence. Like its forerunner Bravo, you won't hear 08/15 speed-techno with 140 bpm -- but a fresh and direct, catchy sound that is the antidote to boredom. "Mango" and "We Are Facing The Sun" opens the release with warmth and "Feather" makes you picture elves dancing in a meadow. "Take A Chance With Me" builds it up, while "Summer Rain" cools things down. The gravelly-affected vocals on "Double Checked" are sung by Fritz Zander, and other guest musicians include Fritz Kalkbrenner and TimTim, whose sparsely twanged guitar creates a lot of space within the songs. "Lotre (Mehr Fleisch)" fits perfectly into the barbeque: the bass develops like embers and hides behind rhythms and sounds, until Sascha's vocals catch sparks. "Chemin Des Figons" is the beautiful street Sascha lived on a year ago in Aix-en-Provence, and you'll want to walk it again and again. Finally, "The Fortune Cookie" finishes everything off with a strident, harmonic sing-a-long that will fit everywhere, whether you're enjoying a nice day at the park or a crazy underground rave.
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BPC 158EP
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Sascha Funke is back in Berlin and moved into his new studio (on the same floor as the BPitch office). Beside working on his new album, Funke also produced a new track for this EP, The Acrobat, where Efdemin contributes a remix for the B-side. Where Funke's version is a rather tidy and sparse track with dry, hypnotic beats, Efdemin's version leans more towards a two-dimensional sound where the transposed synth line with its reverb is up front. Both tracks are perfect for the dancefloor -- even for different hours of the night.
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BPC 144EP
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It seems that moving to Aix-en-Provence for the winter did Sascha Funke some good. Besides an exclusive track for the Camping Vol. 03 compilation, he also produced these two new tracks. "Auf Aix" is dry and hard techno like the people in the south of France like it. "Ey" with its little hobbling beats gets you going even more -- in the middle of the song, there is a break that brings everything to a halt, rewinds it and starts all over again. Vive la France!
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BPC 128CD
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The original gangsta, Sascha Funke, pops the glock for Boogy Bytes Vol. 02, the second in BPitch's new immaculate mix series. Funke has been around the block more than once, with releases on Kompakt and BPitch and remixes spanning from Telepopmusik on Capitol to the très chic Crosstown Rebels. So you know his selection is off the hook and his mixing skills are off the chain. So what do we have here? How about undaground stunna Sleeparchive back to back with the mighty Derrick Carter? How about man of the hour Trentemoller into DJ Koze's genius pop project International Pony? Or, I mean, Villalobos remixed by Isolée? Done done and done. Funke has an ear for melody and a tongue for tart beats and it is no more evident than on this lovely mix. The dancefloor is just the beginning for Mr. Funke, the first chapter of a night that does not end until sunrise on the rooftop. For this, we have the special treat of Phantom Ghost (whose Mayer/Thomas remix is an all-timer) with "These Days" -- a brilliant cover of the Jackson Browne classic. Thanks Sascha. Thanks.
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BPC 127EP
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With In Between Days Sascha Funke shows us his minimal techno side. "In Between Days," the A-side, is like a blare of trumpets that stretches over almost 10 minutes and builds up again and again while spreading into all directions. A trancy dream where courageous knights fight dragons and beasts to protect their princess. "In Between Ways" then follows with a really catchy tune that wanders through different synth sounds and themes. "In Between Gates" brings you back to reality. The dry and groaning beats and the straight line qualify this track as a perfect techno tool.
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BPC 112EP
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Sascha's 12" The Intimate Touch, the first since his wonderfully remembered album Bravo from 2003, already foretold Funke's new direction last year. Boy is an experiment on the attempt to be a boy -- again or still. A1: Attempt no. 1 persistently works its way forward, allowing regress to acid and Chicago and still taking liberties on the way. B1: Attempt no. 2 wants to move and drives forward with dry funk and wildly bustling bleeps that so nicely eat into your brain. B2: Attempt no. 3 starts from scratch. Any waste has been discarded. Smoothly thrown-in vocal tatter round the colour scale: If dark and minimal are colours, then purple would be the preferred mood.
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BPC 092EP
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"It's always moving forward with Sascha Funke at BPitch, now with his latest maxi. On the A-side, 'The Intimate Touch', and bringing up the rear -- as the postscript to his album -- the remix of the title track 'Bravo' (BPC 075) from Alexander Kowalski. Three dimensions on two sides of vinyl. Still between emotion and rationality, Sascha 'Techhouse-Hase' listens to the first of until now unheard beats, as the Techno-House turns suspecting. To this piece he has his own game: he means to escape from the traditional drum computer sounds, as well as from the light coming down from the treetops. Now he hops light and funky from shadow to shadow. Between the sna
pping switches, and the driving harsh calls he grabs still, compact melodies."
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BPC 074EP
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Remixes by: Lawrence, P.Kalkbrenner, Forms & Shapes, Ellen Allien. "In the circle of his closest way companions, Sascha Funke walks on with the Forms & Shapes-Remixe to a journey, which will only still take its actual exit. With the release of his forthcoming debut album Bravo (BPC075) Sascha Funke can rub and contently the hands."
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