Hiding nowhere, there is supposed to be more...
ljj555998 aka moremore
One of FunctionLab's resident DJ.
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Hiding nowhere, there is supposed to be more...
ljj555998 aka moremore
One of FunctionLab's resident DJ.

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It's been five and a half years and we are still together. This is a belated birthday present from i-D. Stay hard, sometimes emotional ;)
Mix by @https://soundcloud.com/boyang-guan & @ljj555998
Photograph by 鲍金龙

FunctionLab mix for i-D | 猛男的眼泪

Functory 03 is the third compilation from FunctionLab will be released on August 5, 2019.

After the practice and introspection of the “localization of the vanguard scene” in the past two years, we proudly started from Hangzhou and have extended our tentacles to a farther geographical space; Collecting music from all over the world and converging into functionlab's own "smell”, self-centred yet separated from self-expression.

Functory 03 contains 12 tracks produced by Akito/ bela/ GG Lobster/ GUAN/ Kieran Loftus/ Laughing Ears/ Mice/ Mr.Pena/ XHANKONKON/ XOXO Miro/ Yikii/ Zean

The cover and MV are made by Hangzhou artists Zhou Yilun and Martin Goya Business & Cheng Ran respectively.

Tracklist/

Mr.Pena - X-Akii12 @mr-pena
GUAN - I Only Open My Mouth for Reading Disc @boyang-guan
bela - 玄武 Black Tortoise @6314
GG Lobster – Rivaldo Top 10 Goals @gglobster
Zean - Eyes @zeanmusic
Akito - Drown My Demons @akeytoe
XOXO Miro – 鼓一 Drum Studies 1 @xoxomiro
Kieran Loftus - Avoid as Teammate @iamahoe
Yikii - 蚀变 Alteration @yikii
Mice - 过肠 Intestinal Passer @inq7b4qx57vq
XHANKONKON - XXXME @xhankonkon
Laughing Ears - Polymorphic Reality @laughingears

Release Date 2019/8/5
Mastered by GUAN
Music Video by Martin Goya Business & Cheng Ran
Artwork by Zhou Yilun
Released by FunctionLab

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Released by:
FunctionLab
Release date:
5 August 2019

Kieran Loftus - Avoid as Teammate

Akito - Drown My Demons

GG Lobster – Rivaldo Top 10 Goals

FL011: 011668 / S280F - ∂ ⁾ ∂⁸ (2019)
Released by FunctionLab
Cover by 011668
Mastered by S280F
MV by vvxxii

人҉ ​​​ ه҈҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉ه ​​​​​

After 6,001 years in hypersleep, the symbiotic 011668 / S280F emerge from their calcified cocoons using sound, sculpture, and dance to resurrect the remains of a decimated Los Angeles (Tongva).

Joined by the equally vague and ancient oracle vvxxii - the amphibious coven references the lost low-frequency technology of our celestial ancestors; both as a healing tool and as a portal towards the primordial depths of the next reality.

Through digital swamps and climate catastrophes, 011668 / S280F / vvxxii encourage swim in sync beyond borders and post language - illustrating and analyzing the effects of pollution on flora/fauna by embodying and animating the mutated spawns and their further evolutions.

∂ ⁾ ∂⁸

Tracklist:
18 18188
S280F - 1 6-exxYOUR
elsa.a
it's following me again (ft. KUNTHAN JIN)
‘B’ ft vocals by SIX (tape only)

"it's following me again" featuring:
KUNTHAN JIN
soundcloud.com/kuthijin

“B” (tape only) featuring:
SIX
soundcloud.com/sixcyber

168 (2019)

its following me again (feat. Kuthi Jinani)

elsa.a

S280F - 1 6-exxYOUR

18 18188

"The most negative emotions are neither grief nor anger that cannot be suppressed, but shame.

Shame is the disease of the soul. It is one of the most heartbreaking experiences. Shame is the wound inside. It separates us from ourselves and also separates us from others.

In shame, one's self-consciousness is 'split' - imagine that when we are in the eyes of another person - the self-consciousness of people in shame will have such a split, themselves Always in your own eyes.

Shame is the first and most essential cause of all violence (whether for individual violence or for specific groups of people). Anger, assault, and violence are all coping strategies for shame.

Using seemingly powerful anger to mask the powerless shame. In order to cope with shame, the individual externalizes the internal blame on the self to the outside world and others, and then angers and attacks the outside world and others. This feeling is better to endure than pure shame.

Unlike most emotions, shame does not disappear with time, it lurks in us. It is the least easily recognized and released emotion, it is the most secretive emotion. ”

SHAME by Laughing Ears will be released on FunctionLab on November 19, 2019. Shame, To Cover, Self-loathing, Keep in the dark, combines the four emotions into one EP, showing Laughing Ears' most hidden and bare personal feelings.

Track List:

5.Shame 羞耻 
6.To Cover 遮蔽 
7.Self-loathing 自我厌恶 
8.Keep in the dark 隐瞒

Release date: November 19, 2019
Mixing & Mastering: GUAN
Artwork: Melt Joshua (ig: @melt_j)
Design: GG Lobster
Catalog: FL012

Laughing Ears - To Cover 遮掩

Premiere: 10. Yikii - Frost Jelly Cake (Dasychira Secret Recipe Book Edition)

[FL014] FunctionLab CNY greeting release - GG Lobster - 動亂星 Stars of Turmoil EP

"Everything I do comes from romance, if I can't be romantic, then I won't make music anymore. "GG summarized in a post when "Punk Karaoke" was released.

Throughout the entire "動亂星 Stars of Turmoil EP", the Gabber / Hardcore influence cannot be erased, but this is already the result of GG's efforts to suppress this influence to the minimum. The sensory stimuli pursued at the DJ set were not all brought into his personal release. "動亂星 Stars of Turmoil EP" is concerned with what is happening now, not the cyberpunk ideas, the fantasy of the stars and the sea, nor is it a thing of the past.

Each track has a clear expression goal: "榮耀 Glory" uses a lofty melody to tells about GG's love for certain people and things, not only for the ambition he is putting into practice, but also for those who work as hard as he but People who have not yet made a name for themselves; "犬子來拜 Adoration of Sons" expresses his dissatisfaction with the current situation around him and unilateral provocations against some rogues in a restless voice; "動亂星 Stars of Turmoil" uses a lot of rhythmic patterns of traditional Chinese lion dance, and his emotional foundation is built on Encourage the FunctionLab team and the entire Hangzhou music scene; "香港 Sweet Harbour" focuses on the expectation of love between person to person, with the characterization of delicate melody as the lead.

"My temper is still very strong, but now I feel that fighting with music is a more effective and smarter way." GG sees this EP as a successful self-positioning rescue and a safer emotional release. If you want to make a distinction between his musical career, maybe style and technology are not the most important boundaries, and the change of mindset is the real watershed. Although in music, he has reconciled with it, but in his life, the rebellious attitude could not be changed. Don't roar lyrics is only a partial concession, and the music still carries his sharp opinions, those passionate opinions.

"Let those assholes hear the aggressiveness in my heart and the ambition of FunctionLab and I, and let those who are smug and arrogant about their small achievements hear, there must be a winner or loser one day. "In addition, more is unruly and open love. This is the fate of GG Lobster, and it's what he is. Those extravagant lyrics that don't care are now internalized in his heart, leading him and guiding him.

"I hope you can hug your companions after listening, especially those who are still with you while doing things like moth fluttering fire with you." This is the most sincere, the most meaningful suggestions from GG Lobster about this EP. 

released January 20, 2020

Mixing by GG Lobster
Mastering by GUAN
Artwork by GG Lobster
Photo by Limbo Limbs

GG Lobster - 動亂星 Stars Of Turmoil

GG Lobster - 犬子來拜 Adoration Of Sons

3 T5UMUT5UMU - Thunder Squall 雷飑

1  T5UMUT5UMU - Incantation 呪術

Artist: Xiao Quan
Title: Connection
Mix & Master: Xiao Quan
Artwork: Gabriel Massan
Label: FunctionLab & Indieworks

The name Xiao Quan sparks a question mark and confuses tons of listeners. His nationality, cultural background and behaviour are topics that everyone who knows him for the first time want to talk about. Those are also the themes he is more than happy to play with in his music. In fact, he has lived in Shenzhen, China for two years, when Oil Club wasn‘t even open.

Cultural symbols from Asia and Africa have appeared more and more frequently in world’s art scenes in recent years, although the status of self-consumption in content and consumption by the Western world is still unchangeable in a short time. As a producer from São Paulo, Xiao Quan’s "Connection" EP uses a generalized and concrete way to create cultural symbols as he operates them and make them sound normal and casual, which is impossible for many original creators of culture, especially in mainland China, which is almost derailed from its tradition now. Xiao Quan is just like us (Chinese people and producers), absorbing and using a large amount of information from around the world.

"Connection" EP is undoubtedly based on the Xiao Quan-style black humor, and the connection with the Asian and African culture he deeply loves. Unlike in the past, he really participated as a member of Asian culture through FunctionLab this time. From the first sound of "Rolling Barrel”, like the sound of a dragon coming out of the fog, drums from Asia and Africa came through and wore it to the end, warm and obscure. Does the rough Chinese vocal sample appearing in the track puzzle you? This is the voice that Xiao Quan doesn't understand very much but crazy in love with. The fun is self-evident. As for elaborate arrangements and superb production techniques, these have never been the case for Xiao Quan.

Welcome to the wild and lovely dancing world of Xiao Quan.

5 Xiao Quan - Comora In Check

4 Xiao Quan - Sweat

3 Xiao Quan - New Ties

1 Xiao Quan - Rolling Barrel

About Kanon EP

Any dance music scene will fall into a stereotyped and boring moment, then new party organizations and music producers will reinvigorate the scene. Loreng and Sanjonas from Yogyakarta, Indonesia are bringing some high energy sounds to the clubs there. Hi-NRG music as a genre of fast tempo disco that originated in late 1970s has a great influence to their producing, though it sounds not so ‘high energy’ now, this spirit is injected into their creation. Loreng and Sanjonas co-founded Bast Culture and completed the EP with this combination.

Kanon is about a holy pilgrimage—a quest for the ultimate answer in the desolate universe. It is the mystery and horror of the ancient existence which hidden in the cold digital sound of the machinery; It is a sense of helplessness that stands before the unknown, which slowly covers the whole body from head to toe when Abyssixsxsix begins. Not until the end of Sun Crane 1844 will you realize that the entire journey is nothing more than a futileness which with the fate of failure from the strat.

Since Sanjonas and Loreng both are visual artists, this will be an interdisciplinary picture scroll. We will get lost in the space they created.

Written by Yung Min 


Artist: Loreng & Sanjonas
Title: Kanon
Mix: Loreng & Sanjonas
Master: Loreng
Artwork：Carkultera

Loreng - Abyssixsixsix

Mice is back with his first album 0.01% after contributing Light EP and participating three compilation. The vibrating sound which like a gleaming metal shows the life cycle of a parasite . 

The whole album is divided into four chapter — a metempsychosis from fear to calm. Beginning with Warm 暖胃, the host's horror was continuously pushed by the fierce shattered beat and disturbed noise, and reached its peak in Upwelling 上涌. The parasite gradually entered the host's limbic system along with the exalted melody in Corrosion 腐蚀, secreting neurotransmitters to make the host fall into a false excitement. After the drop of the last note in Permeate 渗透, the host began to struggle with his own consciousness and slowly sink into the chaotic subconscious quagmire in Filter 过滤. From Sterillize 杀菌 to Break 突破, the host kept struggling unconsciously until death. The parasite broke out in Purification 净化 and greeted its own transformation — to a higher life form in peace. EndingStarted as the end of the album is not only the end of parasitism but also the beginning of new life.

0.01% mp3

Mice - Upwelling 上涌

Mice - Digestion 消化

About Sero

It is the music that specifically made for bastards to dance in the club by Mr.Peña and XOXO Miro from Switzerland. All of the wired melodies, funny records, sudden drums are saying “not taking it too serious”, let you not wail like a baby when you break everything due to an inexplicable fall. A humorous language, hidden in every sound from Sell to Horserider. So far, there is still no mystery in this EP, it simply provides us with all the functions that every dance music should have; of course, just for mature bastards.

这是瑞士制作人 Mr.Peña 和 XOXO Miro 专门为了让混蛋们在俱乐部跳舞而 制作的音乐。所有诡异的旋律、搞笑的录音与突然砸下的鼓点都是在跟你说: “放轻松。”，让你在因莫名其妙摔倒而把东西都摔坏时不会像个三岁小孩一样 哇哇大哭。一种幽默的语言，藏在从《Sell》到《Horserider》中的每一个声音 里。在这张 EP 中没有任何神秘之处，它只是简单直接地提供给我们舞曲应有 的全部功能，当然，只是对一个成熟的混蛋而言。

Mix:frqncy audioservices
Master: frqncy audioservices
Artwork:董冰清

Sero

05 XOXO Miro - Guess Who feat. Amindo, DJ Cocksplitter

01 Mr.Peña - Sell

About Let's Collapse

Let’s Collapse is a collaboration EP between Pixelord and Max Dahlhaus in Moscow and Berlin, respectively. The illusion of the global village, which it seems like yesterday’s, collapsed due to the outbreak of covid-19, but none of this can prevent people from contacting each other. This EP shows how the artists feel in it.

Both artists are good at creating cold music, and the collision of ideas has produced many wonderful changes in the results. The whole EP is like a roaring turbo engine, and the huge sound continuously presses our hearts. There is always some strange but beautiful sound between the heavy drums and the rough background noise, when they appear, it will make the listener's scalp tremble like two sharp pieces of metal rubbed in a flash. All these sounds constitute a sci-fi world, and the rich details bring people into endless spaces of imagination. The world is constantly destroyed and rebuilt in the journey of the seven tracks, and the epic ending leaves all this to the unknown.

《Let’s Collapse》由分别位于莫斯科和柏林的Pixelord 和Max Dahlhaus 共同合作完成。恍如昨日的地球村幻景由于疫情的爆发一瞬间崩塌了，但这一切都无法阻止人们相互联系。这张EP展现的就是音乐人在其中的感受。

两位音乐人都善于制作黑暗冷酷的音乐，这次创意之间的碰撞使结果产生了许多奇妙的变化。整张EP就像一台轰鸣的涡轮引擎，声浪持续地压迫着我们的心脏。在厚重的的鼓点与粗糙的背景噪音之间总有一些奇特但又美妙的声音，他们出现时就像两片锐利的金属片擦过一般使听者的头皮一刺。所有这些声音共同构成了一个未来的科幻世界，丰富的细节使人们进入无尽的想象空间。在这七首歌的旅程中，这个世界被不断地毁灭，又被不断地重建，充满史诗感的结尾把这一切留给了未知。 

Mix:Max Dahlhaus & Pixelord
Master: Max Dahlhaus
Artwork:Gabriel Massan

Let's Collapse

Max Dahlhaus - No Time

Otel Beat

Pixelord - whoosh

Let's collapse

Max Dahlhaus - Crrrush

Label based in HangZhou, China.

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