Sascha Funke

Even though he's been in the game for quite a while now, Sascha Funke has always remained innovative over the course of his career. He experienced the birth of techno in East Berlin in the 90s and later shaped club culture as an artist himself. Recently, he's been drawn to broken beats more and more and the set he played for our livestream at Harry Klein is a clear reflection of that.

Follow him at @saschafunkeofficial

RITUAL:DIGITAL_22_SASCHA FUNKE

Running Back and BPitch Control producer Sascha Funke takes us on a ride through a plethora of sounds from downtempo and trance to house, breakbeat and much more.

Interview: https://www.stampthewax.com/2022/05/19/extended-mix-sascha-funke/

(Extended Mix): Sascha Funke

Retro Space Weapon (Lipelis Remix)

As ever we have for your ears an unbelievable amount of the good stuff right here on The OLRS!  Chicago Bee's new 'Home Listening Acid & House' Compilation providing the fibre for sure, more off that in the coming weeks.  Exalt recordings coming correct with a new dub plate addition and an entertainer series 12 with an absolutely firing remix from Shadow Acid..... hearing is believing.  Shameless promo plugs for my labels and the man like Fugitive with what's got to be the remix of the year from MOY and the man from Romford FLATliner. Elsewhere Info, DJ Absolutely Shit, Ron Cook & Generation Next and Sascha Funke and the legend that is Stefan Robbers under his TERRACE pseudonym get to flex their musical muscle. WATCH IT!

Type 303 'Stairway To Jupiter' Chicago Bee
Arimat 'My Mind Is Yours' Exalt Dub Series
Monofonix 'Omega' Chicago Bee
Garneau & Max Ulis 'Tulip' Thirty Year Records
TR ONE 'Pitchshift' (Feat. E Dowling)Intrinsic Rhythm
Kolya 'Stick Together' Ecstasy Garage Disco
Steve Bug & Cle 'Let It Go' Nu Groove
Sascha Funke 'Alles Paletti' Kompakt
Generation Next 'Hot Girls, Cold Beer' 7 Days Entertainment
Self Control 'Self' (Tasty Mix) Dark Grooves
Ron Cook 'Dance Electric' 7 Days Entertainment
Dircsen 'Nervous Disorder 'We're Going Deep
Biz 'Way Too Hard' Unreleased
Brother Nebula 'The Burden Of Proof' LEGWORK
Baldo 'Dreams Of Glass'  E Beamz
Bitin Back 'Break-in Up' Vinyl Fanatiks
Inf0 'Dreams Of Andromeda' Chicago Bee
Terrace 'Bass Star' Delsin
Fugitive 'Too Strong' (MOY RMX) Amen Tec
FLATliner 'The Awaking' AMEN TEC
Dick Emery 'Acid Drops' (Shadow Acid RMX) Exalt Records
DJ Absolutely Shit 'Your Love' (Re Fix) Red Laser
DJ Absolutely Shit 'Jungle Fever' (Re Fix)Red Laser
Unknown 'The Outta Limits' EMOTEC

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Outta Limits Radio Show 15/9/2022

Outta Limits Radio Show With DAMO B.  Broadcast on Unity Radio 15th Sept 2022

Khidja - The Exchange - (digital bonus)

Feel My Bicep Mixtape 198 by Fantastic Twins
http://www.feelmybicep.com/fmb-mixtape-198-fantastic-twins/

For this week’s episode of the FMB mixtape series, we welcome Julienne Dessagne aka Fantastic Twins; the Berlin-based French artist, producer, live performer and label owner (Microdosing). As usual we fired some questions over to find out a bit about the mix & what she’s been up to recently:

Mainly traveling for my live shows and in between working in the studio on lots of exciting projects – a soundtrack for contemporary dance, adding the last touches to my album, finishing an EP, and a new collaboration with Andrei Rusu (1/2 of the Khidja duo)… amongst other things. 

The mix was recorded in my studio in Berlin. My focus has always been on producing music and performing live shows rather than DJing so I have learnt to find my own way of making mixes which isn’t exactly the standard DJ approach. I use mainly Ableton and some outboard effect units. After selecting the music and digitalising vinyls when needed, I put the tracks in a session and do quite a lot of editing, add some layers of my own recorded material or vocals here and there, process some bits through external effects, etc. My mix is ultimately an instinctive assembling of all that and some happy accidents. The idea behind the mix is hopefully to create emotion for the listeners. I personally don’t enjoy mixes that sound like a straight motorway from start to finish. I much prefer to be taken through highs, lows and unexpected turns. I approach mixes in a very similar way to my live sets. For this particular mix, I liked the idea of starting things on what sounds like the fading end of something else. And building anew from there, in full circle. 

Up next?

Some upcoming live shows this weekend in Paris, Prague, a Mexican tour in December, an endless list of projects to finish in the studio, and I’m also looking forward to diving into the visual / art direction research for my new album which will hopefully be released next year.

FMB Mixtape 198 by Fantastic Twins

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🛒 https://redasaiarh.bandcamp.com/album/comfort-zone
🔊 https://youtu.be/M8p5Yuhkzms

Human Endeavour Records, an offshoot of Ransom Note Records, has announced its third release, ‘Comfort Zone’, from Geneva-based producer Reda Saiarh.

Having appeared on the label’s inaugural Various Artists release, ‘Trains Of Thought’, Reda now steps up to the plate for his first solo EP on the imprint, which showcases his fresh, forward-thinking take on Belgian New Beat.

Originally born in Brussels, and now residing in Geneva where he co-runs music and cultural bar Canal 54, Reda's music draws influence from his Belgo-Moroccan heritage and formative moments spent digging through his father’s record collection, which was heavily saturated with the iconic 80s Belgian sound.

On ‘Comfort Zone’, he approaches the traditions of the genre with a completely new twist that weaves elements of progressive trance, jackin’ 90s house and Italo disco into the mix, alongside his trusty bank of signature New Beat samples.

‘Keyboard Warriors’ gets things going. As Reda rightly reminds us, “they are terrible”, though this track is anything but. Exploring the impact social media can have on our relationships, a theme which rears its head several times across the EP, the opener throws all sorts of samples into the mix, from sports announcers to stuttering vocals and ghostly whispers, which ride an off-beat bass line, warm keys and a punchy kick.

Lead single ‘Ego Slaves’ follows, wasting no time charging out of the gate. Eerie vocals wash over fat, rumbling low end, gated drums and a twitching snare, accented by Reda’s trademark New Beat stabs.

At the halfway point Reda takes us down a more psychedelic path, but those stabs still stand their ground. Underpinned by a slap bass and soft, thudding drums, ‘Hunters’ is his soundtrack to your nocturnal quest, where you’re certain to meet howling wolves and unearthly figures along the way. ‘Tele Music’ continues on that same trance-inducing journey. It’s a deep subaquatic trip through amphibious sounds, haunting, whirring samples and plinking chords that suck you in and pull you under. 

‘I’m Not Your Friend’ rounds things off on a guttural note, literally. Reda cheekily samples a burp, which is used as a percussive guide alongside tinkling bells and tittering hats, while the track's title rings out over hopeful pads, a soaring metallic synth line and deep bass groove.

Reda Saiarh: “Comfort Zone is my space of creation, no words, only feelings and apprehensions. Each track explains a piece of my environment and experiences. I also focused on the impact of social media on today's relationship. I feel free to think, produce and share music. All combined, you get a part of myself which transmits deep interpretations. Welcome to my comfort zone, feel safe and enjoy!”

Tracklist: 

1. Keyboard Warriors  
2. Ego Slave 
 3. Hunters  
4. Tele Music  
5. I’m Not Your Friend

PREMIERE: Reda Saiarh - Hunters [Human Endeavour Records]

Released on Nebulae Records VA - E0102 

Available here:
https://nebulaerecords.bandcamp.com/album/e0102

Sound Synthesis -- Sailing To The Cosmos (Nebulae Records)

Artist: Sascha Funke & Niklas Wandt
Title: RM12023
Track Title: Seidenstreifen
Label: R.A.N.D. Muzik Recordings
Cat #: RM12023
Release date: 21.07.2023
Format: vinyl, digital

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R.A.N.D. Muzik Recordings welcomes a joint record by Sascha Funke &
Niklas Wandt to the label with their take on House, IDM and Balearic.

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Premiere | Sascha Funke & Niklas Wandt - Seidenstreifen (RM12023)

Ever since his first exposure to euro-dance pop as a twelve year-old kid, Berlin native Sascha Funke followed the siren call of electronic music, carving out his own spot at the forefront of leading-edge dance music. A seasoned hunter constantly digging for epic melodies, kicking beats or top-tier records to grace both his studio output and DJ sets, he specializes in deep, sweeping sounds - but always favored sitting on the fence when it came to the occasional shootout between genre trenches.

A well-known purveyor of allusive, pop-infused minimalism, Funke successfully combines the straightforward and the uncanny, all wrapped up in lean and stylish arrangements that don’t need much tools to establish a complex atmosphere - a sort of lock 'n' load romanticism that can be readily experienced on the much-acclaimed and highly influential full-length releases „Bravo“ (2003) or „Mango“ (2008). Both went on to become electronic classics in their own right and remain a rather popular choice on international dance floors to this day.

After establishing his unique musical vision on iconic underground imprints like BPitch Control or Kompakt, Funke has returned to the latter for his more recent efforts with Saschienne, a project he put forth with partner in crime Julienne Dessagne - resulting in 2012’s album „Unknown“, a master class in sparse, but highly effective techno songwriting that found its fair share of loyalists and serves as an ideal primer for Funke’s new solo output with the label. We could welcome him back, but then again, he wasn't really away.

After the release the duo toured around the world and further introduced their work with a dynamic live show. When Funke was not on stage with Julienne or spending his time with her and their son, he was occupying his weekends by playing his current favourite tunes and classics in some DJ booth around the world. The only Berlin-based producer that supports 1.FC Köln then had locked himself in the studio again and produced four new tracks the label Multi Culti, which celebrate techno darkly with melodies full of New Age and Krautrock spheres, cosmic trance moments and a slower BPM power.

As well he released on Tiga’s Canadian label Turbo Recordings the EP “IFA” and delivered four enchanting tracks between bewitched minimal tribal, twisted piano house, stomping psychedelic and space techno. And there is also a new solo album in the pipeline. It will be called “Lotos Land”, will see the light of the day on the Japanese label Endless Flight and presents the 40-year-old as a musician, that transcends deep felt emotions into a multidimensional ocean of sound. Those who would like to hear first impressions of his newest musical output should come to one of his DJ gigs - Sascha Funke likes to play unreleased sounds in DJ sets, which lately go beyond the average definition of techno and house and also presentdisco, wave, electro, cosmic, Krautrock and early electronic dance music. All mixed up with passion in order to kick all dancers into an unpredictable emotional journey, in which their bodies become absolutely unrestricted and bodiless.


Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/saschafunkeofficial
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SaschaFunke/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saschafunke_music/

Hypnotic Groove Mix #427 - Sascha Funke

Are you ready for the big disaster? The moment when everything unravels?  On their third album, Sex Judas feat. Ricky portrays a break-up of astronomical proportions. The band's mascots, Sex Judas and Ricky, embodied by artist Sindre Goksøyr, find themselves in the midst of a separation, and their feelings are sprayed all over the big screen.   But what is actually going on? Sex Judas feat. Ricky consists of the musicians Tore Gjedrem (Ost & Kjex), Sidiki Camara, Ivar Winther, Tracee Meyn, Tore Brevik, Kristian Edvardsen and Linn Nystadnes, a stellar team part of Oslo's musical underground. Together, they play a mixture of funk, disco, post-punk, traditional music from Mali and electronica that always moves the dance floor, with two previous critically acclaimed albums on the Scottish Optimo Music and a Norwegian Grammy to show.  Sex Judas’ third album, ‘The Book Of Dreams / After Sex’, is a double disc and a two-part musical affair. In the first part, Sex Judas' version of the breakup is depicted in a band format, with music inspired by the alternative 80s. Think Grace Jones, Tom Tom Club, DAF, No Wave, and the Compass Point Studio backing band in a blissful cocktail. In part two, depicting Ricky’s breakdown, the band has created their most experimental music to date in close collaboration with contemporary composer Ole-Henrik Moe. The songs influenced by Ole-Henrik's tones are fluid and beautifully ambient, with inspiration ranging from 30s and 40s film music,  Norwegian folk, contemporary electronica and IDM topped with Moe’s modern string arrangements.” - Snick Snack Music

The Book Of Dreams

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PREMIERE : Sex Judas - Umberto

The Landing

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Red Richards & Hondo - The Landing

MY LADY

Puppets & Masters

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Bhekithemba Buthelezi - Puppets & Masters

Archive // 006 - Donato Dozzy & Anna Caragnano - Parola (Orion Edit)

Influential Istanbul house and techno collective Sublime Porte reunite for the first time in many years with a special dedication to one of their core members Okan Coban who tragically left us in 2003.

One tune, one emotional epitaph for one of Turkey’s most enduring crews, ‘Cascade’ is deep, dubby and laced in Detroitian drama. Nodding to the foundations set by the likes of UR, there’s a twinkle, star-lit sheen to the top layer but a powerful drive to the groove beneath. Ageless and suitable for any chapter of the night, it’s a fitting send off to a dear friend.

It also comes complete with two versions from Berlin-based Kanzleramt bossman Heiko Laux. The first remix is primed for more peaktime activities. Relentless, soaked in big dub washes and funk-minded modulation on the main lead, it’s Heiko doing what Heiko does best. Looking for something a little darker and stripped back to the bare essentials? Look no further than the dub mix.

Sublime by name, sublime in spirit: ‘Cascade’ is a stunning tribute from a crew, label and remixer that care deeply for the craft. Rest in peace Okan...

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Sublime Porte - Cascade (Original Mix)

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Premiere | Sascha Funke & Niklas Wandt - Seidenstreifen (RM12023)

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