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Sascha Funke

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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

Con Il Nastro Rosa (Azaad Edit)[caposile music]

Détends-Toi is the debut EP of the Parisian-born, Berlin-based singer & DJ Stella Zekri. 
Produced and co-written by Ed Longo, Détends-Toi is a sunny collection of four original songs, one dub version and one special cover, heavily influenced by Zouk, Boogie and the sound of the mid-80s French underground. Coming to you in advance of summer ‘22 the record marks also the first release of Berlin label Cosmic Romance.

 
TRACKLIST
A

Plus Vite 	        4:15		
Réalité	        	6:19
Pourquoi (Why)	4:34

B

Détends-toi	        5:26
Sentimentale	        5:30
Détends-toi (Dub)5:07

Release: 17/06/2022 

stream: https://orcd.co/detendstoi

preorder:
https://thepusher.fr/release/1647877298/Stella-Detends-Toi
https://cosmicromance.bandcamp.com/album/d-tends-toi-2

@stella-zekri-ouiddir
@edlongo

Stella - Détends-toi (Snippets)

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

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

Don't forget for all your vinyl needs head over to My Vinyl Record Box on Discogs and drop Matthew a line to be added to their shop mail out service. Website coming soon...... www.discogs.com/user/MyVinylRecordBox

Outta Limits Radio Show 15/9/2022

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

The platform stretched far into the distance, the concrete only partially lit by the dim glow of the lamps. A handful of people dotted along its expanse, all waiting patiently for the train to arrive. Just a few minutes before midnight the chugging engine could be heard nearing the station; at exactly midnight it pulled in. In 70 years it had never been late. The passengers climbed aboard in silence, and with a blow of the whistle they sailed off into the darkness.

Orange Tree Edits are known purveyors of quality reworks. Since their beginnings five years ago, founder Jimmy Rouge and a stellar cast of fellow edit masters, including Jonny Rock, Moving Still, Hysteric and Good Block, have breathed new life into old finds and forgotten gems. Musically it ranges, but generally it's made with either the intent of getting your feet moving or soundtracking time spent lounging at home. There's Afro, disco, Balearic, new wave and synth-pop, which are some of the sonics that head honcho Jimmy gets stuck into on his return to the label after three years.

PREMIERE: Jimmy Rouge - Fever Dream [Orange Tree Edits]

https://pleasure-pool.bandcamp.com/album/love-without-illusion-dub-without-illusion?label=249009462&tab=music

Ahead of their Love Without Illusion album, Pleasure Pool release the title track as a digital single along with a dub version which is exclusive to this release. Love Without Illusion is a highlight of any Pleasure Pool live sets and while it is not a cover version, it does channel the vibrations of Imagination’s classic 80’s hit Just An Illusion. 100% hypno deepness for both club and non club use.

https://www.youtube.com/c/OptimoMusic/videos
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100039176114488
https://twitter.com/OptimoMusic
https://optimomusic.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/pleasurepool
https://pleasure-pool.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/pleasure_pool/

OM LP 24 S1 - Pleasure Pool - Love Without Illusion / Dub Without Illusion

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

Pre-order: https://lnk.to/UTSOFF01
Release date: 26.05.2023
Format: Digital & Vinyl

UTSOFF01 - Chris Stussy
A - All Night Long
B - Rose Bay

A trademark feature of his versatile and dynamic sets, Chris Stussy’s long list of unreleased productions across the years has meant fans have always been treated with snippets of what’s to come from the Amsterdam-based talent. And while his Up The Stuss imprint houses a large percentage of these secret weapons, the curated approach to the label’s release schedule has meant that a new project has been in the works for a while now. Introducing UTSOFF - a special series that builds on the label’s forward-thinking ethos when it comes to house music from across the spectrum. Locked away in the vault while being tried and tested on special occasions, including his Printworks debut and recent Mixmag Lab in London, there’s no better way to kick things off than opening with ‘All Night Long’ - a signature Stussy production that looks set to elevate his rise even further via a skilfully crafted journey through rich synth melodies, skippy drums, and the iconic vocals at the heart of things. Not stopping there, the b-side is loaded with the warping and cosmic sonics of the excellent ‘Rose Bay’ for a special bonus treat.

@djchrisstussy

OUT NOW

Chris Stussy - All night long - utsoff01

Artist: Niklas Wandt
Track: Bodyzeit (Borusiade Remix)
Release: WAR1207
Cat: WAR1207
Label: Warning https://soundcloud.com/warningberlin
Release date: 28 April 2023
Format: 12"
Pre-order: https://warningberlin.bandcamp.com/album/war1207

Pre-order

DT PREMIERE: Niklas Wandt - Bodyzeit (Borusiade Remix)[Warning] (2023)

Niklas Wandt - WAR1207
BUY LINK: https://warningberlin.bandcamp.com/album/war1207
Label: ㋛ 𝑊𝐴𝑅𝑁𝐼𝑁𝐺 ✌︎︎ (https://soundcloud.com/warningberlin)
https://soundcloud.com/niklaswandtmusik

Tongue-in-cheek as usual, belleter Niklas Wandt melts up pianos, acid lines and bass heavy breaks as raw material for Die Glocke (The Bell). When the hunchback pours the lead of three decades of rave culture onto your lost souls, it’s too late for shelter.
Fantastic Twins evaporates not just the bell but the whole bell tower into particles of peak time madness for the mental cases.
On the flip Bodyzeit heats up on an even more old schoolish tip with breaks that definitely win the bumper car dancefloor. Very sorry for the spilt drinks, thrown fags, popped pills, ripped shirts and funny faces trying to sing along these german vocoder phrases. Borusiade doing some serious bodywork, shifting gears down in her lowrider manner, modding this burner into a dreamish but deep wee-hour masterride.
[Words by Stefan Batsch]

BUY LINK

PREMIERE : Niklas Wandt - Die Glocke (Fantastic Twins Remix)

https://optimomusic.bandcamp.com/album/all-in-good-time-ep

Presenting Belfast’s Black Bones. 

Born out of a shared obsession for crate digging, collecting, and the playing of weird and wonderful music, their releases so far have manifested in a highly-sought series of psychedelic disco 12”s. 

OMDD presents their first ever digital release fusing the sounds of early 1980s Downtown New York with 21st Century beats and massive Dub DNA injections. 

They say: "No longer in our Belfast studio, wedged between the everyday mundane. We are in the ‘down town’ New York bar that lives inside our mind. Gathered with people of the night, getting drunk and getting high, anything feels possible, yet all in good time. 

Drums roll, the bartender cranks the volume up, as the sax begins to play. Time pointing towards morning, yet people want to stay. 

Faces change as wonder sets, as to where their night has gone. Yet we play anything we want because it’s almost dawn. Introducing familiar sounds that mutate into something new. As always, Sherwood never far from thought, some pressure, just for you!"

Out on Optimo Music Digital Danceforce on June 16th 2023.

All In Good Time

OMDD 50 - Black Bones - All In Good Time EP

Boss Priester delivers swinging snares and rolling basslines on a two-track tech-house masterpiece.

https://soundcloud.com/boss-priester

Boss Priester - NRG / ITTW [SUNNY01]

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

@saschafunkeofficial
@niklaswandtmusik
@rand_muzik_recordings

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.

grab your 12"

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

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.

Bandcamp - https://randmuzikrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/rm12023

releases July 21, 2023 

Mastering by Carsten Dämbkes 
Artwork by Cheslo.de 
Sascha Funke published by Passé Publishing 
Cut/Pressed at R.A.N.D. Muzik 
Distributed by inchbyinch.eu 

RM12023 - R.A.N.D. Muzik Recordings 2023

RM12023 - Sascha Funke & Niklas Wandt

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.

Buy: https://randmuzikrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/rm12023

https://soundcloud.com/saschafunkeofficial
https://soundcloud.com/niklaswandtmusik
https://soundcloud.com/rand_muzik_recordings

Premiere: Sascha Funke & Niklas Wandt - Erntegold [R.A.N.D. Muzik Recordings]

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

Pre-order: lnk.to/UTSOFF02
Release date: 01.09.2023
Format: Digital

UTSOFF02 - Locklead
1. Moon
2. Hazy Gaze

Returning to Up The Stuss in style fresh from his collaborative Across Boundaries project with label head honcho Chris Stussy, it’s pretty clear that Utrecht-based DJ, producer and live talent Locklead’s purple patch isn’t going anywhere as he continues to unveil his sharp-edged, heady and cosmic sound to an ever-growing selection of fans. And when artist and label link and complement one another effortlessly, creating a home away from home, comfort and freedom take creativity to a new height.

For the sophomore release on UTSOFF, a series launched by Stussy’s soaring ‘All Night Long’ earlier this year, the enigmatic Dutchman delivers ‘Moon’ - a shimmering slice of house music that’s been the topic of endless ID requests since featuring as a stand-out track in Stussy’s Sonar Week sets. A true showcase of his innate talent as an artist, drawing from all corners of the genre, the track - written and produced solo while featuring his own vocals throughout - welcomes a trip into the mind of one of modern house music’s most exciting new names. In contrast,’ Hazy Gaze’ is a moody journey through tumbling textures, wonky synths and spacey tones, delivering two cuts for varying moods and moments, and another essential addition to the UTS catalogue.

@locklead

Moon

Locklead - Moon - utsoff02

Black Electric - Work That (Lorem Ipsum Remix) FREE DOWNLOAD

Unrelease from Vitess, Herr Krank, Fatzo, Stupid Flash, Jeff the fool, Deborah Aime La Bagarre, Oden,  Marwan Sabb 

Buy link : 
https://chevryrecords.bandcamp.com/track/le-monstre-du-lockdown
https://www.beatport.com/release/le-monstre-du-lockdown/3252984

Chevry Agency:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWv7O4JLNfI 
https://www.instagram.com/chevry_agency/
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Vitess:
https://soundcloud.com/vitess1
https://vitess.bandcamp.com/
https://www.instagram.com/vitess.music/
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Herr Krank:
https://soundcloud.com/krank0001
https://www.youtube.com/user/Cubefroid
https://www.instagram.com/herr.krank/
https://herrkrank.bandcamp.com/
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Oden:
https://soundcloud.com/odenoden
https://www.facebook.com/Oden.live/
https://www.instagram.com/oden.music/
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Fatzo:
https://soundcloud.com/fatzo-music
https://www.discogs.com/artist/707216...
https://www.facebook.com/fatzolive/

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Jeff The Fool:
https://soundcloud.com/jeff-the-fool
https://www.instagram.com/jeffthefool/
https://www.discogs.com/Jeff-The-Fool...
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Deborah Aime La Bagarre:
@deborahaimelabagarre
https://www.facebook.com/deborahaimel...
https://open.spotify.com/artist/6jZ18...
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Marwan Sabb:
https://soundcloud.com/marwan-sabb
https://www.instagram.com/marwansabb_/
https://www.facebook.com/marwansabbDJ
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s t u p i d f l a s h:
https://soundcloud.com/stupidflash
https://www.facebook.com/stupidflashh/
https://www.instagram.com/stupid_flas...
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Artwork credit : J. E. Queinnec
Mastering: DJ Steaw

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Chevry All Stars - Le Monstre Du Lockdown

R.A.N.D. Muzik Recordings is a record label associated with R.A.N.D. Muzik Record Manufacturing situated in Leipzig, Germany and curated by Reece Walker (Carmel). 

Demos: streamable links either over soundcloud or to reece (at) randmuzik.de - I'll do my best to have a listen to em but can't get back to/give feedback to everything (sorry)

Label distributed by inchbyinch.eu (https://soundcloud.com/inchbyinchdistribution)

We have a new sublabel too! It's called Breakfree Records and is run by Reece Walker & Salomo, you can find it here https://soundcloud.com/breakfree-records the bandcamp link is in the links below :-)