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

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

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

https://my-dear.bandcamp.com/album/my-dear 
https://kompakt.fm/releases/my_dear_3xlp

Premiere of Sascha Funke’s exclusive track "Proskauer Slide“, part of the upcoming "MY DEAR" compilation with exclusive dance hits by your favourite artists for the most intense club moments in the early morning hours. Compiled by Denis Stockhausen (KOMPAKT) for the 11th anniversary of his renowned party series "MY DEAR" at Gewölbe, Cologne. 3x LP, CD and digital. Out March 3rd but available for pre-order now.

MY DEAR

Proskauer Slide

KOMPAKT PREMIERE: (MY DEAR) Sascha Funke - Proskauer Slide

6tizen - Burden of Choices (Forthcoming June 16, 2023)
Label: Slowciety

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6tizen - Burden of Choices (Sascha Funke Remix)

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)

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

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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.


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