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Sascha Funke
Various
Review: A quarter of a century after the first compilation hit record stores, the 24th instalment of Kompakt's popular 'Total' series appears. As its predecessors did, the set rounds up dancefloor-focused label highlights from the last 12 months. While the Cologne-based label does not enjoy the same amount of coverage it once did, its' releases are just as strong as ever - as 'Total 24' emphatically proves. For proof, check the glassy-eyed deep electro-pop of Tee Mango's 'So In Love', the deep space electro of 'Laika' by Rex The Dog, the pulsating techno maximalism of Michael Mayer's 'Urian', the deep, dubby and dreaming dancefloor psychedelia of Ada's rework of 'Talking Man' by Heido Voss, the Moroder-goes-techno throb of Gui Boratto and Darren Emerson's 'The Shell', and the twisted tech-house-funk of 'Your Fault' by Raxon.
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KOMPAKTCD 182D
06 Sep 24
Deep House
06 Sep 24
Deep House
Played by: Juno Recommends Deep House
Review: Sascha Funke's latest EP for Running Back Halle Weissensee pays homage to the iconic hallmarks of rave while makong sure to add more context than simple retro revivalism. Across its four tracks, Funke crafts a hypnotic blend of house and techno that seamlessly merges classic structures with contemporary production techniques, resulting in an EP that effortlessly navigates various sonic landscapes; taking in the classic jackin' numbers through contemplative deep house and progressive hypnotism. With an open-minded nod to nostalgia, tracks like "Reality" and the warped bleepiness of its title track echo the aesthetic of legendary rave nights, "Fantasy" and "Puzzle" explore various other facets of electronic music while giving a shouts out to Berlin's lake district too!
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RB 127D
29 Mar 24
Deep House
29 Mar 24
Deep House
Various
Review: Twenty-five years is a long time in any field. In the fast-moving world of electronic music, it's practically an eternity. That Turbo has managed not just to last that long but also to remain fresh says a lot about Tiga's immaculate A&Ring. On Turbo 25, we see the form this takes. There's "You So Pretty", his cheeky electro collaboration with long-time Turbo collaborator Jori Hulkkonen. Audion and Seth Troxler also celebrate the landmark anniversary with the searing techno of "Hate", while The Hacker goes down the industrial route with the slamming "Forcefield". Tiga continues to flirt with pop with the Soulwax edit of "Woke". However, the fact that he has commissioned Gesloten Cirkel of Murder Capital fame to rework "Easy" means he remains as connected as ever with techno and electro's underground. Here's to the next quarter century.
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TURBO 225
17 Nov 23
Techno
17 Nov 23
Techno
Various
Review: To celebrate the 11th anniversary of Cologne party My Dear, its resident DJ Dennis Stockhausen has curated this compilation. It's an impressively diverse selection and ranges in sound from the ambience of Rising Sun's "Give" to leftfield tracks from Samo/Kamo and Fantastic Twins. Stockhausen also has an ear for distinctive dance floor tracks; this is evident from his inclusion of the deep techno of Wassermann's "R?slein Rot" and the wonderfully blurry, frazzled groove of Robag Wruhme's "Orugo Major" as Bogdan Marx. With My Dear rooted in the Kompakt stable it's no surprise that pop influences are never too far away, audible here on the seductive harmonic melodies of J?rgen Paape's "In Time".
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MYDEAR 1001D
03 Mar 23
Techno
03 Mar 23
Techno
Review: After a break of two long years, tech-house scene stalwart Sascha Funke has finally delivered a new EP of typically atmospheric, on-point music. It's his first outing for Running Back after years spent flitting between BPitch Control, Multi-Culti and Endless Flight. Interestingly, what's on offer is more retro-futurist in tone than much of his work, with audible nods to vintage electronic disco, early 2000s nu-disco (think Morgan Geist) and tactile '90s deep house. Our picks of a very strong bunch are rubbery, morse code-sporting nu-disco-goes-bleep house number 'QAM', moody analogue deep house treat 'SEZ', whose creepy chords and spacey sonics are undeniably alluring, and ultra-melodious, Italo-disco-influenced opener 'FEZ'.
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RB 109D
27 May 22
Deep House
27 May 22
Deep House
Various
Review: Well, it's that time of year again when one of electronic music's finest labels presents another sonic soiree. Cologne powerhouse Kompakt serves up the 21st installment in their esteemed Total series featuring some the year's greatest hits and near misses, from their own roster and external artists but all curated in its distinct aesthetic throughout. Label staples such as Jurgen Paape appear with the balmy summer allure of "La Guitarra Romantica", label co-head Michael Mayer with the entrancing dancefloor drama of "Happy" and of course Voigt & Voigt on the paranoid afterhours minimal house of "Nicht Mein Job". Elsewhere, there's the ever reliable John Tejada making the mandatory appearance with the chilled contemplative beats of "Spectral Progressions", the always impressive Jonathan Kaspar being the label's best sound ambassador on the the deep techno epic "Von Draussen", the return of Gui Borrato on the glassy-eyed and bittersweet pop-inflections of "Wake Up" and newcomer Nicky Elisabeth with "Celeste" - which gets a slinky and hypnotic rework by the legend Roman Fluegel.
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KOMPAKTCD 168D
24 Sep 21
Experimental/Electronic
24 Sep 21
Experimental/Electronic
Played by: Teniente Castillo (Play Pal Music), Juno Recommends Downtempo, Juno Recommends Experimental
Review: Still in the game outta Montreal Canada is TVP's Multi Culti label with a second collaborative release from Berlin duo Sascha Funke & Niklas Wandt! It follows up the project's Wismut EP from last year with three new and supersonic, primed cuts pumped up with new wave, cosmic and psychedelica-deutsche power! Take the "Blue Monday" atmospheres and Klaus Schultz-like instrumentation in "Kreidekreis" with its over the top crescendos and high voltage synths that balance out next to the stripped-back, future disco and spacey tribal effects of "Kometenschweif". With a heavier, grungy bassline given prominence in "Weg Vom Leder" allowing Niklas Wandt's sly vocals to take up center-stage, a similar recipe is followed in Whodammy's remix to "Kometenschweif". Adding some extra lo-fi effects and instrumental dub flavours to the record is Alexander Arpeggio and his post punk-y take of "Kreidekreis". New German New Wave, yeah!
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MC 051
17 Nov 20
Balearic/Downtempo
17 Nov 20
Balearic/Downtempo
Various
Played by: Juno Recommends Minimal Tech
Review: Most labels and collectives are challenged to last a decade in electronic music's fleeting landscape, but so far Kompakt has endured for twice this lifespan. This is largely due to the fact that the Cologne operation boasts a tightly-knit group of artists who continue to release on its many labels. For the twentieth edition of the annual Total compilation series, many of those producers come correct; Robag Wruhme and founder Michael Mayer both deliver ponderous deep techno tracks, while Jurgen Paape goes even farther, veering into guitar-spangled melancholia on "Vox Acris". This introspective mood seeps through to more overt dance floor tracks, with Sascha Funke's eerie "Atze" and Voigt & Voigt's "Schopper Da Leu" delivering understated but impactful results.
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KOMPAKTCD 160D
28 Aug 20
Minimal/Tech House
28 Aug 20
Minimal/Tech House
Various
Review: Cologne powerhouse Kompakt have continually defined a unique aesthetic as label - deep, atmospheric and absolutely evocative. For the 19th edition of their revered Total series - The Voigt Brothers & Co. curate another splendid compilation featuring the very best in international electronic music from the last year, taking in a wide variety of styles, tempos moods and grooves - yet all with the label's distinct taste. Highlights (and there's many!) came courtesy of: local Gewolbe Club resident Jonathan Kaspar with the mesmerising dancefloor drama of "Renard", label co-founders Tobias Thomas & Michael mayer teaming up on the sexy lo-slung groove antics of "Total Anders", label staple and all round Berlin legend Sascha Funke delivers a typically quirky and oddball groove on "Aus Der Lamang". Elsewhere, you can get your tunnel vision on with the ever reliable Rex The Dog on "Vortex", the ascendant Anii from Poland takes you deep into the rainforest on the tribal trance of "Ride The Tiger" and ANNA from Brazil provides some dystopian narratives for the dancefloor on "Remembrance".
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KOMPAKT CD 154 D
27 Sep 19
Minimal/Tech House
27 Sep 19
Minimal/Tech House
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TOTAL 191
23 Jul 19
Electro
23 Jul 19
Electro
Review: More oddball exotica from the Berlin-based Multi Culti camp, this time courtesy of local veteran Sascha Funke (Endless Flight/Kompakt) who returns to the label to follow up 2016's In Relationen EP. Here on the Wismut EP he teams up with drummer/percussionist/singer/ Niklas Wandt, known for his involvement in projects with Wolf Mueller, Neuzeitliche Bodenbelaege and running the Smells party series at Sameheads. Featuring such folked-up and psyched-out journeys like "Die Saege" which is heavy on the dub aesthetics, the lo-slung kosmische disco of "Lobotomie" or the bouncy 8-bit Bollywood vibe of "Fur Die Paar Heller". Knowledge of the German language is helpful but not mandatory!
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MC 043
14 Jan 19
Experimental/Electronic
14 Jan 19
Experimental/Electronic
Theo Kottis / Various
Played by: Seth Troxler
Review: Global Underground's Nubreed series has a huge amount of kudos, having brought respected DJs like Lee Burridge, Steve Lawler and Danny Howells to attention during the early 00s with a series of iconic mixes. Although it was on hold for much of the second decade of this millennium, it has been successfully resurrected and now gives the same platform to Theo Kottis. In keeping with its usual format, this instalment sees the Beautiful Strangers boss explore a range of styles and sound across two mixes. Accordingly, his selection ranges from Gigi Masin's melodic piano composition, "Maja", to the Mountain People's sensuous deep house "La Onda", taking in some underground classics like DJ Assassin's garage/house hybrid "Face in the Crowd" as well as left of centre oddities like The Horn's "Villager". It's a fitting testament to the Nubreed aesthetic.
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190296 954375
29 Jun 18
Minimal/Tech House
29 Jun 18
Minimal/Tech House
Review: Since parting company with longtime home Bpitch Control back in 2010, Sascha Funke has popped up on a variety of labels, including Kompakt, Endless Flight and Multi-Culti. The Berlin stalwart has used the opportunity to explore a variety of influences and sounds, delivering hypnotic, intoxicating and left-of-centre dancefloor cuts that tend towards the trippy and otherworldly. He's at it again on this first Hippie Dance outing, layering a crunchy electronic groove with mind-altering psychedelic noises, foreboding bass and fluttering South American flute lines on EP standout "Acatenango". Chugging opener "Aggravate" subtly doffs a cap towards new wave, EBM and the kind of throbbing wonkiness currently championed by Andrew Weatherall, while closer "Surumu" is a snappy electro roller blessed with rising bleep melodies, rumbling bass and glacial Kraftwerkian motifs.
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YAYHF 06D
15 Jun 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
15 Jun 18
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Sascha Funke is one of those rare producers who does his own thing. With only a few releases to his credit in recent years - despite releasing three artist albums in the preceding decade - the elusive Berlin-based artist emerges from the shadows for this EP on Tiga's label. The title track is 'big' by Funke's usually understated standards, with woozy riffs cutting across a resonating bass and rickety percussion. It also benefits from Funke's smart production approach, with drops and builds in all the right places. "Robur" meanwhile sees him delve even farther underground as a frazzled bass builds against a backdrop of hollowed out drums and a stripped back rhythm. "MZ" sees Funke deliver a soaring electronic disco track, while keeping it diverse to the end, "Barkas" is a melodic, Kompakt-style affair.
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TURBO 186D
10 Feb 17
Techno
10 Feb 17
Techno
Review: Thomas Von Party's always reliable Multi Culti label has brought us some killer releases of late by the likes of young guns Red Axes or Dreems, but calls upon Berlin legend Sascha Funke; he of BPitch Control and Saschienne fame who presents four servings of lo-slung balearic business on the On Relationen EP. Starting out with the woozy and drifting punk funk of the title track, which swims around hazily in trails of rich reverb, there's then the sinister heroin disco of "Back In The Corner" and is perfect for weirdo after-hours business. Ending proceedings in true style is the soaring and euphoric cosmic disco journey of "The Anchor" making this all in all a wonderful EP that's very much worthy of your attention.
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MC 028
14 Nov 16
Balearic/Downtempo
14 Nov 16
Balearic/Downtempo
Various - "Raveline Mix Session" (continuous DJ mix By Smash TV) - (1:00:00) 122 BPM
Raz Ohara - "See It Coming" - (13:20) 124 BPM
M.A.N.D.Y. vs Booka Shade - "Home" (Monaque remix) - (7:19) 125 BPM
Blond:ish - "In My Head" - (8:40) 120 BPM
Just Be & Bushwacka - "Hold On, Wait A Minute" - (7:45) 124 BPM 
Played by: Patrice Baumel
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DJS 053INT
30 Nov 12
Minimal/Tech House
30 Nov 12
Minimal/Tech House
Various
Review: If two years ago you'd said to even the most open-minded BPitch Control fan that the diverse label would be putting out soulful torch songs in 2011, they would have questioned your sanity. However, that's exactly what's happened. On Werkschau, the latest compilation from Ellen Allien's Berlin imprint, the centrepiece is the smoky, seductive soul of Jahcoozi's "Day In, Day Out". It's not an aberration: the other highlights here are characterised by a focus on deeply personal contributions. Be it the muffled vocals on Chaim's dub techno, Sascha Funke's unforgettably melodic techno poem, "Hiddensee" or Kiki & Lenz and Zander VT's explorations of disco-fuelled, vocal-led house on "Morning Maniacs" and "Gotta Look Up To Get Down" respectively, every shared experience is worth its weight in gold.
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BPC 227
28 Jan 11
Minimal/Tech House
28 Jan 11
Minimal/Tech House
