Funkturm

Bio:

Funkturm began recording in 1996, and is processed, programmed and produced by Richard Gallon. Originally a studio project, Gallon is now collaborating with various dj's & vocalists for live performance & recordings. In a performance setting, Funkturm's mesh of skewed tunes and hypnotic electronic rhythms are re-created and re-configured using various analogue and digital technologies, turntables and samples. Funkturm's organic electronica extracts and re-assembles strands of various ambient and electronic music, creating a stimulating and unique montage of free-flowing structures, exciting rhythms and evocative sounds, conjuring images and sound collisions that seem simultaneously strange yet reassuring. The latest album - provisionally entitled Other Voices - is planned for release on D.O.R at the end of the year.

You can now buy tracks from Strata right here, right now:



Or, direct from our lovely label, D.O.R, as actual, shiny plastic round things with cardboard covers and everything:

Buy Funkturm - Strata
The 14 recordings on Strata herald an improvised approach, reflecting the current live set up, which blends planned, improvised and accidental inputs. Tracks are structured around sparks which retain their original intent and energy. Layers of other atmospheres were then added... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

Buy Funkturm - Urban Mantras
Urban Mantras combines breakbeats with manipulated voices and found sounds to produce nine subtle, minimalist grooves. The essences of various strands of electronica and dance music have been extracted and re-assembled, creating a disorientating and unique montage of hypnotic rhythms and soaring sounds. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

Buy Funkturm - Operation Mind Control
The tracks on this CD use various percussion instruments, radio transmissions and other samples to create a hybrid of techno and musique concrete. Using the radio transmissions as the skeleton and structural elements of these recordings, this CD has a conceptual feel similar to the recent Conet Project releases, and is an exploration of "the dichotomy of technology in its function for global communication: on one hand increased access to information; on the other increased sublimation of the individual." .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..

The abums Strata and Urban Mantras (along with a few compilation tracks / remixes) are also available for download from the iTunes store.

An (edited) dj set from Sonar festival, Barcelona, can be viewed here. As the video upload never seems to work.

Member Since:

March 25, 2006

Influences:

Pop Group, 23 Skidoo, This Heat, Missy Elliot. Kraftwerk, Lamb, hip hop, dub, Lee Perry, The Fall, Cabaret Voltaire, Velvet Underground, Public Image, Miles Davis, Wire, The Sonics, Einsturzende Neubauten, Can, Moloko, New Order / Joy Division, Bowie, I Roy, ESG

Sounds Like:

Aphex Twin / Severed Heads / Cabaret Voltaire making minimalist film music.

Record Label:

D.O.R