Sascha Funke - Mango

December 26, 2007 | Filed Under Artists, Labels, Releases |

Sascha Funke is back, following his debut artist album ‘Bravo’ with a second long-player that cements his electronic status as well as throwing up a few surprises. The rather fruity ‘Mango’ follows his well received mix CD ‘Boogybytes Vol.2’ and features vocal contributions from Fritz Kalkbrenner, Fritz Zander and Sascha himself as well as MIA guitarist TimTim. He has been DJing since the late 90s and was influenced by Berlin based clubs E-Werk, Panoramabar and WMF and here interlaces deep minimal tracks with more pop orientated material to show just how far he has come as an artist. The opening sun drenched chords of ‘Mango’ subdue us into the album with their warm glowing light leading the way across a downtempo house groove.

If anything, creating atmospheres is what this album is primarily about and then letting the listener immerse themselves deep into the flow. Partly hypnotic, partly tripped-out and with a tinge of melancholy, Funke makes dance music with emotional resonance and as his name suggests, the funk.

‘We Are Facing The Sun’ basks in the warmth of deep undulating basslines, splintered by piano stabs whilst first single ‘Double-Checked’ glides along the horizon with a dark and shadowy voice lurking in the distance.

‘Lotre (Mehr Fleisch)’ takes house into deep territory with subtle percussion and delicate nuances lighting the path and ‘Chemin Des Figons’ tackles similar deft sonics with a light and breezy guitar refrain riding in halfway through. ‘The Fortune Cookie Symphony’ sees Sascha wind up with a more abstract finale that takes us ever further into the darker realms of the night.

tracklisting

01. Mango
02. We Are Facing The Sun
03. Feather
04. Take A Chance With Me
05. Summer Rain
06. Double Checked
07. Lotre (mehr fleisch)
08. Chemin des Figons
09. The Fortune Cookie Symphony

Out 02.02.2008 @ BPitch Control

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