They didn't have the MC on stage with them at the LA date tonight,
so maybe they don't have him at all. It was just them, their tables,
a laptop, a MD machine, another box that has me curious, and a whole
lot of bliss. As for the peculiar machine - I think it might have
been a Kaoss Pad? It looked silver, but it had all the ins and out
coming out vertically from the top, like one of those Moogerfooger
Control things, not out the back panel like most other gear I've
seen.
Absolutely brilliant set - lots of bleepy/glitchy hip hop that I
wish I knew where to buy, along with some of their own tracks and
remixes. Michael said that one was a remix of a Speedy J track, it
has the sample "Something for your mind" and was worth the price of
admission alone (Sonic D will get this l'il joke). I recognized a
couple tracks from Skampler and a Hell Interface track to end
with/segue into DJ Rap's glorious set.
She let it go into the vocals for about a minute, then switched
tracks and continued to rinse us all out. She was seriously into
Funkstorung's set, though, dancing around and smiling for a good 10
minutes or so before she started spinning - I was pleasantly
surprised that she dug them so much. If only everyone else in the
place understood that you CAN dance to Funkstorung.... Dieselboy
followed her, the three acts actually were a lot more cohesive than
you might think, and the ladies' junglist massive was in effect like
I've never seen before. I don't know if it was the "I Heart My DR"
sticker on the Funkstorung record box or the presence of DJ Rap, but
something brought a bunch of junglistas out. I wish they came out
more often 8^)
Anyways, go see the tour, fear not a sucka MC. Oh, and lots of
people were using vocal expression to communicate their appreciation
to Funkstorung, cranky bootleg junkies beware.
Exhausted,
Ryan
ps. Biggest of thanks to Sonic D for the vinyl! I'd throw myself in
front of a flying blimp for you!
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From: "Ville Hyvnen" <willepetteri@hotmail.com>
Subject: Funkstorung tour
Message-ID: <LAW2-F206dusluCBcKf0000011e@hotmail.com>
Does Funkstorung still have this lousy MC touring with them? He almost
spoiled their gig @ Sonar and my brother witnessed the same thing at
Roskilde festival. I¥ve seen a few embarassingly bad d&b emcees but this one
might have been even worse (can¥t remember his name).
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