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picked up a 12" promo of a release by t.h.c. on intelligent (?) (san diego, ca label) and was wondering if anyone knew more about it... been sitting down at a local store for a while, picked it up for real cheap and real surprised that this was there... also, stopped by the local hip hop / dj store and asked about the wu tang vs funkstorung (vise versa, whatever) remix and : 1) realized that i'd never actually *said* 'funkstorung' before and actually really had no idea how to say it right off the top of my head... arg. 2) the dj / salespeople had no idea what i was talking about. 3) realized that i simply shouldn't go into such a place all dressed up like i was off to a job interview.... looked more ready to go to church than to be hanging there... mailorder, oh how i love thee.... anyhow... anyone know where i might score a copy??? thanks brap@sonic.net /// http://www.sonic.net/~brap/ [V/VM][blackdog] ETC-+/////////// C.Gosselin, 1547 Boston Court #7, Santa Rosa, CA 95405

On Sat, 16 May 1998, sfwd / wrote:

quoted 4 lines picked up a 12" promo of a release by t.h.c. on intelligent (?) (san

> picked up a 12" promo of a release by t.h.c. on intelligent (?) (san > diego, ca label) and was wondering if anyone knew more about it... > been sitting down at a local store for a while, picked it up for real > cheap and real surprised that this was there...

THC is a mr. George Sarah from LA. He's been using the name for awhile now, and has a few different stlyes. He released a hardtrance CD titled "Consenting Guinea Pig", which he recorded at the Institute of Gismology (a.k.a. Q from Uberzone's Bedroom/Studio). After that he started doing drum n' bass and now has a vocalist nemaed Sarah. If you catch the whole THC deal live it incluedes George, Sarah & a string quartet. He's on a comp by k2k/mindspore called critical mass, which includes vocals. He also has two insturmental singles. He will also have an insturmental track titled "branded (Insturmental Mix)" on the forthcoming KUCI benefit CD, "Loraine". George also has a side project on hypnotic records along with Surface 10's Dean Debenidicts called Cathexis. -Daniel 9-5SuperSpy@kuci.org ============================================================================== Listen to "Space Disco for Fish Tacos", KUCI 88.9fm Wednesdays 8-10pm New Space Disco For Fish Tacos web site: http://www.kuci.org/~dbremmer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "We're not talking about music. Fuck music, this is Taco Mesa... Music is just something we do until we get hungry and can go back to Taco Mesa" -Alex Graham ==============================================================================

On Sat, 16 May 1998, sfwd / wrote:

quoted 3 lines also, stopped by the local hip hop / dj store and asked about the wu

> also, stopped by the local hip hop / dj store and asked about the wu > tang vs funkstorung (vise versa, whatever) remix and : >

It's alright but not worth embarrassing yourself in a shop for... Sorry, can't help you with where to get it from (I heard a friend's copy) adam

On 16 May 98, sfwd / wrote re: (idm) t.h.c. & funkstorung remix:

quoted 3 lines 1) realized that i'd never actually *said* 'funkstorung' before and

> 1) realized that i'd never actually *said* 'funkstorung' before and > actually really had no idea how to say it right off the top of my > head... arg.

Ha ha :-) Common problem : I have that every time I cough my way through "Autechre" (does that mean anything, btw?) Funkstorung comes frm the German (should have an Umlaut on the o, those two little dots) and roughly means something like 'interference in transmission'. "Funk" coming from "Funken" (spark) and is used to denote radio or wireless in general. Thus Funkstorung could loosely mean radio interference. Sorry, but I won't try a phonetic pronounciation guide. Here endeth the epistle ;-) I * np: Tortoise TNT

On 17 May 98, thatcat@ix.netcom.com wrote re: Funkstorung

quoted 1 line actually funk is a reference to the english word funk.

> actually funk is a reference to the english word funk.

Maybe it is *now* - the English word "funk" in the musical context is far more recent than the German word Funk (which has long been used as a term for radio). Thus it's a clever pun or word play, but not a pure / correct translation.

quoted 1 line stoerung means distortion (or interference, i suppose)

> stoerung means distortion (or interference, i suppose)

To be exact, Stoerung means "disturbance" (check the dictionary) (Mine is the Collins German-English-German, 9th edition, dd 1990)

quoted 1 line so it's sort of funk-distortion or funky distortion.

> so it's sort of funk-distortion or funky distortion.

Radio disturbance (we could carry on like this for ever, eh?!) The recent German v/a compilation compiled by Bernd Friendmann was titled "Deutscher Funk", had an image of a transistor radio on the cover and said in smaller print "German radio" below it (1997).

quoted 1 line pronunciation?

> pronunciation?

Good try - now, want to have a bash at Scharlach Eingang? Truce :-) I * np: Asian Dub Foundation - R.A.F.I.