Artist: Funckarma
Title: Bourbon Sounds
Label: Delikatessen Records
Catalog #: Plate 4
Release date: 29th October 2002
Tracklisting
single side
a1 Noir
a2 Sphere
malted side
b1 Velvet
b2 Sparkzz
Funckarma www.funckarma.com
"Whiskey can be an inspirator and neutralizer for us...(but) getting so so
so sick off whiskey once a year makes you realize that (other forms of mind
alteration) aren't so bad at all..." --Funckarma
Well line up the shot glasses and start a tab, 'cos the bar at Delikatessen
is uproarious at the news that beat breakers Funckarma are in the HOUSE!
Bourbon Sounds is the drunken duo's first round for Delikatessen and man, it
packs a punch. Funckarma's complex synthesizer-centric melodies and
similarly complex rhythmic structures place them somewhere between the zesty
hip-hop aromas of early Funkstorung and the single malt scotch smoothness of
late Bola. And they're not afraid to venture into symphonic realms as
evidenced on their Djak-Up-Bitch album Solid State, which at times sounds
like Future Sound of London before they went on a bender. But on Bourbon
Sounds, there's a balance of both. Have a little swig of "Noir" and
"Velvet," both of which begin with a frenetic, jittery percussive burn but
develop a rich, creamy aftertaste of triumphal electronic strings. If you
like your spirits aged, try "Sphere" for its high-arching leitmotif with
hints of Autechre's piquant "Kalpol Introl" blended with the woody majesty
of Speedy-J's "Ginger." And for a proper nightcap, slip into something more
comfortable like "Sparkzz," a syncopated broken beat concoction which warms
slowly like a winter fire, seeping deep into your brain with images of
otherworldly bliss just before you black out. No wait, that was just the
run-out groove. Someone call a taxi, everyone at the Deli is sloshed on the
Bourbon Sounds of Funckarma!
About the Chefs: Funckarma's brotherly team of Don and Roel Funcken were so
damned hammered when we talked to them last, they couldn't tell us much
about themselves. So, here's what we've been able to glean from their
incoherent slobbering: they're in their late 20s, from the Netherlands and
have been making music for over two years under the names Funckarma and
Cenik for labels ranging from Djak-Up-Bitch, U Cover, Music Aus Strom and
Neo Ouija to Isophlux, Toytronic, Eat This and n5MD. Roel said something
about being a former Dutch national DJ finalist when he was just thirteen
and having studied "Sonologie" at university, while Don may or may not have
been in the IT industry in some capacity. We just don't know as they both
passed out a few minutes ago. Lush people making lush music for sure!
About the Deli: Delikatessen are proud to offer up the best in electronic,
experimental, and wicked-bad sonic foodstuffs this side of a piece of vinyl.
Delikatessen promises each Plate will be chock-full of all the delicious
electronics your turntable can handle, and that the choons will fill you up
like Thanksgiving at grandma's. Come back to the Deli
(www.delikatessen-records.com) often because you never know what's gonna be
on the menu!
deli-europe : chocolate@delikatessen-records.com
deli-u.s. : enchilada@delikatessen-records.com
deliweb : www.delikatessen-records.com
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