From Jon Logan Sent Wed, Oct 7th 1998, 18:43
Funkstorung sound like Ae inasmuch as they were inspired by them. However, Funkstorung was doubtlessly influenced by a number of people, and it shows. I think Ae and Funkstorung complement each other well, rather than Funkstorung being a mediocre send-off of Ae's work. On days when I grow tired of Ae's mind-bogglingly complex rhythms and often-soulless mechanical feel, I put on Funkstorung (or other MAS acts), and am quite relieved. At 5:36 PM +0000 10/7/98, Mark Stevens wrote: >On Wed, 7 Oct 1998 10:53:18 +1300 (NZDT), you wrote: > >>| ---That sounds like something I would >>| REALLY like. Are they anywhere near as talented as Autechre? > >I'd say they're on a par. All this Autechre vs Everyone Else Making >Music bullshit can only go so far. Sure, Autechre are a talented >couple of guys who've released some excellent stuff, but there's too >many people in this group with their head too far up Autechre's arse >to even consider anything else worthy of a spin on the decks. > >>I actually don't think they are. I've yet to hear anything from them that >>has made me go "wow"... > >What about their remix of Bjork's 'All Is Full of Love'? Or the Aemic >'Aleph' 12-inch? (Okay, so it's Fakesch and Estermann, but it's close >enough.) > >Having said that, I've always preferred Fakesch's solo efforts to his >stuff with Funkstorung. I stand by my assertion though that >Funkstorung *do* sound like Autechre -- for good and bad. > > >/\/)ark > >http://www.sonance.demon.co.uk/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jonathan Logan Work: 415 543-2800 UI Droog Home: 415 674-6859 CriticalPath, Inc. Mobile: 415 902-8079 ------------------------------------------------------------------------