Re: (idm) Funkstorung & Wu Tang Clan - How did that happen?

From Darren Keast
Sent Mon, Aug 23rd 1999, 19:44

> What they told me when I interviewed them is that Wu-Tang's product or
> promotion manager (some type of manager) set it up. They haven't heard any
> response from RZA...

They also mentioned they didn't really like the original, nor did they like the
original "Tried by 12" track...


darren

>
>
> > I was listening to Funkstorung's Additional Productions yesterday and it
> > suddenly hit me: How did that happen?  It just seems like such a strange
> > combination.  Nerdy German techno guys and the Wu Tang Clan.  Does anyone
> > know what led to this meeting of the minds?  Are Funkstorung big Wu Tang
> > fans?  Is RZA a Funkstorung fan?  Or was it strictly a business arrangement
> > by the record company guys?
> >
> > German techno guys seem to have a weird attraction to Wu Tang.  Alec Empire
> > sampled the first Wu Tang album like a mofo on his "No Safety Pin Sex" and
> > "Funk Riot Beat" EPs on DHR.
> >