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

From Nate Harrison
Sent Mon, Aug 23rd 1999, 19:11



On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Danny Freer wrote:

> 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?


I believe the current issue of Grooves magazine answers this question:)

but in a nutshell it was arranged because one of the Funk guys worked for
the company who puts out Wutang

peace

Nate


> 
> 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.
>