Balance 022 - Funk D'Void

[mnbvcxz]

[DIDI]

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Brown Alley October

[mnbvcxz]

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Brown Alley October

Dates?

[DIDI]

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GigaTools : Funk D'Void's Upcoming Gigs

[nelinho]

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sunday for brisbane yay....work next day..boo

I think last time he ended up playing some ridiculous venue for a few hours after his original set...people kept feeding him jager bombs apparently

[DIDI]

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^^ It will probably be another boat trip.

[tiddles]

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will be my first mix cd purchase this year i think.

[tiddles]

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when is this coming out?

[clintlove]

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Hopefully he'll return the series to form.

[unrecogniseduser]

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oh my lame

[Dhar_2]

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i hope this is as good as hi Sci fi hi fi!

tracklist?

[klangfabrik]

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i hope this is as good as hi Sci fi hi fi!

his scifi hifi is one of my fav mix cds as well, so i have high expectations for his balance release. i really hope he doesnt put 50 tracks on 1 disc

[Andrew_8]

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veery nice news!Funk D'Void is one of my favourites producers and Balance one of my favourites compilation.looking forward to it!

[clintlove]

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http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=17201

Funk D'Void has been announced as the latest DJ for the long-running Balance mix series.

Lars Sandberg has been a staple of Slam's Soma Recordings since the raucous techno of his debut EP, Jack Me Off, dropped back in 1995. 2001's soaring "Diabla" is the track for which he is best known, with disparate DJs making it one of that year's biggest. His house and techno transmissions have been mostly put-out from his own Outpost Recordings since 2010, with something like a dozen 12-inches released under his name since.

Balance 22 is Sandberg's third commercial mix (after previous efforts for Cocoon and Soma) and follows on from Balance mixes by Nic Fanciulli, Deetron and Henry Saiz. "My inspiration for Balance 22 stems from listening to the Back To Mine compilation series of the previous decade," says Sandberg. "A particular memory was imprinted on me from a long car journey back from the beach with friends when we listened to one of the releases without speaking for two hours, completely lost in the whole magic of the day together."

The two-disc mix features a number of exclusives: Arkist's "Effingham PL," Guy Andrews' "Confuted" and an unreleased Psycatron remix of "Diabla" appear on disc one, while disc two has Lee Webster and Joris Voorn nestling in among 22 other selections.

Tracklist
CD1:
01. Hawkinson - Introduction (Funk D'Void remix)
02. Monty Luke -Yesterday & Today
03. Los Hermanos - Olmec My Brother
04. Chris Malinchak - Razor
05. Peter Dildo - Lucky Punch
06. Arkist - Effingham PL [Exclusive]
07. Tonka - Orca (Dub)
08. Mike Acetate - Elevate (Shur-I-Kan & Milton Jackson remix)
09. Soy Mustafa - Return Of The Annunaki (John Tejada Cinematic Edit)
10. Moodymanc - Talker (Drum dub mix)
11. Exercise One & Mathew Jonson - Lost Forever In A Happy Crowd
12. Guy Andrews - Confuted [Exclusive]
13. Delano Smith - Wires
14. Sam Matters - Weight Off My Mind
15. Chymera - The Chase (Steve Rachmad Edit)
16. Jesper Dahlback - Nyhus Part Two
17. Pezzner - Only With Your Eyes
18. Spirit Catcher - Sedona (Andre Lodemann remix)
19. Vince Watson - A Very Different World (Funk D'Void remix)
20. Tony Lionni - Loving You
21. Funk D'Void - Diabla (Psycatron Unreleased remix) [Exclusive]

CD2:
01. A Lucid Nation - Suspended On Air
02. Kolombo - Waiting For
03. Lee Webster - Delve [Exclusive]
04. Pat Metheny - Electric Counterpoint
05. Lovebirds - Running Backwards
06. Space Dimension Controller - Journey To The Core Of The Unknown Sphere
07. Martin Patino - Hommage (Joash Remix)
08. Outmode - Dark Journey (Toby Tobias Remix)
09. Vincent I Watson - Celtic Beauty
10. Joash - Assassin (Funk D'Void Remix)
11. Joris Voorn - RE-2001 [Exclusive]
12. Chaser - Bite The Bullet (Francois Dubois Remix)
13. Tom Ellis - Go Through Me
14. DJ Profile - Can U Sing
15. Rhythm Maker - Alles Mainstream
16. Patrice Scott - Tones & Things
17. Robert Babicz - Out Of Order (Rob Acid Version)
18. Soundstream - Makin Love
19. Blackman - Headroom
20. Phil Kieran - Prism
21. The Reboot Joy Confession - 1999
22. Wasted Gaze - Untitled State Of Mind
23. Francois Dubois - Sweet Spot
24. Dennis DeSantis - You Say

Balance Music will release Balance 22 on September 24th, 2012.

[clintlove]

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Once Slam planted the flag for techno in Glasgow at the start of the ‘90s, the Scottish city’s musical destiny was changed forever. Fostering many a great talent with their Soma imprint, Lars Sandberg – aka Funk D’Void, aka Francois Dubois – remains one of the brightest that they have uncovered. Breaking through on the legendary duo’s label in 1995, he forged a sound that combined techno beats and percussion with soaring melodies and chords to scintillating effect. Continuing to impress with his own Outpost Recordings, this new double mix CD for the acclaimed Balance series sees this enduring talent follow on from his previous compilations for Cocoon and Soma.

“My inspiration for Balance 22 stems from listening to the “Back To Mine” compilation series of the previous decade” he reveals. “A particular memory was imprinted on me from a long car journey back from the beach with friends when we listened to one of the releases without speaking for two hours, completely lost in the whole magic of the day together.” In keeping with the timeless nature of that series and other inspiring mix CDs, he was keen both to clearly mark his own stamp on the compilation and to avoid disposability and transience in its content. “I didn’t want too many of the latest hottest tracks in the mix, so I basically made a selection of moments that have had the biggest impact on me and attempted to weave them into a cohesive structure that might connect on the same level that I had experienced them. Every track has been edited by me so I wasn’t held back by overlong arrangements built for the club, opting instead for the immediate impact that could still be attained as one body of work.”

Disc 1 gets down to serious business with no delay, Sandberg’s way with atmospherics and groove immediately brought to the fore in his remix of Hawkinson’s Introduction. This first set focuses squarely on the myriad flavours of techno and deeper house that permeate a typical Funk D’Void set, with melody served up in a subtle fashion amidst throbbing, inviting rhythms. It’s techno for the heart, head and soul as well as the body – the way its pioneers intended it. Indeed, nods to Detroit come early on through Monty Luke and Underground Resistance mainstays Los Hermanos, those gentle melodies soon building to the unbridled euphoria and old skool breaks of Chris Malinchak’s Razor. He plays with the listener’s emotion across the mix, weaving between dark and joyful, taking things deep with plodding analog basslines and an exclusive cut from rising name Arkist.

John Tejada’s re-rub of Soy Mustafa’s ‘Return Of The Annunaki’ tingles the spine before we head deeper into hypnotic territories courtesy of Moodymanc and Exercise One & Mathew Jonson. Out of the murky depths of the mid-section rise the splashy disco hi-hats and filtered loops of Sam Matters’ hazy Weight Off My Mind and some ethereal beauty from Chymera. Pezzner’s Only With Your Eyes injects some organic instrumentation as a contrast to the electronic textures of the rest of the disc, and Sandberg’s edit of Vince Watson’s A Very Different World brings those sumptuous melodies back to fore as we reach this first disc’s climate. Tony Lionni’s sublime Loving You guides us to a heady crescendo with its bold lead lines and chords, before our host finishes off with an exclusive rolling funk-fuelled remix of his classic Diabla by Ireland’s ever-impressive Psycatron.

The second disc of this stunning selection pulls at that glistening, euphoric thread that teases throughout the first disc and lets it run rampant over a beautiful selection of slo-mo, sun-licked tracks that make for a masterful sunset or sunrise set. Kolombo’s Waiting For sets the charmed Balearic vocals to work, with Italo synth bass and sensual arpeggios resplendent in Lee Webster’s Delve thereafter. We journey through the funk of Lovebirds’ Running Backwards and the sweeping atmospherics of Vince Watson’s epic Celtic Beauty before the tempo suddenly lurches into the prettiest of all dubstep on our DJ’s own exclusive edit of Joash’s Assassin. An exclusive Joris Voorn cut momentarily continues the pacier theme, before Sandberg slips into his Francois Dubois guise to take us into lush deep house territory.

Stunning synth work abounds in Rhythm Maker’s Alles Mainstream, with some Patrice Scott ambience then leading into vintage Rob Acid grit, and next bouncing disco in Soundstream’s Making Love. We have a brilliantly eclectic mix here, all the tracks united by a gentle seductiveness that refrains from ever overpowering. There’s room for some more low-slung bassline grooving as we reach the conclusion, Dennis DeSantis’ wonderfully subtle You Say providing a delectable parting shot which again underlines Funk D’Void’s love of tangible emotion in house and techno music.

Funk D’Void has clearly stamped his identity on the Balance series here, deftly displaying the two distinct ends of his musical spectrum of which he effortlessly finds the happy medium. “Making such a contribution to such a revered physical CD series I felt that I had to offer something that would transcend the constraints of some of the fickle, fashionable sounds of today’s electronic music scene and record something that would be hopefully still be as welcoming as seeing an old friend over the years upon repeated listens. If some of these sounds reach you in the way they have stayed with me, then my purpose in compiling them has been fulfilled.”