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- Date Released: September 1, 2003
- Genre: Electronic
- Style: Techno
- Label: BPitch Control / Finetunes
Aching for some early Depeche Mode? We have just the thing.
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We Say...
One of Bpitch's more talented DJs, Sascha Funke, a sometime resident at Berlin's Panoramabar, knows what works on the floor, and his recent EPs In Between Days, The Intimate Touch and Auf Aix go straight for the sweet spot of a heaving crowd. "In Between Days," with its endlessly crescendoing waves of strings and sawtooth angst, remains one of my favorite peak-time tracks ever. But the former Kompakt signee was once quite the sentimentalist, as his 2003 album Bravo attests — full of naïve synthesizer tones and childlike melodies, touched up with just a twinge of regret, it's the closest you'll come these days to approximating Depeche Mode's early triumphs.
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They Say...
Since making the full transition from Cologne's Kompakt to Berlin's BPitch Control, Sascha Funke's productions found a way to become a little noisier and a lot more pop-oriented at the same time. Funke's trio of 12s for the then young Kompakt helped define the sect of that label that thrived on warm, clean, uncluttered productions. When he switched over to BPitch -- where he made his biggest splash of all, with a magnificent 2001 cover of Bros.' "When Will I Be Famous?" -- he fell into that label's reputation for more aggressive sounds and began to leave a significant impact on a second label. Bravo, Funke's overdue full-length debut, is a hodgepodge of old and new material that plays to the producer's two primary strengths -- full-bodied arrangements that balance abrasion and comfort, and his love of dance-pop, regardless of whatever scene it can be shoehorned into. The two tracks with vocalist Fritz Kalkbrenner are unsurprisingly two of the most emotional; while not quite as lyrically focused as Pet Shop Boys (one of Funke's favorites), "Now You Know" and "Forms and Shapes" are as suited for the bedroom as they are tailored for the club. One of the most compelling features of the album is the tension between minimal-minded techno and progressive house. Funke never seems to commit one way or another, but it's no matter -- it helps create a sound of his own that can appeal to followers of both stripes. Those who prefer the Kompakt-era material (none of which is reprised here) will be made most happy with "Quiet Please," a track where the open spaces between the notes are as important as the shimmers of keyboard. The only full-on mishap is "3:1 für die Liebe," a sentimental track that samples everyone's least favorite Cheap Trick single and, in the process, comes off as an outtake from the Jerry Maguire score. Other than that, it's an excellent album from one of Germany's most consistent producers.
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Now You Know |
5:02 |
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| 02. | |
I Just Can't Wait To See You |
4:58 |
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| 03. | |
Forms & Shapes |
4:58 |
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| 04. | |
Strassentanz |
4:47 |
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| 05. | |
Bravo |
5:37 |
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| 06. | |
Twingo |
5:09 |
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| 07. | |
Soso |
4:42 |
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| 08. | |
3:1 Für Die Liebe |
4:46 |
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| 09. | |
Quiet Please |
4:58 |
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| 10. | |
Semi |
4:51 |
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| 11. | |
Hallo & Hurra |
12:30 |
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11 Total Tracks, 62:18 Total Length
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