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2017 Rewind: Funk D’Void

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How was 2017 for you?
Lars Sandberg: Nothing spectacular this year. Learned a few new things, watched my children grow, made some new friends, lost some old ones…maybe gained some enemies too.

Highlights?
Improving my table tennis spin serve and beating my oldest opponent after years of training. Musically, I started my Kein Mainstream and Chord Stomper projects and hooked up with some new labels…in addition there’s been some great nights out DJing with regular events and my residency at Macarena here in Barcelona.

Lowlights?
Online shaming culture, seeing the scene led and abused by frauds, watching everybody become more divided by believing media’s toxic political spins.

Related: Funk D’Void Interviewed By His Remixers

Song of the year?
Lindstrøm’s “Closing Shot”

What’s your New Year’s resolution?
Be the best I can be. At table tennis.

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Onionz x Funk D’Void: The Big Shot Interview

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New York City house master Onionz and Barcelona-based techno legend Funk D’Void have crossed paths many times, remixing each other’s tracks over the years. This week both esteemed mixers will grace the decks at Electrik Soul NYC, a party helmed by Onionz’s label featuring Big Apple jocks DJ Spun, Eli Escobar and Lemar Soulflower. When we heard about the event we convinced Onionz to put on his reporter hat and ask Funk D’Void a few questions. What transpired was a fantastic meeting of the minds.

Electrik Soul NYC takes place in NYC on July 18 at a secret location in Brooklyn. Get more information here or contact electriksoulnyc@gmail.com. Continue Reading →

Compilation Review: ‘Soma Compilation 21 Mixed by Gary Beck’ (Soma)

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Soma Compilation 21 mixed by Gary Beck

★★★★☆

Sixty minutes to get down and boogie, tell others to get out the way, and to hold your head up high and see the light. Gary Beck on his debut mix mans the Soma express, heading into the next double decade with a recap of some of the Glasgow’s label’s ripest.

Easing into the mix with DeepChord’s dub-boiled bubbling, the tide begins to turn when Heiko Laux and Steve Rachmad’s “The Viking” tells you to snap out of whatever dancefloor daydream has come over you. With no time to waste, Beck always giving the turntables a firm push without being overzealous, a Claude Von Stroke mix of Scott Grooves’ “Mothership Connection” applies some staunch tech-house funkiness. Mark Henning gets greater groove going on immediately after, in time for the mix beginning a quick planetary orbit.

Pig&Dan and Mark Reeve restore a supply of techno that goes down a dark alley to fight its own fight. Having hardened the dancefloor and with tribal conditioning still to be inserted, Beck takes it upon himself to open the arena’s roof so radiance comes pouring in with “Algoreal,” without giving up on the stomp he’s paved, furthered by Funk D’void’s “Diabla” flourishing under the tutelage of Christian Smith and Wehbba, and taken to a serene conclusion by Ricardo Villalobos remixing Envoy. A sweepingly concise 21 gun Soma salute.

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