NEWS
06:12:04
Wednesday 15th December is the Fluorescent Winter Event at Y. Featuring live performances
by Spooncurve (intimate ambient experimentalism, featuring singer Faye Rochelle),
Funkturm (improvised mix-tape madness) and acoustic alchemy and concret djing
from nomadstation. All accompanied by organic visual projections from Martin Picton.
Admission by donation is £2 and starts at 9 p.m.
Y is a gallery and studio space, near Broadway Market, with fantastic views of
the City and East London. The full address is Y, 61 Regents Studios, 8 Andrews
Road, London E8 4QN.
For more information including links, maps and directions click
here.
25:02:04
Funkturm will once again be featured as part of Fluorescent, D.O.R's regular club
night featuring the (un)usual blend of programmed electronics, ambiences and esoteric
breaks, via a mixture of live performance and djs. Moving ahead of the advancing
wave, Fluorescent has relocated to the heart of London’s West End.
Saturday March 6th features live improvised mixtape madness from Funkturm, analogue
manipulation and experimental electronica from Doppler 20:20, alongside DJ sets
from Timothy Evans (Caustic Visions / Funkturm) and Wire staff member and Resonance
FM founder Phil England. Timothy Evans will be playing his non-standard mix of
techno, hip hop breaks & works-in-progress, whilst Phil England explores a
political edge with a range of recorded sound. The night will also host the D.O.R
cinema, with it’s mixture of experimental film and video footage by various
label contributors.
The Royal George is situated in Goslett Yard, 133 Charing Cross Road WC2, London,
England.
Admission is free. Sounds from 8.30pm until 12.30 am.
For the latest information please visit the Fluorescent website
30:05:03
Friday 13th June 2003. From 18.00 to 19.00, a Funkturm DJ set - featuring lots
of new mixes and recordings - will be providing the sounds to accompany the perusal
of the Record Fair space at the SONAR
festival in Barcelona. For news of other Funkturm related events at SONAR, visit
the D.O.R site.
15:04:03
Funkturm live at Public Life, Tuesday 29th April 2003
Showcasing the recent D.O.R release, Strata, Funkturm played live on Tuesday 29th
April at Public Life, flanked by guest dj's.
20:03:03
DJ Timothy Evans, one half of the Funkturm live duo, will be performing a 1 hour
set at The Foundry, Great Eastern Street, London EC2 on Saturday 22nd March. This
is as part of the Plug night. For more information, you can download the flyer
from here.
03:01:03
The new Funkturm album, Strata (ador419), is released on D.O.R on 20th January
2003. The collection of 14 tracks includes compositions written in collaboration
with Timothy Evans, the other half of the live duo at the recent series of live
shows. Combining lithe breakbeats with manipulated sounds, "Strata" is an eclectic
and spontaneous collection of energetic and expansive grooves. Samples of the
album are available here.
Distributed in the UK via Shellshock.
01:01:03
Happy New Year! The Funkturm website is currently being re-designed. As well as
providing lots more information on releases, reviews and other related information,
you will soon be able to buy Funkturm releases direct from this site, and sample
many more tracks through our online jukebox. Watch this space...
10:10:02
Resonance 104.4 fm featured a live radio performance by Funkturm on Tuesday 27th
August. Funkturm Richard Gallon and dj Timothy Evans performed a live and improvised
25 minute sound piece on the 'Clear Spot' show, as well as conducting a short
interview with host Phil England.
Constructed from Funkturm selections past, present and future , the performance
incorporated selections from 'Strata', the forthcoming CD, as well as pieces based
around 'found' radio broadcasts.
For more information on this experimental radio art station, visit
www.resonancefm.com. A selection of live recordings and other previously unavalable
tracks - including the Resonance set - is currently being collated for a future
limited edition CD release.
25:06:02
An Operation Mind Control compilation, featuring material originally released
on the Chainsaw Cassettes label is soon to be made available on CD, as part of
this cult label's re-issue series. The OMC CD will feature around 60 minutes of
early recordings dating from 1985-1992, previously only available on long-since
deleted, limited-edition cassettes. Other Csaw CD reissues will include similar
compilations from Chemical Plant, The Invisibles and Guts.
23:05:01
Funkturm's music is featured on the soundtrack of Memory of Water, a film by Keiichi
Ogata. To find out more, visit the
official site.
