Funckarma is a musical group formed by the brothers Don & Roel Funcken, from the Hague, Netherlands. They are also known as Quench. They have released music on the labels Eat This and dub/clone. Arms of The Hague The Hague (with capital T; Dutch: Den Haag, or officially s-Gravenhage) is the administrative capital of the Netherlands, located in the west of the country, in the province South Holland of which it is also the capital. ...
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Funckarma - the brothers Funken - also record under the names: Cenik, Eaven and Cane. Their Cane material, released on Warp Records and Colony records, is more techno based. Cenik And Eaven more obviously IDM. On the Skam label they record under the name Shadowhuntaz, which is them and a group of New York based rappers/mcs. The Shadowhuntaz material is hip-hop based.
Electronica's best kept secret, think classic Autechre/Gescom sound (circa 1996).
"de/module" is a track that reminded me of earlier funckarma ("parts" or some of the "solid state") - similar approach to blending multiple layers of heavy percussion with calm, gentle melody.
funckarma's mix of "estrella" is stellar, as expected - spontaneous irregularity, with explosions of percussion and stuttering rhythmic textures among swelling graceful lines; distant small keys and massive fast-paced breaks, suspended in mid-motion.
i think this is where it is interesting to compare and contrast the sound of funckarma and gridlock, both at some point arriving to the same style, both from different directions, and then departing with quieter new funckarma releases ("part 5" and "elaztiq") and increasingly complex and driving sound of gridlock.
Funckarma are two brothers, Don and Roel Funcken, from the Dutch capital of The Hague.
Funckarma prove they are worthy descendents as they take the compositional teachings of Ae to heart, and in their honor discover new icy planets of sound and phrasing.
And incredible programmers that they are, Funckarma have that luscious three-dimensional thing going on: inside their gigantic dome squishy beats fly around you, wafting melodies project through you.
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