B I o g r a p h y (by Official Site)
In the early nineties, Michael Fakesch and Chris De Luca found Funkstörung in their bavarian hometown Rosenheim (near Munich). After several records on Bunker, Compost and their own label Musik Aus Strom Funkstörung get offered to remix high profile artists like Björk, Wu-Tang Clan or Jean-Michel Jarre. The remix collection 'Additional Productions', released in the year 1999, marks the first step of a longstanding partnership between !K7 Records and Funkstörung. 'Appetite For Disctruction', their first artist album is said to be the kick starter for glitch hop, including the award winning video for 'Grammy Winners' by The Designers Republic. Parallel to Funkstörung Michael Fakesch releases three solo E.P.'s and one album and gets the first remix Boards Of Canada have ever done. Around the same time Chris does an E.P. on Musik Aus Strom and an album together with DJ Peabird (!K7). Another Funkstörung remix album, called 'Vice Versa' follows in the year 2001. In 2004, Funkstörung's second artist album, 'Disconnected', is released on !K7. A worldwide tour follows and the 'Disconnected' related design book/DVD called 'Isolated' (containing the best music videos and design ideas of 1000 graphic designers and 50 video directors) gets high attention especially amongst designers. After celebrating their 10th birthday with the album 'The Return To The Acid Planet' in the year 2005, Funkstörung stop their collaboration, each musician concentrates on his solo career. The postmortal remix compilation 'Appendix' is the very last Funkstörung release. While Chris is doing the successful project CLP (Chris de Luca vs. Phono), Michael becomes a sounddesigner, filmmusic composer and even lecturer at several universities (not to forget a few solo records on !K7 and Musik Aus Strom). After 10 years of silence Chris and Michael decide to reactivate Funkstörung. A self-entitled album is scheduled for summer 2015 on Monkeytown Records.
Disconnected - 2004-03-30 -
Cement Shoes Dirt Empire w/ Nils Petter Molvaer (Instrumental) Chopping Heads Habitual Citizens Disconnected The Zoo Sleeping Beauty Like A Poet Play Pause (Instrumental) Fat Camp Feva Sleep Walking Moon Addicted Mr. Important Captured In Tones
Disconnected
Cement shoes
Enik : Cement shoes on the sticky floor I'm still walking in an old wracked house Without a door Noone's talking Pssst... Pssst, quiet and enjoy the show And if the show is bad Don't let me go Don't leave me sad Don't leave me sad I really want to take care of you now I forgot my name I really want to dissapear while im loving you I forgot my name Save me What else should we do now (tell me, tell me) And I save you What else should we do now (tell me) Cars, trafficlights, boardwalkjazz The street is my body This town is my body A strangers face Touch my chest Noone knows you Noone knows me I really want to take care of you now I forgot my name I really want to dissapear while i'm loving you I forgot my name (voice fx part) Save me What else should we do now (tell me, tell me) And I save you What else should we do now (tell me) (kanon with refrain: Cement shoes, i'm still walking Sticky floor, noone's talking) I still miss you
Chopping heads Tes : When's the last time you heard me Did you observe me Still have the nerve think you Can serve me? Got to wake up early practice your breath With rapping like that the outcomes death Don't step across the line Wrong choice Fuck being deep first you need a strong voice All that screaming is useless Besides its obvious your voice box locked in nooses Hanging yourself use the mic cord Cause it sounds like the switch is off and your Crew looks bored Walking out the door with mad regrets You represent them if I were them i'd be mad depressed I wouldn't roll with you smoke a bowl with you See you coming toward me and stroll right through Got better things to think about Plus my hands hate shaking with People who bring me down Following through with the words in my hook They were meant for you and you too Read my lips book Chopping heads bloody necks T.e.s Cut twice with one slice (repeat four times) I don't want to make friends don't say hi Shook too many hands to only go home question why Fuck digits on crumpled pages The only calls I accept offer cash for rocking stages If I don't pick up i'm screening your call Don't be mad I don't say hi t my neighbors When we pass in the hall Hey tes good job is more than enough after a show My answer to a collabo is like trading a cd no! You should know by the look on my face I'm not a nice guy Fuck last i'm all alone in first place Terrence the tyrant all by myself Come so far solo I don't need your help If you like my songs cool I still hate yours Keep your feedback to yourself and your Input on play/pause. (funkstorung chops up tes) You don't know me (8 x)
Disconnected Enik : The flame is melting the wax away I'm locked in a stare 24 minutes make one day Am I here or there The street is filled with horses, riders There's no single car All the kings men in front of a neon fortress Many moons and a single star I'm lost in one breath Many moons and a single star I'm lost New york becomes paris And paris turns into rome Italian girls are dancing To the symphony Made of one tone A little boy with grey hair Did ask me for a cigarette I said I can't move I'm locked in a stare He stole my heart and he left Angry and sad He stole my heart And he left I'm lost (i don't know, I don't know what Cause I don't know, I don't know what) Bring my heart back It's the only thing ive got Bring my heart back Cause without i'm dancing disconnected It's the only thing i've got Bring my heart back Life is drawing itself In this electic night I'm walking sleepless In a painting of dali I see crying sculptures from bali I'm chasing an old man in high heels (i don't know, I don't know what Cause I don't know, I don't know what) Bring my heart back It's the only thing i've got Bring my heart back Cause without i'm dancing disconnected It's the only thing i've got Bring my heart back It's beating stronger Maybe not longer I found a second one in my chest Bring my heart back It's the only thing i've got Bring my heart back Cause without i'm dancing disconnected It's the only thing i've got Bring my heart back Bring my heart back Bring my heart back Disconnected Bring my heart back At least apart Between your red colored nails Sleeping beauty
Louise Rhodes : Oh glory be, where have I been What dark dream was I in Thought I was living but now I see Real life was only just beginning Because Something in me just woke up I was sleeping till your touch Well, i've been hiding out you see With my heart locked up tight To let love in was all too scary for me Then you came along with all your light Ooh shining bright, now Something in me just woke up I was sleeping til your touch Where did you come from it How did you find me out Never thought I could feel this way Your kiss just brought this to me Something in me just woke up I was sleeping til your touch Something in me just woke up I was sleeping til your touch Your touch Your touch Your touch Your touch
Like a Poet
Enik : Faces without a name You're lost in your thoughts Pictures without a frame And there is no gravity I've been missing you Where did you sleep In the deep blue sea Would you die for me No Well, then I have to go You know thoughts are just like clouds If you're sad and lonely Like a poet Cause you are poet, you just don't know Paint the streets in black and white Like a poet Cause you're a poet Every wave subsides And if you know You can start to dance On a different show 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 You know thoughts are just like clouds If you're sad and lonely Like a poet Cause you are poet, you just don't know Paint the streets in black and white Like a poet Cause you're a poet You are not the only dust in space Who doesn't feel allright tonight But you're a poet She loves you
Fat camp feva
Tes : Wanna tes drive Hop in my testarossa Sound kit down control crews no chauffer Whipping corners windows down tes spitting Hitting spots forbidden g-shock no skipping Bqe to both ends tes beats in the backround The dirtiest tracks hiss raps smackdown Hit a bump bounce like hydrolics Gas low no cash flow wallets screaming feed me dollars Double park jackson chase Off to hess goes tes fill me up with the best Fuel for fame license plates Tight breaks nothing accidental Engine most fine tuned unlimited potential Bust through road blocks surpass where the road stops Four wheel drive voice command look ma no hands Still in command park where I rest Till I start with the next Doors lift up flip up fly text That's right it's tes catch my testarossa Seen em all come close They all got driven over Peep my testarossa right there with mercedes In a snapshot car and driver rap plot Enduro gold to turbo tes Pop a face for cassettes Oil change and free wash alpine scents Leave sirens out the rearview oil slicks and smoke As far as i'm concerned they could all choke You could be a spy hunter with a word bond like james Ain't no tracing my trails invisible lanes Super getaways db cooper Give plenty chase Nitro means you still can't see me trooper This is the game of life demolition deface mics On some yes yes all yee hah no ramps Just a push of my thumb Leaping canyons on some evil and son Auto chute help me land wheels on sand Wheels that float a chopper to propell on note Driving on beats that are broke You can eat my dust hear me reving grand prix Indy five tight grip atari fuck ferrari It's my testarossa
Moon addicted Enik : I lost my body in a cool damn night I was blinded by the shimmering light Now i'm just flying around Without a word without a sound Without a word without a ... I lost my path I found my way Are you talking to me I'm too high I can't hear what you say Without a word without a sound I'm too high I can't hear what you say I'm too high I can't hear what...i... Fade away now We're just a little bit moonaddicted Forget the day now We're just a little bit moonaddicted Fade away now We're just a little bit moonaddicted Forget the day now We're just a little bit moonaddicted Now i'm just flying around And i'm just wondering What all the people are Doing here Underneath the clouds Fade away now We're just a little bit moonaddicted Forget the day now We're just a little bit moonaddicted Fade away now We're just a little bit moonaddicted Forget the day now We're just a little bit moonaddicted (voice fx part) Fade away now We're just a little bit moonaddicted Forget the day now We're just a little bit moonaddicted Fade away now We're just a little bit moonaddicted Forget the day now Moonaddicted
Mr. Important Rob Sonic (of Sonic Sum) : Despair published on the front page 3 mile article pre filed particles Your opinion found lost turn us into housed home Living by the exhaust corrupting your sound cones How much does the rest cost nothing for the war pigs Moral anorexic carpenter an horse rigs Trucker up for 18 month who wanted age cream Must forget the main stream Ram is gonna drink from Just a fool who locates feeder fishing pro bait Hook up to a machine part of being so safe By ignoring all things that I can relate to Spine bumped signed out book on how to hate you I imagine you'll Practice knife throw and darts At my head my hand and my neck Cause my kids are going to be robots that won't Leave the house and wont use they're mouths to project Since it's now that we wrecked and then that we sped What used to protect the cowards instead Allowed by a man who tears at the earth And dared to be the first king of the last thing he said. Half important Passages On scraped Mountain Faced Maximus your Over taped out of place Practices Are left shot by the Box Pro Activist Cold stares Bolt Cut Cold Air Voltage Maybe I should try out for A professional team and this sectional Seam so what? Lab Rat Alarm time to take breaks Back to the store for repair Has that Part I ordered weeks ago reached the coast The policy of truth gets your cash back Passed that vehicle Global Motion Detoxify I'm hope full frozen Dog Tag I.d. F train closing Left Brain Open to an onslaught Trojan Horse effect force traject coarse Obstacle with a fine tooth checked Up until the loud speak turns into an out reach People talk about me from Quebec to south beach Half important Passages On scraped Mountain Faced Maximus your Over taped out of place Practices Are left shot by the Box Pro Activist You Fucks don't like to vote rally or fight You Suck on you tv's internet and satellite You Bucks for the boss man and like you're a door It Just wont open up for Rob Sonic no more Honest go toward the water tower leaks Making a Living out of super sick leaves A lot to be desired the proprietors chief Example was torn up News paper clip For a bru baker trip a new mega chip Then when inserted to the patient Means that you've taken sick your flu days Are picked and all in a line Near the happy place 35 mile mark sign Banking from the dispatch is the catch that you make When your backs to the walls And your act doesn't sell Stagnant as hell should have ducked when you lead But this magnet repelled any feelings at all Half of the important Passages On scraped Mountain Faced Maximus Your Over taped out of place Practices Are left shot by soap Box Pro Activist
Captured in tones Sarah Jay : Song that xxx goes on (it's) the sound of my heart Captured in tone That sleeps in my soul It won't let go Won't let go Still, still waters run deep Deeper than we really ever see And still that sweet song in my veins Is keeping me sane Keeps it all away Keeps it all away It won't let go Please come back Before some xxx makes me into That wonderstuff that we are Now fall apart together in the styles The changes on the rythmn So people clap their hand Bring it back to love Bring you back to life (repeat) Brings you back to love Brings you back to life (repeat)
Funkstörung
Fall Into You (Feat. Audego) We collapse like broken stars And we, we fall under the radar And we remain to go, to go unheard For we're still lost, still lost Still lost for words I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake I fall into you I fall into you You fall into You fall into You fall into me too Please hold Please hold Please hold Please hold I fall into you Fall into you I fall into you You've pulled my heart in two But I don't mind sharing it with you I fall into you Fall into you I fall into you Fall into you
Laid Out Anothr:
Vapour trails All over the sky From A to B It doesn't mean a thing to me Drifting out to sea The sight is vague You demand to be It doesn't mean a thing to me It is all laid out Shove my body in And I clap my hands It is all laid out Let me know my name And I clap my hands Buildings rise As the horizon bends Concrete beneath It doesn't mean a thing to me Coloured leaves Starting to blue As we go high speed It doesn't mean a thing to me It is all laid out Shove my body in And I clap my hands It is all laid out Let me know my name And I clap my hands I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake It is all laid out Let me know my name And I clap my hands And I clap my hands It is all laid out Shove my body in And I clap my hands It is all laid out Let me know my name And I clap my hands
So Simple (Feat. Jamie Lidell) Your hands My hands Your mouth My mouth Your body My body You make it all so simple So simple You make it all so simple I shake for you baby I shake for you baby all over I shake for you baby I shake for you baby all over Your eyes My eyes Your lips My lips Your kiss My kiss I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake You make it all so simple Oh, oh, so simple You make it all so simple Oh yeah I shake for you baby I shake for you baby all over I shake for you baby I shake for you baby all over I shake for you baby I shake for you baby all over I shake for you baby I shake for you baby all over I shake for you baby I shake for you baby all over I shake for you baby I shake for you baby all over I shake for you baby I shake for you baby I shake
Drown In Time (Feat. Anothr) Don't let in Don't let go Take control Pin it on the wall Steal from it don't get lost Draw the plan unfold to grasp I wish I could drown in time But you're gonna drag me down the line I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake Count the beats like you count your friends Fill the space like you foil your hands I wish I could drown in time If I could drown in time But you're gonna drag me down the line If I could drown in time If I could drown in time Can I, can I If I could drown in time Can I If I could drown in time If I could drown in time I wish I could drown in time Let it all forever be mine If I could drown in time If I could drown in time
Killers (Feat. Taprikk Sweezee) We both know Things gonna change here at both ends Let's not pretend There is no defense There is no defense In the sand We rub our feed, we turn our hands Let's not pretend Let's not pretend 'Cause I know there is killers Killers, killers in the sky won't kill us They won't kill us Killers, killers in the ground they won't kill us They won't kill us Killers, there's killers in our hearts They won't kill us They never kill us In the sheets We roll around a tangling dream Let's not pretend There is no defense There is no defense We both know Things gonna change here at the end Let's not pretend Let's not pretend I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake 'Cause I know there is killers Killers, killers in the sky won't kill us They won't kill us Killers, killers in the ground they won't kill us They won't kill us Killers, there's killers in our hearts They won't kill us They never kill us Killers in the sky Killers in the ground Killers in our hearts Killers Killers in the sky Killers in the ground Killers in our hearts Killers Killers in the sky Killers in the ground Killers in our hearts Killers Killers in the sky Killers in the ground Killers in our hearts Killers
Who Is Who (Feat. ADI) Please don't let it go There must be something else we could do And I just gotta let you know I'm feeling lost when I'm not there with you Please don't make me go I mean I know these wounds they only grew But could we try and take it slow You know this life wasn't made for two Who is who, who is who God I don't know where I end And starts the "you" And starts the "you" Please tell me who is who, who is who Man I don't know where I end And starts the "you" And starts the "you" Who is who, who is who God I don't know where I end And starts the "you" And starts the "you" I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake Would you fix this hole It might need more than just a basic glue But Please don't give it up Don't give it up The only one that can do it is you Who is who, who is who God I don't know where I end And starts the "you" And starts the "you" Please tell me who is who, who is who Man I don't know where I end And starts the "you" And starts the "you" Who is who, who is who Man I don't know where I end And starts the "you" And starts the "you" Who is who, who is who God I don't know where I end And starts the "you" And starts the "you"
All the Things (Feat. Anothr) Words are spoken The way is default With eyes wide open You go on and on Take your vaccine Keep pace change the scene And every vision Seems to be serene I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake Can, can, can you guide me It is all our fault But if keeps you close to my heart And all the things you've seen Floating down in streams And resolve into a dream All the things you've done Fade out into dawn Now you can have it all
I Love Him So Jay Jay Johanson: You seem so confident I feel so unsure When I take you in my arms And lead you through the door We knew this day would come We prepared us well What result will come out of this Only time will tell I love him so Your little hand in mine Squeeze my finger hard I can feel your little heart Oh it beats so fast They give you something now I don't know what it is And on the count to three You will be asleep I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake One Two Three I love him so
The Other Way Round (Feat. Anothr) The lowlands at your feet Rotor blades above the crowns of the trees As we go along the whole world seems to turn The other way round, the other way round On the right lane, drenched in rain And up my back a soothing pain Thinking a little of you Giving up a little like you I'm always on the run and I hate copy paste for god's sake As we go along the whole world seems to turn The other way round, the other way round As we go along the whole world seems to turn The other way round, the other way round Somewhere out there we drop out of it Somewhere out there, somewhere out there As we go along the whole world seems to turn The other way round, the other way round As we go along the whole world seems to turn The other way round, the other way round