Function - Aeternum (Existenz) - 12-INCH SINGLE [12 inch Vinyl Single]

Shakara is one of a clutch of early 1970's albums, on which Fela's Afrobeat transitioned from stage to something approaching full-grown form. Shakara (1971) includes three of mature Afrobeat's signature ingredients. There are two guitarists, rhythm guitarist Tutu Shoronmu and tenor guitarist Segun Edo. The pair's repetitive, interlocking riffs - part melody, part rhythm - play a similar role to the rhythm and mi-solo guitars used in contemporary Congolese rumba. Fela's Broken English lyrics extend his music's audience beyond Yoruba speakers and make his words understandable across Anglophone Africa. And female backing vocalists echo Fela's lead vocals in what was to become Afrobeat's trademark call-and-response pattern. In InchLady,Inch Fela highlights the adoption of European social habits to the detriment of African culture. InchShakaraInch is a mainly instrumental track, with a brief lyric, sung in Yoruba, warning against boasters and braggarts. Up-tempo, with a suitably turbulent horn arrangement, it includes strong solos from Fela on keyboards and the fearsome Igo Chico on tenor saxophone.

Four LP version. Gatefold sleeve; includes six-page insert, an engraved side, and download code. Function's long career has seen him uncover a vast range of sonic identities, a mainstay through house, techno and industrial with collaborations with the likes of Regis, Damon Wild, alongside his highly influential Infrastructure imprint. With influences deeply tied to pop art, rave, and gay scenes, and early memories of block-parties emitting Kraftwerk and Strafe, he found himself seeking out the undercover illegal nights of the '90s on a quest of sexual unearthing, mixing the ever-yearning escapology mission of disco with the influential DJ sets of Jeff Mills. For his new album Existenz, he marks a clear step away from the corporeal techno of his recent releases. Pivoting around themes of religion, sexuality, trauma, and healing, it is a work expansive and celebratory, a clear liberation from a deeply internalized past. Formed from a collection of recordings made in a period from late 2016 to mid-2019, Existenz takes the form of a creative outburst in reaction to a number of traumas. Life partner Stefanie Parnow assisted the production process in it's entirety, providing inspiration, spiritual healing, and featuring vocal contributions. Cosmic synths soar and swoop in InchPleasure DisciplineInch through towering stacks of rhythm that stutter and creak to a halt before rebooting, a firm robotic response to human intervention. InchZahlensenderInch reflects a spatial Tetris of urban life, as digitalization set within an XYZ matrix confronts the sprawling city. InchThe ApproachInch recalls the unification of the self, a state of delirium non-subjective and smooth, as all connections and functions give way to simple intensities of feeling, crossing the threshold into spirituality. InchGolden DawnInch, featuring Stefanie Parnow, marks a further elevation of dubbed-out euphori

'After a successful collaboration with Dubfire on 'Rampart' Flug returns to Drumcode's imprint DCLTD for another heady trip into the deep with 'Altered Existence I' that is a chugging slice of techno, that kicks with plenty of dancefloor-sparking personality.