Munich-based producer
Michael Fakesch's work is more widely known via
Funkstorung, the name he records under with partner
Chris De Luca.
Funkstorung have released almost a dozen records in just three years together, mostly through the obscure Acid Planet imprint and, more recently, their own label Musik Aus Strom.
Funkstorung's records typically deploy a dark, rough, hard-edged electro aesthetic vaguely reminiscent of a slightly less obsessive
Autechre.
Fakesch's solo work, however, while retaining the gritty production values, pursues a bleaker, far more introverted tack, with a studied focus on melody and slower, more plodding rhythms.
Fakesch followed a not uncommon progression from late '80s hip-hop (
Public Enemy,
Paris) and old-school electro (
Grandmaster Flash,
Man Parrish) -- he was a semi-professional breakdancer -- to the techno explosion that took hold in Germany in the early '90s. His solo output to date consists of the two-part Demon EP (1997) and the 1999 full-length Marion. ~ Sean Cooper