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Sascha Funke

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1989
sascha listens to a lot of euro-dance-pop as a twelve year-old his first purchased record after the fall of the wall was "technotronic mega mix".

1990
first contact with techno and house is thanks to marusha’s radio show "rave satellite;" sascha buys his first techno record "the seawolf" (underground resistance/ ur).

1993/94
he visits the legendary berlin club walfisch for the first time as a raver; he organizes parties in youth clubs in the east berlin section lichtenberg and thus encounters his first dj experiences with trance.

1995/96
sascha goes out with passion and visits clubs like the e-werk or the matrix.

1997
sascha begins his dj career in berlin clubs like discount or so36.

1998
he attempts first steps as a producer with borrowed equipment and the help of his soon to-be label partner paul kalkbrenner in their collective studio.

1999

sascha splits his studio and runs a new studio with djoker daan in the side rooms of the berlin club casino.

2000
sascha’s musical home becomes bpitch control, dj’s at the ostgut, polar tv, wmf, maria, tresor, casino or sternradio. releases also on kompakt (köln).

2001
remix fun, like for mitte karaoke, internship at the newspaper de-bug, further solo releases.

2002
bpitch control gemeinsam-tour 2002, studio work on his first album.

2003

his debut-album "bravo" / BPC075 appears in september 2003. bravo-tour around the world.

style/ musical roots/ identity:

a kind of house-driven techno that sways between the polarity of emotional overload and concrete rationale hence immediacy, which is what sascha funke is all about.