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Currently, the album of the week is Funkstoerung - "Disconnected" Funkstorung is a pioneer of the smooth “glitch-hop” sound promoted and popularized more recently by artists such as Prefuse 73 and Dabrye. They have also remixed everything from Bjork to Wu-Tang Clan. When trying to describe Funkstorung’s new album, Disconnected, you’ll find yourself at a complete loss for homogenous description. The title of the album is indeed fitting. Disconnected is neither all glitch, pop, soul or new wave trip hop, but more a soothing edgy and chaotic beat with emotional vocals and cyberesque electronic sound.
The music of Disconnected is almost haunting as you are exposed to the disjointed sampling side by side with silky vocalists, crooning great lyrics of soul searching. “Sleeping Beauty,” for example, is an alluring folk ballad with Lou Rhodes of Lamb. “Captured In Tones” has rock undertones and features Sarah Jay, the voice most remember from Massive Attack’s Mezzanine.
Now that I’ve made this sound somewhat like an esoteric experimentation album, don’t let that fool you. Funkstorung gets back to their hip hop roots and feature New York’s MC Tes of Warp’s Lex imprint on “Chopping Heads” and “Fat Camp Fever”. The flow is complete comprehensive styling and layered over infinitely orchestrated and tweaked beats. The end result is truly an amazing mesh of sound and verbosity.
Chris de Luca and Michael Fakesch, the Funkstorung dynamic duo, have created an unnerving emotional experimental pop music. You’ll love it almost morbidly. If music could be a highway accident, then this is a serious rubbernecker.
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