Saschienne

Unknown (LP + Cd) Saschienne

Somehow a love story always makes its way through the unknown. Two people who learn to know each other, being aware of what they give up and yet ignoring what the future holds, throwing themselves into an endless see of question marks, stepping on stones of discord only to find their cloud of harmony. As the first notes of our music were born, we started our journey into the unknown, ignoring that we would one day go out there and share our two-seat-cloud with the rest of the world." (Saschienne) Sascha Funke, one of Germany's greatest Techno auteurs and the genius behind bestselling records like Bravo or Mango, has some pretty big news. And it's not about some one off band project, but a partnership meant to stay. As SASCHIENNE, Sascha has formed a duo extraordinaire with multi-talented instrumentalist, singer and wife Julienne Dessagne, displaying an expressivity previously unknown to anyone following his solo work. That said, Sascha is no stranger to expressive depths, with his earliest tracks already oscillating between plucked introspection and purposeful anthems. His 1999 career debut single Campus was released on Kompakt at number 13 in the label's catalogue, in this case bringing only good luck to the then rookie producer, since he went on to produce one masterpiece after another. Now, Sascha Funke returns to his very first label: "Besides from probably being the only supporter of Cologne's football team in all of Berlin, Sascha has been a lovely friend, great party wing man, DJ, producer and remixer since the very early days of Kompakt", label head Michael Mayer is keen to point out, "We couldn't be happier announcing that Sascha joins our forces again, both solo and with his new romantic techno outfit Saschienne". After 13 years as a Techno producer, Sascha has, thanks to Julienne, rediscovered the joy of the early days in the studio. "She opened a new door I never saw before and behind which I found excitement and freedom, allowing myself to go into diffe