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Wed, Oct 25, 2006, 18:20
- Funk D’Void whips out his top ten vinyl secrets from under his kilt.
Funk D’Void whips out his top ten vinyl secrets from under his kilt.
Funk D'Void is Scottish DJ and producer Lars Sandberg, best known for the end-of-nighter 'Diabla' which bridged house and techno (and was flogged by everyone from Danny Howells to Sven Vath). And if you look carefully, recently you’ll also spy the name ‘L. Sandberg’ in the liner notes of releases by "newcomer" Francois Dubois.
'Francois is the French Funk D'Void," explains Lars. "He's more laidback, into the deep stuff. He always DJs with a bottle of wine next to him on the table and he has a really expensive cigarette holder.”
A classy guy then, and classily enough these days Francois Dubios is releasing deep house on hot labels such as Buzzin’ Fly and Urbantorque. So what happened to the techno, Lars?
“I think the whole pumping techno vibe is on the way out. A lot of producers like Vince Watson are going back to their deep house roots and I think it's coming back in a big way because the soul is missing from minimal. I really like guys like Ame who are good at keeping a techno sensibility but also have some chords in there too."
Next up for Lars is a compilation with Phil Kieran on Ministry of Sound, a new Funk D'Void vocal house single 'Lovin' your Body' on Soma and the Francois Dubois single 'I Try' which includes remixes by Nic Fanciulli and Jamie Anderson on the flip. Lars also has another Funk D'Void album in the works too: "It's like the Stone Roses' second album…but with not so many people waiting for it.”
Based in Barcelona, Monsieur D’Void is there for the long haul, even planning to open a house club in the city. Which reminds us – he’s also the wag behind those 'Fuck Berlin – Barcelona has a beach' T-shirts sported at Sonar this year. RA accosted Lars in the rainy backstreets of his adopted hometown, and he obliged by whipping out his top ten vinyls.