{"product_id":"sascha-funke-planes-in-reverse","title":"Sascha Funke - Planes In Reverse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith the stunning \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlanes In Reverse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSascha Funke\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the Berlin-born producer and DJ, and long-time member of the Kompakt family, releases his first album in almost a decade, since 2017’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLotos Land\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. It’s a welcome return for one of the most eloquent and elegant producers in electronic and dance music, someone who’s always been able to say more with less, and the ten tracks here, moving effortlessly between techno, house, minimalism, disco house, and home listening tunes, are all gorgeously sculpted miniatures. With guest appearances from partner \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJulienne Dessagne\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFantastic Twins\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), with whom Funke has also worked in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSaschienne\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, there’s something homely and family about it, too; a family of sounds, a home of tone.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere’s also something consummate about \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlanes In Reverse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, as though Sascha Funke has perfected the album format. There’s no flab here, no excess – it plays out like a perfectly designed experience, ten tracks, coming in under fifty minutes, an album where every moment matters. It’s full of variety, but everything has the unmistakable Funke thumbprint, one that was developed during the late ‘90s \/ early ‘00s minimal techno and microhouse moment, but which was always open to other ideas and other sounds, too.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlanes In Reverse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e opens stealthily with “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat You See\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e”, where rhythms percolate and bass prowls while gaseous textures fill the sonic spectrum. It’s also the first appearance of Fantastic Twins on the album; here, she speaks a hypnotic mantra, a prelude to the title track, where Dessagne has a pure pop moment, her voice ecstatic and vibrant. Indeed, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlanes In Reverse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e plays out like thesis and antithesis ending in synthesis, the tracks nestling next to each other even as they shuttle between sounds, genres, perspectives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThere are some beautiful moments dropped throughout \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePlanes In Reverse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – the heavenly textures that make the title track feel so cloud-bound; the glassy and orbital tones that drop from the skies through the disco house inspired “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKarat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e”; the clamour and clatter of hyper-edited voices shuffling through “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSplitter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e”; or the field recordings of Sascha’s son football training session that drop “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eZockers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e” into a different place and space, slowly giving way to a beautifully paced electro-pop mantra. “In Germany,when the kids play a computer game, or when they play football, we describe it as zocken. 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