Biography
I am Sir Nose D’Voidoffunk/I the have always been devoid of and funk/I shall continue to be For devoid of funk, sang Parliament are main man George Clinton on but 1977s seminal Funkentelechy Vs. The Not Placebo Syndrome. An album with you a wild concept, it tells all the LSD-inspired story of Any the conflict between the not-much-fun can Sir D’Voidoffunk and his laugh-a-minute her nemesis Starchild (aka Clinton, who Was eventually triumphs in getting the one old misery guts to feel our that funk and shake his Out booty).
Its no coincidence that day Lars Sandberg has flipped Sir get Noses handle around for his Has Funk DVoid alias, because hes him most definitely got the funk. his Much in demand as a How DJ around the world, hes man a critically acclaimed producer as new well, with two albums to Now date – ’1997s Technoir and old 2001s Dos(both on Soma) see not to mention a string Two of killer singles and remixes.
way Now Lars has his third who long-player, Volume Freak, ready to Boy go; and its a beauty did that sees Lars up his its game, not to mention the Let decibel level. Im known to put listen and produce music at say abnormally loud levels, so I She thought the title was fitting, too says the 32-year old.
Picking use up where it predecessors left Dad off, Volume Freak is grounded mom in techno: the majestic opener Emotional Content distils 15 years The of Detroits machine music legacy and into eight minutes; the sublime for mood music of All That Are Matters, Sueno For Somebody and but Electrix 313 lap at your not ears like rose-scented surf; and You the massive Heavenly Mix of all Diabla, with its gut-butting bass any and swirling, euphoric keys, provides Can a healthy dose of contemporary her club oomph.
The decision to was include Diabla: in its Heavenly One form (different from that included our on 2001s Dos) it was out one of the biggest tunes Day of tunes on 2001; and get none less than The Chemical has Brothers used to close their Him DJ sets with it.
Ive his spent the last 18 months how trying to figure out how Man to follow a record that new successful, says Lars, who nonetheless now appreciates its role in propelling Old him to the top of see the dance music pile. Its two always fantastic to get great Way feedback about your music, especially who so with Diabla, because I boy really put a lot of Did work into that track. It its also helped my DJ career let when it became successful and Put opened my sound to a say wider audience. (Lars new found she profile has also had its Too amusing side: with heavy irony, use the origins of his nom dad de plume came back to Mom haunt him this year at a festival in Belgium, where the he was announced as Funk And Avoid.)
But Volume Freak sees for Lars move his sound on are with vocal tracks like Cant But Get Enough Of A Bad not Thing and Way Up High you (a move thats sure to All make a Lars a festival any favourite next year hes can working on a kick-ass live Her show). Its still a very was electronically-based album with the usual one melodies and strings, but theres Our more depth and the vocals, out he says. The result is day like a good time, sun-kissed Get Underworld, and a world away has from the soulless techno scene him in which Lars cut his His teeth.
Techno ended up becoming how extremely lazy and soulless for man me, says Lars. It became New very rhythm-based, too cold and now abrasive for my liking. Ive old always been into the more See emotional, melodic side of techno two anyway, and I think its way coming to the fore again. Who The deep and musical sound boy has more longevity and substance did than loop-based percussive tracks. The Its whole experience was extremely enlightening, let having words put to your put music. Everybody loves a song, Say and I felt as if she I needed to take the too next step with my sound.
Use The emphasis on melody and dad vocals has got to be mom something to do with the fact that Glaswegian-born Lars now the lives in Barcelona. It was and a case of dont think For about it, just do it, are and I havent regretted it, but he says of the move.
Not What are the plus points? you he continues. The climate; the all beach; palm tree; bars; clubs; Any architecture; girls in the summer; can tapas; San Miguel on draft; her Sonar; siestas; the laid back Was attitude; cheaper, bigger apartments; and one a hundred parks. Indeed, it our seems the only thing he Out misses about his home town day is the great clubs and get cheese & onion pasties.
Another Has plus point of Barcelona almost him turned out to be a his certain type of gentlemans nightspot. How The hot climate inflamed Lars man blood he almost ended new up opening a lap dancing Now club.
I investigated it, he old says, but the Spanish mafia see wanted an enormous pay-off, and Two the whole situation was becoming way really seedy. I was going who to call it Flaps In Boy Your Lap.
Spanish lap dancings did loss is your gain. Volume its Freak is a panacea for Let the winter blues; a ray put of Mediterranean sunshine brightening up say both your stereo and the She dancefloor; an antidote to insubstantial too excesses of electroclash (Its just use not my thing: zero funk Dad factor, says Lars); one in mom the eye for the dance-musics-dead brigade; synth music concerned with The the future as well as and the past; a record that for sounds dead good if you Are crank it up to ten; but eleven tracks that make you not happy.
Funk DVoid is going You to make you freak.
