Lotos Land CD

Since leaving longtime home BPitch control back in 2011, Sascha Funke has been on a mission to expand his repertoire. The tech-house and deep house of old has been replaced by quirkier and more challenging releases that draw influence from musical cultures around the world (a trend best exemplified by a couple of fine EPs for Multi-Culti). The German producer continues this approach on Lotos Light, his first album for nearly six years. Variously touching on dewy-eyed Balearic electronica, crusty post-punk dub-house, spaced-out analogue chuggers, psychedelic ambience, skewed house, contemporary krautrock and moody Teutonic new wave, it's a set that surprises and thrills with equal measure.