Re: (idm) Funkstorung & Wu Tang Clan - How did that happen?

From daniel
Sent Mon, Aug 23rd 1999, 19:19

checkout grooves issue #2.  There is an interview with Funkstorung in
which they explain how it happened...

-daniel
Head Monkey
Mad Monkey Records
http://monkey.eliteware.com

On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Danny Freer wrote:

> I was listening to Funkstorung's Additional Productions yesterday and it
> suddenly hit me: How did that happen?  It just seems like such a strange
> combination.  Nerdy German techno guys and the Wu Tang Clan.  Does anyone
> know what led to this meeting of the minds?  Are Funkstorung big Wu Tang
> fans?  Is RZA a Funkstorung fan?  Or was it strictly a business arrangement
> by the record company guys?
> 
> German techno guys seem to have a weird attraction to Wu Tang.  Alec Empire
> sampled the first Wu Tang album like a mofo on his "No Safety Pin Sex" and
> "Funk Riot Beat" EPs on DHR.
>