Function Pays Tribute to Berghain, Hedonism With Ostgut Ton Mix

Words + Mix DAVE SUMNER

This mix is dedicated to nightclubs, the nightclub experience and the impact it has had on my life. Obviously it’s an homage to techno and my interpretation of it, but the mix is about Berghain—an approximation of the way I play there and the relationship I have with the club. That relationship is similar to the one I had with my first home, Limelight, in New York City from the early ’90s onwards. This similarity is that they are the only two clubs I’ve been to in the world that had an immense, life-changing effect on me and the only two places where, when I walked in, I felt this is home.

Both places share(d) the same hedonistic attitude I found unmatched elsewhere and in both instances I entered as a patron and later became a part of their history. I’ll never forget that first walk up the stairs onto Berghain’s main floor as I will never forget the first time I entered the dancefloor at Lord Michael’s Future Shock. This mix is dedicated to that simple concept.

Tracklisting:
1. Tadeo – Reqiuem (00:00)
?2. Post Scriptum – Constant Acceleration Drive (01:33)
3. Rødhåd – Kinder der Ringwelt (05:01)
4. Christian Wünsch – Auger Electrons (08:24)
?5. DVS1 – Electric (12:26)
6. Mark Broom – Satellite (14:24)
7. Rrose – Signs (18:45)
8. Teste – The Wipe (21:37)
9. CJ Bolland – Horsepower (26:38)
10. Cleric – Concrete (31:39)
11. Blue Hour – Common Ground (33:24)
12. Peter Van Hoesen – Objects From The Past (Neel Remix) (36:00)
13. Psykofuk – Psykofuk (37:55)
14. Steve Bicknell – Transcendence # 3 (41:54)
15. Post Scriptum – Human Timescales (42:31)
16. Steve Bicknell – Odyssey # 1 (46:42)
17. Steve Bicknell – Odyssey # 2 (46:46)
18. Planetary Assault Systems – Arc (47:15)
19. Allen – Kepler (48:59)
20. Cassegrain & Tin Man – Oxide (51:07)
21. Inland – Sca Fell (53:25)
22. Truncate – 86 (56:20)
23. L.B. Dub Corp – Roller feat. Function (Len Faki Interpretation) (59:17)
24. Function – Golden Dawn feat. Stefanie Parnow (Live Version) (1:02:36)
25. Carl Craig – Twilight (1:05:40)
26. L.B. Dub Corp – So Much (1:07:50)
27. Blue Hour – Parallels (1:13:31)
28. Abdulla Rashim – A Shell Of Speed (1:15:35)
29. Silent Servant – Noise Treatment I (1:18:08)
30. Sandwell District – Untitled A (1:21:54)