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01. Sascha Funke - Blaupunkt
02. Sascha Funke - Germina Speeder
03. Sascha Funke - Bo Knows
04. Sascha Funke - Master Mind
ARTIST
TITLE
Germina Speeder
FORMAT
12"

LABEL
CATALOG #
KOM 497EP KOM 497EP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
3/14/2025

Sascha Funke is creating a long overdue monument to an almost forgotten cultural artefact of the GDR: the "Germina Speeder" was the only skateboard made in East Germany before reunification and was launched in 1986. It was produced by VEB Schokoladen-Verarbeitungsmaschinen (a state-owned chocolate processing machine factory) in Wernigerode and was therefore affectionately known as the "chocolate board." However, it was hardly suitable for actual skateboarding due to technical inadequacies. It is not known whether Sascha himself owned such a board, but the tracks on the Germina Speeder EP definitely roll better than the original. The opener "Blaupunkt" breathes the euphoric spirit of the legendary Berlin club "E-Werk," while the title track would have been more at home at the "Dubmission" parties in the Turbine. Sascha leaves the '90s behind with radiant positivism; "Bo Knows" sounds more like a 2000s open air at Café Schönbrunn. The EP closes with "Mastermind," a high-octane psy-proghouse banger that, like all four tracks, quotes the past but still has both feet on today's dance floors. Or rather, is dancing. 4:1 for love!