Disconnected
Encyclopedia
Disconnected is an album by the German
IDM
group Funkstörung
. It was released on March 29, 2004, and was the first album of the duo to feature real pop songs
with singing vocals. The CD's jewel case was packed in a partly translucent sleeve, with the inlay consisting of 10 loose cards designed by various design bureaus. Two singles were released, both double A-sides: Disconnected/Fat Camp Feva and Moon Addicted/Chopping Heads. The former single had additional remixes of the two songs, while the latter added two unreleased bonus track
s, "Basic PPO Blues" and "Generation Fat". All songs from the album plus the bonus tracks from the singles were included in the DVD
/book combination Isolated. Triple Media.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
IDM
Intelligent dance music
Intelligent dance music is a term that describes an electronic music genre that emerged in the early 1990s. The genre is influenced by a wide range of musical styles particularly electronic dance music such as Detroit Techno...
group Funkstörung
Funkstörung
Funkstörung is Christian de Luca and Michael Fakesch , a duo of IDM musicians hailing from Rosenheim, Germany...
. It was released on March 29, 2004, and was the first album of the duo to feature real pop songs
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
with singing vocals. The CD's jewel case was packed in a partly translucent sleeve, with the inlay consisting of 10 loose cards designed by various design bureaus. Two singles were released, both double A-sides: Disconnected/Fat Camp Feva and Moon Addicted/Chopping Heads. The former single had additional remixes of the two songs, while the latter added two unreleased bonus track
Bonus track
In terms of recorded music, a bonus track is a piece of music which has been included on specific releases or reissues of an album. This is most often done as a promotional device, either as an incentive to customers to purchase albums they might otherwise not, or to repurchase albums they already...
s, "Basic PPO Blues" and "Generation Fat". All songs from the album plus the bonus tracks from the singles were included in the DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
/book combination Isolated. Triple Media.
Track listing
- "Cement Shoes" – 5:01 (featuring EnikEnikEnik is a songwriter, singer and musician from Munich, Germany.He released his first EP "Without a bark" in 2003 and was the songwriter and singer for four songs on Funkstörung's album Disconnected , most notably the title track.In 2006, his album "The Seasons in Between" was released on Labels...
(vocals)) - "Dirt Empire" – 1:37 (featuring Nils Petter MolværNils Petter MolværNils Petter Molvær also known as NPM is a Norwegian jazz trumpeter, composer, and producer. Molvær is considered a pioneer in fusing jazz and electronic music, showcased on his best-selling album Khmer, released by the German record label ECM in October 1997 in Europe and early 1998 in North...
(trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
)) - "Chopping Heads" – 3:47 (featuring TesTESTes may refer to:* Tés, a village in Hungary* Tes River, a river in Mongolia* Tes, Uvs, a district in Mongolia's Uvs Province* Tes, Zavkhan, a district in Mongolia's Zavkhan Province* Teş, a village in Brestovăţ Commune, Timiş County, Romania...
(rappingRappingRapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
) ) - "Habitual Citizens" – 0:53 (featuring Mark Boombastic (beatboxingBeatboxingBeatboxing is a form of vocal percussion primarily involving the art of producing drum beats, rhythm, and musical sounds using one's mouth, lips, tongue, and voice. It may also involve singing, vocal imitation of turntablism, and the simulation of horns, strings, and other musical instruments...
)) - "Disconnected" – 4:56 (featuring Enik)
- "The Zoo" – 1:04
- "Sleeping Beauty" – 4:12 (featuring Lou Rhodes (vocals))
- "Like a Poet" – 4:05 (featuring Enik )
- "Play Pause" – 0:14
- "Fat Camp Feva" – 4:18 (featuring Tes )
- "Sleep Walking" – 1:00
- "Moon Addicted" – 4:29 (featuring Enik )
- "Mr Important" – 5:01 (featuring Rob SonicRob SonicRob Sonic is a hip hop artist from The Bronx, born in Washington DC. As a child growing up, he devoted himself to many styles of music and was a follower of artists such as The Beatles, Run DMC, Kraftwerk, Talking Heads, Led Zeppelin, Public Enemy, Muddy Waters, Ultramagnetic MC's, The Clash among...
(rapping)) - "Captured in Tones" – 5:39 (featuring Sarah Jay)