Sascha Funke

Since his childhood the Berlin-born DJ and producer Sascha Funke knows about this energy. Growing up in the shadow of hammer and sickle in the East-Berlin’s Lichtenberg district, he sang, from early age, Communist songs with the young pioneers. In the evenings after school, he quickly turned on his radio, pressed the recording button of his double-tape-deck, and recorded mix-tapes with music from the West, to which he danced all alone in his childhood room. This abruptly changed when the wall came down: the Berliner bought his first Vinyl: Technotronic: Megamix. A short time later Underground Resistance records entered his record shelf and from that moment on he was captured by the power of techno and the wild undefined Berlin days and nights of nineties. At the start of his twenties he called Ellen Alien’s label (BPitch Control) his new family, also releasing his first EP Campus on the Cologne based label Kompakt, and started to DJ regularly in clubs like Berghain, Ostgut, WMF, Maria am Ostbahnhof, and Tresor. At festivals such as Melt or Sonar his name was permanently on the bill. During all that time Sascha Funke never stood still as a producer either. He has released two albums and various EPs for BPitch Control & Kompakt. Haunting tracks like Bravo or Mango, which can be found on the soundtrack of the techno movie Berlin Calling, became club hits. As Saschienne together with Julienne Dessagne (who also releases solo works under the alias Fantastic Twins) he produced the album entitled Unknown and seduced with its melodic and deeply moving amalgam of pop songs, chanson, the repetitive magic of the techno and live-recorded instruments. Together they played at festivals for example Mutek MX & Montreal, ADE, Electronic Beats, Lowlands, DGTL and Tauron Nowa Muzyka. Over the years he was featured in many magazines like GQ Men, Musikexpress, Resident Advisor, Groove, Trax, Tsugi, Raveline, DJ Mag, De- Bug, Spex, Liberation, FAZ, Berliner Zeitung and many more. Sascha contributed mixes to channels including Radio Fritz, Radio Nova, Groove, Trax, Tsugi, Ransom Note, Les Yeux Orange, DHA, Oddysee, Sinchi Collective etc. As a remixer he worked for acts such as WhoMadeWho, Metronomy, Superpitcher, Gerd Janson, Guy Boratto, All We Are and many more. In the past years Sascha’s music was also used for syncs with brands (APM Monaco, Samsung) and films (Classe Moyenne, documentary of Paris 2024 Olympic Games, Doug Aitken’s Lightscape with LA Philharmonics, Netflix) His new EP came out on Kompakt in March 2025 called Germina Speeder. Later this year Turbo Recordings he released his club hit MZ as a big remix package.

Since his childhood the Berlin-born DJ and producer Sascha Funke knowsabout this energy. Growing up in the shadow of hammer and sickle in theEast-Berlin’s Lichtenberg district, he sang, from early age, Communist songswith the young pioneers. In the evenings after school, he quickly turned on hisradio, pressed the recording button of his double-tape-deck, and recordedmix-tapes with music from the West, to which he danced all alone in hischildhood room. This abruptly changed when the wall came down: theBerliner bought his first Vinyl: Technotronic: Megamix. A short time laterUnderground Resistance records entered his record shelf and from thatmoment on he was captured by the power of techno and the wild undefinedBerlin days and nights of nineties.

At the start of his twenties he called Ellen Alien’s label (BPitch Control) hisnew family, also releasing his first EP Campus on the Cologne based labelKompakt, and started to DJ regularly in clubs like Berghain, Ostgut, WMF,Maria am Ostbahnhof, and Tresor. At festivals such as Melt or Sonar hisname was permanently on the bill. During all that time Sascha Funke neverstood still as a producer either. He has released two albums and various EPsfor BPitch Control & Kompakt. Haunting tracks like Bravo or Mango, whichcan be found on the soundtrack of the techno movie Berlin Calling, becameclub hits.

As Saschienne together with Julienne Dessagne (who also releases soloworks under the alias Fantastic Twins) he produced the album entitledUnknown and seduced with its melodic and deeply moving amalgam of popsongs, chanson, the repetitive magic of the techno and live-recordedinstruments. Together they played at festivals for example Mutek MX &Montreal, ADE, Electronic Beats, Lowlands, DGTL and Tauron Nowa Muzyka.

Over the years he was featured in many magazines like GQ Men,Musikexpress, Resident Advisor, Groove, Trax, Tsugi, Raveline, DJ Mag, De-Bug, Spex, Liberation, FAZ, Berliner Zeitung and many more.

Sascha contributed mixes to channels including Radio Fritz, Radio Nova,Groove, Trax, Tsugi, Ransom Note, Les Yeux Orange, DHA, Oddysee, SinchiCollective etc.

As a remixer he worked for acts such as WhoMadeWho, Metronomy,Superpitcher, Gerd Janson, Guy Boratto, All We Are and many more.

In the past years Sascha’s music was also used for syncs with brands (APMMonaco, Samsung) and films (Classe Moyenne, documentary of Paris 2024Olympic Games, Doug Aitken’s Lightscape with LA Philharmonics, Netflix)

His new EP came out on Kompakt in March 2025 called Germina Speeder.Later this year Turbo Recordings he released his club hit MZ as a big remixpackage.