Thomas Kroll is back
After 5 years of absence Thomas Kroll is back again on guitars for Funker Vogt since Frank Schweigert has other job-related engagements. Kroll will be playing live for the very first time during the band's gig in Hannover (Capitol) on the 26th of December 2008. Kroll left the band in 2003 after 5 years playing with Funker Vogt. Kroll had been part of the live band since the "4. Leipziger Sommertagen" that took place on July 3rd 1998. His last concert with the band was in Italy on November 22nd 2003. The reason for the split was to be found in a mix of musical and personal differences with the rest of the band and management. That seems all to be past tense now. The band is currently also preparing a new album and will enter their (new) studio later this year.
On the 14th of November 2008 Funker Vogt will give you a foretaste of the double dvd and double cd "Warzone K17 - Live in Berlin", which is going to be released in spring 2009. There will be an online release of the MCD "White Trash - K 17 Live Excerpt" which includes also the in 2008 re-arranged Versions of "Thanks for Nothing" and "Blacke Hole". Here's a EPK for the DVD.
New MySpace page and demo track available
Funker Vogt live DVD and North America Performance!!
RepoRecords announces that Funker Vogt will record a live DVD in 2008. The Show takes place at the K17 in Berlin, Germany. During the concert Funker Vogt will perform a 'best of' show. The Fans will hear songs from each of the 7 albums and several EPs Funker Vogt released in the past 11 years. Furthermore Funker Vogt will return to North America for a festival appearance. The band will perform at the Kinetik Festival in Montreal, Cananda on Saturday the 17th of May.
More info at www.festival-kinetik.net .
Funker Vogt 2007 Tour Update
The EBM warmachine Funker Vogt are to embark on the second leg of their "Aviator" tour on November 22 in Hamburg. So far, 7 dates have been added to this new tour, all in Germany. The band will be supported by Germany's electropop act Technoir during its 6 first gigs and by Australia's Angelspit during its 5 first gigs. See below for the complete list and dates of gigs to take place.
- 22.11.2007 D-Hamburg, Logo (+ Angelspit, Technoir)
- 23.11.2007 D-Bochum, Matrix (+ Angelspit, Technoir)
- 24.11.2007 D-Herford, X-Club (+ Angelspit, Technoir)
- 06.12.2007 D-Rostock, Mau Club (+ Angelspit, Technoir)
- 07.12.2007 D-Leipzig, Hellraiser (+ Angelspit, Technoir)
- 08.12.2007 D-Zapfendorf, Top Act (ohne Angelspit, + Technoir)
- 15.12.2007 D-Lahr, 24. Dark Dance Treffen (ohne Angelspit, ohne Technoir)
Aviator out April 27th!!!
Pre-order it at MusicNonStop.co.uk now!!
Little over a year since Funker Vogt's last release (
"Navigator" ), they are back in the cockpit with their follow-up full
length album "Aviator". Again conceptualising their war-obsessed
themes ( throughout the cover artwork, booklet and band photos ) "Aviator"
follows the new direction began with "Navigator" with 12 Brand New
tracks set to pulvarise and bombard the dance-floor.
Undertaking to
diversify sound structures overall "Aviator" still relies on the fast
beat-driven rhythms and sequences Funker Vogt are renown for
but these are further enhanced with more emphasis given to well placed sounds
and samples making "Aviator" a much more pronounced album. "Aviator’s" club
tracks ( "City Of Darkness" , "Paralyzed", "Thanatophobia", "One" and "My
Fortune" ) come across as fresher and more aggressive than ever cementing
Funker Vogt's updated Electro sound for 2007.
Funker Vogt will do various specials around the release of
the new album 'Aviator'. They have put a fan edit of ''City of
Darkness'' online as mp3. This is a special item for their old
and new fans, released in cooperation with Germany's Zillo music magazine
and SPV-Recoreds: "City Of Darkness" (special fan edit)
Funker Vogt - "City Of Darkness" mp3 (the site is in German,
simply click "Download")
Fans who buy the album soon after the release and decide to visit one of the 6 concerts of Funker Vogt, will have the opportunity to get the special "Club Pilot'' MCD for free, only available at the shows in a limited number, so better be quick! Don't forget to bring the voucher!
Please note that the Limited Edition of the new Funker Vogt album "Aviator" comes with TWO Exclusive tracks on the CD PLUS
a Bonus DVD which includes 5 songs in 5.1 dolby digital
surround-sound, videoclips, interview, a making of feature, Picture Gallery
and a Trailer for the PC Game "Grabenkrieg In Europa" for which Funker Vogt contributed some music!
Also,
Funker Vogt have uploaded a short newsflash, containing info on their upcoming
new CD, "Aviator". This video series will be updated fortnightly from now on.
Click here to watch the first
episode.
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Tracklisting
Disc 2 (DVD-PAL, Region 0, 5.1 Digital Surround)
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Funker Vogt goes PC GAMES
Funker Vogt's sixth and current studio album "Navigator" makes now - without knowing once - the headstone for the co-operation with the publisher of computer- and videogames TGC (The Games Company) and their current Game "World War I - Tench Warefare In Europe". In addition a statement of Funker Vogt: The game-forger contacted us quiet rapid and asked, if we'd been interested in a collaboration to this new game. After making the contact had to be considered what this collaboration should look like. Then we had the idea to attach a complete Single-CD to this game. The Track "Killing Ground" of our current album "Navigator" has always been a nominee for a second single, and as it fits to the theme of the game, it was a decided concern. As bonus, we took an earlier version of a new track, which will be on the next Funker Vogt album. Thus we also gave a view to the comming album, which shall be released in the first half of 2007.
But the single "Killing Ground" is exclusive of the game.
01. Killing Ground (Grabenkrieg Remix) 4:59
02. Killing Ground (Album Version) 5:36
03. Killing Ground (AE4 Remix) 4:57
04. Paralyzed (First Edit) 5:27
*Track for taken from the forthcoming new Funker Vogt album!
Source: The Games Company.com
Press release:
TGC is taking radio contact
Berlins Publisher cooperates with electro / EBM band Funker Vogt
Berlin in October 2006
For their 'strategy-title' "World War I - Trench Warfare In Europe", TGC are working together with the electronicband Funker Vogt. Thus the sales version of this game goes along with a limited retro-vinyl-style CD, which - amongst others - includes the special "Grabenkrieg Remix" (engl. trench warfare remix) of "Killing Ground".
"Killing Ground" descends in it's primal version of the sixth album "Navigator". To shorten the time of waiting on the new - still untitled - album, Funker Vogt enrich the limited Grabenkrieg single-CD with the song "Paralyzed", an exclusive fulltime advanced version.
For the lunch of the official homepage of "WWI - Trench Warfare In Europe" TGC and Funker Vogt furthermore release an exclusive backcover artwork for all fans of game and music. Signed CDs and first-class merchandise of this international combo are at choosen copartners disposal. "Funker Vogt brought the perfect soundtrack for World War I", Carsten Strehse inspired, CEO of TGC (The Games Company). "The band criticly deals up with the theme war and construes history in their music unbelievable strong."
To TGC - The Games Company:
TGC was found in January 2006 by Markus Malti and Carsten Strehse in Berlin. With Silver Style Entertainment TGC go along with an adept partner, who's not just realising proprietary development but also assignmentproductions and offers also consolidated quality management. TGC plans about 20 new releases per year. Middle-term the parts console and online will get a higher denotation; The publisher lays his main focus on adventures and rolegames, strategy and simulation.
To Funker Vogt:
The band was found in 1995 and comes from the north saxon city Hameln. The actual "Funker Vogt" (engl. radio operator Vogt) is a friend, who's really been radio operator in the German Federal Armed Forces at that time. This name became trend-setting for the bands concept: Military - War. Within a short time Funker Vogt reached the top of the german as well as international electro-scene, and ever since they defended this top in the following years. The phenomenon Funker Vogt is not limited to germany, meanwhile Funker Vogt world-wide became the epitome for hard electronic music. As central topic war and social unfainess came forth out crystallized over the years in their releases, whereby the band deals up with this very critically