{{Short description|German electronic music duo}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Funkstörung | image = | caption = | background = group_or_band | alias = Musik Aus Strom | origin = Rosenheim, Germany | genre = {{hlist|IDM<ref>{{cite web|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/funkstorung-appendix|title=Funkstorung Appendix|work=Exclaim!|first=Stephanie|last=Kale|date=26 February 2007|accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref>|electronica<ref name=cnn/>}} | years_active = {{hlist|1995–2006|2015–present}} | label = {{hlist|Acid Planet|Bunker|Compost|Musik Aus Strom|Chocolate Industries|FatCat|!K7|Monkeytown}} | associated_acts = | website = {{URL|www.funkstorung.com}} | current_members = * Michael Fakesch * Chris de Luca | past_members = }}

'''Funkstörung''' (sometimes stylized as '''Funkstorung''') are an electronic music duo from Rosenheim, Germany,<ref name=cnn>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/26/funkstorung/|title=Funkstorung wasn't broken, but they fixed it|work=CNN.com|first=Al|last=Matthews|date=26 July 2004|accessdate=30 September 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040803073437/http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/26/funkstorung/|archivedate=3 August 2004}}</ref> consisting of Michael Fakesch and Chris de Luca.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/funkstorung/Content?oid=899645|title=Funkstorung|work=Chicago Reader|first=Peter|last=Margasak|date=8 July 1999|accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref>

== History == Chris de Luca and Michael Fakesch first met in 1992 at a techno party organised by Fakesch in Rosenheim.<ref name=fat-cat/> Subsequently, the two started producing tracks together.<ref name=fat-cat>{{cite web|url=https://fat-cat.co.uk/release/bjork-mit-funkstorung/all-is-full-of-love|title=All Is Full Of Love. by Bjork Mit Funkstorung on FatCat Records|work=FatCat Records|first=|last=|date=|accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref>

In 1999, the duo released ''Additional Productions'', a compilation album of their remixes of other artists' songs such as Björk's "All Is Full of Love", Wu-Tang Clan's "Reunited", East Flatbush Project's "Tried by 12", and Finitribe's "Mind My Make-Up".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/3249-additional-productions/|title=Funkstörung: Additional Productions|work=Pitchfork|first=Paul|last=Cooper|date=13 April 1999|accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref> Their debut studio album, ''Appetite for Disctruction'', followed in 2000.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2000/06/14/funkstorung-eve-of-disctruction/f4ec9a77-2332-4dcf-9008-226195abc281/|title=Funkstorung: Eve of 'Disctruction'|newspaper=The Washington Post|first=Stacy|last=Osbaum|date=14 June 2000|accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/appetite-for-disctruction-mw0000069853|title=Appetite for Disctruction - Funkstörung|work=AllMusic|first=Brian|last=Musich|date=|accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref>

In 2004, the duo released a studio album, ''Disconnected''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/3jp2/|title=Funkstorung Disconnected Review|work=BBC|first=Jack|last=Smith|date=2004|accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/funkstrung-6344947|title=Funkstörung|work=Miami New Times|first=Daniel|last=Chamberlin|date=1 April 2004|accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/disconnected-mw0000337440|title=Disconnected - Funkstörung|work=AllMusic|first=John|last=Bush|date=|accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref> The music video for "Chopping Heads", directed by Keep Adding and Scott Pagano, was selected for the International Critic's Week at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.semainedelacritique.com/sites/article.php3?id_article=93|title=Related article|work=semainedelacritique.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050828213515/http://www.semainedelacritique.com/sites/article.php3?id_article=93|archivedate=28 August 2005|accessdate=}}</ref>

In 2005, the duo released ''The Return to the Acid Planet'', which consisted of remixes of old tracks they discovered while cleaning their studio.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-treatment/Content?oid=920621|title=The Treatment|work=Chicago Reader|first=Peter|last=Margasak|date=24 November 2005|accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref>

In 2006, a statement was published on funkstorung.com, stating that the duo had officially broken up due to musical, personal and practical differences. Both Michael Fakesch and Christian de Luca will continue making music with their respective solo projects.

In 2015, Funkstörung released a studio album, ''Funkstörung'', on Monkeytown Records.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://xlr8r.com/news/funkstorung-reunites-announces-new-lp/|title=Funkstörung Reunites, Announces New LP|work=XLR8R|first=Chris|last=Kokiousis|date=4 March 2015|accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/news/29154|title=Funkstörung return with new album for Monkeytown|work=Resident Advisor|first=Matt|last=McDermott|date=13 April 2015|accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/funkstörung-mw0002841736|title=Funkstörung - Funkstörung|work=AllMusic|first=Thom|last=Jurek|date=|accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref>

== Discography == === Studio albums === * ''Appetite for Disctruction'' (2000) * ''Disconnected'' (2004) * ''The Return to the Acid Planet'' (2005) * ''Funkstörung'' (2015)

=== Compilation albums === * ''Additional Productions'' (1999) * ''Vice Versa'' (2001) * ''Appendix'' (2007)

=== EPs === * ''Bunker 024'' (1995) {{small|(as Musik Aus Strom)}} * ''Acid Planet 11'' (1995) {{small|(as Musik Aus Strom)}} * ''Acid Planet 12'' (1995) {{small|(as Musik Aus Strom)}} * ''Acid Planet 13'' (1995) * ''Acid Planet 14'' (1995) * ''Musik Aus Strom 1.08'' (1996) * ''Breakart'' (1996) * ''Elektromotor'' (1996) * ''Artificial Garbage'' (1997) * ''Funkentstört'' (1997) * ''Sonderdienste'' (1997) * ''Post.Art'' (1997) * ''Multiple Grammy Winners'' (2000) * ''Killers'' (2015) * ''Laid Out Remixes'' (2015)

=== Singles === * "All Is Full of Love" (1998) {{small|(with Björk, as Björk Mit Funkstörung)}} * "Fat Camp Feva" / "Disconnected" (2004) * "Moon Addicted" / "Chopping Heads" (2004)

=== DVDs === * ''Isolated. Triple Media.'' (2004)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/dec/17/2|title=The most beautiful sleeves of 2004|work=The Guardian|first=Tom|last=Dunmore|date=17 December 2004|accessdate=30 September 2019}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * {{Official website|www.funkstorung.com}} * {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p224153|label=Funkstörung}} * {{Discogs artist|artist=Funkstörung|name=Funkstörung}} * {{MusicBrainz artist|name=Funkstörung|id=f5e9718b-c3e4-4154-8f4a-be997f391fee}}

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