Berlin's Sascha Funke has explored several different styles and moods with his music, but he's best known for creating tuneful, sentimental techno influenced by synth pop and new wave. The DJ and producer is a longtime associate of both Kompakt and BPitch Control, two of Germany's most highly regarded techno labels, and his work bridges the precision and pop instincts of the former with the latter's touch of playful aggression. Initially surfacing with a series of trippy, upbeat minimal techno 12"s during the late '90s and early 2000s, he began releasing full-lengths in 2003, ...