Podcast: midierror meets... Roel Funcken - Influential IDM/Ambient Producer, DJ & Painter

Welcome to the next episode of the midierror meets... interview series speaking to all kinds of people working in music and sound. 

In this episode, we're speaking to ROEL FUNCKEN, an IDM and Ambient artist who has been on line-ups with Aphex Twin. Autechre and many other influential electronic acts. Roel studied Sonology for 6 years, and formed a duo with his brother Don called Funckarma, before releasing his own solo material from 2010, starting with his album 'Vade'. 

We discuss his approach to processing audio in ProTools and Ableton Live, studying Sonology and his incredible paintings.

His latest album 'Data Curation 2' and many other releases are available on his Bandcamp store now, with a monthly subscription for exclusive access to new material, listening parties and more. Roel mentions his work with visual artist Julius Horsthuis and he has a new release coming in May made in collaboration with EXM entitled 'Flyphel'. 

https://roelfuncken.bandcamp.com/music
https://soundcloud.com/roelfuncken
https://roelfunckenpaintings.com/

This is series 2, episode 1 and there are 50 previous episodes available now featuring Fatboy Slim, CJ Bolland, Andrew Huang, Tim Exile, High Contrast, Mylar Melodies, Infected Mushroom, DJ Rap, John Grant and many more. Available on Soundcloud, Spotify, Apple Music and Bandcamp. 

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