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BIOGRAPHY OF CLP (Chris de Luca vs Phon.o)
Foreplay.
As Funkstörung, Chris de Luca and partner Michael Fakesch released an uncountable amount of records on !K7, Compost Records, Musik aus Strom, Acid Planet and many more. Especially their remixes for Björk, Wu-Tang Clan, Speedy J and Plaid attracted worldwide attention. In 2002, de Luca intensely lived out his love for hip hop with friend Peabird on his first solo album Deadly Wiz Da Disko. The result: body rock for robots! This unique mix of old school hip hop and cut-up beats can confidently be called groundbreaking for the genre. Right on time for Funkstörung’s 10th anniversary in 2005 the album Return To The Acid Planet was released. It shall be their last. In 2005, de Luca moved to Berlin and in the spring of 2006, Funkstörung split up.
At the end of the last millennium, East German buddies Carsten and Sascha went out into the big wide world – to Berlin. Sascha became Apparat, Carsten turned into Phon.o. Since then, Phon.o released a number of 12 inches, EPs and two albums on labels such as Cytrax, Detroit Underground, Normoton, Tigerbeat6 and T.Raumschmiere’s Shitkatapult. His last album Burn Down The Town, released in 2005 on Shitkatapult, is a firework of techno, booty hip hop and eurocrunk. It made vocalists such as Kevin Blechdom, Gold Chains and Detroit MC Stadik fight over the mic.
The first time.
The two met in 2004, when Phon.o was support act for Funkstörungs Disconnected -Tour. They liked each other so much that without further ado Phon.o was let loose on the masses again at Funkstörungs Isolated Triple Media release party. Craziness galore on the dancefloor!
The next date.
For the release of his last album, Phon.o then invited de Luca to fool around with his single Trick Or Treat and strike back with a remix. De Luca was bubbling over with ideas and it was only a matter of time before the two would team up.
Do it again, Phon.o.
After the sudden breakup of Funkstörung, there were still a couple of confirmed Funkstörung gigs left to play. De Luca didn’t hesitate and asked Phon.o to fill in for Michael Fakesch. He was shocked. It was the first time he felt this kind of chemistry with a partner on stage! The infected fans felt the same way. Press play!
Inseparable.
De Luca and Phon.o joined forces in the spring of 2006. Since then, they’ve been rocking clubs and festivals all over Europe with their ass-kicking sets as Chris de Luca vs. Phon.o. This unconventional combination of intergalactic hip hop, ghetto beats, sexy booty IDM and dirty techno goes beyond typical contemporary genre boundaries. Berlin, there is new shit in town and it doesn’t stink!
Versus - Monkey Business.
Soon after, the two guys locked themselves in a studio and worked like crazy apes on new tracks for their collaborative album called Supercontinental, to be released on October 31, 2008 on the label Shitkatapult. Some outstanding MCs simply couldn't resist their monkey charm and joined the pack, namely: Yo Majesty, the freshest new signing on Domino Records, Zion I, Data MC, Tunde Olaniran, the South African Spoek, Cerebral Vortex, Damaged Good$, Kovas, White Gold Princess, Hustle Heads and the 16-year-old youngster Rayzaflo. No wonder it took a little more time than usual to get this gangster squad together and organised!
To kill time in between intercontinental MC coordination, CLP let club sound magician Boys Noize hire them for a 12” guest performance on Boysnoize Records. In no time the friendly boy pulled two of their favourite remixers out of a hat: the Duo Infernale Diplo vs. Dj Sega and the incredible Mix Hell. And – abracadabra – from nowhere the result will appear on September 15, 2008 on vinyl and digitally. And because of all the thundering applause, the two decided to drop some letters and call themselve CLP from now on. It’s time to CLaP!
DISCOGRAPHY of CLP (Chris de Luca vs Phon.o):
2008: Supercontinental - Shitkatapult (Strike 98) - CD/Digital
2008: Ready Or Not - Boysnoize Records (BNR27) - 12"/Digital
Tracks on compilations:
2008: I'm So Trill feat. Tunde Olaniran - Abstract Science Compilation
2008: I'm So Trill feat. Tunde Olaniran - TBA Moist Music
2007: Ghetto Plastic - Pudel Produkte Compilation 5&6
2007: Ghetto Plastic - Electronic Beats Collectables Vol. 1
Remixes:
2008: Humanleft - Jimmy Was A Poodle (CLP Remix) - Left Records
2008: Housemeister - Who Is That Noize (CLP Remix) - All You Can Beat
2007: X-Coast feat. RQM - Gunshots (CLP Remix) - Modern Activism
2007: Fool feat. Shadow Huntaz - Drama (CLP Remix) - Hum And Haw
2007: Leonard de Leonard - Screaming Dance (CLP Remix) - Ekler’o’ Shock
2007: Jahcoozi - BLN (CLP Baby Like N****z Mix) - A Sounds
2007: Apparat - Hold On (CLP Miami Bitch Mix) - Shitkatapult
As Chris de Luca:
2002: Deadly Wiz Da Disko - !K7 Rec - LP/CD
1999: Unknown - Chocolate Industries - EP
1999: Unknown (Clear Vinyl EP) - Musik Aus Strom - EP
Remixes:
2006: The Tape vs. RQM - Lovely - Mouthwatering
As Funkstörung:
2007: Appendix - !K7 Rec - CD
2005: The Return To The Acid Planet - !K7 Rec - LP/Digital
2004: Moon Addicted/Chopping Heads - !K7 Rec - EP
2004: Isolated Triple Media - !K7 Rec & Die Gestalten - Book & DVD
2004: Fat Camp Feva/Disconnected - !K7 Rec - EP
2004: Disconnected - !K7 Rec - LP/CD
2001: Vice Versa - !K7 Rec - LP/CD
2000: Multiple Grammy Winners - !K7 Rec - EP/CD(incl. Video)
2000: Appetite For Disctruction - !K7 Rec - LP/CD
1999: Additional Productions - !K7 Rec - LP/CD
1998: Post.Art - Chocolate Industries -EP/CD
1998: Björk mit Funkstörung - Fat Cat Records - EP/CD
1997: Sonderdienste - Compost Records - EP
1997: Funkentstört - Compost -EP
1997: Artificial Garbage - Interferred Communication -EP
1996: Störsender (Live Recording) - MASK 100 - EP
1996: Break.Art - Musik Aus Strom - EP
1996: Musik Aus Strom - Musik Aus Strom -EP
1996: Elektromotor - Acid Planet - mini LP/CD
1996: Untitled - Acid Planet - mini LP/CD
1996: Untitled - Acid Planet - mini LP/CD
1996: Untitled - Acid Planet - mini LP/CD
1996: Untitled - Acid Planet - mini LP/CD
1995: Godzilla vs. Metalhead - Acid Planet - 7“
Remixes:
2005: Phon.o - Trick Or Treat - Shitkatapult
2005: Raveonettes - Love In A Trashcan - Sony/BMG
2005: Richard Devine - Sigstop - Sublight Records
2004: Beanfield - Close To You - Compost Records
2004: Nils Petter Molvear - Axis Of Ignorance - Molvaer Music
2003: Spacek - 1st Stroke - !K7 Rec
2002: Towa Tei - Latte & Macaron - Melody Design/Akashic
2002: Lamb - Haven - Mercury
2002: Barry Adamson - Whispering Streets - Mute
2001: Plaid - Eyen - Warp Records
2001: L‘Usine ICL - Sustain - Delikatessen
2001: Jay Jay Johanson - I Want Some Fun - !K7 Rec
2001: Ike Yard - N.C.R. - Gomma
2001: Das Department - Vernetzt - V2
2001: Crunch Crunky - Colony Productions
2000: Tocotronic - Morgen Wird Wie Heute Sein - LAgeDOr/Motor
2000: The Notwist - Moron - Big Store/Community
2000: Speedy J - Something For Your Mind - Plus 8/Mute
2000: Phillip Boa & The Voodoo Club - Rome In The Rain
2000: Nils Petter Molvear - Solid Ether - E.C.M./Molvaer Music
2000: Manta 1000 - Underground - Barclay/Universal
2000: Günther Koch - Günther Koch FSG Remix - Bayrischer Rundfunk
2000: Fm451 feat. Gry - Coctailism - Zomba
2000: A Guy Called Gerald feat. Lou Rhodes - Humanity - !K7 Rec
1999: Jean-Michel Jarre w/Natacha Atlas - C Est La Vie - Sony
1999: Funckarma Spatial - Convolution - Djax Up Bitch/Clone
1999: Faust - Du Weißt Schon - Klangbad/PIAS
1998: War - Galaxy - BMG
1998: Visit Venus - Children Of The Raveolution - Yo Mama
1998: Various Artists - No.9 - Fat Cat Records
1998: S‘ Apex - Henryk - Poets Club Records
1998: Finitribe - Mind My Make Up - Infectious/BMG
1998: East Flatbush Project - Tried By 12 - Chocolate Ind./Ninja Tune
1998: Wu-Tang Clan - Reunited - Loud/BMG
1998: Björk - All Is Full Of Love (In Love With FSG) - One Little Indian
1998: Björk - All Is Full Of Love (Secondotted) - One Little Indian
Productions as Funkstörung
2002: Jay Jay Johanson - Antenna (6 songs prod. by FSG) - BMG
Phon.o:
2007: Big Beaver Rd - Detroitunderground - EP
2006: Toolbox (Phon.o & Exsample) 100 Loops - Normoton - EP
2005: No.89-33.99 - umatic - 7“
2005: Burn Down The Town - Shitkatapult/Tigerbeat 6 - 2LP/CD
2005: Trick Or Treat - Shitkatapult - 12“
2005: Phon.o‘s Shortcuts 100 Locked Grooves - Normoton - EP
2003: Mokkastuebchen - Shitkatapult - EP
2002: Bockflinte - Shitkatapult - EP
2001: Partition B - Cytrax - CD
2001: Typodub - Cytrax - EP
2000: Modul - Cytrax - EP
Remixes:
2006: Mochipet - Disco Donkey - Daly City Rec.
2005: Gold Chains & Sue Cie - Crowd Control - Kitty Yo
2003: Monkeytribe - Delaware - Meteosound
2003: Safety Scissor - Pigeon Funk - Onitor
GOLD
Chris de Luca vs Phon.o Lyrics
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I got soul cause I'm making him
l got soul cause l'm faking it
Standing in the dark searching for some peace
We got a lot of heart that's something that they must believe
I gotta be a man I represent my family now
Safe to say I hold my family down
but this music don't be cooking itself yeah
A bit more trusting I trust a snake to snake me
A snake's supposed to snake that's the reality that breaks me God
Heart of a champion I'm going for gold
I don't give a fuck about how many records we sold
This is for everything good God this is for every kid
This is the very dream they seek to make they pockets bleed
We got sold to move ounce and still
I thank God that we found this dream this is amazing
And if we fall they gone sing our hyms
We gone live forever this is for a legacy built I got gold
I got gold cause I'm chasing it
I got soul cause I'm making him
l got gold cause l'm faking it
Aah yes let me tell them
I marvel at the life from the darker side
My girl from praying I turn into a proper guy
When life's hard you struggle to show a softer side
While others fake it like a ID that's falsified
Up in the cloud crown surfing
I'm up in the crowd loving the sound
Walls are soundproof we pumping it loud
Running your mouth jaws are moving like there's gum in your mouth
Stuck in a slave contract so focus you should be running it down
When you speak the truth you breaking off a piece of you
And scatter pieces of yourself hoping to bring peace to you
You putting work in you feeling like success is teasing you
It's taking long and you getting pissed off like you need the loo
Mind over matter dawg charging like El Matador
I'm writing scripts that are ripping pages off the catalogue
Lights off I'm spiritual I'm preaching with the candles on
During the days we observing the cause we me handle on
I got gold cause I'm chasing it
I got soul cause I'm making him
l got gold cause l'm faking it
Scope into it so
Smooth take a sip and that
True from my lips and that
Cruise and take a trip
Scope into it so
Smooth take a sip and that
True from my lips and that
Cruise and take a trip
I got gold cause I'm chasing it
I got soul, cause I'm making him
l got gold cause l'm faking it
The lyrics of Chris de Luca vs Phon.o's song, "Gold," are about chasing one's dreams and the sacrifices that must be made to achieve them. The song talks about the struggle between personal ambition and the desire to maintain a family life, and how one can lose themselves in the pursuit of their goals. The opening verses set the tone for the song, speaking to the idea of chasing gold, both literally and metaphorically. The second verse speaks to the struggle of balancing ambition and the need for personal connections. The refrain, "I got gold cause I'm chasing it, I got soul cause I'm making him, I got gold cause I'm faking it," speaks to the idea of putting on a brave face and presenting a certain image to the world, even if it is not entirely true. Essentially, the song is about the dreams that drive people, whether they are achievable or purely aspirational.
Overall, "Gold" is a melancholic song about the pursuit of ambition and goals. It's the idea of chasing something and making it a part of one's identity. Interestingly, the song's chorus is not entirely straightforward, with the refrain "I got gold cause I'm chasing it" seeming to both celebrate the chase and question it at the same time. The lyrics throughout the song are full of imagery and metaphors, and they contribute to the overall dreamlike quality of the song.
Line by Line Meaning
I got gold cause I'm chasing it
I have achieved success in my career because I have been constantly pursuing it.
I got soul cause I'm making him
My music has soul because I put my heart and soul into creating it.
l got soul cause l'm faking it
Although I put effort into creating soulful music, some people may perceive it as inauthentic or fake.
Standing in the dark searching for some peace
During times of struggle, I search for inner peace in the darkness that surrounds me.
We got a lot of heart that's something that they must believe
My team and I have a lot of passion and dedication behind our music, which is something that others should recognize and trust.
I gotta be a man I represent my family now
As the head of my family, it is my responsibility to act with integrity and represent them well.
Safe to say I hold my family down
I am a reliable and supportive force for my family, ensuring their well-being and success.
I ain't home much mama saying I'm losing myself but this music don't be cooking itself yeah
Although I may not be physically present for my family as much as I would like, my absence is due to my constant dedication to my music career.
A bit more trusting I trust a snake to snake me
I need to learn to trust others more, even those who may be untrustworthy, in order to succeed in the music industry.
A snake's supposed to snake that's the reality that breaks me God
It is a harsh truth of the industry that people will betray you, and this reality is disheartening to me.
Heart of a champion I'm going for gold
I have a strong, determined attitude and I am striving for the highest level of success.
I don't give a fuck about how many records we sold
My focus is not on commercial success or record sales, but on creating quality and meaningful music.
This is for everything good God this is for every kid
My music is intended to inspire and uplift, and is for anyone who has struggled like I have in my life.
This is the very dream they seek to make they pockets bleed
People like me pursue music not just for money, but because it is their dream and passion, regardless of the sacrifices it may require.
We got sold to move ounce and still
We are determined to succeed no matter what the odds or obstacles may be.
I thank God that we found this dream this is amazing
I am grateful for the opportunity to pursue my passion for music and to be able to make a living from it.
And if we fall they gone sing our hyms
Even if we fail, our music will live on and inspire others to pursue their dreams.
We gone live forever this is for a legacy built I got gold
My music is my legacy and will live on forever, even after I am gone.
Aah yes let me tell them
I am ready to share my story and message through my music.
I marvel at the life from the darker side
I have found inspiration and strength from my struggles and hardships.
My girl from praying I turn into a proper guy
My significant other, through their love and support, has helped me become a better version of myself.
When life's hard you struggle to show a softer side
During difficult times, it can be challenging to express emotions and vulnerability to others.
While others fake it like a ID that's falsified
Many people in the music industry pretend or fake their persona, which I find to be inauthentic.
Up in the cloud crown surfing
I feel unstoppable and powerful in my success and achievements.
I'm up in the crowd loving the sound
Performing and creating music gives me joy and fulfillment.
Walls are soundproof we pumping it loud
I am able to create and experiment with music without any distraction or interruption.
Running your mouth jaws are moving like there's gum in your mouth
Others may talk or critique my music, but I will continue to create what truly speaks to me.
Stuck in a slave contract so focus you should be running it down
Although I may be in a difficult or unfair contract, my focus is on creating great music and working hard to overcome these obstacles.
When you speak the truth you breaking off a piece of you
I am aware that sharing my honest and vulnerable experiences through my music can be emotionally draining and difficult.
And scatter pieces of yourself hoping to bring peace to you
Through my music, I am hoping to share my story and uplift others who may be going through similar experiences.
You putting work in you feeling like success is teasing you
Sometimes, despite hard work and dedication, success can feel elusive or out of reach.
It's taking long and you getting pissed off like you need the loo
The process of achieving success can be frustrating and feel never-ending.
Mind over matter dawg charging like El Matador
My mental strength and determination is key to achieving my goals, even when the journey is difficult and challenging.
I'm writing scripts that are ripping pages off the catalog
My music is innovative and unique, creating a new page in the history of music.
Lights off I'm spiritual I'm preaching with the candles on
Music is a spiritual and emotional experience for me, and I pour all of my energy and passion into my performances.
During the days we observing the cause we me handle on
Throughout my life, I remain calm and focused, knowing that my music is my purpose and passion.
Scope into it so Smooth take a sip and that True from my lips and that Cruise and take a trip
I encourage listeners to deeply connect with and experience my music, which is authentic and truthful, and allows for an escape into a different world.
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Siphelele Vazi Mnyande
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