FUNKER VOGT T DOUBLE COMPILATION ALBUM BLOODLINE, SSC, PLAYGROUND RELEASE: NOVEMBER, 2000 REVIEW: JANUARY 22, 2001

It still bothers me that Funker Vogt is labelled the main project and Ravenous a thing on the side. Mastermind Gerritt Thomas is the force behind both bands, plus the pop act Fictional.
For some reason, Ravenous keeps getting great reviews and is undoubtedly the most talented of these bands, mainly because of talented singer Tim Fockenbrock, but Funker Vogt is the project that seems to thrill the electro fans and sells more records.
"t" is divided into four parts on two discs, with the first one being the most interesting. Four new songs are presented here, and they are all resembling the sound on their last album "Maschine Zeit", maybe slightly softer in structure and vocals.
The three remaining parts contain remixes of tracks from "Maschine Zeit" mixed by Gerritt Thomas, which makes it a bit boring, frankly. Only on the last part, outside musicians are used. Beborn Beton improves "Under Deck" significantly with a different beat and new angles and both Das Ich and L'ame Immortelle do interesting things with their assigned songs. But Funker Vogt is, in my humble opinion, too similar over time and with those ridiculous lyrics, I can't help but laugh. A manifestation I don't think they wanted to provoke.

NIKLAS FORSBERG