David Charles Sumner (born 1 December 1973),
who records as Function, is an American
techno DJ and
producer
Producer or producers may refer to:
Occupations
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*A stakeholder of economic production
*Film producer, supervises the making of films
**Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...
.
Born in the
Canarsie
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area of
Brooklyn in
New York City Sumner's early musical interests included
Kraftwerk
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,
Afrika Bambaataa
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,
Man Parrish,
John Robie
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and
Arthur Baker,
The Human League,
New Order and
Depeche Mode
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Depeche ...
.
and released his first record in 1996,
producing work on the
Synewave label and becoming the only non-
Birmingham Dj to release work on the
Downwards Records label.
In 2004 Sumner joined
Regis's
Sandwell District collective.
Albums
* ''RA.EX001'' (2010)
* ''Incubation'' (2013)
* ''Function : Vatican Shadow -Game Have Rules'' (2014)
* ''Existenz'' (2019)
(With LSD)
*''
Process'' (2017)
[Williams, Harrison.]
Function, Luke Slater and Steve Bicknell debut LSD project on Ostgut
. '' Mixmag'', 11 October 2017. Norman Records
* ''
Second Process
"Process" is a 2019 album by the techno group LSD, a collective composed of producers Luke Slater, Steve Bicknell, and Dave Sumner (aka Function).Holbrook, Cameron.Luke Slater, Steve Bicknell and Function launch new LSD imprint. '' Mixmag'', 28 ...
'' (2019)
[Holbrook, Cameron.]
Luke Slater, Steve Bicknell and Function launch new LSD imprint
. '' Mixmag'', 28 May 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019
References
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American techno musicians