DJ Funk D'Void and Giant Robot Time Tunnel 11 main artists.  This year, Time Tunnel 11 will bring you two internationally acclaimed artists/groups; DJ Funk D'Void (UK, Soma Records) and the kings of robot funk Giant Robot with a smoking live set. Lars Sandberg aka DJ Funk D'Void is no new name to techno and electonica and his career in music started well over ten years ago. After three well received albums under his a.k.a and numerous remixes (New Order, Underworld, Laurent Garnier to name but a few) he's now an in demand DJ around the world. After three albums Giant Robot has made a reputation of being the undisputed kings of LIVE! electonic funk. Their music is heavily influenced by hip hop, electro, space rock and a hint of ambience. Mix all these element up and you get an unimitable GR sound and after a long while... finally back in Oulu Rok City. Time Tunnel 11, once again, will be held in association with Oulu Music Video Festival on sat. the 28th Aug. 2004. Last year we had a change of venue to Restaurant FOXIA and again all three "clubs" will be transformed into one gigantic Time Tunnel 11 arena. Time Tunnel with 11 consecutive years make us the oldest happening in Finnish electronic music scene. This years main room host will be Dj Kaasi. Giant Robot, Live set It is hard to define the genre to which GIANT ROBOT belong. Their music combines the elements of hip hop, dub, electro and space rock, while their urban attitude is described as art rock, electro dub or wild eclecticism, future funk. The band itself believes that their music is a "meltning pot", a mixture of genres filtered through the Finnish experience to produce an eccentric sound. Critics say their work is a turning point in the history of Finnish music. They performed at different clubs all over Europe from Paris to St. Petersburg. See Giant Robot web-site. Funk D'Void (UK, Soma Records) It's no coincidence that Lars Sandberg has flipped Sir Nose's handle around for his Funk D'Void alias, because he's most definitely got the funk. Much in demand as a DJ around the world, he's a critically acclaimed producer as well, with two albums to date - `1997's `Technoir' and 2001's `Dos'(both on Soma) - not to mention a string of killer singles and remixes. Now Lars has his third long-player, `Volume Freak', ready to go; and it's a beauty that sees Lars up his game, not to mention the decibel level. "I'm known to listen and produce music at abnormally loud levels, so I thought the title was fitting," says the 32-year old. Lars Sandberg has been an essential player in the Scottish Techno scene for the past decade. As one of the first DJs (along with Slams' Stuart McMillan and Orde Meikle), to pick up on the house vibe during the 80's, the Swedish/Glaswegian helped to play an important part in creating Glasgow's now celebrated club scene with some of the cities more legendary nights like UFO and Nude Photo. A 7 year stint as a record shop manager followed, where he spent his time absorbing everything in the jazz, funk and soul emporium. Combining this with a classically trained background, and a love of Djing, it was inevitable that Lars would start to make his own music. When he did, he blew the whole joint up with his first solo project as Funk D'Void (filched from a George Clinton character "Sir Nose Devoid of Funk") , with the Jacking Chi-Town Classic "Jack Me Off". On the strength of that release, Funk D'Void immediately began to work on a new level, gaining the opportunity to travel and work with people whose records he had been buying and admiring for years. When he returned to Soma he brought with him his long time friend Nigel Hayes. Together as Chaser, they produced the unforgettable "Sides of Iron" EP, which again gained massive support from DJs, the radio and music press. Two years later they returned with the infectious "Life In Loisaida" and have gone on to release their stunning debut album "Game On". In between all this, Lars continued with his techno excursions as Funk D'Void. 1996 saw the release of the heavenly "Soul Man", which was soon succeeded by "Bad Coffee". Intensively mixed by Slam, "Bad Coffee" went on to achieve places in almost every music magazine's top techno singles of '97. Later that year as the European dates beckoned, Lars began a live tour to coincide with the relaese of his dramatic debut Soma album "Technoir". It received incredible reviews from the entire music press. As one of Soma's most prominent artistes, Lars is continually in demand for his blistering sets. He now DJs and plays live all over the world. He continues to remix for others including Sterac, Orlando Voorn, Envoy and Kevin Saunderson's E- Dancer. As well as setting up his own record label "Dark Knight", he has also released a record on Jericho Records under his new moniker "Frank Dubois". As well as setting up the labels Dark, Silver & Red Knight he has solo projects under the different monikers of Frank/Francois Dubois on Jericho and Blue Records, Canada.  His second album will be released in October entitled "Dos" on Soma as Funk D'Void and has remixes forthcoming for Grow Records and as well as completeing the second Chaser album. His DJing style covers both mediums of house and techno seamlessly. Technically dept in the skills of turntabling at a very early age, he was runner up in the Scottish DMC finals twice running at the end of the 80s. He is at home playing in funky small house clubs as he is at playing chaotic tech-beats to 10,000 people at a festival. With over 14 years experience as a DJ he has no problem reading a crowd and reacting accordingly, the proof being the diary containing his playing dates... one of the hardest workers in the business!! This is the very first time for Funk D'Void ever to play in Finland. Funk D'Void's Top 20 - January 2004: 1. I:Cube "3" (Versatile LP) 2. Blakkat "Ya'll Trippin" (Tango) 3. Jussi Pekka "Dancing Queen" (Pokerflat) 4. Funk D'Void "All That Matters (Deetron Remix)"(Soma) 5. Ignacio "Evolving" (Music Man) 6. Big C "What´s The SP?" (mosquito) 7. Roy Davis Jnr "About Love (Isolee rmix)" (Classic) 8. Atlantic Fusion "Man From Atlantic EP" (Front Room Recordings) 9. Leon Dramaz "Infinto" (La Playa) 10. Anthony Rother & Funk D'Void "Untitled #1" (CDR) See Funk D'Void web-site. Date 28.08.2004  Place Restautant Foxia, Pakkahuoneenkatu 19, Oulu Age Limit 18