HEADLINER ANNOUNCED: REGIS & FUNCTION (UK)

One of techno's true underground heroes, Function, real name Dave Sumner, has been DJing and making music for over 15 years.

Hailing from New York, Dave started to produce music and from the mid-90s onwards, put out music on Damon Wild's Synewave and his own Infrastructure imprint. Together with Karl O'Connor aka Regis he worked as Portion Reform, putting out uncompromising music on Downwards and becoming the only non-Birmingham producer to release on the label. 

More recently, Dave moved to Berlin and, still working with O'Connor, set up the acclaimed Sandwell District imprint.The label is kicking against minimal blandness with dynamic, harder-edged yet curiously accessible techno. In particular, Function's own bleep-techno killer 'Isolation' and the old school-styled follow up, 'Anticipation' are some of the best releases of the past year. It's no wonder he has been featured as one of Beatport's artist to watch in 2009.

Karl O'Connor is most certainly Regis and it is also highly probable that he propagates other pseudonyms. This has only added to the greater mythology surrounding the influential Downwards label that he has run with fellow art terrorist Peter Sutton ( Female ) since 1993. Unconventional and single-minded to say the least by decentralising the focus on the dj/producer personality, he remains one of the most highly regarded creative forces within the British techno/electronic scene.

Regis & Function (Sandwell District) will perform at this year's RAW on ARENA 6: TECHNO!