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below: function pictured performing last year at club 007 prague [photo: kryštofotí]

functionensemble.com
myspace.com/function108
function is the band, with shifting line-up etc., of songwriter matt nicholson
latest tour, europe mid-2007, was blogged by felicity & clare
see below for the tour dates, and some of the back-projection footage by pat & pascal
ian plays some (not all) of the bass, drums, extra guitar, trumpet, and even some b.vocals on three LPs - "the zillionaire-retarded speeds of ordinary, measured light" (on melbourne's love & mercy) and "the secret miracle fountain" & it's soon-to-be-released successor, both on locust) of chicago

family tree time: this flyer (by ian) from the small world experience website, is for a gig (late 96) at which swe played with the golden lifestyle band - this group included matt, dion (later of panel of judges) and pat lucas, who was later replaced by stacca (who went on to drum for the new season) by the time pat (swe) joined - ultimately leading to ian's involvement in function..

here are the dates of the last function tour, august + sept 2007:
7 Glisno Wielke, Poland – Sklep Monica
9 Goteborg, Sweden – Way Out West Festival
10 Oslo, Norway – John Dee’s
11 Stockholm, Sweden- Tard Garden
15 Gdansk, Poland - Café Delfin
16 Warsaw, Poland - Jadlodajnia Filozoficzna ("The Philosopher's Hangout")
17 Posnan, Poland - Stary Browar
18 Krakow, Poland – Bar 21 (Club Re)
23 Prague, Czech – Club 007
25 Berlin, Germany - Schokoladen
31 Leipzig, Germany - Café Mule
1 Kassel, Germany - Teen Center
3 Strasbourg, France - Stimulatania Gallery
4 Milano, Italy - Fun House
6 Triste, Italy - Tetris
7 Metz, France – Caveav des Trinitaires
8 Paris, France – Mechanique Ondulatoire
9 Den Haag, Neverlands – Ground 2 Festival
12 Barcelos, Portugal - Zoom (Cultural Museum)
14 Aveiro, Portugal – Mercado Negro
15 Lisbon, Portugal - Cabaret Maxime
16 Barcelona, Spain -

shards - video by pascal babare


the dream, the lie (uptown theatre music II) - video by patrick liddell (aka ontologist)


piece for karl II - music + video by ontologist - included here because he's used some of my berlin footage