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Funhausen

by Funhausen

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High in the Attic 03:48
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Acelibate 03:33
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I-VD-I 04:17
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Soiled 07:05
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Year of the Dog 05:15
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Black Site 07:47
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LA Blooze 04:57
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about

Funhausen's debut is a recomposition of The Stooges Fun House. It took three years to make. All audio was sourced from the original album, then deformed, edited, and sculpted without restraint. A simple analogy is that Fun House was my piano. There was no attempt to religiously adhere to The Truth of The Stooges, though their spirit of recklessness and irrationality was an important drug throughout.

I initially posted the record on Bandcamp as a free download so it could exist beyond my ears without any legal issues. This was not a plunderphonic exercise, and I worked very hard to make the source material as unrecognizable as I could manage. At the same time, knowing the story of this stuff was essential for people to get the full picture, so I told it.

The Wire review in August 2016 rescued this release from invisibility, and as a result it received hundreds of downloads, and for that I am grateful. Interestingly and perhaps sadly, virtually all of those downloads originated from outside of the Bandcamp community. In July 2021, I revised the pricing to pay what you want, which of course still includes the free option.

Random verdicts:

“As The Stooges bow out with a whimper, Funhausen detonates their definitive rock ‘n roll statement with an almighty bang… For all its absurd post-post-studio stretching, twisting, warping and morphing, this distillation does not scrimp on the primal energies of rock ‘n roll… There is certainly something of the psychedelic here, but it is not organic. It is a lab-manufactured psychedelia, but no less sensorially engaging for being so."
The Wire, August 2016

"Our brains got full-on melted when WFMU program director Brian Turner posted a link on his personal Facebook page to a stylized, experimental reworking of what most people consider to be the greatest single album of the rock and roll era, Fun House by The Stooges. Interested parties are encouraged to grab it right away."
Detroit Metro Times, August 4, 2016

"Unlike most mash-ups that are heard once and then forgotten, Funhausen reveals more and more secrets upon each listen, taking a familiar album into unfamiliar territory."
The Pulse: Chattanooga, August 10, 2016

"The Funhausen project is the creative vehicle of a twisted mind... it is a tidal wave that sweeps everything in its path."
Musica en la Mochila (Brazil), September 21, 2016

credits

released June 1, 2016

channeled by Sean Moore.

mastered by James Plotkin.

prodigious thanks to Mars Hottentot, who suggested the name, initial concept, and created the album graphic.

2016 Terminal Muse Futilities.

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Funhausen Atlanta, Georgia

Funhausen is Sean Moore's living project. Past efforts include Blind The Thin King, Lid Emba, & Bold Ashes. Sean knows a bastard when he hears one.

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