Germina Speeder
Sascha Funke is creating a long overdue monument to an almost forgotten cultural artefact of the GDR: the âGermina Speederâ was the only skateboard made in East Germany before reunification and was launched in 1986.
It was produced by VEB Schokoladen-Verarbeitungsmaschinen (a state-owned chocolate processing machine factory) in Wernigerode and was therefore affectionately known as the âchocolate boardâ. However, it was hardly suitable for actual skateboarding due to technical inadequacies.
It is not known whether Sascha himself owned such a board, but the tracks on the âGermina Speederâ EP definitely roll better than the original. The opener âBlaupunktâ breathes the euphoric spirit of the legendary Berlin club âE-Werkâ, while the title track would have been more at home at the âDubmissionâ parties in the Turbine.
Sascha leaves the 90s behind with radiant positivism; âBo Knowsâ sounds more like a 2000s open air at CafĂ© Schönbrunn. The EP closes with âMastermindâ, a high-octane psy-proghouse banger that, like all four tracks, quotes the past but still has both feet on todayâs dance floors. Or rather, is dancing. 4:1 for love!
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$9.20Germina Speeder
Sascha Funke is creating a long overdue monument to an almost forgotten cultural artefact of the GDR: the âGermina Speederâ was the only skateboard made in East Germany before reunification and was launched in 1986.
It was produced by VEB Schokoladen-Verarbeitungsmaschinen (a state-owned chocolate processing machine factory) in Wernigerode and was therefore affectionately known as the âchocolate boardâ. However, it was hardly suitable for actual skateboarding due to technical inadequacies.
It is not known whether Sascha himself owned such a board, but the tracks on the âGermina Speederâ EP definitely roll better than the original. The opener âBlaupunktâ breathes the euphoric spirit of the legendary Berlin club âE-Werkâ, while the title track would have been more at home at the âDubmissionâ parties in the Turbine.
Sascha leaves the 90s behind with radiant positivism; âBo Knowsâ sounds more like a 2000s open air at CafĂ© Schönbrunn. The EP closes with âMastermindâ, a high-octane psy-proghouse banger that, like all four tracks, quotes the past but still has both feet on todayâs dance floors. Or rather, is dancing. 4:1 for love!
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Sascha Funke is creating a long overdue monument to an almost forgotten cultural artefact of the GDR: the âGermina Speederâ was the only skateboard made in East Germany before reunification and was launched in 1986.
It was produced by VEB Schokoladen-Verarbeitungsmaschinen (a state-owned chocolate processing machine factory) in Wernigerode and was therefore affectionately known as the âchocolate boardâ. However, it was hardly suitable for actual skateboarding due to technical inadequacies.
It is not known whether Sascha himself owned such a board, but the tracks on the âGermina Speederâ EP definitely roll better than the original. The opener âBlaupunktâ breathes the euphoric spirit of the legendary Berlin club âE-Werkâ, while the title track would have been more at home at the âDubmissionâ parties in the Turbine.
Sascha leaves the 90s behind with radiant positivism; âBo Knowsâ sounds more like a 2000s open air at CafĂ© Schönbrunn. The EP closes with âMastermindâ, a high-octane psy-proghouse banger that, like all four tracks, quotes the past but still has both feet on todayâs dance floors. Or rather, is dancing. 4:1 for love!
