{"id":674,"date":"2016-06-16T23:16:38","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T23:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/funkiporcini.net\/things\/?page_id=674"},"modified":"2021-01-24T15:25:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-24T15:25:18","slug":"fast-asleep","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/funkiporcini.net\/things\/music\/fast-asleep\/","title":{"rendered":"Fast Asleep"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>Fast Asleep began as an album that was all ready to release when I decided to make some films to accompany the tracks. Macs had caught up enough with video to render them semi professional in what you could output. I always look for ideas that are possible to accomplish working alone as everything can happen so much quicker than if you are relying on others. Not that I have anything against collaboration but when I want to get something done I cannot wait, or the idea starts to wilt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: 0; width: 350px; height: 350px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=3929666789\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/minimal=true\/transparent=true\/\" seamless=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\"><a href=\"https:\/\/funkiporcini.bandcamp.com\/album\/fast-asleep\">Fast Asleep by Funki Porcini<\/a><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/funkiporcini.net\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CD-disc-on-bodies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"147\" src=\"https:\/\/funkiporcini.net\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CD-disc-on-bodies-300x147.jpg\" alt=\"CD disc on bodies\" class=\"wp-image-881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funkiporcini.net\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CD-disc-on-bodies-300x147.jpg 300w, https:\/\/funkiporcini.net\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CD-disc-on-bodies-768x376.jpg 768w, https:\/\/funkiporcini.net\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CD-disc-on-bodies-1024x502.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/funkiporcini.net\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/CD-disc-on-bodies.jpg 1628w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was living in the countryside in England and turned my house and garden into my studio and set to work. Meanwhile I had asked Kevin Folkes if he would design a record cover. I sent him the picture that appears on the newspaper on the floor. He said that it was too weak and had I got any other ideas. I suggested maybe a room made up of recording equipment?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/funkiporcini.net\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Funki-postcardinvite.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/funkiporcini.net\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Funki-postcardinvite-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"Funki postcard:invite\" class=\"wp-image-886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funkiporcini.net\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Funki-postcardinvite-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/funkiporcini.net\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Funki-postcardinvite-768x554.jpg 768w, https:\/\/funkiporcini.net\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Funki-postcardinvite-1024x738.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/funkiporcini.net\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Funki-postcardinvite.jpg 1916w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It took over six months to complete six videos and my friend Rupert Small, known at the time as &#8216;Team Alcohol&#8217;, made two more, The Big Sea and 16 Megatons, which I felt was enough for a release. After all this time I rang Kevin about the cover to discover that he had diligently designed the best record cover I had ever seen. The conception was brilliant but the lettering which some friends have only seen after years was inspired. (It got featured in Creative Review).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1022\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/funkiporcini.net\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Sean-of-the-dead-funki-poster-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funkiporcini.net\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Sean-of-the-dead-funki-poster-1.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/funkiporcini.net\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Sean-of-the-dead-funki-poster-1-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/funkiporcini.net\/things\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Sean-of-the-dead-funki-poster-1-768x324.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1022px) 100vw, 1022px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to Verity Hoper, who was doing press for Ninjatune at the time, we had the launch at the National Film Theatre in 2002 and the event was a big success, even the posters were all stolen. I was told at the time that I had &#8216;made it&#8217; and everything would be easier from there on. What a lot of bullshit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Oboro gallery in Montreal featured the videos soon after and we made this interview at the the time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Funki Porcini Interview (edit)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nl43Si5Q-ME?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fast Asleep began as an album that was all ready to release when I decided to make some films to accompany the tracks. 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