Funktion-One

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Funktion-One is a British loudspeaker manufacturer based in Dorking, Surrey, England, best known for its sound systems for nightclubs and festivals. It was founded in 1992 by Tony Andrews and John Newsham, who had previously run the loudspeaker company Turbosound together. Andrews had been part of the sound crew at Glastonbury Festival in 1971, and Turbosound's systems were used by Pink Floyd and became a mainstay of outdoor raves in the late 1980s and early 1990s. After Turbosound came under the control of AKG, the pair left to start Funktion-One. Funktion-One's first major project was the sound system for the Millennium Dome in 2000. Over the following years, its systems were installed at clubs including Space in Ibiza, Cielo in New York and Berghain in Berlin, and the brand became closely associated with dance music; promoters often named it on event flyers. Its Dance Stack, introduced in 2002, was the basis of Berghain's original main-room system, which the company replaced with a new...

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