Function - Aeternum (Existenz) *Pre-Order

Release Date Friday 3rd July 2026
All pre-orders will be dispatched/made ready for collection on that day.

Much like the fusion resulting in the output of light and heat within a star, the last seven
years for Dave Sumner, aka Function, have been defined by immense change and an
outpouring of creative energy. What began in late 2016 as a period of burnout from a
relentless touring life became a catalyst for the most prolific recording era of his career. At
the time, the studio became the only viable escape, a space to transmute exhaustion into a
gestalt work.
Aeternum (Existenz) serves as the missing element in this creative arc. It acts as the final
chapter of a cycle that began with the 2019 album Existenz and moved through Subject f
(Transcendence), Awakening from the Illusory Self, and Green EP. Drawing inspiration from
the seven stages of alchemy, this mini-album represents a cathartic process; a natural end
point of a psychological cycle and the beginning of a new curve.
Across the six tracks on the mini-LP, recorded 2016-2019, Function builds a unique world,
one which underlines his place as one of the luminaries of contemporary techno. Opening
track, Ascent, traverses the space between ambient and techno; second track City Of Luz
almost fades into itself across its twelve minutes before Transmutation brings around a
reawakening with a beat that would not have sounded out of place on an early Rephlex or
even a Sähko release. Final track on the 12”, Growth Cycle is fittingly a re-version/re-vision
of a track on the Existenz LP; Robert Owens’ soulful vocal now Stefanie Parnow's floating
Siren-like voice with music that feels reborn: fresh, strong and insistent. The digital pack
contains two further tracks, the deep electro of November 29, as well as Rubedo, a spacial
ambient track that feels like the final glowing red embers of a fire turning to ash as the sun
rises to reveal a new, golden dawn.
Aeternum (Existenz) is the final chapter of the soundtrack to Function’s spiritual
awakening, the closing of a door and the clearing of a path. It’s a sonic manifestation of the
Magnum Opus completed, a moment of total integration, where the leaden weight of the
journey is finally perfected into the incorruptible gold of the spirit.It is dedicated to John
Mendez, aka Silent Servant, Sumner’s dear friend and lifelong collaborator.

1. / A1 Ascent 03:332. / A2 City Of Luz 12:53 3. / B1 Transmutation 04:51 4. / B2 Growth
Cycle (Hermetic Mix) 07:52 5. / DX1 November 29 (Digital Bonus) 06:51 6. / DX2 Rubedo
(Digital Bonus) 04:11

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