David Charles Sumner (born 1 December 1973), who records as Function, is an American techno DJ and producer.
Born in the Canarsie area of Brooklyn in New York City Sumner's early musical interests included Kraftwerk, Afrika Bambaataa, Man Parrish, John Robie and Arthur Baker, The Human League, New Order and Depeche Mode. and released his first record in 1996, producing work on the Synewave label and becoming the only non-Birmingham Dj to release work on the Downwards Records label.
In 2004 Sumner joined Regis's Sandwell District collective.
Albums
RA.EX001 (2010) Incubation (2013) Function : Vatican Shadow -Game Have Rules (2014) Existenz (2019)
(With LSD) Process (2017)Williams, Harrison. "Function, Luke Slater and Steve Bicknell debut LSD project on Ostgut". Mixmag, 11 October 2017. Norman Records Second Process (2019)Holbrook, Cameron. "Luke Slater, Steve Bicknell and Function launch new LSD imprint". Mixmag, 28 May 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019
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