Uncanny Valley

We have Uncanny Valley heavyweight, Cuthead, up for our next podcast. Flux have somewhat of an affinity with the Dresden label having had various artists of the label as guests including Robert who has actually played for us twice, once in Leeds and once in London.

Cuthead is the Hip-Hop cat of the Uncanny Valley artists. His crew Kunst:stoff Breakz, is highly renowned in Dresden for wild parties at various locations involving altercations with local authorities, had initially strictly been a Hip Hop posse. Although he never moved away from Hip-Hop completely his beats have become straighter and his sounds more electronic.

Robert took part in the Red Bull Academy in Barcelona in 2008 and produces a real array of music such as Wonky, Dub, Dubstep, Techno, House and IDM/ Electronica – all of which can be heard on his albums ‘Murdoc’ and ‘City Slicker’. In winter 2013 “Everlasting Sunday” saw the light of day, an EP with room for his two musical love affairs. There is a side with House music while the flipside is just for Hip Hop. These and many other releases have helped underline his status as one of the slickest producers of House music at this moment in time.

We hope you enjoy this Hip-Hop House fuelled affair as much as we do.

Check:
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@uncanny-valley-dresden

Flux Podcast - 64 - Cuthead

Carl Suspect @ Fusion Festival 2016

recorded Friday 18:00 - 20:00 at Sonnendeck stage

Conrad Kaden at Sonnendeck, Fusion Festival 2016

The Moroders are @philipp-demankowski and @conrad-kaden

Also check https://www.facebook.com/The-Moroders-190701582221



The Moroders at Sonnendeck, Fusion Festival 2016

Q/A:
- Where did your musical career start?
It was in 1996 in my home city Karlsruhe. Sitting in front of a minidisc player, me and my school buddies made loops recording them then on a tape. At that time already we played Garage House, Drum-n-Base and Ninja Tune shit creating crazy mix tapes with self-made samples and children’s records in the Studio from Nils, who runs the BigBait Records. Following a friend’s advice I laid my hands on an Atari computer from in my parents’ office. I installed Cubase, got synths and samples and from that time on there was no turning back.
- What genres influenced you the most?
There are too many to count … To be honest, the process of being influenced by music has never stopped. At the beginning, however, it was the 80s music from America, as I heard it playing out of American soldiers’ SUV’s, and film music such as Star Wars and The Never Ending Story - spherical stuff that touched me.
Then it was the east coast rap from the mid 90s, so-12 drums slick samples, the golden era and not to forget the entire experimental stuff from Ninja Tune and Rephlex. It really was other-worldly music coming over the sea from England. I also liked the „relaxation records“. I could listen to the sound of the rain for hours.
So, to sum things up, it was the time in the mid-, end 90s, as I was very open and influenceable at that time.
And wait a minute, I almost forgot Theo Parrish, the master of the masters!
- Could you describe your sound?
Well, it is always very subjective, a feeling I have when i’m making music, a search for good loops that carry me further till a music piece is created. It is hard to describe precisely, it just happens. Sometimes these are particular experiences, people, dreams or certain music that awake the urge in me to be creative. You could compare that with David Lynch.
The Scherbe-sound is not stressful, fast-paced but rather reflective and meditational without, however, giving up on loud drums and bass bins. I also like pitched-down sounds and when I randomly find some funny samples that loop away so to speak.
When I dj, I have more deliberate preferences that go away from the straight forward house sets. It is also depending on the kind of the event I play, the size of the club etc.
At the moment I love to play 7“ from the 80s thus going back to the my roots (Funk, Boogie, Reggae, Italo) but I’m also happy when I can play at chill out floors where there is no need of a beat or people dancing (the chill out rooms are back, aren’t they?).
- What are your sets about (musically or even narratively?)?
The mix is a very special experience. Last year I had the honor to open an outdoor floor of a 24h party (5 Years Uncanny Valley) at midnight. The guys from Uncanny asked we what kind of stuff I would like to play and I answered, Vaporwave (Wiki-Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaporwave). They agreed and asked what that would be. I guess, a few people were surprised as the music didn’t correspond to their dancing expectations. I’ve been collecting masses of tracks on Bandcamp since 2014 that I just mixed together using two laptops and iTunes spicing everything up with effects from the good old Pioneer mixer.
I definitely wanted to beginn at the zero point starting with simple noises, nature, rain forest slowly bringing in melodies and recognizable loops and only after that beats and a certain amount of kitsch that is kind of a part of Vaporwave.
To a certain extent, it was important for me to present this genre or the internet-reddit-hype - whatever it is called in Germany - to a wider audience, just to play this kind of music. I, personally, was fascinated by this scene and the glitch-anime-segasaturn-aesthetics as well as by the its approach to unscrupulously use everything that sounds good when pitched down.
My podcast should be listened to when in the supermarket, smoking in the morning, when a video recorder hangs or when playing Pokemon shortly before being hit by a Range Rover!



PODCAST #002_SCHERBE [Uncanny Valley, Big Bait Records]

Panthera Krause's radio show is up and running. Summer mood!

Tracklist:
Al Dobson Jr - Big Bags
Retiree - Gundagai
Good Guy Mikesh - Sparkles
Mount Kimbie - Before I Move Off
Henry Wu - Croydon Depot
Llewellyn - Walking In Melbourne
Dynamodyse - Always Toujours
Boozoo Bajou -Take It Slow (Seiji Remix) / Kieran Herden - Jupiters
Matthew Dear - Good Girl / Soccer96 - Flight Formation (Danny Krivit Edit)
Panthera Krause - Umami
Dunkeltier - Spiegel TV
Battles - Tonto (The Field Remix)
Karim - Stella
Marbert Rocel - With Your Love

https://soundcloud.com/panthera-krause
www.riotvan.de

Riotvan Radio #38

RIOTVAN RADIO #38 | Panthera Krause

Synths have been the instruments of choice for decades when it comes to soundtracking horror movies. From the heydays in the Seventies with legends like John Carpenter and Goblin to modern approaches that reflects the early days those two pop culture icons make a perfect liaison dangereuse. Whether you like those sharp and abrasive electronic sounds or the haunting synth pads: you can’t doubt that synths create the best atmosphere to have a decent fear attack. 

So here’s a selection that @philipp-demankowski mixed together with some of his favourite horror movie scores. This UV Funk show ties in with the first Soundtrack special that was focused on Exploitation movies. 

Tracklist

Jeff Grace - Stakeout [Cold In July]
Umberto - Shower Scene – [From The Grave]
Eric Feremans - Beat – [The Antwerp Killer]
Keegan DeWitt - Sinking  [Queen of Earth]
Jon Brion - Zombie Attacks in the Eighties  [ParaNorman]
Rob - Doll [Maniac]
John Carpenter - Airforce One – [Escape From New York]
Devonté Hynes - Big Game [Palo Alto]
Giorgio Moroder - To The Bridge [Cat People]
Steve Moore – The Magician [The Guest]
CUTS - Bunsen Burner  [Ex Machina]
Fabio Frizzi - Apoteosi Del Mistero [City Of The Living Dead]
Sinoia Caves - Elena's Sound-World – [Beyond the Black Rainbow]
Klaus Schulze – Montclare [Next of Kin]
John Harrison - The Dead Suite [Day of the Dead]
Disasterpeace – Detroit [It Follows]
Jon Hopkins – Journey [Monsters]
Mogwai - Hungry Face [Les Revenants]
Dynatron - Cosmo Black [Cold In July]
Andrzej Kozynski - The Night The Screaming Stops [Possession]
Tangerine Dream - Dr Destructo [Thief]

UV Funk is a radio show which is broadcasted every third Friday from 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm on Dresden based community radio station coloRadio. Radio listeners in Dresden can tune in to the program on 98,3 or 99,4 MHz. Any other listeners can recall it here. The show is hosted by @philipp-demankowski. It’s all about stories, interviews and tracks out of the world of Cosmic Electronic Music.

The show was aired on 15th July 2016.

UV Funk with Philipp Demankowski

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UV Funk 042: Soundtrack Special Part 2: Synth Horror Movies

Drenched in shimmering synth lines, flourishes of 808 State and an added breakbeat kick, @okdjs have made something equally suited for the Ibizan sunset as it is for Sunday mornings in Berlin.

Out on @vfmm_terpsiton. 

Read more: http://www.stampthewax.com/2016/08/02/premiere-dj-ok-its-fine/

VFMM

DJ OK - It's Fine (STW Premiere)

Since its inception in 2010, much of Uncanny Valley's output has found its way into our proverbial (and literal) record bags here at Flux. As big fans of both Jacob Korn and Cuthead, we watched the label grow, accommodating releases from the likes of Massimilano Pagliara and Joel Alter. In its relatively short lifetime, Uncanny Valley has become an extremely well regarded label in European house music.

It's a privilege to be hosting an exclusive from the Dresden-based label, but for now we'll leave you with a quote from the press release that summarises the release far more accurately than we ever could...

"Hallelujah, House-heads and Hip-Hop-kids, be prepared. Listen to the word of the Sample Jesus!"

Release date: 15/08/2016 on uncannyvalleyrec.bandcamp.com

Check:
@cuthead
@uncanny-valley-dresden

Return Of The Sample Jesus

First Play: Cuthead - My Love For You [Uncanny Valley]


'Cosmic in the German tradition of Kraut and Kosmische. For the epochal olympic summit CC is I am mixing this with electronic disco, synth pop and punk-wave. Blessings and clap-clap! to the team behind Camp Cosmic 2016! Let's look out for many years to come!'

01 Wenn ich mir was wünschen dürfte (instrumental)
02 Da - Dark Rooms (short cut)
03 Jim Morisson - The Soft Parade (Petition The Lord With Prayer)
04 Felix Da Housecat She lives (SNEAKERS FOO FIGHT EDIT)
05 Performance (DUNKELTIER EDIT)
06 Edgar Froese - Krismopompas (M.W. Cut)
07 Magic Fly (SNEAKERS MAGIC EDIT)
08 Robert Schroeder - The Message (SNEAKER EDIT)
09 Conrad Schnitzler - Zug (Serial Error Remix)
+ The Prince Of Dance Music - The Saturn (dream dub)
10 Alien Sex Fiend - E.S.T. (DUNKELTIER LIVE EDIT)
11 Yellow Magic Orchestra - Key (SNEAKERS EDIT)
12 Art Interface - Death In The West (DUNKELTIER EDIT)
13 Mannschreck - Ou Wou Wou

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Dunkeltier on Mond Stage @ Camp Cosmic 2016

@cuthead - Return Of The Sample Jesus (UV040)
Buy Vinyl & Digital: http://bit.ly/returnofthesamplejesus

In a world without hope, a world with no appetite for sonic adventures, there’s only one man who can save us all. He is… the Sample Jesus!
From behind the enchanted pyramids of Egypt comes a man that has nothing to prove but a lot to give. Taught by a legendary Pharaoh, he has lived the life of an eremite for decades. Exhausted after years of asceticism there was only one goal on his mind: to blow all the misery out of our heads. On the constant search for the perfect sample he listened to the finest Mongolian folk to experimental Tuvan Throat singings. It was only recently that he was returning from his self-imposed exile to come up with a record that hits deep in everybody’s soul. Hallelujah, House-heads and Hip-Hop-kids, be prepared. Listen to the word of the Sample Jesus!

Uncanny Valley

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