A1 Nihilist – Amino Acid
A2 @softcoresoft – Borealis
B1 ADSX – Magnetic
B2 @idabux – Acidmania
Digital Bonus: ADSX – IDS

Dresden-based DJ and producer @AcidAdams collects four acid monsters, both from the glorious nineties and from a multi-layered present. The result is a record that dives deep into acid wonderland and bridges the gap between scene’s veterans and the new generation.

After Acid Adams discovered two forgotten acid tracks from the early nineties while digging for new music, the plan for this compilation slowly matured. While it was meant to be a tribute to every bird’s favorite genre, it shouldn’t be just a showcase for older tracks. Therefore, two new tracks were added to join the tracks by Nihilist and ADSX which have never been released on vinyl before. Each of the new productions is inspired by one of the older tracks, not in the sense of a remix or edit, but as a kind of homage to that particular squawking analog sound we all know and love. The energy and pace of these four unique tracks reaches from ambient to dance floor focused bangers.

According to the circumstances of scene and society at that time, the two older tracks were produced by (cis)men. That’s why, it was especially important to Acid Adams that the new tracks were produced by flinta* artists: softcoresoft is a DJ and producer from Canada, who has already released on Lobster Theremin. With Ida Bux, a native of Bautzen who now lives and works in Berlin, we connect the dots to a younger generation that is getting back into analog production setups. Both artists have in common that they have dealt extensively with the oldschool sound of the 90s in shaping their own sounds.

To round off the release properly, Saxony based illustrator frieedland has designed a matching sticker in the typical 90s style. And for those who can't get enough of acid: There's a digital bonus track by ADSX.

Bandcamp

Acid Adams presents Acid Reflux (UV060)

He's back. After a break that felt like an eternity, @Cuthead has finally awoken from his creative beauty sleep to check up on his home base Uncanny Valley with his new album THE DETOUR. To avoid overexciting everyone’s attention span, the album is spread over four parts. And he's definitely not coming back as a cheapskate since the album is full of gifts that true Cuthead fans desire. In other words, he does what he does best: Blasting out slick tracks that oscillate between laid-back underground hip-hop, sample heavy house and vintage acid, but with enough surprises along the way. The tracks were created over the last few years, including some jams from his live set that he made while travelling or in a hotel.

As soon as the typical cozy, warm chords kick in during the INTRO of The Detour Part 1, you immediately feel at home again in Cuthead's world, where it's always Saturday afternoon and laid-back jams drip out of the speakers (at least on two of the four parts). On top of that, Chester Watson from St. Louis (one of Cuthead's absolute favorite rappers) provided a feature. With his distinctive voice and dreamy flow, Chester explains in not one but two versions of PROCEED how to carry on and stay relaxed despite adverse circumstances. TOUR DE FRANCE, on the other hand, is a trapstrumental for the masses in which a hi-hat thunderstorm is intertwined with a wind sample that constantly twists around itself.

The second in Cuthead's tetralogy is what we can certainly call a house monster. It starts with a track named after one of Cuthead’s special skills: MPC JAM. With its filter attacks and unmistakable drops, the track builds on Cuthead's great house floor fillers, leaving no ass standing still. SUNDAY 5 PM enters the floor like a bird of paradise with room-filling disco strings, before SPACED OUT follows with Theo Parrish-like grooves. MIDNIGHT ROUTE closes The Detour Part 2 with broken beats and an unusual but irresistible electronic bassline.

The opener of the third part once again praises the old promise of the House Nation, not without ZUBU being refined with the very own Cuthead spin, which definitely puts the track on a techno floor as well. POWER ACID lives up to its name and comes across as a classic warehouse acid screw that takes every rave to the edge. Understatement is also not required with PARTY LIKE IT'S 99. After all, every Saturday afternoon is followed by a Saturday night and a piano house bomb with a little ounce of acid always goes down well on such an occasion.

The final chapter of THE DETOUR opens promisingly and in typical Cuthead style with the aptly titled BONKERS and the kind of weirder head-nodding beat that only the Dresden resident can squeeze out of his samples. In LISOLEIL, Malone the Chemist drops his lines over what feels like an aquatic jazz foundation. Cuthead spotted the Canadian rapper when he posted a freestyle under a tweet from Flying Lotus. After that, the snares are turned up again in the sample fest that is FOXY. OUTRO is almost epic by Cuthead standards and could easily be the soundtrack to a modern giallo film.

The album is accompanied by beautiful animations created in collaboration between illustrator Robert Deutsch and animator Tobias Kramer.

The Detour Part 1
Release Date: 21.03.2024

The Detour Part 2
Release Date: 28.03.2024

The Detour Part 3
Release Date: 17.05.2024

The Detour Part 4
Release Date: 31.05.2024
01 Cuthead - Bonkers
02 Cuthead feat. Malone the Chemist - Lisoleil
03 Cuthead - Foxy
04 Cuthead - Outro

Credits

Written and produced by Robert Arnold.
Lyrics and Rap on Proceed by Montrell Haymon. Lyrics and Rap on Lisoleil by Marlon Gray.
Published by Copyright Control. Proceed published by Copyright Control and Chester Watson. Lisoleil published by Copyright Control and Hoxton Music Publishing.
Artwork by Robert Deutsch
Animation by Tobias Kramer
Mastering by Jacob Korn at Tailout Studios

Cuthead - The Detour Part 4

Uncanny Valley is back with a tape that dives deeply into the musical underground of Lusatia, an area not far away from the label’s home base Dresden. Expect analogue extravaganza with a punk attitude by two mysterious artists from the region of the Slavic sorbs.

During the slow building odyssey that is LIVE IN NOCHTEN, it creaks and groans like the wind that shakes the giant F60 overburden conveyor bridge in the Lusatian coalfields. For this jam, the elusive figure that goes by the name of Łužyca Bambaataa and usually hides in the back room of a hair salon, has wired together countless worn-out synthesizers and recorded a soundtrack to the surroundings. But others claim, that Łužyca Bambaataa is the street name of a complex character who fully immersed into some gear that a youth center in Hoyerswerda acquired with left-over EU fundings.

After the cassette has been turned, things get even more serious with Graef’s first outing of his electronic alter ego. The four killer tracks range from the dance floor anthem GAIVAL via the almost cosmic ghost song HAUNTING VOYAGE and the brutal drum heavy monster R0GU3 D3L4M41N to the fascinating IDM study SOLIFUGE. Born Benjamin Butter to his parents in Hoywoy, he nowadays is a full-blown artist who adds a colorful DIY edge to all the different art forms he puts his hands on.

The artwork was created by graffiti artist Techr.

Written and produced by Łužyca Bambaataa (side A) and Benjamin Butter (side B).
Published by Copyright Control
Mastering by Jacob Stoy
Artwork by Techr. Layout by Carl-Johannes Schulze for studiosuspect.com

Łužyca Bambaataa / Graef

From Sweden with Italo to Dresden with love. Stockholm's @djdjcity drops his first release on Dresden's Uncanny Valley with the COSMICOMICS EP, a 100% fun record for all the senses, deeply inspired by Italo Calvino's iconic short story collection.

COSMICOMICS borrows its name from a collection of short stories written by Italian author Italo Calvino, first published in Italian in 1965. The stories have inspired DJ City to a record that aesthetically draws from 80s Italo Disco and 70s science fiction films. In the book, each story is based on a scientific fact about the world and the cosmos whilst using fiction to ask how we understand it. Where Calvino's stories are comical and absurd, DJ City surrenders to the sublime and romantic and moves further into the metaphysical world that Calvino created to come up with three energetic and melodic tracks bursting heavily with fantasy and drama. Deeply rooted in dance music’s history, they shine with Hi-NRG-vibes, strict dancefloor commitment and little easter eggs like that Drexciya-reference in COSMICOMICS.

The cover of the record is a painting from 2020 by Swedish artist Jens Fänge called THE INN. We see a man in front of the entrance to a Mediterranean-style building and a woman in a window on the upper floor. The picture seems to have been broken up into several dimensions, and abstract details make it difficult for the viewer to know exactly what and when the scene is taking place. When shown in Shanghai, the painting was censored by government agents and had to be taken down. A testament to the power of the image. Perhaps it shows our main character, perhaps it shows us the author or the artist. Depending on who listens, who reads and who looks, a multitude of universes open.

01 Cosmicomics
02 Pillars of Creation
03 Moon Milk

Credits

Written and produced by Johan Norling. Lyrics by Johan Norling.
Published by Copyright Control.
Mastering and tape transfer by Jacob Korn at Tailout Studio – tailout.de
Artwork The Inn by Jens Fänge 2020, oil and ink on copper plate and wooden panel. Photographed by Claire Dorn.
Layout by Carl-Johannes Schulze at studiosuspect.com

DJ City - Cosmicomics EP (UV063)

Uncanny Valley Radio (formerly known as 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 or at http://www.uncannyvalley.de/. The show is hosted by @philipp-demankowski and is all about stories, interviews and tracks out of the world of Electronic Music. 

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There we go again. Finally, Cuthead returns with the long awaited follow-up to his “Brother EP”. His new record “Everlasting Sunday” surely fulfils some dreams as it is packed with no less than nine tracks. Three catchy House tunes on the A-Side and six Hip-Hop-jams on the B-side make for a very extended EP or a mini-album ... the choice is up to you!
Right at the beginning we start with the sample-heavy “Maputo Jam”, a tune in classical Cuthead-manner with its irresistible drumming full of stumbling blocks and layers of sweet synth-melodies. “Nautic Walking” is a straighter House track with a guitar line and clapping samples but that bass line quickly reminds you whom you’re listening to. “Minerals” starts off pretty deeply before evolving from a jazzy House affair into an almost orchestral tune with opulent strings.
The flipside is an extensive expression of Cuthead’s inexhaustible love for Hip-Hop. There is feel-good material like “Everlasting Sunday” and “Deep Shadows” as well as banging joints like “Calculator Watch” with all the typical Cuthead-trademarks: sick bass work, stammering drumming and imaginative sampling.

B3 Cuthead - Calculator Watch (128k Preview)

01 @atnaofficial - Won't Stop (@perel-music Remix)
02 @atnaofficial - Touch My Fantasy (@byetoneofficial Remix)
03 @atnaofficial - If You were Gone (@rakans Remix)
04 @atnaofficial - Touch My Fantasy (@moritzsimongeist Rework)
05 @atnaofficial - Ruining my Brain (@martinkohlstedt & @panthera-krause Rework)
06 @atnaofficial - As Fast As I (@oliciamusic Version)
07 @atnaofficial - Touch My Fantasy (@absyndrom Remix) 
08 @atnaofficial - Try (Die Arbeit Version)
09 @atnaofficial - Come To Me (Bahnhof Motte Version)


From “Made By Desire" to "Remade By Desire": The Uncanny Valley label from Dresden, Germany curates a remixed and reworked version of the debut album by local pop heroes ÄTNA and takes us on a trip through various styles of Club Music, electronic Pop excursions and music college Rock’n’Roll.

When ÄTNA sent the German pop world and beyond into rapture with their debut album "Made By Desire" in 2020, the Uncanny Valley crew was also very excited by the duo's life-affirming pop concept. Soon, the idea of a cooperation came up. Since both the band and the label operate from their base in Dresden, contacts were quickly made and the first meeting was so productive that the plan for a collaborative remix and rework album was soon turned into action. Uncanny Valley put together a selection of stylistically diverse artists that took account for the various influences in ÄTNA’s music and reflect the multifaceted sounds of the Uncanny Valley label cosmos.

After the initial idea two years ago, "Remade By Desire" is now an album that puts the ÄTNA songs into new musical context, but sounds surprisingly coherent given the stylistic diversity of the artists involved. It's as if all the musicians had attended a studio retreat for a week and experimented with what is possible when you mix their respective skills. The result is a true crossover album that takes us from edgy techno over orchestral ambient to jazzy punk and challenges without overchallenging.

It starts with Perel, who has conquered the music world from Thalheim/Erzgebirge during the last years and turned "Won't Stop" into a high-energy club anthem suited for festival and club floors alike. Raster mastermind Byetone remodels "Touch My Fantasy" into a bittersweet robot ballad, while RAKANS transforms "If You Were Gone" into a percussive techno banger with musical hints to his home country. Grown up in Beirut, he lives in Dresden now and causes a stir in the Uncanny Valley and beyond with his Rawmantique crew. Also working in Dresden is Moritz Simon Geist who combines Inéz’ fragile vocals with elements from minimal music in his version of "Touch My Fantasy". The duo Olicía from Dresden and Berlin use their classical trained voices to create a dramatic arrangement for their chamber music pop gem that is "As Fast As I".

Martin Kohlstedt’s and Panthera Krause's epic version of "Ruining My Brain" has almost symphonic characteristics, while Berlin's AB Syndrom turn "Touch My Fantasy" into a stripped-down but irresistible pop song. The album concludes with two rock songs by Dresden based bands Die Arbeit and Bahnhof Motte, one comes as a classic cover song with post-punk influences and the other one as a kind of art punk inferno with free jazz attitude.

To round things up, a 3D online experience was created for the album playing with references from ÄTNA’s visual world: www.uncannyvalley.de/desire

Remade by Desire

Experience

ÄTNA - Ruining my Brain (Martin Kohlstedt & Panthera Krause Rework)

01 - Left Unknown - Mädchen  (Sneaker Remix)
02 - L.B. Bad - Late In The Evening (Music’s Seeping Thru)
03 - Optimistic Misanthropes - U Can’t Control Me (Sneaker Remix) 
04 - Optimistic Misanthropes - U Can't Control Me (Bonus Flange) 
05 - Jacob Korn - Relentless 

Eight years after Cuthead's "Give'n'Take", it's @sneakerdj's turn to put together four of his favorite tracks for Uncanny Valley's compilation series. The artwork is once again by Planetluke.com aka Luca Lozano.

"This record is a vista of my world where music inhabits the air between people. As an exchange of genius, emotions, gestures - even conventions, rituals, and love. Dedicated to L.B. Bad, whose music I inhaled and whose records inspired me on my quest for deepness. You will be missed!" (Sneaker)

Besides L.B. Bad’s wonderful “Late In The Evening (Music’s Seeping Thru)” you’ll get three absolute bangers on top. The Optimistic Misanthropes are @mysticbill, VeXaTioN and Sneaker himself. One of the most influential Chicago House DJs, true to the underground for over three decades now, and once part of the Trax Records roster... Mystic Bill. VeXaTioN already got to know him back in the days but is currently hailing from Mexico City. His track was born in Los Angeles and remixed by Sneaker in Berlin.

Also, Left Unknown's "Mädchen" got the jacking Midas touch from Sneaker, a touch you've come to recognize. Behind the one-off project is Saxonian Gnista aka @deejaydetox and somebody who wants to remain incognito. @jacob-korn however is well-known since the early days of Uncanny Valley and is above all Sneaker's best buddy at TailOut Studio, Dresden.

Sneaker presents Give'n'Take 2

Mädchen

Left Unknown - Mädchen (Sneaker Remix)

A1 No More Sad Trance!
A2 No More Sad Trance'trumental
B1 Bring Back The Hoover And Put More Cowbell On It!
B2 Save the Forest!

@credit00ratlife follows up the “Deep in the Jungle” EP on Uncanny Valley with four new monster tunes channeling his love for underappreciated genres of electronic dance music.

Credit 00 is back on track with four monsters in his bag that are almost too dangerous to get unleashed. The Uncanny Valley regular from Leipzig sends us down into the electronic vortex while taking some detours to places that haven’t been visited in a long time. Thanks to his DIY attitude and an open-mindedness for all kinds of music, you can find traces of jungle, garage, trance or even 90s pop and gabber in this hard rocking machine funk. He is juggling with sounds and genres like no one else. It’s just so much fun to listen and dance to these tunes. Indeed, there is no other…

Catalogue Nr.: UV058

Release Dates:
27.01.2023 (Record Stores & Bandcamp)
03.02.2023 (Beatport & Streaming)
17.02.2023 (other download platforms)

All tracks written & produced by Alexander Dorn
Published by Edition Unkönig Willy / Freibank
Artwork by Alexander Dorn
Mastering by Hardgroove Mastering - www.hardgroovemastering.co.uk

EAN: 8718723217651
Distributed by Clone Distribution – www.clonedistribution.com
P & © 2023 by Uncanny Valley – www.uncannyvalley.de
Contact – info@uncannyvalley.de

No More Sad Trance!

Welcome to the world's latest annual review. Every January Philipp asks friends from the UV environment what their favorite song of the previous year was. The result is once again a super listenable mix and a tribute to the music itself. Of course, the artists also announce their favorite track themselves. Enjoy!

@philipp-demankowski: Shoko Igarashi - Comfy Place
@a-w-1: Little Simz feat. Cleo Sol - Woman
@AcidAdams: Selofan - Auf Deiner Haut
@JohannesAlbert: Schmutz - Love Games (Biesmans Remix)
@Qnete: Subliminal - Bad Man
@mando_m_over: Danny Goliger & Nikki Nair - I Like Millions
@Herzel: Uabos - East Vision
@Iron-Curtis: Atlantic Brain - Olivetti Dreams (Prins Thomas Edit)
@resi-resom: Pj Bridger - Whitney Houston - Its Not Right But Its Ok (Pj Bridger Refix)
@CVBox: Aquarian - Mutations II: Delicious Intent 
@zirqule: Birds ov Paradise - Dionysus
@Scherbe: Ulla - For Your Love
@Sneakerdj: Zodiak - The Final Voice
@AlphonsineKoh:  Arca - Fireprayer (Blood of Aza Remix)
@Jacob-Stoy: Oxhy feat. Elysia Crampton - Psalms Of The Khori-Puma
@Conrad-Kaden: Die Sterne - Hallo Euphoria
@CarlSuspect: perila - Fallin Into Space
@Gotterkreis: Angelo Badalamenti - Into the Night

Uncanny Valley Radio with Philipp Demankowski

Tracklist

Uncanny Valley Radio 087 - Best of 2022

Bandcamp: https://uncannyvalleyrec.bandcamp.com/album/midi-e1ns

E1NS - UVMIDI01

Bad Bitch Magic (Vocal Mix)

Conform & k bye - Bad Bitch Magic (Vocal Mix)

@paracek & @palastoni - Sabroso

Bandcamp: https://uncannyvalleyrec.bandcamp.com/album/midi-e1ns
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/1IgBdG9TI9CgVuNeuFeZA5?si=xvdMykaMRtmBkwPAjZee6Q

Sabroso

Paraçek & Palastoni - Sabroso

As always at Christmas, UV Radio host @philipp-demankowski gives you 90 minutes of contemplation with the annual Ambient Special. Believe it or not. It’s already the ninth episode of that little tradition. In a shameful year for UV Radio with only three regular shows, at least this is something we can rely on. Chances are high that you’ll need those 90 minutes of wallpaper music regarding what is happening in the world right now. So lie down and relax. Merry Ambient Christmas, everyone!

📸 Mud volcanoes in Azerbaijan

DJ Balduin - Ladons Dream
Natural Wonder Beauty Concept, Ana Roxanne, Dj Python - Fallen Angel
Moritz Von Oswald - Volta (Version)
Hiroshi Yoshimura - Time after time
The Black Dog - My Brutal Life
Actress - Hit That Spdiff ( b 8 )
Salamanda - Nostalgia
upsammy - Germ in a Population of Buildings
Minor Science - Sun Turn
Call Super - Ondo Helps Us Hear the Splinters
André 3000 - Ghandi, Dalai Lama, Your Lord & Savior J.C. _ Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, And John Wayne Gacy
Michael O'Shea - Kerry
Shriekback - Coelocanth
Владимир Тарасов - Atto IV, Pt. 2
I_Cube - INFINITE 8 MELODIES
n9oc - Q
Nondi_ - Harmoyear
Ryuichi Sakamoto - 20220304

More...

Uncanny Valley Radio 089 - Merry Ambient Christmas Part Nine

Welcome to the world's latest annual review. Every January, UV Radio host head Philipp asks friends from the UV environment for their favorite song of the previous year. The result is once again a super listenable mix and a tribute to music itself. Of course, the artists also announce their favorite track themselves. Thanks to everybody who contributed. Enjoy!

@philipp-demankowski: Big Bong - My Brother Death 
@djdjcity: Roxette - The Look (Big Red Mix)
Graef: Erykah Badu - The Healer
@sneakerdj: F.B Illwig – Why Do My Hair
@sandrow_m: YAME - As I Ran
@softcoresoft: M High - The Answer
@Herzel: Benedikt Frey - Habits
@a-w-1: Yazmin Lacey - Bad Company
@Zirqule: Sam Goku - Things We See When We Look Closer (Polygonia Remix)
@CVBox: DJ Magnit - I Dont Like The Look Of It
Demian Kappenstein (@atnaofficial): Oko Ebombo - Naked Love
@Iron-Curtis: MIKE - Evil Eye
@acidadams: Sonya Spence - Let Love Flow On
@conrad-kaden: Double K – Esprit De La Jungle
@j_e_e_p: Yamê - Bahwai

All shows

Uncanny Valley Radio 090 - Best of 2023

Digital Bonus: ADSX – IDS

Ida Bux – Acidmania

ADSX – Magnetic

Softcoresoft – Borealis

Nihilist – Amino Acid

The Detour Part 4
The Detour Part 4 
The Detour Part 4

The Detour Part 4

Cuthead - Outro

Cuthead - Foxy

Cuthead - Lisoleil feat. Malone The Chemist

Cuthead - Bonkers

He is one of the unsung heroes of Dresden's electronic underground scene. Although he has seen the inside of many European clubs in recent years, @thamash_k has left his mark particularly in his hometown of Dresden with his work on online platforms such as Double D Town, banq.de and rauze.de, which is still active today. He is also one of the brains behind "Rauschen im Tal", a beautiful documentary about the roots of Dresden's techno culture. For Uncanny Valley Radio, he dived deep into his late-night jazz collection and selected records that demonstrate his love for the origins of house and hip-hop.

Stan Tracey - Starless and Bible Black (1965)
Billy Cobham - Heather (1974)
Shigeo Sekito - ザ・ワード２ (The World II, 1975)
Roy Ayers - Searchin (1976)
Ramsey Lewis - Brazilica
Freddie Hubbard - Little Sunflower
Lonnie Liston Smith - Expansions
James Mason - I Want Your Love
Freeez - Mariposa
Atmosfear - Dancing in Outer Space
Azymuth - Avenida Das Mangueiras (SS Translation By Theo Parrish)
Kamaal Williams - Save Me
John Carroll Kirby - Sensing Dub
Byron the Aquarius - Song For A Friend

Uncanny Valley Radio 091 - Jazz Special with Thamash

Graef - Solifuge

Graef - Haunting Voyage

Graef - Gaival

Łužyca Bambaataa - Live in Nochten

Graef - R0GU3 D3L4M41N

Still don't have a good feeling about UEFA, but football is still a great sport to watch, at least for UV Radio host @philipp-demankowski and regular guests @conrad-kaden and Gunnar. So despite all controversies, there was no way around it: Having already done a special for EURO 2020, they've done a Football special again, this time for EURO 2024. The rules are the same: you get eight countries from the participating field and have to choose a nice song from each country. The result is an entertaining show with 24 not-so-typical football anthems.

Denmark: Alex Puddu - Horny at the Office (Philipp)
Portugal: Filipe Karlsson - A Paragem (Conrad)
Czech Republic: Midi Lidi – Asteroid (Conrad)
Germany: Hanns Christian Müller – Wochenend (Gunnar)
Hungary: Szucs Judith - Gyere a diszkó klub elé (Gunnar)
England: Special Touch - Garden of Life (Philipp)
Serbia: Oskarova Fobija – Mayan Spacecraft (Philipp)
Ukraine: OMFO - Trans Balkan Express (Conrad)
Romania: Australopitecus Oltensis - Toamna (Original Mix) (Conrad)
Switzerland: Fuga Ronto - Greatest Treasure (Gunnar)
Scotland: Corto.Alto – Slope (Gunnar)
Slowenia: Boštjan Simon - Contadino Conte (Philipp)
France: Shams Dinn - Hedi Bled Noum (Philipp)
Georgia: Luna999 Ft.Accidboy - Is We There Yet (Conrad)
Turkey: Baris K – 200 (Conrad)
Albania: Aida Al Hani - Kafeja Gati (Gunnar)
Italy: Enzo Carella – Malamore (Gunnar)
Austria: Georg Danzer - War das etwa Haschisch (Philipp)
Netherlands: Danny Wolfers - 苔の唄 Song Of Moss (Philipp)
Belgium: Metrobox - Dies ist Belgien (Conrad)
Slovakia: nvmeri - Time to Shine (Conrad)
Spain: Chipen – Volao (Gunnar)
Croatia: Illja Rudman - Two Faced Love (Extended Mix) (Gunnar)
Poland: Budka Suflera - Za ostatni grosz (Philipp)

Uncanny Valley Radio 092 - Euro 2024 Special with Conrad, Philipp and Gunnar

Here's the new radio show straight out of the studio from none other than @stachy, a true legend who has been living his daily life in Dresden for a few years now, but has a career that spans all sorts of roots in music, with a respectable background in hip-hop and a decent career in pop music under his belt. To this day, he just can't get enough of music, be it in an academic context, as a versatile electronic music producer, a passionate lover of ambient and vaporwave or as a fun DJ. For the show, he dives deep into his Polish roots with this special version of Baltic Balearica, which he calls Bigos a la Balearic. Have fun!

Uncanny Valley Radio 093 - Bigos a la Balearic with Stachy.DJ

From Sweden with Italo to Dresden with love. Stockholm's DJ City drops his first release on Dresden's Uncanny Valley with the COSMICOMICS EP, a 100% fun record for all the senses, deeply inspired by Italo Calvino's iconic short story collection.

COSMICOMICS borrows its name from a collection of short stories written by Italian author Italo Calvino, first published in Italian in 1965. The stories have inspired DJ City to a record that aesthetically draws from 80s Italo Disco and 70s science fiction films. In the book, each story is based on a scientific fact about the world and the cosmos whilst using fiction to ask how we understand it. Where Calvino's stories are comical and absurd, DJ City surrenders to the sublime and romantic and moves further into the metaphysical world that Calvino created to come up with three energetic and melodic tracks bursting heavily with fantasy and drama. Deeply rooted in dance music’s history, they shine with Hi-NRG-vibes, strict dancefloor commitment and little easter eggs like that Drexciya-reference in COSMICOMICS.

The cover of the record is a painting from 2020 by Swedish artist Jens Fänge called THE INN. We see a man in front of the entrance to a Mediterranean-style building and a woman in a window on the upper floor. The picture seems to have been broken up into several dimensions, and abstract details make it difficult for the viewer to know exactly what and when the scene is taking place. When shown in Shanghai, the painting was censored by government agents and had to be taken down. A testament to the power of the image. Perhaps it shows our main character, perhaps it shows us the author or the artist. Depending on who listens, who reads and who looks, a multitude of universes open.

https://soundcloud.com/djdjcity
https://soundcloud.com/uncanny-valley-dresden

Cosmicomics

PREMIERE⚡️DJ City - Pillars of Creation [Uncanny Valley]

This record was meant to be released in 2011 but never arrived in any record shop. Now we make it available to buy on Vinyl and Digital Format:
https://uncannyvalleyrec.bandcamp.com/album/sous-home

A - Immanent - Sous

@iron-curtis

Release Dates:
Bandcamp: 28.9.2015 (Vinyl & Digital)
All other stores: 9.10.2015 (Vinyl) & 12.10.2015 (digital)

Believe it or not but Uncanny Valley looks back on five years of releasing records this summer. There was a bit of discussion on how to celebrate this occasion properly. Instead of just turning into the typical Greatest hits-routine the label heads Albrecht, Carl, Conrad and Philipp decided to look back and forth. So, besides a record that unleashes four tracks from the vaults of these five years there will be a record with new material too. Here’s “Uncanny Valley: Five Years On Parole - what's happening”!

Buy Vinyl & Digital

B2 - Iron Curtis - Ensuite (128k preview)

Buy Vinyl & Digital: bit.ly/uv033bc

Release Date:
Bandcamp: 26.10.2015 (Vinyl & digital)
All other stores: Vinyl 06.11.2015 & Digital 09.11.2015

After opening up his heart with his wonderful solo debut album last spring, it was about time that Joel Alter’s “Heart” gets a proper remix treatment. None other than fellow Swedish countryman Jesper Dahlbäck adds some spice to the intimate affair that is “22 Hours” under his “The Persuader” moniker. His take is a spooky yet compelling peak time bomb. Dorisburg transforms “Everlasting” into a funky and Acid-driven ride that is hard to resist. On top, you’ll get the Original mix of “Mecca” spread over a whole 12” side and a Discoid version as a digital bonus.
The wonderful artwork was created by Joakim Heidvall.

Joel Alter - Everlasting (Dorisburg Remix)

Chinaski - River Edge / follow: @southofmouth
Release Dates: Bandcamp: now: http://bit.ly/uv035bc
All other stores: April 22nd 2016 (Vinyl) and April 18th 2016 (Digital)

Chinaski made his debut on Uncanny with the beloved “Angel Heart” last autumn. Now, Chinaski’s first solo EP for the Dresden based label is at the ready. “Rivers Edge“ is one hell of a ride through the nightmarish and schizophrenic side of House and Disco music.
The artwork was created by Marc Krause with the help of Chinaski himself who proves that he knows a thing or two about realizing his visions also visually.

Chinaski - Disaster

Release Dates: 
Bandcamp: bit.ly/uv038bc(Vinyl & Digital)
All other stores: 17.06.2016 (Vinyl) and 20.06.2016 (Digital)

For the second part of his “Connection Lost” series @massimilianopagliara teaches a lesson in how to translate Disco music in a modern language of sound. 

Massimiliano Pagliara - No More Love To Follow - Feat. Matthew Morris

Massimiliano Pagliara - Ukulele Groove

UV Podcast 043 by @massimilianopagliara
Interview & Tracklist: http://bit.ly/uvpod043massi
Photo Credits: Robin Kirchner

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UV Podcast 043 - Massimiliano Pagliara

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Interview & Tracklist: http://bit.ly/uvpod045bf

UV Podcast 045 - Benedikt Frey

@lakepeople - Break The Pattern (UV041)
https://uncannyvalleyrec.bandcamp.com/album/break-the-pattern

Lake People, the man with a knack for aural subtleties, is spot-on with his first EP for Uncanny Valley. Over the course of four tracks he showcases a quiet different approach compared to the sophisticated House music the Leipzig based artist released on labels like Permanent Vacation or Connaisseur Recordings. On “Break
the Pattern” he relies heavily on the good old Boom Tschak-paradigm of Electro, without completely giving up his trademark sound.

Break the Pattern

Pull Off

Lake People - Pull Off

September Futuristic

Lake People - September Futuristic

Buy: https://pantherakrause.bandcamp.com/album/all-my-circuits-part-i

@panthera-krause is in full effect with his new EP for Uncanny Valley. The successor to his highly acclaimed Umami EP is not only rich in giving the dancers material to freak out on the floor. Beyond that, All My Circuits Part I is a perfect showcase for the Leipzig based producer’s wealth of variety.

All My Circuits Part I

Buy on Bandcamp

Panthera Krause - Stomping Ground

Panthera Krause - Heppy

https://lakepeople.bandcamp.com/album/transient-loss-of-response

A1 - Amrint Keen - Transient Loss Of Response

full info and buy links under:
http://www.uncannyvalley.de/releases/uvlp01-jacob-korn-you-me/


It might not be overstated to call „You & Me“, the debut album by Jacob Korn, long overdue. Ever since the Dresden resident decided to focus more on the House side of electronic music in 2007 he released music that is equally good as it is promising. With records out on labels like Running Back, Dolly and of course his home base Uncanny Valley he’s been fueling expectations for a long play record.

Since he has been playing around with electronic music for the first time in the mid-
nineties, Jacob has always been very much into producing together with his pals. So it was only natural that “You & Me” turned out to be an album that summarizes a lot of the collaborations that happened over all the years. Whether it was with an artist who played in his hometown Dresden or with someone who showed him around the town he was performing his live set at, Jacob never missed the opportunity to get together inside a studio and just jam along. Those sessions not only resulted in a lot of friendships but also in a string of music that take House music to all its edges. A track like the dark and dirty “Heteronomous” with Uncanny Valley fellow Sneaker lines up alongside the bright and sunny anthem “Punta Del Este” together with Belgium’s San Soda. Artists like Christopher Rau or Mr Raoul K add their trademark sounds but there is always that specific approach of Jacob Korn that connects the tracks. But besides that conceptual background: “You & Me” is an album, which is here to extend the listener’s summer.

The concept of collaboration is even expanded on the cover artwork. A team of seven graphic artists led by Johannes Timbernagel interpreted the same template of Jacob’s face in their specific style. To bring them all together Johannes texturized a 3D-Model of Jacob’s head with a collage of all the drawings.
Tracklist

01: Jacob Korn feat. Sea Of Love – The Place
02. Jacob Korn feat. Kid A – Broken
03. Jacob Korn feat. Sandrow M. – Friction
04. Jacob Korn & Christopher Rau feat. The Drifter – I Need You
05. Jacob Korn & Sneaker – Heteronomous
06. Jacob Korn & Mr. Raoul K – Do Your Thing
07. Jacob Korn & Swede:Art – Shock Me
08. Jacob Korn & San Soda – Punta Del Este
09. Jacob Korn & Cuthead aka Kornhead – Makin’ Love
10. Jacob Korn & Break SL feat. Tabitha Xavier – You & Me
11. Jacob Korn feat. Johannes Held – Mit Der Nächsten Welle

02 Jacob Korn feat. Kid A - Broken FULL PREVIEW

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UV Podcast 060 - Vincent Neumann

Buy: credit00.bandcamp.com/album/deep-in-the-jungle

Two years ago Credit 00 was lucky enough to find a flat with a winter garden in the midst of the city's concrete vastness. Setting up his studio there, surrounded by plants, facing the backyard oasis with its trees, bushes and birds singing all day was quite the opposite of his usual work environment. 

The contrast of being in nature whilst surrounded by an urban neighbourhood is explored on Credit 00's latest outing on Uncanny Valley. Two different settings represented on either side of the vinyl record. 

The street side of the building is Credit 00's typical habitat: rough drums, face melting acid and ghetto style track arrangement. R U READY 2 JACK pays tribute to Belgium New Beat and wants to sound like Hardcore that is coming from the heart. TRUE 2 THE GEHM is an ode to one of the true German Acid innovators, Andreas Gehm (R.I.P.), originally written in 2016 for a compilation, which raised money to help him cover expenses incurred due to his severe health issues. 

The backyard side reveals the influence of flora and fauna on Credit 00's work. On both THE GARDEN and DEEP IN THE JUNGLE, you can hear his synthetic interpretation of mother nature's repertoire. Birds chirping, acid frogs croaking and the wind blowing through the trees to the sound of jungle drums. 

Despite all the differences between the concrete and the green jungle, there are also a lot of similarities. As the artwork (hand-drawn by Credit 00 himself) illustrates, graffiti spreads all over buildings like wild vine grows on rocks: chaos reigns everywhere, whether in natural or man-made environments!

Deep In the Jungle

Credit 00 - True 2 The Gehm (2019 Version)

A1: @perel-music – Karlsson
A2: Perel – Monteiro da Costa
B1: Perel – Karlsson (@bloody-mary Cat’s On Acid Remix)
B2: Perel – Karlsson (@kimannfoxman Remix)

Vinyl: clone.nl/item56564.html
Bandcamp: bit.ly/uv052_bc

Forget Puss in Boots, the Cheshire Cat or Grumpy Cat. Meet Karlsson, who receives a colorful tribute by Perel on her first record for the Dresden-based label Uncanny Valley. After all, there is nothing better than the soothing purr of your own personal tomcat to come down from exhausting DJ gigs and studio sessions.

The title track is a fiery excursion into rave heaven covered with Italo-flags. While Perel goes manta-like about a diet for KARLSSON, listeners are wrapped in anthemic synths. MONTEIRO DA COSTA on the other hand is a paranoid love letter to Perel’s best friend and a lesson in causing dance mania. The synths continue to spiral upwards to the point where there is no coming back.

On the flipside, KARLSSON gets the remix treatment twice. First, BLOODY MARY tucks him into a compelling and classic acid corset. KIM ANN FOXMAN then recreates Karlsson as a toy robot that just discovered house music.

Karlsson

Perel - Karlsson

Interview w/ @david_lieske aka Carsten Jost
https://www.uncannyvalley.de/articles/carsten-jost

iTunes: https://bit.ly/uvpod_itunes
Soundcloud: https://bit.ly/uvpod_sc

UV Podcast 097 - Carsten Jost

Another (more or less) round catalogue number, another Various Artists EP on Uncanny Valley: This time it’s a full package with four true club bangers (at least to our ears...).

On the A-side we have the heart warming label debut of the Polish producer Eltron John. He contributes his remix for “Varsovie” (French for Warsaw) by Brodka who is a decent Pop star in Poland. The remix came into being when Eltron John took part in a Red Bull Music Academy event in Warsaw. Brodka was collaborating with Red Bull on a series of open airs shows at that time. So, one thing led to another and the result is an irresistible catchy tune that also features Eltron John’s very own voice over Brodka’s vocal line.
Another addictive track is Sandrow M’s remix for “Falling Off” by Alex Ketzer from Cologne. Alex Ketzer approached Uncanny Valley for his book project about his favourite labels. While doing this, he sent a copy of his “Falling Off”-EP on good old cassette format. Sandrow couldn’t resist and created a wonderful remix that still keeps to the atmosphere of the original but makes things a little bit more danceable with its punchy drumming in typical Sandrow M- style.

On the flipside there is Cuthead’s overdue return to the label. The whipping acid line and synth chords along with the rough drumming turn “Splenda Daddy” into a real floor bomb. Don’t forget to do things wrong from time to time. Finally Jacob Stoy’s “Inspektor” rides on a pulsating bass and those sweet bells until great strings bring things to a peaceful end.

As always with the Various Artists EPs on Uncanny Valley, the artwork is by courtesy of illustrator Paul Waak.

A1 - Brodka - Varsovie (Eltron John Dub) (128 kbps Preview)

Uncanny Valley is a label from Dresden, Germany.
sub-labels: @shtum-records & @credit00ratlife
local event & music platform @mittwochsdisko

visit our website for upcoming events:
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Starting as a label that served basically as a platform for their friends’ music in 2010, Uncanny Valley evolved into a record label that assembles acclaimed artists from the electronic music scene not only from the label’s base in Dresden but also from Germany and beyond. With a strong emphasis on the records’ artwork the label heads Philipp Demankowski, Conrad Kaden, Carl-Johannes Schulze and Albrecht Wassersleben are constantly on a mission to establish and refine the artists from the roster as well as to search for new talents. Artists as Jacob Korn, Cuthead, Credit 00, Massimiliano Pagliara, CVBox or Panthera Krause all feel at home on the label, giving them the chance to develop projects that are not only music related but can also integrate different art forms. With the two offshoots Rat Life and shtum under its belt, Uncanny Valley does not stand still to explore the full spectrum of electronic and not so electronic music from House via Disco, Hip-Hop or Ambient through to Techno. A range that can also be depicted when the four label heads come together for a DJ set as Uncanny Valley Soundsystem.

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