I look forward to this tradition every year — been listening since UV Funk 028 when I was living in Berlin. In the blink of an eye a decade has passed. These times are definitely challenging. When you are confronted with the daily choice whether to live or to die, its moment likes these that suspend you in reflection. "What will happen next?" Who knows but now we have 90 minutes to seek and find ...

B.C.P.A. = BIG Crimbo Pressie Alert: 

Ok, this is a special one we have been holding on to for over 10 years. Yes that's right this mix was recorded over ten years ago but only came out on Good Morning Tapes last year... Only a few people heard it before, can you believe it? 
Now things are coming even more Full Circle as it was aired live for the first time last week on Crimson's "Pink Eyed Blue" show on https://radiozora.fm/ I thought this was fitting as I will also be playing with him this summer at THE Ozora Festival! Those who know, know ;-) 
Anyways hope you will enjoy and have a great Christmas and New Year Celebration.

Some lovely words below from my great friend TC aka The Ch... for those that wish to read further! Enjoy...



The empty longings of nostalgia exist as a far cry behind taking from the past with a view to understanding a new place it might hold in the future. Now - with the 90’s revival in something of a full swing - Good Morning Tapes finally gets the chance to release a pivotal 10 year old mix that didn’t just ignite a curious wave of reflection and appropriation, it marked a culmination in the shifting sonic sands for its creator Mr. Alexis Le-Tan. His name needs little light trust upon it in these hallowed cosmic halls, with his enduring and ever present mixes being a staple for those that know. Back to Disco Valley is arguably his most important mix - it both recontextualised a dirty and forgotten sound of the past, and facilitated a wave of new freedoms for those wishing to look backwards in order to move forwards. Most importantly it planted the seed for everything Full Circle to come.

Back to Disco Valley is above all else a personal reckoning for Alexis and Joakim, it marked a moment when many problems inherent in a trapped older sound - with a sublime yet dated history of its own - could breath fresh life in the present day; a new slower realm was born. The slowing down of dance music is nothing new, and certainly where peak time beats have existed a spiritual shadow that revels in a slower ethereal space to dance has never been far away. Stylistically on one level, Back to Disco Valley might seem to build on what Baldelli or Loda were doing many years ago, and it certainly has that effortless charm, but it goes much further, not just in its re-appraisal of the frenetic fast paced sounds of Goa, but as a signifier of where many wanted to head on the dancefloor - towards a slower oasis - incorporating new releases and modern sounding rarities along the way. Indeed, in selecting the 33rpm dial rather than that marked 45, Full Circle at once opened up the new space inside a music some of us went bananas to 30 years ago, and at the same time made sense of a crucial yet forgotten heritage; a confession became a badge of honour.

Coming back to Full Circle and its genesis: it was only a matter of time before the old Goa records would come back down from the racks and spawn a new life, and perhaps whilst Le-Tan cemented something a lot of us knew, Disco Valley somehow liberated many of those early records from their stylistic shackles initiating a creative project that - along side the collaborative work with Joakim - has released a wave of inspirational edits and re-imaginations. Full Circle - in all its conceptual & metaphorical majesty - really has come to represent the most stylish of takes on past sounds, both in the realm of selection and re-working. It is certainly true that Back to Disco Valley - sounding now as it did then (to the select tuned ears that got to listen) - reflects a perfect meeting between an off-tempo past, present and future, being more than a functional assemblage, it revives many a lost memories, inspiring a new batch of ideas. There is nothing wrong with looking back, as long as it has a purpose.

Tom Colebrook

Full Circle - Back To Disco Valley (GMT 52)

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A recording of my live set at Sweeties (Standard) in London last week. It was part of a line up to celebrate a collaboration between artist Ryoichi Kurokawa & Glenfiddich. Ryoichi Kurokawa's installation referred to the relationship between nature and technology, and the microcosm of time. His installation was called 'Time Re:Imagined' (link below) The line up highlighted the common ground between Scotland and Japan and featured myself and Dove. Nx

https://www.wallpaper.com/w-bespoke/glenfiddich-time-reimagined

Lord Of The Isles (Live @Sweeties London 26.10.23)

Benedikt Frey (@freybenedikt) has been on a journey of musical adventure and exploration over the last 15 years. He has made everything from deepest house to bottomless dub, UK jungle to irresistible edits of Notorious BIG. Those early forays came on labels like Nous'klaer Audio and Hivern Discs but in the years since the German has looked more to industrial and post-punk for inspiration. His Fastlane album on ESP Institute this summer blended those vibes with his own take on techno and resulted in his most accomplished and singular work yet. 

Now, the Lopasura label head steps up with an extra special two-hour mix that peers into the farthest corners of his sound. It is the sort of all-consuming trip that plays out like a mind movie as it works through serval different chapters - some heady and deep, some direct and unsettling, always with great control. Whether laying down electro, wave, techno or serious bass weight, Benedikt Frey is always taking you somewhere new.

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Offen Music boss Vladimir Ivkovic finishes his US Tour at The Lot Radio.

https://www.instagram.com/vladimir_ivkovic

Vladimir Ivkovic @ The Lot Radio 11-20-2023

Matt Cowell - Princess P & Cio Monthly Show [06.12.2023]

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

Uncanny Valley Radio with Philipp Demankowski

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Uncanny Valley Radio 089 - Merry Ambient Christmas Part Nine

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November 10 2023
Limited Edition in Portland.
Home on the fringe of night life, family, goodness. 
Gathering No. 70.
If you know you know.

Live at Limited Edition

Vladimir Ivkovic All Night Long at 70th Limited Edition Portland

Mix by DJ City from his bi-monthly show Blue Monday on Radio 80000. There is also a NO TALKING version.

This is a special episode recreating a set played at Soup in Berlin on Dec 16th 2023 and with an interview with one of the organizers.

Next episode airs 19/2 2024

Blue Monday 8th of January

3 hours to drift way on chill out breaks and ambient trance

Sun Electric - Love 2 Love
nthng - Some Clouds Are Destined To Break
Mikkel Rev - Dissolve To Evolve
Shiva Chandra - Future M.B.end
Tifra - International Waters (Roza Terenzi Remix)
Zodiac Childs - Kepler Track two
Trudge - Berserk
The Arc - Orphic Mysteries
Chris Zippel - Now And Then
B-Zet - They Look In, We Look Out
Lava Lounge - Independent Music Lover
Chris Zippel - Sleeps in Sand
Chris Zippel - Downtown
DJ Healer - The Interview
Withhold - Clob
Bedouin Ascent - Joyriding III
B-Zet - Everlasting Pictures (The Way I See)
State of Flux - The News (Analogue Mix)
Ololiuqui - Flightchecker (preflight 1)
suki - Watkins Street Finale
Abdul Raeva - Guardian of the Vault
Martinou - Absorption (Citywide)
DJ Healer - At Last (Becalming The Storm)
Pulusha - Isolation (Part Two)
f.u.s.e. - dimension intrusion
Nuron - Mirage
Miro - Emotions Of Paradise
Luca Lozano - The Departure
Martinou - d i a s p a r
VÉRE - Only Just
DJ Balduin - Da Float
Supreems -  Running Back
Chris Zippel - Playground
DJ Healer - Great Escape
B-Zet - Scotty's Promise
Trudge - Blue Ritual
Microglobe - Trust
Amandra x Mattheis - Manekin
Mars Leder - Ride
Eversines - Eversines - Plooi
Bobo - I (Pt. II)
False Persona - Brighter Days
Trudge - Gradient
nthng - Sunshine In My Eyes
Trudge - Dead Orange

dreams used to be a dream of mine

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

visit our website for upcoming events:
https://uncannyvalley.de/dates

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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