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Detour Part 2
MPC Jam - (5:02) 130 BPM
Sunday 5 PM - (3:20) 115 BPM
Spaced Out - (4:15) 128 BPM
Midnight Route - (2:23) 107 BPM
Review: Cuthead, real name Robert Arnold, hails originally from Moldova but has been based for many years in Dresden, Germany. His musical output has ranged from hip-hop and breaks to disco, house and techno, but this release, the second of our installments that will eventually make up the 'Detour' album, finds him firmly in house mode. While its four tracks are all definitely rooted in deep house, though, they nevertheless also manage to embrace influences from disco, jazz-funk, sci-fi themes and dub - all of which add up to an EP that represents a very worthwhile use of 15 minutes of your life.
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UV 0592
28 Mar 24
Deep House
Detour Part 1
Intro - (2:49) 93 BPM
Proceed (feat Chester Watson - Deep mix) - (1:50) 129 BPM
Tour De France - (2:36) 133 BPM
Proceed (feat Chester Watson) - (2:10) 87 BPM
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UV 0591
21 Mar 24
Hip Hop/R&B
Overload
Circles #1 - (3:44) 90 BPM
Overload - (2:40) 83 BPM
Gray Sun Environment - (3:14) 80 BPM Hot
Empty Blow - (2:08) 77 BPM
From Display To Display - (3:08) 104 BPM
Anti Anti - (2:41) 85 BPM
Wulst - (2:36) 110 BPM
Verlagerung - (2:54) 67 BPM
Brain - (2:40) 95 BPM
Eingriff - (1:35) 58 BPM
Falling Again - (2:54) 78 BPM
Fokus - (2:25) 73 BPM
Anruf XYZ - (2:48) 53 BPM
Fingertip - (1:32) 71 BPM
Knittern Auf Der Haut - (2:01) 106 BPM
Destruction - (4:00) 60 BPM
Go No - (4:36) 106 BPM
Stimmung Ist Am Kochen - (3:12) 74 BPM
Nobody - (3:24) 85 BPM
Thema - (2:58) 79 BPM
Chat - (3:23) 70 BPM
Raster - (5:33) 90 BPM
Gib Mir Dein Geld - (2:06) 77 BPM
Circles #2 - (5:36) 68 BPM
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UVLP 07
16 Feb 24
Experimental/Electronic
Raster
Raster - (5:33) 90 BPM
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UVLP 07S4
09 Feb 24
Balearic/Downtempo
Fokus
Fokus - (2:25) 146 BPM
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UVLP 07S3
02 Feb 24
Ambient/Drone
From Display To Display
From Display To Display - (3:08) 104 BPM
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UVLP 07S2
25 Jan 24
Experimental/Electronic
Overload
Overload - (2:40) 124 BPM
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UVLP 07S1
12 Jan 24
Breakbeat
MIDI E1NS
Various
Ostreaktor - "Chord Runner" - (4:30) 142 BPM Hot
Paracek & Palastoni - "Sabroso" - (3:45) 153 BPM
Conform & K Bye - "Bad Bitch Magic" (dub mix) - (5:53) 140 BPM
Alphonsine Koh - "No Need For Speed" - (2:49) 150 BPM
Review: The latest release on Uncanny Valley is a more frenetic affair than usual for the seminal imprint. Ostreaktor's "Chord Runner" is a high-paced, chord-heavy techno track that unfolds to the sound of high-speed percussion. Upping the tempo, Paracek & Palastoni's "Sabroso" is a riotous ghetto techno track that features wild Latino vocals and celebratory shrieks. While the release doesn't scale those high tempos again, it does feature an electro banger in the shape of Conform & K Bye's "Bad Bitch Magic (dub mix)". That sound reaches its logical conclusion on Alphonsine Koh's "No Need For Speed", where rave riffs squeal their way over distended percussive shards.
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UVMIDI 01
13 Dec 23
Techno
Cosmos EP
Sunray - (5:28) 142 BPM
Limonium Joy - (8:16) 142 BPM
Sanfordi - (5:50) 137 BPM
Setaria - (5:18) 140 BPM Hot
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UV 061
17 Nov 23
Techno
No More Sad Trance!
No More Sad Trance! - (5:44) 145 BPM
No More Sad Trance'trumental - (5:44) 145 BPM
Bring Back The Hoover & Put More Cowbell On It! - (4:52) 120 BPM Hot
Save The Forest! - (6:51) 129 BPM
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UV 058
17 Feb 23
Uplifting Trance
Sneaker presents Give'n'Take 2
Various
Left Unknown - "Madchen" (Sneaker remix) - (5:46) 64 BPM Hot
L.B. Bad - "Late In The Evening (Music's Seeping Thru)" - (7:22) 116 BPM
Optimistic Misanthropes - "U Can't Control Me" (Sneaker remix) - (7:35) 130 BPM
Optimistic Misanthropes - "U Can't Control Me" (Bonus Flange) - (1:37) 130 BPM
Jacob Korn - "Relentless" - (7:02) 60 BPM
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UVGNT 02
23 Dec 22
Coldwave/Synth
Remade By Desire
Won't Stop (Perel remix) - (6:06) 124 BPM
Touch My Fantasy (Byetone remix) - (3:21) 109 BPM
If You Were Gone (RAKANS remix) - (5:38) 65 BPM
Touch My Fantasy (Moritz Simon Geist rework) - (3:40) 86 BPM Hot
Ruining My Brain (Martin Kohlstedt & Panthera Krause rework) - (5:32) 150 BPM
As Fast As I (Olicia version) - (4:03) 103 BPM
Touch My Fantasy (AB Syndrom remix) - (3:33) 82 BPM
Try (Die Arbeit version) - (4:17) 67 BPM
Come To Me (Bahnhof Motte version) - (3:27) 146 BPM
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UVLP 06
21 Oct 22
Coldwave/Synth
Connection Lost Part 3
Unfettered - (5:54) 132 BPM
Forgotten Secrets - (6:07) 130 BPM
Iridescent Solitude - (6:24) 118 BPM
The Empty Room - (6:48) 120 BPM Hot
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UV 056
11 Jun 21
Techno
XB-VCO
Fenta - (5:45) 126 BPM Hot
Violenz - (6:36) 124 BPM
Review: To obtain and pursue the purity of the sound of electronic gear is what drives German producer CVBox. When he became aware of techno and electro while attending techno parties in the '90s it led to his interest in production - many of which have landed on the Uncanny Valley imprint. His latest offering for the Dresden-based label is XB-VCO, which features two impressive tracks such as the sombre and haunting "Fenta'' mixing dub techno and acid aesthetics into its foggy mixture that's reminiscent of STL or Patricia, while the off-kilter futurism of "Violenz" will hypnotise you in a similarly dusty yet well executed fashion.
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UV 4356424F58
07 May 21
Minimal/Tech House
Das Unendliche Konstrukt
Stark - (4:04) 68 BPM
Komm - (1:51) 97 BPM
Bordstein - (1:49) 81 BPM
Heule - (2:45) 100 BPM
Wanna Be - (3:18) 86 BPM Hot
Lil Fl?ti - (4:35) 80 BPM
The Ultimate Traum - (3:55) 71 BPM
Doch Nich - (2:27) 57 BPM
Fahne - (2:10) 61 BPM
Real Life - (1:47) 90 BPM
Elefantenrennen - (2:26) 93 BPM
Issue - (2:30) 77 BPM
Flucht - (5:17) 73 BPM
Hirn Hirn Hirn - (5:52) 102 BPM
Besenrein - (2:28) 93 BPM
Hoffnung Auf Teleport - (2:25) 61 BPM
Review: Would you believe it's been some seven-to-eight years since we last heard from the enigmatic Jacob Stoy on Uncanny Valley! As if reinvigorating a career that started to bloom in 2014 through a burst of solo records, singles, cuts and split EPs, Jacob Stoy's Das Unendliche Konstrukt LP is committed to an official release by the Dresden label as its seems the time has come to relinquish a decent dose of the German's music, for real! Sporting a lo-fi, slightly atonal, and synthesised sound that's beat-centric and gritty, there's a world within a world to be discovered here that surfs Detroit electro and Chicago house as much as it does touches of krautrock, new age and industrial music next to klang electronic and straight up dope-ass beats. Our highlights: "Real Life", "Wanna Be" and "Flucht".
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UVMC 04
31 Mar 21
Experimental/Electronic
TeqNoTV
Vio Line - (6:54) 134 BPM Hot
Super 78 - (5:33) 133 BPM
Total CV - (8:02) 124 BPM
ON/OFF (Autoether) - (3:48) 136 BPM
Review: The last time that CVBox appeared on Uncanny Valley was with his 2017 debut album. Now the enigmatic producer is back with another collection of the distinctive, raw sound that he is known for. "Vio Line" is a wild acid track that pulsates and throbs seductively, while on "Super 78", he ventures farther down the tripped out route with an atmospheric, textured groove. "Total CV" sees him deliver a frazzled, techno track that is as hypnotic as it is scuzzy - like Skatebard jamming with Sandwell District - while "On Off (Autoether)" is a more tranced out take on CVBox's sound thanks to the use of building synths.
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UV 054
05 Mar 21
Techno
10 Years Of Uncanny Valley (unmixed tracks)
Various
RJ - "Nie" - (7:36) 120 BPM
Projektname Unbekannt - "Dresden, Den 15.05.2005" - (4:52) 121 BPM Hot
Katrina Fairlee & Sneaker - "Oak" - (7:09) 116 BPM
Charlotte Bendiks - "Pasco" - (7:21) 82 BPM
Credit 00 - "The Garden" - (5:11) 126 BPM
Lake People - "Roaming The Streets" - (6:16) 123 BPM
Christopher Rau - "Paradijs" - (5:23) 122 BPM
Avalon Emerson - "Constantly My Cure" (vocal mix) - (6:14) 116 BPM
The Golden Filter - "The Pull" - (7:06) 118 BPM
Chino - "Alwernia" - (6:09) 120 BPM
Iron Curtis - "Ensuite" - (8:03) 123 BPM
Massimiliano Pagliara - "Trying To Hide But Then I Cried" - (7:28) 122 BPM
CVBox & Micha Freier - "Playwatch" - (5:32) 127 BPM
C-Beams - "Strollin' Speechless" - (5:42) 118 BPM
Lauer - "Fanta Korn Tanker" - (5:23) 120 BPM
Panthera Krause - "Stomping Ground" - (5:33) 123 BPM
Cuthead - "Maputo Jam" - (5:05) 120 BPM
Jacob Korn & Kelli Hand - "Dance Away" - (6:47) 120 BPM
Conrad Kaden - "10 Years Of Uncanny Valley" (Megamix - continuous DJ mix) - (1:22:01) 120 BPM
Review: Dresden label Uncanny Valley's big name supporters include the likes of Jimpster, Steve Bug, Scuba and Ripperton, which gives you an idea of the kind of leftfield-leaning deep house and techno to expect from this 10th birthday compilation. Big names may be in short supply but quality certainly isn't, with the album's 18 full-length tracks ranging from RJ's floaty, dreamy opener 'Nie' to the acid throb of Iron Curtis's 'Ensuite', and from the jazzy bruk beat-isms of Lake People's 'Roaming The Streets' to the psychedelic small hours deepness of Charlotte Bendiks' 'Pasco', with a DJ mix from Conrad Kaden tying the whole collection together nicely.
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UV 10YEARS
30 Dec 20
Deep House
All Colors Are Beautiful
Various
Lauer - "Fanta Korn Tanker" - (5:23) 120 BPM
James Booth - "Summer Interlude" - (6:21) 122 BPM
Sandrow M & Will Dubner - "Disco Schlamboni" - (6:58) 119 BPM
Jules Etienne - "Dude's Den" - (6:04) 114 BPM
Credit 00 - "Mind Trip" - (4:51) 120 BPM
Gnista - "Playtime Worktime" - (5:00) 136 BPM
AGB - "Brecht Hat Er" - (1:59) 122 BPM
Break SL - "Bye Bye 627" - (6:05) 122 BPM
Qnete - "In Transit" - (6:06) 125 BPM
Chino - "Forbidden Voices" - (6:46) 126 BPM
Johannes Albert - "Vision Utopia" - (5:24) 128 BPM
Lake People - "Roaming The Streets" - (6:16) 123 BPM Hot
RVDS - "Moon Operator" - (7:04) 125 BPM
Jor-El - "Human Matrix" - (7:35) 128 BPM
Karima F - "Flaccid House" - (5:39) 126 BPM
Basic Soul Unit - "Grotto Bounce" - (5:20) 126 BPM
Christopher Rau - "Paradijs" - (5:23) 122 BPM
Iron Curtis - "Against My Window" (Dazed mix) - (7:14) 127 BPM
Perm - "VLIW" - (4:50) 144 BPM
CVBox - "Cat Cut Claps" - (6:01) 129 BPM
Dispo 5000 - "Klingenberg" - (5:16) 120 BPM
Cuthead - "Party Chords" - (4:17) 131 BPM
Massimiliano Pagliara - "Sunset Funk" - (6:35) 122 BPM
Durerstuben - "Iwesu Yewisu" - (2:42) 149 BPM
Panthera Krause - "The Naked Now" - (6:36) 126 BPM
Daniela La Luz - "When You Go All In & Wait" - (6:34) 123 BPM
The Golden Filter - "The Pull" - (7:06) 118 BPM
Mayan Gold - "Komm Und Entspanne" - (6:07) 120 BPM
Charlotte Bendiks - "Pasco" - (7:21) 123 BPM
Katrina Fairlee & Sneaker - "Oak" - (7:09) 116 BPM
Review: To celebrate notching up 50 releases, Uncanny Valley offered up a septet of colour-coded EPs featuring never-heard-before cuts from its growing roster of artists. With that campaign finished, they've now collected together all of those tracks on one suitably epic compilation, All Colors Are Beautiful. It's a pleasingly positive, life-affirming and kaleidoscopic collection all told, with the likes of Lauer, Jules Etienne, Johannes Albert, Cuthead and Basic Soul Unit taking it in turns to deliver cheery, synth-heavy cuts that variously join the dots between deep house, nu-disco, synth-pop, proto-house, jacking acid, crunchy electro, Motor City techno, ghetto-tech and glassy-eyed late-night sleaze. The results are uniformly excellent, making this one of the most essential compilations of 2020.
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UV 050
22 Dec 20
Electro
Autostrada
Autostrada - (6:10) 135 BPM
Dyscyplina - (6:11) 119 BPM
Carabo Cruise - (5:32) 124 BPM Hot
Alwernia - (6:09) 120 BPM
Review: First appearing on the outskirts of Dresden's Uncanny Valley with a release for its dancefloor focused Shtum offshoot, Polish producer Chino dives deep into a sonve ravine here with Autostrada. Bursting through the speakers with a raucous electro fidelity unmatched by most, all sounds here are rough, raw and super-powered in delivering a cross section of electro at its most hairy; be it the skittering punk riffs of the title-track to the spooky, neon-lit soul of "Carabo Cruise". Hardcore EBM and brutal new wave pumps like a beast in "Dyscyplina" with reverberating splashes of dub electro in "Alwernia" exploding on impact and richoetting everywhich amidst a barrage of stargazing synths and rock 'n' roll snares. Superpunk.
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UV 055
13 Nov 20
Electro
Uncanny Valley 50 Yellow
Cuthead - "Party Chords" - (4:17) 131 BPM Hot
Massimiliano Pagliara - "Sunset Funk" - (6:35) 122 BPM
Durerstuben - "Iwesu Yewisu" - (2:42) 100 BPM
Panthera Krause - "The Naked Now" - (6:36) 126 BPM
Daniela La Luz - "When You Go All In And Wait" - (6:34) 123 BPM
Review: As you'd expect, the sixth colour-coded EP in Uncanny Valley's 50th release series boasts an impressive line-up of artists, all of whom have pulled out the stops to make their contribution count. For proof, check the rushing, riff-sporting, rave-era revivalism of Cuthead's acid-flecked opener, "Party Chords", the warm and woozy, Rhodes-laden head-nodding beats of Dererstuben's "Iwesu Yewisu", and the wild organ riffs and chunky grooves of Pantera Krause's bustling house jam "The Naked Now". Or, for that matter, the sample-laden, jazz-tinged deep house roll of Daniela La Cruz's "When You Go All In And Wait", and the body-popping Balearic nu-disco warmth of Massimiliano Pagliano's luscious "Sunset Funk". As the old clich? goes, this is genuinely all killer, no filler.
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UV0506
17 Jul 20
Deep House
Uncanny Valley 50 PURPLE
Chino - "Forbidden Voices" - (6:46) 126 BPM
Johannes Albert - "Vision Utopia" - (5:24) 128 BPM
Lake People - "Roaming The Streets" - (6:16) 123 BPM Hot
RVDS - "Moon Operator" - (7:04) 125 BPM
Review: Uncanny Valley hits the magic 50 mark with this diverse four-tracker. It starts with Chino's "Forbidden Voices", a tough analogue banger, replete with spiralling acid and bruising metallic riffs. Johannes Albert's "Vision Utopia" also draws on steely sounds, but on this occasion, the focus is on staccato percussion and brooding synth lines. Lake People, who has released on labels like Permanent Vacation, also drops an electro-style jam, "Roaming The Streets", but it's deeper and more reflective than Albert's contribution. RVDS rounds off the split release with "Moon Operator", a slinky, stepping workout that spirals off to the cosmos with some gloriously trippy 303 lines.
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UV 0503
12 Jun 20
Electro
Uncanny Valley 50 GREEN
Iron Curtis - "Against My Window" (Dazed mix) - (7:14) 127 BPM
Perm - "VLIW" - (4:50) 144 BPM
CVBox - "Cat Cut Claps" - (6:01) 129 BPM
Dispo 5000 - "Klingenberg" - (5:16) 120 BPM Hot
Review: As you'd expect, there's plenty of treats to be found on the fifth colour-coded EP in Uncanny Valley's 50th release series. Iron Curtis steps up first with an enveloping and hypnotic chunk of deep house headiness ("Against My Window (Dazed Mix)", which boasts a particularly strong bassline), before Perm peppers a hybrid ghetto-house/electro beat with starry synth chords and pin-sharp TB-303 style acid lines on "VLIW". CVBox tiptoes the fine line between spaced-out deep house, acid and electro on the formidably fuzzy "Cat Cut Claps", while Dispo 5000 crafts a sturdy electro cut out of stabbing acid bass, ethereal new age chords and crunchy machine drums ("Klinkenberg").
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UV 0505
21 Feb 20
Deep House
15 Tracks From 2019
Various
Amrint Keen - "Transient Loss Of Response" - (6:07) 130 BPM
Sandrow M & Will Dubner - "Disco Schlamboni" - (6:58) 119 BPM
Jules Etienne - "Dude's Den" - (6:04) 114 BPM
The Golden Filter - "The Pull" - (7:06) 118 BPM
Charlotte Bendiks - "Pasco" - (7:21) 82 BPM
Credit 00 - "R You Ready 2 Jack" - (5:35) 127 BPM Hot
Ca$hminus - "No Satisfaction" (Credit 00 Molenbeek Bad Boy remix) - (5:52) 111 BPM
Westlake & Hayter - "Wolfenstein" - (4:58) 130 BPM
Albert Van Abbe - "Bloodhoney Triggerbee" - (7:13) 130 BPM
Perel - "Karlsson" - (7:01) 123 BPM
Jor-El - "Human Matrix" - (7:35) 128 BPM
Karima F - "Flaccid House" - (5:39) 126 BPM
GOTT - "En Blick Ufs Matterhorn" - (6:17) 120 BPM
Break SL - "Bye Bye 627" - (6:05) 122 BPM
Qnete - "In Transit" - (6:06) 125 BPM
Review: As the pleasingly matter-or-fact title makes clear, this compilation gathers together 15 of the standout tracks released by Dresden label Uncanny Valley in 2019. As you'd expect, it offers a tastily off-kilter collection of cuts that variously mix and match elements of deep house, cheery nu-disco, dub disco, acid-fired early morning anthems, saucer-eyed hardcore rave revivalism, superior tech-house and throbbing electro-disco, with the contributions from Credit OO, Jules Etienne, Perel, The Golden Filter, Jor-El and Break SL standing out. That said, all 15 tracks are superb and firmly focused on the dancefloor. In a word: essential.
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UV 2019
24 Jan 20
Deep House
Uncanny Valley 50 Blue
Credit 00 - "Mind Trip" - (4:51) 120 BPM Hot
Gnista - "Playtime Worktime" - (5:00) 136 BPM
AGB - "Brecht Hat Er" - (1:59) 122 BPM
Break SL - "Bye Bye 627" - (6:05) 122 BPM
Qnete - "In Transit" - (6:06) 125 BPM
Review: An enjoyable class of associated names and potential aliases make their way to the Dresden labels wholesome 50th release and brings with it a first sign of music from Break SL since 2014! Known for releases on Philpot before his time at UV, he delivers an uplifting number of pulsating arpeggios and ballroom synths. Credit 00 is on point as always throwing down a Detroit inspired number of laser synths, starry atmospheres and subby, acidic basslines. Qnete, still reeling from his 2018 LP on 777 Recordings, supplies a tripier, deep and subtle house number via "In Transit" while the still unknown Gnista and AGB serve up some traditional Deutsch EBM and dark electro between them both.
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UV 0502
13 Dec 19
Electro
EP
Total Kommander - (7:41) 113 BPM
En Blick Ufs Matterhorn - (6:17) 120 BPM Hot
Passion - (15:55) 120 BPM
Review: GOTT is a new collaboration between Uncanny Valley label owner Sneaker and Scannoir. It is also the German word for 'God'. Indeed on "Total Kommander", it sounds like the almighty has had a hand in the production, as an ominous, robust groove rolls menacingly and bleak, gloomy synths underpin a frazzled vocal sample. More indistinct mutterings are audible on the murky rhythm of "En Blick Ufs Matterhorn", where the pair use lo-fi blips and grainy synths to capture the listener's attention. Meanwhile, "Passion" is redolent of Hague-style mutant disco as the God-like duo deliver a pulsating groove tailored for blacked-out bunkers.
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UV 051
15 Nov 19
Electro
Uncanny Valley 50 Orange
Jor-El - "Human Matrix" - (7:35) 128 BPM
Karima F - "Flaccid House" - (5:39) 126 BPM Hot
Basic Soul Unit - "Grotto Bounce" - (5:20) 126 BPM
Christopher Rau - "Paradijs" - (5:23) 122 BPM
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UV 0504
03 Oct 19
Deep House
Karlsson
Karlsson - (7:01) 123 BPM Hot
Monteiro Da Costa - (7:29) 121 BPM
Karlsson (Bloody Mary Cat's On Acid remix) - (6:27) 126 BPM
Karlsson (Kim Ann Foxman remix) - (7:16) 126 BPM
Karlsson (radio edit) - (3:47) 123 BPM
Review: If your all-time favourite music was mostly made by Germans wearing too much blusher and leather jerkins with huge shoulderpads, then the 80s synth-pop/coldwave revivalism of 'Karlsson' will be right up your Strasse - it's even got one of those spoken/whispered German-language vocals, presumably from DNA fave Ms Fiedler herself. But for more contemporary pleasures head for the remixes: the Bloody Mary Cat's On Acid Mix is exactly the 303 bleep 'n' squelch fest you'd expect, while Kim Ann Foxman beefs up the 4/4s and adds some music box-like synth doodles of her own. The torch-y but upbeat 'Monteiro Da Costa', another 80s throwback, rounds out the package.
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UV 052
12 Jul 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
Deep In The Jungle
R You Ready 2 Jack - (5:35) 127 BPM Hot
True 2 The Gehm (2019 version) - (5:32) 120 BPM
The Garden - (5:11) 126 BPM
Deep In The Jungle - (5:46) 122 BPM
Review: It's time to dive back into the oldschool ways of breaks on this one as the Uncanny Valley Germany team team up with Credit 00 for a tasty slice of hardcore nostalgia throughout the 'Deep In The Jungle' project. We kick this one off with a look at 'R You Ready 2 Jack', a very crunchy rolling original, driven by its constantly evolving drum sections and hardcore inspired melodies. This is then followed by the moogy basslines of 'True 2 The Gehm (2019 version)', the bubbling arpeggiators of 'The Garden' and the colourful soundscapes of the title track 'Deep In The Jungle', closing off a wicked project with style.
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UV 053
12 Jun 19
Breakbeat
Uncanny Valley 50 RED
The Golden Filter - "The Pull" - (7:06) 118 BPM
Mayan Gold - "Komm Und Entspanne" - (6:07) 120 BPM
Charlotte Bendiks - "Pasco" - (7:21) 164 BPM Hot
Katrina Fairlee & Sneaker - "Oak" - (7:09) 116 BPM
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UV 0507
07 May 19
Techno
Uncanny Valley 50.1
Lauer - "Fanta Korn Tanker" - (5:23) 120 BPM Hot
James Booth - "Summer Interlude" - (6:21) 122 BPM
Sandrow M & Will Dubner - "Disco Schlamboni" - (6:58) 119 BPM
Jules Etienne - "Dude's Den" - (6:04) 114 BPM
Review: Dresden stable Uncanny Valley has decided to mark a half-century of releases by whacking out a series of celebratory EPs, of which this fabulous four-tracker is the first. Lauer steps up first with the sparkling, synth-driven Balearic house futurism of "Fanta Korn Tanker", before handing on the baton to James Booth and his gleeful, rush-inducing Balearic nu-disco workout "Summer Interlude", which is every bit as sun-kissed and life-affirming as the title suggests. Sandrow M and and Will Dubner join forces for the glassy-eyed synth-pop/nu-disco/deep house fusion of "Disco Schlamboni", while former CockTail D'Amore artist Jules Etienne steals the show via the percussive, deep disco warmth of "Dude's Den".
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UV 0501
25 Mar 19
Deep House
Transient Loss Of Response
Transient Loss Of Response - (6:07) 130 BPM
Maybe It Won't Be - (5:10) 126 BPM
Doozy Of A Day - (5:46) 130 BPM Hot
Crepuscular - (4:42) 130 BPM
Played by: ROTCIV
Review: Four tracks here that will appeal to the more adventurous deep house jocks as well as fans of more experimental sounds. The title cut is a breakbeat-led affair topped with lingering synth chords and augmented by a little 303 bass squelch, while 'Maybe It Won't Be' rides a stuttering bruk rhythm with more of those languid chords and what sounds like a Theremin. The EP's first straight-up 4/4s can be found on the faster-paced 'Doozy Of A Day', which sits somewhere between Heard/Damier-style US deepness and Detroit techno, and as such is probably the go-to for deep house floors, while more stuttering beats, warm chords and Spanish guitar frills make up closer 'Crepuscular'.
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UV 049
25 Feb 19
Deep House
13 Tracks From 2018
Various
Mr Incognito - "Macho Man" - (4:31) 141 BPM
Qnete - "Alone Together" - (6:31) 127 BPM
Amrint Keen - "Believe" - (6:02) 126 BPM
Credit 00 - "Hammers Jack Voices Wail" - (5:23) 123 BPM
Serial Error - "Drum Abuse (Vocal)" - (6:30) 120 BPM
Chino - "Kolaps" - (6:00) 120 BPM
Herzel - "Glowworms" - (5:40) 122 BPM
Leif Muller - "Wo Ist Meine PlayStation 4?" - (6:44) 129 BPM
Iron Curtis - "Sweet Romancer" - (6:57) 125 BPM Hot
Panthera Krause - "Heppy" - (7:04) 123 BPM
Cuthead - "Can't You See" - (4:59) 122 BPM
Planet Underground - "Elektromat" - (6:20) 125 BPM
A GOTT - "Sehnsucht" - (6:46) 120 BPM
Review: Uncanny Valley ends the year with a 13-track retrospective that sums up why it is such an idiosyncratic label. 13 Tracks moves in style from the bizarre acid beats of "Macho Man" by Mr Incognito and Amrint Keen's vaguely epic electro track "Believe" into more dance floor friendly tracks. These include the moody, atmospheric techno of Qnete's "Alone Together" and Chino's acid-heavy "Kolaps". In between these ends of the spectrum there are once-heard, never forgotten moments such as the vocal electro of Credit 00's amazing "Hammer Jack Voices Wall" and Serial Error's tribal house meets new beat track "Drum Abuse (Vocal)" - which both underline again what an idiosyncratic label that Uncanny Valley is.
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UV 2018
28 Dec 18
Electro
A  GOTT
Sehnsucht - (6:46) 120 BPM Hot
Die Nacht - (6:52) 113 BPM
Erstling - (12:40) 120 BPM
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UV 048
22 Oct 18
Electro
Forms EP
Forms - (5:31) 124 BPM
Glide - (6:14) 124 BPM Hot
Glowworms - (5:40) 122 BPM
TWO - (5:10) 125 BPM
Review: Herzel aka Aleksandar Grozdanovski has released before on labels like Hivern and Charlois, and now brings his expansive sound to Uncanny Valley. The title track is a filtered, stepper that rides hollowed out drums and a powerful wave of bass to create a gloomy mood. On "Glide", the mood is even darker and more tranced out, as the Macedonian producer lets fly with a pumping groove and epic synth hooks. Changing direction again, "Glowworms" revolves around a house groove and searing acid lines, while "TWO" sees Herzel strip away melodies to deliver a raw, gritty techno track that has echoes of Gesloten Cirkel.
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UV 046
17 Sep 18
Techno
Can't You See
Lunar Lander - (3:14) 113 BPM
Can't You See - (4:59) 122 BPM
Sweet - (5:42) 124 BPM Hot
Kimono - (1:01) 89 BPM
Tranquility Base - (2:58) 97 BPM
Mount Platti - (4:46) 121 BPM
Schlagzeug Fallt Die Treppe Runter - (4:57) 130 BPM
Too Dark To See Tomorrow - (1:53) 87 BPM
Review: Following a fine outing on Local Talk late last year, sample-digging beat-maker turned deep house don Cuthead returns to home city imprint Uncanny Valley. Can't You See sits somewhere between an expansive EP and a perfectly formed mini-album, offering up an octet of cuts that neatly summarizes his hybrid approach to music-making. That means a solid mixture of dusty, warm and rolling deep house shufflers (see the vibraphone-sporting "Mount Platti", Andres style jazziness of "Sweet" and rock solid "Can't You See") and blazed hip-hop instrumentals ("Kimono", "Tranquility Base", "Too Dark To See Tomorrow"), with the odd surprise thrown in (bass music-influenced opener "Lunar Lander" and the punk-funk-influenced 130BPM stomp of "Schlagzeug Fallt Die Treppe Runter").
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UV 047
28 May 18
Deep House
Sweet Romancer
Sweet Romancer - (6:57) 125 BPM Hot
Nixdorf Danse - (7:02) 126 BPM
Triroom - (7:41) 127 BPM
Take Me Home - (7:16) 126 BPM
Review: Confirmed label-hopper Iron Curtis last popped up on Uncanny Valley in 2015, contributing a fine cut to the Dresden imprint's fifth anniversary compilation. Here he finally unleashes his first EP for the imprint, serving up a predictably impressive four-track missive. He begins with the Larry Heard style deep, jacking grooves and ethereal synthesizer melodies of "Sweet Romancer", before upping the intensity of the beats on the drowsy pump of "Nixdorf Danse". Those looking for life-affirming release should check the rush-inducing dancefloor bliss of "Triroom", while closer "Take Me Home" is an altogether woozier, dreamier and more Balearic affair, with jangling guitars and cut-up vocal samples sashaying from the speakers.
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UV 045
09 Apr 18
Deep House
AK OK
Believe - (6:02) 126 BPM
Dancing In The Parking Lot - (6:47) 126 BPM Hot
Natural Homeostasis - (6:56) 126 BPM
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UV 044
19 Feb 18
Electro
All My Circuits Part I
Heppy - (7:04) 123 BPM Hot
Stomping Ground - (5:33) 123 BPM
Unraveled Dreaming - (7:53) 122 BPM
Le Phoque - (5:46) 124 BPM
Review: Leipzig based producer Robert Panthera Krause follows up some great releases in 2017 on labels such as Riotvan, Step and Lobster Theremin with his second outing on local imprint Uncanny Valley - which follows up his well received Umami EP in 2016. All My Circuits Part I features four sunny, dusty and irresistable excursions into the deep. Starting out with the sun-kissed and uplifting jam "Heppy" featuring some flamenco- ish guitars, dusty broken rhythms and lush hypnotic pads - this one ticks all the right boxes. Next up "Stomping Ground" goes for a more straight-up lo-fi deep house vibe, where vintage drum computers go face to face with a chunky acidic bassline and jacking vocals on this right party starter. Elsewhere, "Le Phoque" saves the best for last on this pumping deep house number featuring a hypnotic marimba melody and a stomping swing fuelled beat.
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UV 043
22 Jan 18
Funky/Club House
Son Of GX
Singlefinger Chord (original mix) - (5:14) 120 BPM
Cats On Organs - (5:41) 125 BPM
Son Of GX - (6:18) 123 BPM Hot
Fun Block - (5:34) 120 BPM
Singlefinger Chord (Jacques Renault remix) - (5:23) 120 BPM
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UV 042
30 Oct 17
Funky/Club House
Game Over
Level One - (2:29) 53 BPM
Game Over - (5:45) 101 BPM
Hit Fire To Respawn - (5:06) 69 BPM
Breakers Revenge (feat Sarah Stammburg & Max Rademann) - (5:49) 101 BPM Hot
Dance Dance Revolution - (5:54) 101 BPM
Odyssey - (3:15) 90 BPM
Insert Disk Two - (1:34) 60 BPM
One Zero One - (5:41) 61 BPM
King Of Monsters - (5:15) 80 BPM
Jungle Hunt - (5:05) 101 BPM
Quasar (live In Karl-Marx-Stadt) - (6:17) 101 BPM
The Last March - (3:00) 85 BPM
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UVLP 05
27 Mar 17
Experimental/Electronic
Break The Pattern
Level Msk - (6:47) 123 BPM
September Futuristic - (6:50) 132 BPM
Chords In Chorus - (5:45) 126 BPM
Pull Off - (4:19) 126 BPM Hot
Played by: ROTCIV, Ian Max Mauch
Review: For the first time in 2017, Martin Enke has decided to don the now familiar Lake People alias. Having built his reputation via a series of releases on Permanent Vacation - including 2015's solid full-length, Purposely Uncertain Field - Break The Pattern sees him transfer to Uncanny Valley. As you'd expect, there's much to enjoy throughout, from the rising and falling synths, shuffling drum machine beats and undulating acid lines of "September Futuristic", to the broken New Jersey house/Chicago acid fusion of "Chords In Chorus" and deep space shuffle of "Pull Off". Arguably best of all, though, is opener "Level Msk", a loose but floor-friendly workout full of restless organ riffs and early Orbital electronics.
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UV 041
27 Feb 17
Deep House
So Ist Es Im Nadelwald
Oberla 8 - (7:10) 111 BPM Hot
707 Dubbing - (5:44) 123 BPM
Iv Box - (1:30) 120 BPM
Stalking Club - (5:29) 121 BPM
CV Cat - (5:58) 127 BPM
Dr Wozu - (4:14) 85 BPM
CVBMX - (5:59) 126 BPM
SH7 SHT - (4:05) 100 BPM
Droid Cv2XX - (4:05) 129 BPM
Lackporling - (8:45) 127 BPM
New Oberla - (3:46) 165 BPM
Played by: Honey Soundsystem
Review: Translated into English, the title of this album is 'this is how it is in the pine forest'. Maybe Uncanny Valley artist CVBox is referring to his physical surroundings in rural Germany, or he could be describing the recording process behind his debut album. If we assume he means the latter, then the title is a smart if somewhat obtuse explanation. Tracks like "Oberla 8" and "707 Dubbing" start with powerful, dub bass before introducing a hail of acid bleeps, while on "Iv Box", there are no beats, but a frosty ambient cloak lifts to reveal hypnosis-inducing electronic tones. "CV Cat" sees the German producer move towards the detuned trance of Mathew Jonson, but even here the approach is like being in the middle of a pine forest - covered from floor to sky by layer upon layer of multi-coloured textures.
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UVLP 04
30 Jan 17
Techno
EP3
The Happening - (6:02) 118 BPM
Holiday - (5:38) 120 BPM Hot
Goodbye - (5:03) 120 BPM
Thru The Eye - (5:18) 110 BPM
Review: Dresden native Jacob Korn has clearly decided that quality is preferable to quantity. Since 2014, he's really cut back on the number of EPs he's put out, with this simply titled four-tracker being his first release of any description for 18 months. Predictably, he barely puts a foot wrong, moving from the chunky grooves, alien melodies, dusty musical touches and pulsing loops of "The Happening", to the low-slung, disco-flecked mid-tempo deep house bump of "Thru The Eye". Along the way, pay close attention to the choppy, post-Soundstream edit-house swing of "Holiday", and the soaring, near-symphonic disco-house heaviness of "Goodbye", which is arguably the EP's most bombastic moment.
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UV 039
19 Sep 16
Deep House
Return Of The Sample Jesus
Real Estate - (2:15) 101 BPM
Like - (4:23) 120 BPM
My Love For You - (2:16) 88 BPM
Harlem River Drive - (4:31) 120 BPM
Mitsubishi - (2:22) 111 BPM
We All Fly - (2:53) 85 BPM
Deep In My Soul - (4:27) 122 BPM Hot
Every Time - (3:03) 83 BPM
Der Antanztrick - (4:32) 120 BPM
Outro - (1:12) 85 BPM
Review: With tongue firmly in cheek, Dresden's Robert "Cuthead" Arnold delivers his fifth album, Return Of The Sample Jesus. Like his other full-length outings for hometown label Uncanny Valley, the set joins the dots between his hip-hop beat-making past - he's long been known as a wizard with an MPC - and the hazy, swinging, off-kilter deep house sound he's been exploring over recent years. Able to spot killer samples and work them into fine tracks, Arnold is equally as adept to dropping Dilla-ish beat-scapes, Madlib style jazz workouts, and Moodymann inspired 4/4 grooves. Throw in a sprinkling of smoother, dreamier, bass-heavy cuts, and you've got an entertaining and absorbing LP.
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UV 040
22 Aug 16
Deep House
Connection Lost Pt 2
Trying To Hide But Then I Cried - (7:28) 122 BPM
If You Were Here - (5:54) 122 BPM
Ukulele Groove - (7:22) 120 BPM Hot
No More Love To Follow (feat Matthew Morris) - (8:05) 90 BPM
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UV 038
20 Jun 16
Deep House
Tribal Rhythm Machine
TRM - (5:50) 122 BPM
Curse Of The Medusa - (7:16) 120 BPM Hot
Voodoo Soup - (6:08) 120 BPM
Snake Charmer - (6:09) 120 BPM
Review: The title of Alexander 'Credit 00' Dorn's latest release does him something of a disservice. While there is no doubt that the Uncanny Valley boss knows how to craft intoxicating rhythms, there is a lot more to his capabilities. "TRM" sees snappy drums and a tracky rhythm underpin swooning deep house synths, while on "Curse of the Medusa", an unnamed woman claims 'I gave you my heart' over hypnotic 90s techno filters. "Voodoo Soup", with its insistent kettle drums and dubbed out percussion, pushes the release towards the tool-style functionality, but as the bleep-heavy "Snake Charmer" demonstrates, it is clear that there is far more to this German producer than linear dance floor rhythms.
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UV 037
23 May 16
Deep House
Rivers Edge
Disaster - (7:24) 120 BPM Hot
Cash - (5:28) 125 BPM
Lifetime - (4:48) 116 BPM
Street - (2:52) 94 BPM
Never Look Back - (4:36) 120 BPM
Played by: Larse
Review: Over the past 12 months, Stefan "Chinaski" Haag has really hit his stride. First, there was a superb EP of rich, melodious, synthesizer-heavy compositions for Live At Robert Johnson, followed by a fine contribution to Uncanny Valley's fifth anniversary releases. Here he returns to the latter label with arguably his strongest collection to date. As usual, he fuses a variety of vintage influences - most obviously Italo-disco, early Chicago house, dreamy instrumental synth-pop and Detroit techno - to deliver hypnotic, life-affirming pieces with bristle with melodious intent. Highlights are plentiful, from the head-in-the-clouds bliss of pulsating opener "Disaster", and the John Carpenter creepiness of "Lifetime", to the Behaviour-era Pet Shop Boys melancholy of "Street" and "Never Look Back".
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UV 035
18 Apr 16
Deep House
Umami EP
Umami - (6:32) 120 BPM Hot
Howling For July - (6:38) 118 BPM
Z-Cuts - (6:25) 123 BPM
The Space Between Us - (7:42) 110 BPM
Review: It's some two years since Panthera Krause impressed with fine releases on Riotvan and Lobster Theremin. This time round, he's been tempted out of the wilderness by Dresden house misfits Uncanny Valley. In order to fit in with the label's anything-goes approach, the Leipzig-based producer has delivered a quartet of tracks that eccentrically blend a whirlwind of contrasting influences. There's the wonky, ultra-deep jazz-house drowsiness of "The Space Between Us", the punk-funk/dub disco/African thrills of "Howling For July", and the sweaty tech-jazz goes breakbeat madness of the superb "Z-Cuts". As for opener "Umami", it's a loose, rolling and deliciously positive slab of sublime deep house weirdness that benefits greatly for some heavy low-end pressure.
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UV 036
22 Feb 16
Deep House
Connection Lost Part 1
Connection Lost - (8:32) 122 BPM Hot
I Am Running All My Drum Machines At Once And Dancing - (5:09) 119 BPM
Don't Give Up On Love (feat Sigrid Elliott) - (7:00) 106 BPM
I Enjoy Myself While I Am Here - (5:49) 118 BPM
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UV 034
21 Dec 15
Deep House
Heart Remixes
22 Hours (The Persuader remix) - (6:22) 121 BPM
Everlasting (Dorisburg remix) - (8:36) 126 BPM Hot
Mecca - (7:57) 122 BPM
Mecca (Jorel's Magic Touch) - (9:54) 120 BPM
Played by: Dubfire
Review: Sweden's Joel Alter went solo from studio partner Henrik Jonsson and released the brilliant album entitled "Heart" earlier in 2015 and it now gets the remix treatment. Fellow Swede Jesper Dahlback aka The Persuader gives "22 Hours" a deep and tripping remix, but still keeps Luvinsky Atche's powerful vocals intact. More of Alter's homeboys represent, with Genius Of Time's Dorisburg delivering a dark and acidic remix of "Everlasting". An original version from the album appears; "Mecca" is a techno epic reminiscent of Carl Craig with its dark dramatic melody supported by thumping tom drums and suspenseful strings.
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UV 033
09 Nov 15
Funky/Club House
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