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".
Review: Jacob Stoy's 2012 debut, Redenswart, marked him out as a producer to watch - a maker of atmospheric, off-kilter deep house music that eschewed genre staples in favour of far more intriguing and left-of-centre sounds. This belated follow-up is similarly impressive, delivering six varied cuts to move the head and the feet. There's much to admire, from the woozy synths, cute melodies and soft focus beats of "HIM" and wonky, lo-fi electronica of "HHM", to the intoxicated, Stereolab-goes-deep house swing of "CCFM" and decidedly creepy "OGM". The latter is impressively melancholic, with long, bittersweet chords and relentless cymbals riding rolling kick-drums and winding electronics.
Review: Redenswart shows relative newcomer Jacob Stoy to be a producer with a keen ear for atmosphere, an eye for detail and a head full of ideas. The title track sets the tone, offering a powerfully melancholic stroll through deep dub house territory. There are twinkling melodies, too, but these play second fiddle to the impeccably atmospheric groove. "Hauswart" is a beautiful exercise in modern day ambience, while "Start" wisely puts a little more emphasis on positive chords and snappy drum machine beats. Best of all, though, is "Gegenwart", a wide-eyed fusion of wonky downtempo house, P-funk sassiness and fluid electronica. Very impressive, all told.
Review: By now, we've come to expect high quality from Dresden's Uncanny Valley imprint. This split EP, featuring four cuts from little-known names, predictably delivers more high-grade material. Sandrow M's intoxicating opener sounds like an organic, grown-up take on the Visionquest sound (and that's meant to be a compliment, incidentally), while Steve Kasper's "Unvexed Dub" has a delightfully dubby, late night feel - think echo-laden melodies, chunky percussion and locked-in repetition. Sherbe's "Kill Bill$" is pleasantly offbeat - all slo-mo grooves, percussive changes and odd synth loops - while Jacob Stoy's "S51" gloriously sits between ultra-deep house, 90s ambient and skittering IDM. While the least 'floor-friendly' of the lot, it's probably the EP's stand out moment.
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