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Played by: Juno Recommends Electro
Review: UVMC05 follows releases from Uncanny Valley regulars Cuthead and Jacob Stoy. This latest EP is a split affair, divided between newcomers Luzyca Bambaataa and Graef. "Live In Nochten", Bambaata's contribution, is an analogue electro track. At its heart is a wiry, creaky rhythm and detuned tonal builds and drops. It's not an easy listen, but a still rewarding one nonetheless. Graef is responsible for the other tracks. "Haunting Voyage" is freeform techno, influenced by the same aesthetic as Bambaataa's track. In contrast, "Gaival" is a brooding, ebm-influenced stepper, with Graef "R0GU3 D3L4M41N" applying the same aesthetic to high-paced electro. "Solifuge" marks another departure, with dreamy synths unfolding over frenetic drums.
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UVMC 05
28 Jun 24
Electro
28 Jun 24
Electro
Played by: Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz
Review: If bruk beat, nu jazz and downtempo electronica from the more experimental side are what floats your boat, then you'll want to check for this new four-tracker from Dresden-based Moldovan producer Karvan de Robartosz, better known as Cuthead, which is brought to you by local label Uncanny Valley. 'Bonkers' is an aptly named cocktail of synth bleeps, random drum hits and sampled, foreign-language vox. 'Lisoleil' does the "poetry over lo-fi hip-hop beats" thing, 'Foxy' is a dusty, looping cut-up affair, and finally 'Outro' comes on like incidental music from a particularly moody sci-fi film.
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UV 0594
31 May 24
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
31 May 24
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz
Various
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
13 Dec 23
Techno
Played by: Juno Recommends Minimal Tech
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
07 May 21
Minimal/Tech House
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
31 Mar 21
Experimental/Electronic
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
05 Mar 21
Techno
Various
Played by: Juno Recommends Electro
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
30 Dec 20
Deep House
Various
Played by: Juno Recommends Electro
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
22 Dec 20
Electro
Various
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
24 Jan 20
Deep House
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
13 Dec 19
Electro
Played by: Juno Recommends Electro
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
15 Nov 19
Electro
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
12 Jul 19
Disco/Nu-Disco
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
12 Jun 19
Breakbeat
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
25 Mar 19
Deep House
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
25 Feb 19
Deep House
Played by: Girls Of The Internet
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
28 May 18
Deep House
Played by: Juno Recommends Deep House
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
09 Apr 18
Deep House
Played by: Juno Recommends Funky House
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
22 Jan 18
Funky/Club House
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
27 Feb 17
Deep House
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
30 Jan 17
Techno
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
19 Sep 16
Deep House
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
22 Aug 16
Deep House
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
23 May 16
Deep House
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
18 Apr 16
Deep House
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
22 Feb 16
Deep House
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
09 Nov 15
Funky/Club House
Review: When it came to celebrating their first five years, Uncanny Valley decided to do things differently. So, alongside a retrospective (Five Years On Parole - What Happened), they've delivered an EP of previously unheard material from the archives (Five Years On Parole - Gems From The Vaults), and this selection of brand new cuts. There's naturally much to enjoy, with Chinaski and Panthera Krause both delivering wonderfully deep and dreamy analogue house workouts. There's something particularly impressive about Derive's krautrock, Kraftwerk and proto-techno inspired contribution - think modular synthesizers and pulsing drum machine rhythms - while Iron Curtis' "En Suite" is a clandestine acid jacker build around ragged 303 lines, metronomic percussion and trippy synthesizer motifs.
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UV 030
12 Oct 15
Deep House
12 Oct 15
Deep House
Played by: YAM WHO?, Superbreak, Kisk, Nickelson, Mike O'Mara, Kiu D, Jad & The, Juno Recommends Deep House, Djs: Most Charted - Deep House, South Beach Recycling
Review: Uncanny Valley's split, multi-artist EPs are usually amongst their strongest releases, and Give N Take is no exception. Put together by Cuthead, it features tracks from three of his favourite producers, plus two of his own. Max Graef kicks things off with the sleepy deep house jazz of "Tittenkuschler", while Parisian S3A impresses with the rising disco samples, sturdy grooves and minor key flourishes of "Theuz Hamtaak". Moony Me's contribution, the flashing Chicago bass, woozy chords and choppy disco samples of "Magergarten", is also rather good. As for Cuthead's contributions, they're predictably strong, with the samba-goes-boompty shuffle of "Braziliance" just edging out the deep-off-kilter downtempo MPC jam "Oef Oef" in the "best track" stakes.
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UVGNT 01
13 Jul 15
Deep House
13 Jul 15
Deep House
Review: CVBox teams up with likeminded producer Micha Freier for a gorgeously seductive deep house release. Favouring an introspective sound, the duo conjure up the kind of fantastically melodic, intricate tracks that are usually the preserve of Detroit producers like Patrice Scott or Keith Worthy. "Blinking Lights" sets the tone wonderfully with its swirling chords and understated drums, while "Bad Gate Way" is underscored with a pulsing electronic bass. It's the most dance floor-focused moment on the release and soon enough, the pair are navigating their way back to more refined sounds courtesy of the subtle percussive ticks of "Playwatch" and the immersive icy ambience of "XOXO".
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UV 026
26 Jan 15
Techno
26 Jan 15
Techno
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.
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UV 023
15 Sep 14
Deep House
15 Sep 14
Deep House
