Little White Earbuds Podcast 79: Jacob Korn
Here is a podcast and an interview for “Little White Earbuds” Ever since Jacob Korn’s scorching debut on Running Back, where his “I Like The Sun (But Not On LCD’s)” burned his name into minds like the aforementioned celestial sphere into retinas, he’s steadily been adding to his impressive discography, notching up releases for Permanent...
Labels to Watch 2011: Uncanny Valley (Beatportal/Beatport)
Detroit has had plenty of unofficial sister cities over the years: back in the ‘90s, Detroit and Berlin famously fused a “techno alliance,” as the title of an early Tresor compilation put it, and in more recent years, Amsterdam has kept flying the flag for Motor City soul. Still, Jacob Korn’s recent track “Dance Away”...
uncanny-valley-002 review on “littlewhiteearbuds.com”
[Uncanny Valley] (buy vinyl) (buy mp3s) In the argot of robotics, the “uncanny valley” is the point at which an object meant to appear human becomes unsettling to an actual human. I believe music encounters its own uncanny valleys — the points at which a song sounds too reminiscent of that which came before it and...
Deep in Dresden – Interview on Zero”
Jacob Korn is Germany’s great new house music hope, combining sophistication and rawness in his productions for labels like Running Back and Dolly. We talk to the up and coming producer about his music, his background in media art, and Dresden’s new Uncanny Valley imprint. Over the past few years small but highly noteworthy scenes...
2010 BLOGGING Wrap Up
This is a collection of some 2010 blog-posts and nice words…enjoy! About that sun What is it with Jacob Korn and the sun? Perhaps he fels deprived of his hours of sun during the sommertime, something that most of us northern europeans could relate to. Although it’s tough to recreate on record, it’s worth a shot....
Jacob Korn – Sundaysun in Top 31 of 2010 from Zero”
It is this special time of the year again: We will be counting down the days to 2011 with our favourite tracks of 2010, giving them away for free every day during December! Our selection will include some of the defining tracks of 2010, from some of the biggest names and some of the hottest...
featured in Top 50 Tracks of 2010 on Resident Advisor
RA winds up its year-end polls with the staff’s take on the top tunes of the year. One thing you probably didn’t see coming in 2010: the glorious return of the anthem. Unlike last year, when ultra-subtle tracks like STL’s “Silent State” made the top 5, 2010′s top 50 is packed with unapologetically catchy bangers, most...
Review of “Uncanny Valley 02″ on Resident Advisor
With Uncanny Valley’s second release, the label’s name makes perfect sense: this crew of musicians from the Dresden Elbe Valley has a truly uncanny knack for the particulars of American house. You could figure that much out even without Kelli Hand’s guest vocal on Jacob Korn’s “Dance Away,” in which the veteran Detroit producer and...
Uncanny Valley 002 out now
New 12″ Various Artists – Uncanny Valley 002 Uncanny Valley entered the secene with a bang… and here they continue with an even bigger release! Jacob Korn ft Kelli Hand delivers a massive track… seriously!! C-beams (a collab between Break SL and Sandrow M), Credit 00 and Cuthead might not ring a bell… but they...
“Sundaysun/Sand” Review on Juno
Jacob Korn again brings the fruits of his audio-visual experiments to bear on Panorama Bar Steffi’s label. Korn, who is an artist in residence at Dresden’s Transmedia Lab, focuses his work there on the interaction between the audience and the performer, and as “Sundaysun” shows, the results are characterised by contrasts. This is especially audible...
Sundaysun/Sand-Review on RA
I must admit I didn’t really get Jacob Korn at first. His debut 12-inch on Running Back, for instance, bore grizzly beats and melodies that seemed haphazardly slapdash given their prominence. What I failed to realise at the time was that Korn was peddling music from a new scale that brought with it a new...
Mano Le Tough – “Baby, Let’s Love” Review on Little White Earbuds
[Dirt Crew Recordings] (buy vinyl) (buy mp3s) Irishman Niall Mannion has charted a rapid ascension under his Mano Le Tough moniker, immediately impressing with his lovingly concocted blend of house, disco and techno on labels like District of Corruption, Mirau and Internasjonal. Adding Dirt Crew Recordings to that list with his Baby, Let’s Love 12 inch,...
