Besides his actual profession on the interface of audio, visual and dance Jacob Korn has also been producing electronic music for what seems like an eternity. Early in his career he combined Hip Hop and Techno with elements of Jazz and weird electronics under the moniker Granufunk. Under his civil name he is now focussing predominantly on classic but versatile Techno and House. After releases on Labels such as Running Back, Skylax or Permanent Vacation, a brilliant first release on Steffi’s Dolly Label (the highly acclaimed ‘Supakrank’) and of course Uncanny Valley he now belongs to the spearheads of the German house scene with his tracks and remixes as well as his live sets much in demand. He has played live pretty much everywhere: In the USA, in Chile or Japan, in European Techno strongholds such as London, Barcelona or Rome and of course in all the good clubs in Germany. After 2011 has already been heavy for Jacob with his summer tune “She”, 2012 was another special year. Uncanny Valley released his debut album “You & Me” and besides being a record full of collaborations, it was also the album of the year for many dance music lovers.

Releases & Appearance

VITA

1981
DIY guy born

1996
first Songs in FastTracker

2007
Red Bull Music Academy (Toronto)

2009
Dipl.-Ing. Media technology TU / Fraunhofer
Ilmenau (Karlheinz Brandenburg)

2012
Furtherance Art Award (City of Dresden)

2018-2021
Magix, Product Owner: SOUND FORGE & audio plugin team

2020
beta test/videos for Behringer (TD3/RD8)

2021-2025
studio headmaster/assistant to Carsten
Nicolai at academy of fine arts Dresden

EXPERTISE

Recording
Mixing
Remixing
Digitizing
Restauration
Archiving
Live FOH Sound
Acoustic measurements/treatment
Sound+Preset Design (Magix Plugins)
Sample Libs (Loopmasters, Magix)
Vinyl Mastering (www.tailout.de)
Vintage equipment repair & mods

MUSICPRODUCTIONS

since 2003 (see Appendix)
2 Albums
16 Singles
37 Remixes
134 Discogs Credits
25000+ Vinyls
3mio plays Spotify

PROJECTS since 2011

200+ live-gigs in clubs (Panorama Bar, Fabric) + festivals (Mutek, Son r, Melt)
100+ workshops, conferences, exhibitions, installations
3-3000 people in crowd
30 countries:
AMERICA
USA, CAN, CHI, URU,
ASIA
CHN, JPN, RUS (via Goethe Institute)
AUSTRALIA
EUROPE
BEL, BUL, DEN, GER, FRA, ISR, ITA, JOR,
CRO, NED, NOR, AUT, POL, ROU, SWE,
SUI, SLO, ESP, CZE, TUR, HUN, GBR, …

WWW.JACOBKORN.DE

knowledge resource for vintage gear
refurbishment, repair & modifications

KORN HARDCORE CUSTOMS MODS:

Roland: 101,303,505,606,707,808,909,
MKS7, MKS80, Juno 6, 60, 106, JX3P, JX8P
E-MU: Emulator II, SP12, EMAX 1+2
Behringer: TD3, VM1, VP1, CC300
Korg: Poly800, Polysix, Poly61, Volcas
Kawai: K3, SX240, Pearl DRX-1, Alesis HR16,
Yamaha CS80, Oberheim, Sequential
Solton Programmer 24, Pearl DRX1,
Logan, Vermona, TC, Boss, RFZ, LAWO
Lorenz, Yocto, STUDER A820…

 

SOFT SKILLS + TEACHING

15 years self employed:
project management,
marketing, social media,
accounting, tax etc.

interdisciplinary teamwork:
connecting engineers and artists

worldwide workshop lecturer:
500+ adults, students, pupils,
handicapped people, refugees

 

SOFTWARE

DAW user since late 90 s
(Fast Tracker), Buzz, CubaseVST, Logic5, Live3)
own prototypes for interactive performances/
installations (motiontracking, sensors, immersive…)
max/msp, major DAWs and plugins
jira, confluence, office, Adobe suite
AI-automations: make.com, n8n

 

PRODUCT MANAGER

MAGIX SOUND FORGE (ex Sony)
audio editor software since the
early days of digital audio.
challenging project (in dev & marketing)
having 30y old code base

AUDIO PLUGIN UNION team
built 20+ audio effect plugins using JUCE

MAGIX HOST PLUGINS

Involved in Research & Development:
concepting
mockups, UI feedback for designer
feedback for DSP programmer
preset design (500+ sounds)
testing (basic sikuli automation)
beta user communication
web video captures
web wording feedback