Jacob Korn

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 of which probably got as much play in Ibiza as they did in Berlin. It’s as if club music finally became so niched that the crowds once again yearned for collective experiences. Indeed, if Motor…read more

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 DJ sends shout-outs to „Dresden house heads“ alongside Motor City figures like Omar-S, Mike Huckaby and Detroit itself, repeatedly. Detroit, Detroit, Detroit: it’s easy to get hung up in hagiography, but when the homage is…read more