Jacob Korn

„You & Me“ Review on Resident Advisor

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If Workshop, Smallville and Dial are the wise, safe old hands of deep house, then Dresden’s Uncanny Valley are here to fuck shit up with some post punk attitude and sonic scuzz. At the heart of the label since day dot has been Jacob Korn, someone who has shied away from the genre’s usual trappings and instead favours a prickly pallet that takes cues from swathes of music well outside the usual electronic sphere. And that’s what seems to define his debut full length, You & Me. It feels thoroughly…read more

Interview for Teshno.com

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last week jacob korn was the first of dresden’s uncanny valley crew to release a full length album. you & me is a wholly non-standard house record, with varying moods from deep and dark to bright and industrial. no doubt in park to thank for it being such an undulating ride is that fact each track was made with a collaborator, from chris rau to cuthead via san soda and many more. korn’s fingerprints are still all over it, though the gauzy house aesthetics he’s honed on labels like running back, dolly…read more

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„You & Me“ Review of Little White Earbuds

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Jacob Korn, You & Me [Uncanny Valley] There’s a propensity for musicians to become ever more fiddly and experimental as their careers progress. It’s often irritating, but Jacob Korn’s recent experimentation with dance-floor motion sensors in the “search for an ideal format of a virtual environment” doesn’t reflect negatively on his ability to produce deep, powerful house music. His first album is a welcome thing, not least due to its simultaneously representing a milestone in the progression of Uncanny Valley, a fine label from Korn’s home city, which connects Dresden’s…read more

Uncanny House – Interview for RBMA

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  Jacob Korn has kept busy since his graduation from the 2007 Academy. After releasing singles with labels such as Running Back, Permanent Vacation and his own collaborative Uncanny Valley; winning Dresden’s Advancement Award Förderpreis; and operating kinetic technology workshops with children, today he releases his first album under his own name, titled You & Me. (You can stream the entire album viaResident Advisor.) Philip Sherburne gets the full story. As electronic dance music has metastasised recently, particularly in the United States, many have noted the irony that there seems very little actual dancing happening at the…read more

Elbe, Oper, Bassdrum (Feature aus De:Bug 163)

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Elbe, Oper, Bassdrum Das junge Label Uncanny Valley mischt Dresden auf (Foto: Robert Arnold) Vom Tal der Ahnungslosen zur dicken Stecknadel auf der internationalen Musiklandkarte: Obwohl Dresden eine amtliche Techno-Tradition hat, ist der jüngste Aufmerksamkeitsschub vor allem dem jungen Label Uncanny Valley zu verdanken. Wir haben Jacob Korn, Philipp Demankowski und den ganzen Rest der vielgesichtigen Clique in ihrer Stadt besucht, wo sie zwischen Szeneviertel und Industriegebiet für Alternativen zur harten Techno-Abfahrt und der Mainstream-Disco sorgen. “Szeneviertel Äußere Neustadt” preist ein Schild in Dresdens Fußgängerzone die Straßenzüge nördlich der Elbe…read more

DJ-Set at Beats In Space NYC

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  After playing in SF, at Mutek Montreal and New York City Jacob took the chance to stop by at the Beats In Space Radio show with Tim Sweeney. There’s a lot of new material in the mix including the title track of the forthcoming album and two new pieces forPermanent Vacation. Jacob speaks about his album and his actual projects.   Click the image or the LINK to head over to the BIS Radio website to download the recording. Beats in Space Radio Pt 1 with: Jacob Korn 1. J. M.F. (Jacob /…read more

Video-Feature from „Slices“ 01-12 is online

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„Dresden has quite a lot going thru it in terms of electronic music. In particular its the label Uncanny Valley that really sticks out from the pack. One of their most notable producers is the multi-media-artist Jacob Korn…“ Thx to the slices team for the nice interview. More Slices features: www.electronicbeats.net/tv/slices  

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