Uncanny Valley Podcast

Hey Kristoffer, could you please introduce yourself to our listeners? Moin! I’m a music journalist who usually is never short on words except when he has to say something about and for himself. I’m involved with the ANTIME label based in Berlin and occasionally put on records if someone feels generous enough to ask me to do that for them. I’m also really into cooking soups lately. What’s the idea behind your mix and how did you approach that concept? I wouldn’t consider myself a DJ and I don’t even have two turntables at home, which is utterly ridiculous taking into account the size of my record collection. So what I’m doing is that I basically glue recordings together in Audacity. If you haven’t stopped reading already, I actually do have a few things to say about this mix. 2017 has been a very disappointing year for me when it came to dance music. Hence, I found myself exploring music that I thought was fresh and somewhat different. Ironically though, that only meant that I bought a lot of old music (re-)presented to me by Western people or conceptual music: Jon Hassell reissues, Fourth World Music compilations put together by […]

As 2017 was another strong year for Electronic music with a strong focus on the Ambient side of things , @philipp-demankowski picked up the thread from 2014’s and last year's “Merry Ambient Christmas Special”. He compiled some of the most exiting sonic adventures in Experimental world with new music and some almost forgotten but now re-released Ambient classics. Including a glimpse at shtum’s 2018 release schedule. Anyway, have a merry Christmas everybody!

Tracklist

1. Pauline Anna Strom - Cruising Altitude 36,000 Feet [Rvng Intl.]

2. Qnete – Stomach [forthcoming 777]

3. Pauline Anna Strom - Energies [Rvng Intl.]

4. S.O.N.S - Yamanote Underground Beach [S.O.N.S]

5. X.Y.R. - False Angel Lullaby [Not Not Fun]

6. Umfang - Path [Technicolour]

7. Blind Observatory - Yonder [Gravitational]

8. Leif Müller - Unreleased

9. Leibniz - Unreleased

10. Kutmah - Healing [Big Dada]

11. Fernando Falcão - Amanhecer Tabajara (À Alceu Valença) [Music From Memory]

12. Gigi Masin - La Giara Di Gesturi [Modern Classics]

13. Visible Cloaks - Wheel [Rvng Intl.]

14. Akis - Erotica [Into The Light]

15. Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Echoing Green [Mexican Summer]

16. Krikor Kouchian - Armas Y Heroina [L.I.E.S.]

17. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - In The World [Western Vinyl]

18. Kastrierte Philosophen - Heroina [Emotional Rescure

19. Midori Takada - Mr. Henri Rousseau's Dream [We Release Whatever The Fuck We Want]

UV Funk is a radio show which is broadcasted every third Friday from 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm on Dresden based community radio station coloRadio. Radio listeners in Dresden can tune in to the program on 98,3 or 99,4 MHz. Any other listeners can recall it here. The show is hosted by @philipp-demankowski. It’s all about stories, interviews and tracks out of the world of Cosmic Electronic Music.

The show was aired on 15th December 2017.

Could you please introduce yourself to our listeners? I make and play music as Gramrcy. It’s not my real name, but it’s not far off. What’s the idea behind your mix? I really enjoy playing music that’s all about momentum and energy – that’s what excites me. Hopefully that can be heard and felt in this mix. How did you approach that concept? How it works at the moment is I’ll put together a playlist in iTunes made up of things I’ve bought or been sent digitally and records I’ve ripped. I’ll shuffle those around until an order starts to take shape. From there it’s a process of playing around on the turntables, adding and/or removing tracks and trying out different approaches until i’m happy. Then i’ll do a live recording and hope for the best. When and where did you start djing and producing and how has it evolved over the time? I started DJing while at university in Bath, playing fairly questionable dance music on a cracked copy of Ableton and a broken midi controller. Since figuring out how to beatmatch during a summer break I’ve moved onto playing what I hope are less questionable records. I started producing […]

Tracklist and Interview over here: http://bit.ly/uvpod051

It's anniversary time, and there's something special for it: Dr. Nepp from Leipzig is a good friend of Philipp's, who has an amazing music collection from all over the world. For the 50th UV Funk show, he has rummaged through his boxes of disco-like music from India and Pakistan, and put together a wonderful mix that gives us an impression of how Indian and Pakistani musicians have created an opulent oeuvre with only a few elements such as a drum machine and individual strings. Under a mountain of hard to reach stuff, he has fished out some pearls that everyone should have heard.

Tracklist

Interview

1 S. Janaki - Ezhupaalam Kadamnu

2. Vijaya Anand - Prema Rudaayade

3. Govind Naresh - Dance Music

4. Ilaiyaraaja - Pattu Engey

5. Vijaya Anand - Neeve Nanna

6. Gautam Dasgupta - Duniya Mano

7. Bappi Lahiri - Mausam Hai Gaane Ka

8. Kishore Kumar - Aaya Sanam Aaya Deewana Tera

9. Kishore Kumar - Hum To Aap Ke Deewane Hein

10. Asha Bhosle - Pass Aao Na

11. Laxmikant Pyarelal - Bekaraar Bekaraar

12. Usha Uthup - Main Gul Badan

13. Ilaiyaraaja - Pavala Malligai

14. Ilaiyaraaja - Poongatre

15. Ilaiyaraaja - Chittu Kuruvi

16. Ilaiyaraaja - Mancha Podi

17. K.S. Chitra - Hey Maina

18. Kalyanji Anandji - Theme from Don

19. Sapan Jagmohan - Sote Sote Adhi Raat

20. M. Ashraf - Instrumental Sound of Wonder

21. Tafo, Nahid Akthar - Zambo Zambo

22. Sohail Rana - Harvest Time

UV Funk is a radio show which is broadcasted every third Friday from 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm on Dresden based community radio station coloRadio. Radio listeners in Dresden can tune in to the program on 98,3 or 99,4 MHz. Any other listeners can recall it here. The show is hosted by @philipp-demankowski. It’s all about stories, interviews and tracks out of the world of Cosmic Electronic Music.

The show was aired on 15th September of 2017

Nobody will doubt that New York and London are two of the most prolific examples when it comes to the impact that urban cultures have on Pop music’s history. Whether it’s Hip Hop, Disco or No Wave on one side of the ocean or Dub/Reggae, Punkrock or Calypso on the other side, people from various cultural backgrounds helped to shape the profile of the cities. For the latest UV Funk show @philipp-demankowski wrote a musical love letter to the sound of now and yesterday in both cities.

Side A: NYC

1. Klein & M.B.O. – The Big Apple

2. Bogdan Irkük a.k.a. Bulgari – When I Dream Of New York

3. Miroslav Vitous – New York City

4. Tony Wilson - New York City Life

5. Karoll - Banana Split in New York

6. Patty Pravo - New York

7. Steve Reich - New York Counterpoint (Part I)

8. Spyder D – Big Apple Rappin’ (National Rappin’ Anthem)

9. Implog – Hollund Tunnel Drive

10. NYC Peech Boys – Life Is Something Special

Side B: LDN

11. Cornershop – The London Radar

12. Chloe Poems – London Is Paranoid

13. LDN is a Victim – LDN is a victim

14. Pulp – Mile End

15. Wbeeza – London My Home

16. London Punkharmonic Orchestra – Sheena Is A Punkrocker

17. Lord Kitchener – London Is The Place For Me

18. Light Of The World - London Town '85 (12'' Version)

19. Peter Tosh - Buk-In-Hamm Palace

UV Funk is a radio show which is broadcasted every third Friday from 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm on Dresden based community radio station coloRadio. Radio listeners in Dresden can tune in to the program on 98,3 or 99,4 MHz. Any other listeners can recall it here. The show is hosted by @philipp-demankowski. It’s all about stories, interviews and tracks out of the world of Cosmic Electronic Music.

The show was aired on 18th August of 2017

Welcome to the 50th episode of our podcast series. We celebrate this anniversary with a contribution by Basco aka Sascha Uhlig. Sascha is journalist, radio host, record collector, deck shark, video-game-music-expert, skater and simply a very music dedicated person. He was one of the first people outside of Dresden giving us some recognition and supporting our cause when he wrote articles, interviews or hosted radio shows and podcasts with our crew. Thank you for being a good company in the last 7 years

UV Podcast 050 by @Basco

Welcome to the 50th episode of our podcast series. We celebrate this anniversary with a contribution by Basco aka Sascha Uhlig. Sascha is journalist, radio host, record collector, deck shark, video-game-music-expert, skater and simply a very music dedicated person. He was one of the first people outside of Dresden giving us some recognition and supporting our cause when he wrote articles, interviews or hosted radio shows and podcasts with our crew.

Thank you for being a good company in the last 7 years :-)

Check out his music blog: http://www.drift-ashore.de

When the sun comes up over Dresden, one man is already on his bike riding to one to three flea markets to check out if there are some precious little vinyl diamonds. This man could be @cover-1, one of the most diligent diggers and DJs in the city. Over the years he made a name for himself for playing soulful Disco und House music that you should know but won’t even heard of before. When he is on holidays he tends to go to countries in which those unsung musical heroes were or are located. For instance, the islands of the West Indies to whose varied Soca, Disco and Funk scene he established a longtime love affair. At least, you can hear that in every note in his mix for UV Funk. Thanks, Cover!

UV Funk is a radio show which is broadcasted every third Friday from 9:30 pm to 11:00 pm on Dresden based community radio station coloRadio. Radio listeners in Dresden can tune in to the program on 98,3 or 99,4 MHz. Any other listeners can recall it here. The show is hosted by @philipp-demankowski. It’s all about stories, interviews and tracks out of the world of Cosmic Electronic Music.

The show was aired on 19th of May 2017.

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Tracklist: http://bit.ly/annaadams