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OTCR 015LP
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Danish producer Uffe presents his innovative third LP Words And Endings, which further explores the boundaries between post-punk, dub, UK bass hybrids, and spiritual and free jazz. His first full-length outing on genre-breaking London imprint On The Corner Records, Uffe utilizes the techniques that have long fueled his reputation as a purveyor of off-beat sonic fusions and delivers a diverse trip that leans into unusual territory with thrilling and unpredictable results. Words And Endings is his most conceptually complete album yet. It comes off of what he describes as "a rollercoaster ride", an emotionally charged two-year period that in his words was "hectic, fantastic, destructive and wonderful." Due to his bipolar disorder, he holds himself to hitting a high level of productivity in order to avoid self-medicating and destructive behaviors. The LPs roots can be traced to one such prolific cycle that was marked by frustration with the creative process and his artistic direction, with the result being a self-released LP which was intended to signal the end of the Uffe project. The LP caught the attention of label boss Pete On the Corner, who convinced Uffe to re-approach the works whilst exploring other experiments and unfinished material from the project. The attention towards the edges refocused the producer and the label-to-artist relationship gave him the most creative freedom he's had to date. This spurred Uffe's step into a new phase and the creation of Words And Endings. For fans of: Adrian Sherwood, Ricardo Villalobos, Massive Attack, Sly & Robbie.
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2LP +7"
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TARTALB 006LP
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2016 release. Danish producer Uffe Christensen returns to Tartelet Records with his second album No!, a deeply personal LP to follow 2015's debut Radio Days. Every bit as abundant as his first, it's a record that scales polyrhythmic percussion, improvised jazz, and billowing ballads. This, that and so much more, it's a triumph of one man's instinctive ear -- and should be consumed in one sitting. A year after his dynamic debut Radio Days, Uffe resurfaces on Tartelet with a record cut in the same spirit as the last: a borderless approach to music-making with organic instrumentation at its heart. Genres collide peaceably -- off-beat soul with jazz, hip-hop with the heft of house -- and are melded smooth with an earthy warmth. Like nearly all at camp Tartelet, he's a producer who is more interested in cutting loose than playing to the tune of dominant modes in dance music. Uffe has all of the intuition of the self-taught instrumentalist, following his ear into unexpected rhythmic and tonal combinations. It's what gives the album its urgent appeal: the sound of tentative experiments being made live; of sequences improvised amongst friends. Far from a churn of simple floor fodder, the album is a journey through a consummate narrative. Shy guitar interlude "Fridge Magnet Radio Theme" feels its way out of the warbling in jazz breakdown in "Lesser-Known Values". "The Fact", an unexpected vocal ballad, follows the broken beat of "Solo, So Loud". With the record's pleading closer "From Me", it's a story with a start, middle, and end. A long-player as long-players should be. As Tartelet continue their run of consistently solid EPs and 12"s, it's still these album moments that remain the best gateways into the label's distinctive sound. Alongside Max Graef's debut Rivers Of The Red Planet (TARTALB 003LP, 2014) and Glenn Astro's Throwback (TARTALB 005LP, 2015), Uffe's No! is a mirror to the Tartelet spirit and sits amongst the imprint's best. Bonus 7" includes two dubs.
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PETS 032EP
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Pets Recordings presents a 12" of unique experimental compositions from Uffe. "All I Did" swells with Uffe's intriguing vocals, loaded with effects, before a classic 4x4 kick becomes the beating heart of the track. Jon Convex takes charge of the remix, allowing the beat to thump harder. "Pretending" draws listeners in with a clunky percussion line before Uffe's skillful vocal-twisting, Acid Pauli takes "Pretending" to more playful territories, while by contrast, "Valentine's Card" sighs with whispered lyrics over funky string plucks and a gentle maraca shuffle.
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PETS 020EP
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This is the debut EP from new Copenhagen-based artist, Uffe. This 12" contains two vinyl-only tracks.
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