HCBX: Alright Jacob how the hell are you?
The Untitled: Hi! Going pretty good thank you
HCBX: For anyone who may be discovering you for the first time (surely not many people in that position reading this!) – who is The Untitled, and how did this project come into being?
The Untitled: My name is Jacob from The Netherlands, The Untitled is my artist name. I also did some projects under other names but The Untitled is the main.
My first release was on a American label called Blast Beat. This was a very extreme 800 bpm speedcore track together with Noisekick called 'Idols666' - I had to look it up on Discogs, this was 2006, when you think of it - 20 years ago! Insane! I love the review someone left there, sums it up very nice:
''If you want to educate someone about this kind of music make him listen this first - chances are he will either get a heart attack or choke with laughter.''
The track samples from a Dutch television show ''Idols'' where participants that usually couldn't sing aimed for their moment of fame. Resulting in funny and extreme speedcore track.
A period of Terror and Speedcore followed which slowly changed to acidcore nowadays. Doing multiple collaborations with Noisekick, ending up on numerous CDs and LPs. Gigs started also around that period in 2006.
Starting off in the local town, De Westereen with The Noise Area, loads of parties with Noisekick in Culemborg. Local parties in Quatrebas, Berlikum, Leeuwarden, Drachten, abroad in Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy, Finland, England and bigger events like Hellbound in Kardinge, Groningen and Masters Of Hardcore in Brabanthallen Den Bosch. Crazy places like clubhouse of motorcycle gangs, former German war headquarters, bunkers, illegal parties. I love a nice adventure.
HCBX: How did you first get into hardcore techno? Was there an artist or party that grabbed you attention? And has it always been the acid styles that roped you in?
The Untitled: Me as a kid you had the massive gabber hype here in Holland in the 90's, pretty sure I got a blow of the mill back then haha. Making cassettes tape copies (for fuck sake :D) of Thunderdome CDs etc, not long the first people get CD burners.
This was all usual hardcore stuff, not especially acid but I was always drawn to the old sounds even back then, exploring how hardcore music evolved from the very start.
HCBX: Who were your biggest influences in the early days, and what prompted you to decide to start producing your own music?
The Untitled: A friend of mine had a music program on their computer, it all started just as a joke. Noisekick was a big influence as he was local and his tracks contained also crazy funny samples.
Nowadays I am into the 90's acidcore sound, Lasse Steen and all his aliases is a huge influence.
HCBX: What gear do you use in your studio? And how has this evolved over time?
The Untitled: Nowadays I have a hardware setup with stuff like a TR909, two 303 clones, a small modular system as really the source of my sound and music.
Back then I always used Renoise computer based DAW.
HCBX: How do your tracks usually start – is it an acid line, a beat, or something else?
The Untitled: Usually when I enter a creative period a start with taking out the 909 or a 303 clone out of the studio and just sit at the kitchen table making good sounding but very minimalistic patterns over a few days.
Then its back to the small studio room and work everything out. Making numerous patterns and preparing an arrangement in my head how the track should be build up.
After some sessions of try outs, freaking the sound and building up and off the patterns I record the track live, changing patterns and sounds in one go.
All my acidcore releases are live recordings. Usually I leave all my equipment on in these days, as I'm afraid of losing specific sounds as it are always very small sweet spots that are very appealing, but also very practical reasons like losing connections with cable breaks or routing mistakes.
HCBX: What are your thoughts on the hardware versus software question in the creation process? The are a massive amount of software cloning machines these days.
The Untitled: For the sound I am after its more handy to just go with the equipment it was made with in the past, the source. Software is great you can do way more complex stuff, but for me its just the pleasure of playing the equipment and to get the fundamental sound just right, that's a journey that still continues and probably never stops and keeps evolving as long as I'm healthy myself.
HCBX: You run Uncompromising Analog Terror, easily one of the more unique labels on the go, and a favourite of mine. What pushed you to start the label?
The Untitled: The label started more of less a joke. My terror period pretty much ended with the digital releases of that time. There was not much fun for me in that without physical releases, so I started looking what sound I liked and still did vinyl.
I really like the tekno approach - its really about the music and not about the artist being adored on big stages.
Anyhow the first releases of UAT were a big Fuck You to everybody, smashing 4 minutes of live hardcore chaos on 7'' vinyl singles of 75 to 100 copies and try to sell them myself.
That evolved in a more serious acidcore sound with compilation records later on.
HCBX: How do you decide what fits the label? Is it difficult to keep the core sound of the label working with as many artists as you do?
The Untitled: I think the main thing I look for is the more classic acidcore sound, but also a pinch of other styles as well to keep it fresh.
The most important is the overall style of the record, the artists come second, there is not a fixed grid of artists.
HCBX: You have a new UAT record coming out soon - can you tell us about the release?
The Untitled: Yes after some years of silence we are going back to the roots, and coming this spring!
HCBX: Running a label comes with challenges (including the crazy costs of vinyl production) What’s been the hardest part of keeping UAT moving forward?
The Untitled: To be honest the hardest part of keeping UAT running is my personal life and goals coming in the way. Nowadays I'm working on setting up and building my own vinyl record plant, that's one of the reasons the label went a little quiet.
You can spend your time and money once and then it comes down to priorities. The vinyl plant is probably going to be one of the biggest projects of my life, and when that's running it will be much easier to release a record and keep on doing so.
The idea of the pressing plant is doing as much as I can on my own and starting it on a hobby basis. Not a start-up company style but dedication and perseverance of a hobbyist, or do I have to say passionist :D.
Some years ago already I came to a point in my life where you think, where do I want to go with my life? I want something of my own, and the pressing plant is a combination of my work as a factory operator and my passion for music.
I want to hold off investment loans as long as possible, so I started of with buying second hand equipment with savings from my job in shiftwork. Hydraulic presses, boiler, water treatment plant, extruder, moulds etc everything you would need and I can get my hands on.
Machines and parts from Belgium, South Germany, Czech and England. Fixing 40 year old machines back up, converting a press to an actual record press, fixing up a old barn on a farm to a decent commercial building.
Permits, currently in a whole trajectory of permits with the county. I want to set something up for the rest of my life.
HCBX: You mentioned that the set you sent for The Acid Hour is based on a live set you have been working on - tell me about playing live: Do you approach live sets differently from studio productions? What's the thinking behind it?
The Untitled: Yes my live sets are totally different from my studio sessions regarding work approach. I always look at it as a 'Best Of' of my current work, its about the party and enjoying playing it myself and for people to have a great time.
HCBX: Looking forward, what keeps you motivated to keep making and releasing music after all this time?
The Untitled: A natural urge and keeping myself healthy.
HCBX: What’s next for The Untitled and UAT?
The Untitled: For The Untitled there is a solo record coming up on a sublabel of Dutch Enfant Terrible called Freedom Club. That's going to be a massive record. And for UAT there is this new release in spring.
HCBX: Finally - massive thanks for the set it's a cracker! Anything else you want to get off your chest?
The Untitled: Take it easy buddy, I worked on this interview for 2-3 hours and you want even more?! hahaha - Jokes aside, Thank You sincerely.
Massive respect to Jacob for taking the time — and for the dedication not only to acidcore, but to vinyl culture as a whole. Keep an eye on Uncompromising Analog Terror this spring. The roots are calling.
Check out the UAT catalogue and some other The Untitled releases on Bandcamp - Music | UNCOMPROMISING ANALOG TERROR
Learn about the Vinyl Plant project here - (3) Instagram
The Acid Hour Vol 4 - The Untitled goes live on 7th March 2026 at 9pm UK GMT on both:
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