us001 · 2001
Dalezy Face On Mars EP
Tracklist
- 01Face On Mars
- 02Superdunkelkammermusik
- 03Apparently Infinite
- 04Void Destruct
01 / About
Underscan Records was founded in Berlin in 2001 by Mark Wagner and Ralf Pytlik — the duo also recording as Menu:Exit — to give new, unheard music a platform. Most of its artists were found on the early internet: Dalezy and Bogger from Berlin, Gram and Onethema from London, Somshit and Lambent from Japan, Rod from Dublin, alongside established figures such as Scanner and Raster-Noton co-founder Frank Bretschneider.
The catalogue moved between electronica, IDM, breaks, downtempo, chip-tunes and abstract hip-hop — mostly pressed as limited vinyl runs of 300 to 500 copies, distributed worldwide through Possible Music, Cargo and p*dis, and closed in 2009 with a digital remix album.
The label is no longer active and will not be continued. This page documents the complete catalogue.
02 / Catalogue
us002 · 2001
Menu:Exit Profiles EP
Tracklist
- 01Selection Backspace
- 02Segment Replace
- 03Timelock
- 04Human Randomize
- 05Set Locator
us003 · 2001
Gram Simple Funk EP
Tracklist
- 01Incest Intro
- 02Simple Funk
- 03Ah Yeah
- 04Pussy Jazz
- 05A Strange Feeling Of Fulfillment
us10.01 · 2002
Scanner Lost Without Light EP
Tracklist
- 01Canton Lathe
- 02Forget Me
- 03Backwood
us004 · 2003
Somshit Paster LP
Tracklist
- 01Brewed
- 02Dance (Off)
- 03Illposed Problem
- 04Shoe
- 05Suck Method O
- 06North
- 07Cup
- 08Gleam
- 09Gingerale Rain
- 10Rootenfunk
us10.02 · 2003
Frank Bretschneider Party Of Two Parts EP
Tracklist
- 01Party Of Two Parts
- 02And It Comes Out Here
- 03Expecting Someone Taller
us005 · 2004
Menu:Exit Vool EP
Tracklist
- 01Vool
- 02Cherlisc
- 03Iyf
- 04Linger
us006 · 2004
Onethema Sticks For Bits EP
Tracklist
- 01Route-Veen 26
- 02Rutaceae
- 03Windon
- 04Splanchnic
us007 · 2005
Rod All My Love EP
Tracklist
- 01All My Love
- 02All My Lovers (Rmx)
- 03Kalico
- 04Nova Scotia
us008 · 2005
Various Artists NOW 01
Tracklist
- A1Funckarma — Brim
- A2Gram — Keep Your Head Above Water
- B1Somshit — Elz Zupper
- B2Pytlik — Atmachb
us009 · 2005
Various Artists NOW 02
Tracklist
- A1Scanner — Interreum
- A2Onethema — Monocarpic
- B1Quench — Slick
- B2Rod — Santa's Factory
us010 · 2005
Various Artists NOW 03
Tracklist
- A1Bogger — Honz
- A2Dalezy — Silkweed
- A3F. Bretschneider — Polaris
- B1Everest — Separate Room
- B2Menu:Exit — Querverweis
us011 · 2006
Various Artists NOW 04
Tracklist
- A1Slemper — Dusdatikaf
- A2Lambent — Kaudyoe
- B13tronik — Verwirrung
- B2Fibla — International
us012 · 2008
Various Artists NOW
Tracklist
- 01Funckarma — Brim
- 02Somshit — Elz Zupper
- 033tronik — Verwirrung
- 04Dalezy — Silkweed
- 05Quench — Slick
- 06Slemper — Dusdatikaf
- 07Bogger — Honz
- 08Onethema — Monocarpic
- 09Everest — Separate Room
- 10Menu:Exit — Querverweis
- 11Lambent — Kaudyoe
- 12Fibla — International
- 13Gram — Keep Your Head Above Water
- 14Frank Bretschneider — Polaris
- 15Pytlik — Atmachb
- 16Scanner — Interreum
us013 · 2009
Various Artists NOW Remixed
Tracklist
- 01Honz (Team Doyobi Repass)
- 02Atmachb (Tammetõru Rmx)
- 03International (Bovaflux Rmx)
- 04Interreum (E.Stonji Rmx)
- 05Monocarpic (Nukua Rmx)
- 06Dusdatikaf (Hungryghost Rmx)
- 07Querverweis (Dalezy Rmx)
- 08Polaris (Hecq Rmx)
03 / The NOW Series
The second half of the catalogue was built around one idea: NOW — four 12" compilations released 2005–2006, collected on CD in 2008 and reworked by remixers including Team Doyobi, Hecq, E.Stonji and Bovaflux for the label's final release in 2009. "NOW is never what it seems and always under change."