LITIA-LOE – Life Love Dance [LER1032/MS09]

April 25, 2023April 24, 2023 hipodromealbum, chicago house, facade records, grant rogers, left ear records, leon williams, litia-loe, mixed signals, re-release, reissue, simeon rogersLeave a comment

Left Ear Records and Mixed Signals team up again to refresh LITIA=LOE’s mid-90s album “Life Love Dance”. On this timeless release, the group channel the golden age of Nu Groove, foundational Warp releases, and the Ibiza days of New Order, all rooted in a uniquely Chicago sound. Five years after their EBM-tinged cerebral house anthem “Each Dawn Every Dawn”, the Litia~Loe (Life In The Insane Asylum = Life On Earth) crew dropped a lush album of wider proportion — six songs that feel more mature, more confident. Yet, despite this cultivated style, they continue to maintain the distinctive jest of their first outing. Grant, Leon, and Simeon’s new approach was more exploratory, traversing adventurous channels of pop, wave, IDM, and house. Not only are the songs more varied, but the growth of the trio’s technical skills are apparent. These songs feel more considered, like they have been refined over time, given just the right amount of polish without losing the ecstatic rawness that gives them breath and bounce. Life Love Dance captures the sound of primetime Chicago melodic house music, but offers something more expansive. Uninhibited by the borders of genre, the trio took a more inclusive approach to their music, which catalyzed in a playful and peerless production style which makes their work stand out from the droves of generic dance records from that era.

Too Smooth Christ – Monodimensional EP [PARTOUT10.01]

April 25, 2023April 24, 2023 hipodromechristoph le gall, deep house, house, partout, too smooth christLeave a comment

To celebrate the 5th anniversary of the label, Partout starts the Paris series with an ep of 4 tracks produced by the Too Smooth Christ

ADN’ Ckrystall – Frankraut [MMS606]

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 hipodromeadn' ckrystall, album, krautrock, macadam mambo, minimal synth, re-release, reissue, synth waveLeave a comment

French electronic pionner, ADN’ Ckrystall, became a legend in the Minimal-Synth scene when his first album “Jazz’Mad” (from 1982) was rediscovered and re-edited via the two biggest labels in the genre : Minimal Wave (circa 2005) and Dark Entries (circa 2012). Following this new interest, a bunch of unreleased materials reappeared and went out mostly directly through Erick (ADN)’s control, under compilations, coffrets (V.O.D.) or albums that never had the chance to come out before… But one piece was still missing, the album just following “Jazz’Mad” called “Frankraut” and here comes the story… During the covid year of 2021, Erick finally found the tapes forgotten somewhere at his parents house since 1984. After relistening to it he decided to bring them back to life. “Frankraut” was a project born from the reflexion about the concept of marrying (and not the opposite) the romantico-poetico side : naive melodies flirting with research and experimentations in the electronic music “à la française” like illustration, “bilbliothèque sonore” (library) or music for film… and the cold, mechanic, motorik, hypnotic, psychedelic free explosive and creative side of the Krautrock.

Al Wootton – Vitus [OMDD049]

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 hipodromeal wootton, disco, house, optimo musicLeave a comment

Optimo Music Digital Danceforce 49 comes with two thunderous discoid dub tracks from Al Wootton.

Intension – Tragic Revolution (Lennart Edit) [FREE DOWNLOAD]

April 24, 2023December 7, 2023 hipodromedisco, edits, free download, free tracks, house, intension, lennart, new beat, slow motion - a ufo, slow motion recordsLeave a comment

Tragic Revolution, a New Beat track from 1988, gets an uptempo edit by Lennart. The catchy melodies and dark vocoder voices caught his attention and inspired him to give this song a new twist. Lennart is a 25-year-old producer and DJ from The Netherlands who started working at Slow Motion at the beginning of 2021. This edit was made in the summer of 2021 in the studios of Sameheads in Berlin.

Scotch Rolex & Shackleton – Death By Tickling [ST1]

April 23, 2023April 21, 2023 hipodromealbum, ambient, downbeat, experimental, scotch rolex, shackleton, silver tripletLeave a comment

New imprint Silver Triplet enters the world with a rocket of a collaborative album from two of electronic music’s most free-spirited mavericks. Combining the surrealist punk ethos of Scotch Rolex and the bass heavy psychedelia of Shackleton, Death by Tickling is ten tracks full of wild and unpredictable changes, incorporating odd time signatures, cosmic synth freak outs and dubbed out space vibrations. At times the album lulls the listener into a zoned out trance whilst at other times it startles with its ferocity, Death by Tickling has the whole range in its Helter Skelter approach.

DYL – Fjord [NOUS031]

April 23, 2023April 21, 2023 hipodromeambient techno, deep techno, dyl, eduard costea, nous'klaer audio, romanianLeave a comment

Eduard Costea aka DYL is a Romania-based (born in Deva & living in Cluj-Napoca) experimental producer. He lands on Nous’klaer with Fjord: a deep dive that starts out soothing and gets deceptively heavy and hypnotic as you swim further offshore – filled with immense echoes that can feel eerie and comforting all at once.

Immediate Proximity – IMPROX 1 [IMPROX1]

April 23, 2023April 21, 2023 hipodromeambient techno, delta funktionen, diana napirelly, electro, experimental, immediate proximity, improx, niels luinenburg, radio matrixLeave a comment

Futuristic electronics by Niels Luinenburg (Delta Funktionen) under his new guise Immediate Proximity – in collab with Diana Napirelly. Ambient, Bass, Electro and Techno are the main identifiers for their output. Deep and emotive is the mood, but at the same time the music is playful and has a robust and confident character. This distinct direction, which was laid-out on the pair’s debut LP ‘2334’, has now led to the start of their own label: IMPROX. On IMPROX, the duo experiments vivaciously with color, rhythm, space and tempo. Hi-tech, yet tribalistic rhythms are interlaced with elusive sci-fi themes. Big stage anthems are comfortably combined with cinematic ambient excursions. And through self engineered audio-gen modules, backed by a stark focus on sound design, the IMPROX series marks a powerful upgrade to Luinenburg’s production capabilities.

Lake Haze – Pure Movements EP [SNF088]

April 23, 2023February 5, 2024 hipodromeambient, ambient techno, goncalo salgado, lake haze, shall not fadeLeave a comment

Following the Lake Haze’s last Shall Not Fade release – a worldbuilding album that paid tribute to video game aesthetics – Pure Movements EP proves yet again his versatility. Whilst Henosis LP dabbled in ambient, his latest sees this direction take full form. Contemplative ambience invites us to melt into it, with reverb-drenched acid melodies adding enough unease to keep us on our toes. Add in some deep, off-kilter bass throbs and this one is a real treat to the ears. Lock in and drift away.

The Creative Technology Consortium {CtC} – Panoramic Colorsound [DE300]

April 22, 2023August 29, 2023 hipodromealbum, andrew bisenius, cooper, dark entries records, ebm, experimental, jakbeat, jason letkiewicz, krautrock, soundtrack, steve summers, synth wave, the creative technology consortium, traxxLeave a comment

The venerable Dark Entries celebrates it’s 300th release with “Panoramic Coloursound”, a triple LP from The Creative Technology Consortium. Traxx, Andrew Bisenius, and Jason Letkiewicz forged the CtC during the depths of pandemic isolation. Drawing from film and television music of the 80’s/90’s and armed with a mighty array of vintage analog and digital synthesizers, they set out to explore heists, vices, and catastrophe. Panoramic Coloursound collapses sound and image into a neon blur throughout its 25 tracks. While retro scores were the starting point for the CtC, the project does more than pay dutiful homage — these notes are warped and skewed, devolving into decaying digital soundscapes. EBM-inflected basslines pop up on tracks like “Catastrophe” and “A Retro Vice”, menacing numbers that recall Traxx and Letkiewicz’s legendary work as Mutant Beat Dance (a project also featuring Beau Wanzer). “Follow Our Kode” pairs heroic synths with funky bass, striking cosmic chords akin to the material that Traxx and Bisenius have released as An Anomaly. Krautrock-esque guitars slide along anthemic pads on “Beautifully Polluted Sunset”, which comes across like an alien Miami Vice closing theme. The CtC channel corroded VHS vibes while making music for the future.

Fashion Flesh – Rubber Mountain LP [BL007]

April 22, 2023April 21, 2023 hipodromealbum, electro, experimental, fashion flesh, john talaga, synth wave, the black lodgeLeave a comment

Fashion Flesh aka John Talaga from Bay City, Michigan, is known for his “off the grid” approach to music. Most all of the instruments used to perform and produce are self-built electronics, oscillators, generators, sound toys, and modulators. Those that are not built from one’s own design are heavily modified beyond audible recognition or return. No sampling/stolen sound is ever used or sucked from outside pre-existing sources. No laptops, instead tape manipulation and hard copy cut-ups…analog devices that are built for specific purpose and dis-purpose. “Rubber Mountain” is his first full LP, 6 tracks of mutant mayhem on The Black Lodge label, spanning from odd italo-disco flavors, to no-wave, post-punk, jakbeat, and experimental sounds from the beyond. Equally for the dancefloor and home listening, this record has it all.

Asymetric80 – Blood Lies [OR110]

April 22, 2023April 21, 2023 hipodromeasymetric80, ebm, new beat, oraculo records, synth waveLeave a comment

Asymetric80 is the EBM/new beat project from producer and DJ Gonzalo Sendon from Spain, Barcelona. “Blood Lies Mini-album” continue exploring the evolution around the late 80’s / early 90’s underground “spaniard sound”, you could expect a mixture of new ebm, new beat and even trance melodies usually combined with hypnotic spoken words.

Chino – Common Oddity [MIN304]

April 21, 2023April 20, 2023 hipodromechino, ebm, electro, industrial, mindri, pinkman records, technoLeave a comment

Master of the Polish underground, Chino returns to the Pinkman umbrella with a new solo EP on the Mindri sublabel. Following on from his 2021 debut as one half of Radiation 30376, Chino turns up the dystopian dancefloor energy with a 4-tracker of dread-laden apocalyptic funk. A relentless drive of twisted arps weaving their way through thunderous drums, the crazed tension builds and builds and doesn’t let up from start to finish. The perfect soundtrack to an ill-fated cinematic getaway drive that leaves you with only one final conclusion: there is no escape.

Roberto Auser / Cestrian – DDS07 [DDS07]

April 21, 2023July 31, 2024 hipodromeali renault, cestrian, dalmata daniel, dalmata daniel split, ebm, electro, roberto auserLeave a comment

For the 7th installment of their split-series, Dalmata Daniel welcomes both Roberto Auser for his sophomore contribution to the label, as well as a fresh addition to the catalogue: Cestrian, aka Ali Renault.

Gedankenexperiment – Experiment Defined [APNEA102]

April 21, 2023September 13, 2023 hipodromeapnea, beta evers, detroit, electro, gedankenexperiment, gerald donald, heinrich mueller, weme recordsLeave a comment

Futuristic electro by Gerald Donald (Dopplereffekt, Drexciya) and Beta Evers, originally released on Weme in 2011. This version includes a previously unreleased track.

E-Control – D.N.E. [CHILDSEVENTEEN]

April 20, 2023May 5, 2023 hipodromealbum, audiofusion, breaks, childhood intelligence, disinformation society, e-control, electro, house, silent community, tinky kerruishLeave a comment

The 17th sonic tale on Childhood Intelligence is written, produced & mastered by German Electro artist E-Control. The debut album entitled “D.N.E.”, presents a lifetime legacy compilation of tracks, which were written and programmed throughout various years, ranging from 1996 – 2010. Inspired by the passion for 80s Electro, early Bleep, Techno and House – E-Control transforms sounds and rhythms into his own sequence – his own powerful & mystic D.N.A. engineered to the future.

D-UFO – Sant Bernat 8 [ACT103]

April 20, 2023April 19, 2023 hipodromeancient technologies, breaks, d-ufo, electroLeave a comment

Timeless high quality electronix sounds from The Underground Music Network’s head honcho D-Ufo.

Model 500 – Night Drive (Thru-Babylon) (Remastered Edition) [M002]

April 20, 2023May 9, 2023 hipodromedetroit, electro, juan atkins, metroplex, model 500, re-release, reissueLeave a comment

Legendary and genre-defining Detroit label Metroplex Records is rereleasing a run of carefully selected releases from its classic-studded catalogue. The remastering and recut was done with uttermost care, using the newest mastering and audio-restoration technologies. These Techno and Electro benchmarks, taken from original sources, have never sounded better. This is the second release Model 500’s ,,Night Drive (Through Babylon)” (M002). Rediscover these futurist transmissions from techno’s ground zero and the absolute classic Detroit Techno EP’s that started the genre.
Watch this space for more.

Hermit In A Rave Cave – Hermit In A Rave Cave 2 [CJFD37]

April 19, 2023August 26, 2024 hipodromeacid house, chicago house, clone jack for daze, clone records, danny wolfers, hermit in a rave cave, legoweltLeave a comment

More low slung house tracks with a twist from the unpredictable and unparalleled brain that roams the dunes of the Hague. Also responsible for Salamandos, Squadra Blanco, Polarius and a swath of other mysterious aliases. Part 2 in Legowelt’s latest project ”Hermit in a Rave Cave”.

Marcellus Pittman – Facid Trunktion [ACIDTEST019]

April 19, 2023April 19, 2023 hipodromeabsurd recordings, acid house, acid test, detroit house, marcellus pittmanLeave a comment

Detroit’s Marcellus Pittman returns to Acid Test following his Unknown Species track featured on the ’10 Years of Acid Test’ compilation. H|e’s back with his debut EP for the label. Juddering mechanical beats, layered percussion and gurgling 303 basslines are on the menu, from one of Detroit’s finest.