Tangible Assets returns with its fourth release in the series by label owner Stojche. An outlet that’s given the Berlin based producer the freedom to explore and distill his trademark dubbed out Detroit fueled productions.
Author: hipodrome
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Perseus Traxx – ILA007 [ILA007]
Seventh release in the I Love Acid series. Perseus Traxx in action with some lush acid techno – melodies submerged in deep reverb amongst clattering drum machines and 303 snarls. All original analogue kit, all the real deal.
QY – Quatro / Zord / Skynet [UWE012]
QY are finally returning to their mothership with three tracks that immediately will take control of your hidden daydreams.
Kate Simko & Tevo Howard – Theme Track EP [LNOE044]
Kate Simko and Tevo Howard are known for creating out of the box and genre-bending productions. Now, the native Chicagoans announce their ‘Theme Track EP,’ giving music lovers a taste of things to come from the album. Closing the EP in the spirit of PolyRhythmic, renowned New York producer Fred P (aka Black Jazz Consortium) delivers a masterful remix of ‘PolyRhythmic Theme’.
Hipodrome presents Radar Crew Kraków @ Control Club (Bucharest) 07.08.2015
Bézier – Telomeres [DE097]
Analogue synthesizer enthusiast Bezier first surfaced on Dark Entries in 2012, delivering the hard-wired retro-futurist fantasy Ensconced. Two years on, he’s finally ready to release the follow-up, the similarly sharp and sci-fi themed Telemores. As with his previous output, the influences are obvious – think Radiophonic Workshop, electro, minimal, new wave and Italo-disco – but he smartly steers clear of pastiche and empty revivalism. Instead, we’re treated to a range of dancefloor-friendly instrumental cuts, cyborg jams, and intoxicating robot rinse-outs. Closer “Fukushima”, in which he doffs a cap to the synthesized horror-disco of John Carpenter, is particularly potent.
VA – Time Capsule aka 808 Box [FR008]
Madrid’s Fundamental Records not only release a high volume of contemporary electro, but they do so in fine style thanks to their overloaded packs and comprehensive compilations. This time they really done a number on us with this 808 Box release, a jaw-dropping fifty-tracker sealed in a trendy DJ shoulder bag tagged with the most infamous of all drum machines on the planet..! The music comes from all corners, and we see familiar faces laying down some truth on those beats; check the gear by Patronen, CPU, Alex Stark, Luke Eargoggle, Sync24, Tau Sagittarii and UHU.
A Credible Eye Witness – Cleaner Wave [ACEW002]
A Credible Eye Witness aka Emilio Urbano comes with the second release on the Italian label ACEW. Uptempo acidic electro.
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Miss Kittin & The Hacker – Lost Tracks Vol. 1 [DE098]
The Dark Entries label presents some previously unheard archive material by Caroline “Miss Kittin” Herve and Michel “The Hacker” Amato. Four tracks recorded between 1997 and ’99 – when their production partnership was in its’ infancy – The Lost Tracks Volume 1 contains a number of fuzzy, stylish, floor-friendly bangers, from the S&M-themed madness of opener “Leather Forever” and stripped-back electro gem “Nightlife”, to the high-tempo acid-loaded freakishness of “Loving The Alien”.
Hipodrome presents Radar Crew Kraków
Hipodrome presents Radar Crew Kraków, featuring a live performance by Chino and a DJ set by Olivia. The 100% Polish line-up will be completed by Mic Ostap from Recognition label, Warsow.
The event will take place in Bucharest at Club Control, Friday August 7th.
Paul du Lac @ Have A Nice Day Festival 04.07.2015
Marco Bernardi – Motionless [MATH082]
Given the prolific nature of his output and close links to Jamal Moss, it’s something of a surprise to find that Motionless is Marco Bernadi’s first outing on Mathematics. It sees the Bristol-based Glaswegian in suitably nostalgic mode, dropping a quartet of tracks that pop and crackle with vintage analogue rhythms, raw electronics, and intoxicated acid lines. The A-side boasts two chunks of electro/techno fusion, with the vintage rave stabs, relentless drum hits and barely audible vocal samples of “Shiny Windows” most impressing. Flip for the skittering rave breakbeats, foreboding chords and undulating acid lines of “Finite Space”, and “Hater of Love”, a sparkling fusion of sharp electronics, bubbling acid bass and foreboding, anti-fun vocals.
Mark Forshaw – The Fuck [BH020]
Berceuse Heroique continue their quest to put out only the most distorted, dystopian and intense techno cuts by turning to Mark Forshaw. The wild freakery of A-side “The Fuck” is strangely alluring, with ragged, undulating acid lines and psychedelic electronics – most notable in a trippy multi-speed breakdown – sitting alongside head-mangling, in-your-face beats. The flipside I.B.M. aka Jamal Moss Remix is a little more straightforward, but no less intense, with juddering, cyclical loops and deliciously darting synth lines riding a pounding but rolling techno groove.
Terriers – Second Labour of Hercules [MPR006]
New release on Major Problems featuring some glassy-eyed triptych of techno variations from Terriers.
Fingers Inc. – Another Side [ML9001LP]
Some 17 years after it’s original release, Fingers Inc’s expansive debut album, Another Side, remains one of the greatest deep house full-lengths of all time. Here, the album gets the re-master and re-issue treatment, with the original double vinyl set being expanded to a triple to guarantee loud cuts for club play. While there are plenty of well-known Heard and co classics present – “Mysteries of Love”, “Bring Down The Walls”, “Can You Feel It” etc. – it’s actually the long-forgotten album tracks that really hit the spot. It’s on these moments – often influenced as much by ’80s soul and synth-pop as acid and Chicago jack-tracks – that Larry Heard, Robert Owens and Ron Wilson really cut loose.
Kovyazin D – Destiny EP [MOSDEEP025]
Russian DJ and producer Dmitry Kovyazin aka Kovyazin D makes his debut on the Dutch label M>O>S Deep. He serves up three tracks of house that fit perfectly with the misty, roughshod vibe of the well established label. Up first is ‘The Iron Jack,’ which is a seriously slow but thumping house number with massive booming kicks, thunderous claps and cutting hits and cymbals. As the drums ping about, a paranoid synth line creeps in to get you thinking and the groove stays locked throughout. ‘Destiny’ is a more moody and subdued cut with circling spaceships hovering around a sunken metropolis. The drums here are lazy and inviting, and the overall mood is one of inward reflection. Finally, ‘Uralmash Buildings’ is an acid cut with scattered cow bells, thick bass and military sounding snares that makes for warm and uplifting listening.
Rick Wade – Storng Arm [RYMD002]
Detroit legend Rick Wade is back with a nice new EP on Rymd. First up “Strong Arm” is the kind of real proper deep house that is often imitated but hardly matched. From the unmistakable knack of its groove to its swirling and mesmerising Rhodes in the foreground. “Funkopolis” gets deeper and as the name suggests has a totally killer bassline and just generally awesome soul goodness going on. Proper Detroit style representing here. Italians Deep 88 and Emotion (Ignacio) turn in some surprisingly good remixes on the flip that do their job well by not deviating too much from the originals and reworking the grooves into decent alternate versions.
Moomin – Fuck Reality 02 [FR002]
The second release on the Fuck Reality label comes from Smallville regular Moomin, aka German producer Sebastian Genz. While flipsides “Room 207” and “Right On” are as deep, woozy, starry and twinkling as you’d expect from the long-established deep house producer, it’s A-side “You Are Sweet Sweet” that will undoubtedly attract most attention. It’s effectively an unofficial remix of Candi Staton’s dancefloor anthem “You Got The Love”, with the legendary vocalist’s iconic vocal riding a chunky, organic deep house cut big on rolling, disco-influenced percussion, chiming melodies and rich chords.
