Retro early Chicago style house tracks.
Author: hipodrome
Miltiades – Stmete EP [EVR013]
Following his debut on the Greek label Nous, Athens based producer Miltiades resurfaces on the also Greek imprint Echovolt with a new four-track EP, deep and shadowy house affair that likes to go slow and purposeful. Comes with a remix from GB aka Gifted & Blessed under his lesser used alias The Reflektor. This is deep, immediately aged house music that takes you deep down underground and allows you to wallow in its beautifully warm open spaces.
VA – J.A.M. Traxx 005 [JAM005]
J.A.M. TRAXX back with a various artist ep from the gothic atmosphere, a mixture of Acid – Horror disco – Electro – Wave by Punknown, Andreas Gehm, Yus Yus, Mystic Mirror and Cornflake 808.
Redshape – LWE Podcast 188
Yan Cook – Morse EP [ANN4X4]
Ukrainian techno producer Yan Cook is back with four uncompromising and dance floor focussed tracks on his Morse EP. ‘Morse’ itself is like a blizzard-y radio transmission of techno from Cold War era Russian – it’s a fine grain and grimey tack with big thrusting kick drums and rusty synth lines that just roll and roll. ‘Lighthouse’ is a little less stormy, instead focussing on a paranoid and insistent synth hook as cantering kick drums rumble below. ‘Nylon’ on the flip is an aggressive an arresting offering once again. It’s a spacious thing with mysterious bell sounds off in the distance, jarring drums and angry percussion all rattling along at a quick and inviting tempo, before closer ‘Suspense’ keeps you hanging on a knife edged with its loose and jangling melody lines and thumping kicks. This is austere yet atmospheric techno at its finest, just as Ann Aimee likes it.
R-Zone – R-Zone 08 [RZONE008]
The 8th outing on the mysterious R-Zone series. Opening this EP’s account is ‘Percept’, a kinked techno rhythm drowning in scraping percussion, grainy synths and gallivanting basslines. Once you penetrate the textural mist that shrouds the whole arrangement, it’s a heady place to be. ‘We Sad II” is a gurgling acid jam with rattling machine sounds, rubbery basslines and plenty of sonic grit and grime, whilst closer ‘303909’ makes plenty of use of the machines mentioned in its title to conjure up a weighty, dubbed out vibe that’s thick with mystic ambiance and propped up by well swung drums.
Achterbahn D’amour / Albert & Albert – Heart Warming Hard Hitting [FM12012]
Frank Music drops another double bomb on wax. Achterbahn D’Amour is back with a bouncy track called JX3. It is Techno-Yes-Techno Music with all ingredients needed for a bumpy ride. Imagine fog machine and strobe lights over the top. Another 9 minutes and 31 seconds into XTC. Fasten your seatbelts. Flipside comes with Albert & Albert and a song that goes on … well … Forever. You will feel good along those strings.
Phil Asher – Need In Me / Madnite [MAMSW005]
Hipodrome’s 2013 Review (Part 2 of 3)
The second part of my review of 2013 is dedicated to the best events and performances I attended this year. Part 1 includes the preferences of the hipodrome blog’s followers.
Hipodrome’s 2013 Review (Part 1 of 3)
This post is about the followers of my blog and the most successful posts, the releases that gathered the most likes and clicks in 2013 from my visitors.
Jeff Mills – Chronicles of Possible Worlds [AXSN001]
The theme of “Chronicles of Possible Worlds” is exoplanets, new planets discovered starting in 1995 which revolve around a star outside our solar system. Mixing music, dance and visuals, this creative work testifies to the advances of science and hints at the existence of possible other worlds. Following a period of investigation and a meeting with researchers from the Marseille Astrophysics Laboratory, Mills chose to focus on six planets (Wasp 12b, 13b, 14b, 15b, 16b and 17b). Their specific physical and structural properties were then translated through music, sound, images and dance. Together with Mills, the choreographer Alexandre Roccoli created a roaming choreography spread out across the Vasarely Foundation that explores the correspondence between the physical properties of these planets and choreography’s own body states. The show’s soundtrack, composed by Mills, is broadcast by the dancers costumes (designed by Berlin designer Anke Bruns) that are equipped with speakers. The music, the different sonic trajectories, the dancers and the public ambling freely through the halls can spatialize, orbit, or even fuse in the naves of the Foundation.
Iori – PHONICAWHITE007 [PHONICAWHITE007]
Phonica welcomes back Iori for its 7th Phonica White release. Vril and Raimo offering remixes of previous Iori tracks. Occupying the whole of the a-side, “Wave” is Iori at his best; just under nine minutes of no nonsense techno. Raw and dark material built around a strong syncopated beat, layered trippy flourishes and a hypnotic groove that sucks you in until the last bar. On the b-side are Vril and Raimo remakes.
Maria Nannou – LWE Podcast 187
Basics pres. Mr. Beatnick @ Bicicleta (Bucharest) 10.01.2014
Intergalactic Gary @ Nononsense, De Gloppe (Leeuwarden) 26.12.2013
Jared Wilson – Cinematicpod 018
Patrick Russell – The Bunker Podcast 78
This is the 78th podcast from The Bunker. Recorded live at No Way Back at The Bunker at BEMF in Brooklyn on November 8, 2013.
Skudge – Surface / Inversion [SKUDGEFD01] FREE DOWNLOAD
Two free tracks from Skudge.
Veronica Vasicka Interview
L.A.S.’s Crime – Mutatio (Modified) [JAMTRAXSPECIAL002]
This is not your ‘usual’ L.A.S.’s Crime album, as if something had gone wrong in cloning, and what came out is magically different and at the same time deeply consistent with the productions of the 80s … with the participation of bands, artists and DJs from all over the world, the result is a beautiful mutant vinyl…7 songs remade as extended versions, a ‘size’ of song so diffused in ’80s, half way pop and dance.
