Author: hipodrome
Credit 00 – UV Podcast 002
Vedomir – Vedomir [DKMNTL009]
Dekmantel presents the return of Vedomir to their imprint, with nothing less than a full length album this time. The Ukraine-based producer shows he’s getting more mature with every release, delivering a comprehensive artist album that crosses over genres easily. Ranging from downtempo, almost jazz-like slowburners to haunting Chicago house with a true analog feel, and from dark electro stuff, to the beautiful ambient soundscape: this record is a piece of stunning musical versatility.
October – String Theory [SIMPLE1251]
Bristol based producer October will make his debut on Will Saul’s Simple imprint with an EP backed by two remixes from renowned analogue gear hoarder Danny Wolfers aka Legowelt.
Luca Ballerini & Rio Padice – Never Mess La Cricca EP [WAXJAM001]
Fun analog deep house tracks by Italian producers Luca Ballerini & Rio Padice, obviously inspired by early US house, but with a fresh and authentic signature which make them stand out, and just perfect for modern club abuse.
VA – Kontra Music Mixes [KMCD003]
A very special compilation of 11 tracks of selected Kontra-Musik remixes. Featuring artists like Scuba, Shed, Marcel Dettmann, Substance, Move D and Silent Servant to name but a few.
M>O>S – Lost Digits EP [DOLLY009]
Dolly’s first release in 2012 and immediately setting a high standard for the year to come! This time Aroy Dee under his M>O>S> disguise is delivering the deepness. Present as usual are his trademark vintage synths & drums, but this goes beyond the average retro Chicago stuff… skillfull on the machines while it’s very clear the music comes from deep within. Marcel Fengler on remix duty adds a little techno punch, which perfectly tops of this very fine release.
Midland – Placement EP [AUS1237]
Midland returns to Aus with ‘Placement EP’. Staying true to his roots, he delivers four tracks that contribute to the continuing conversation between techno, house, garage and beyond. With a strong focus on intricate detail, lush texture and glacial melody the EP is just as captivating on headphones as it is on the dance floor.
Iron Blu – Jack ‘n’ Daniels EP [FLR001]
A killer first release on Flight Recorder by Iron Blu who drops a 4-tracker of deep, stripped back Detroit-tinged techno.Side A opens with an intense drum-driven, string-laden stomper, whilst the second track continues with a growling bass holding the alien stabs and scattering snares together. Side B goes deeper, with Endless Eye navigating a deep bass beneath sweet strings and angular synths, then the final track goes into dub realms and even deeper.
B-Tracks – Come Back [SUPPLY002]
Second ep of the B-tracks guys… cool 4 track ep with 4 versatile tracks ranging from a chord driven club house sound (Come Back) to a darker techno-ish approach (the Next Step & When The Time Comes) and a beautiful deeper athmospheric cut rooted in Detroit techno (Crisis).
XDB – Field Recording 035
Jeff Mills – The Messenger [AXCD045]
The Messenger is the fourth chapter of a musical science fiction series. This chapter explores the recycling of Planet Earth and the end of all Earth’s life forms. Doomsday appears to be nothing more than a agricultural reconditioning phase controlled by an alien life forms, they reveal the explosive reality of creating the Human animal for the production and harvesting of Dreams. Caught between secretive human+alien relationship, The Messenger pleads the case for more time so that humans can evacuate Earth and save innocent lives – but time has run out.
VA – Altering Illusions [ECHOSPACE313LP1]
Limited edition label compilation from Echospace, Detroit featuring unreleased material from cv313, Deepchord, Echospace, Intrusion & Variant. 4 x 12” 160 gram mixed colored vinyl with full color gatefold jacket with poly lined inserts.
Monolake – Ghosts LP [ML026V]
Two years after Monolake’s ‘Silence’ release, Robert Henke is back with a new Monolake album entitled ‘Ghosts’. Dark and colorful, with haunting and deep excursions into magic worlds of sound and grooves, held together by a fragmentary story as part of the artwork that indicates a continuation of themes present on ‘Silence’: Precisely crafted earthshaking beats, rough dirty noises, wide lush soundscapes and little sonic creatures inhabiting a fascinating planet in which a lot of things go badly wrong and nothing is taken for granted. Music that augments reality when listening to whilst commuting, music to get lost in when experienced loud in a club. There is nothing minimal in that music, it is bass heavy and full of detail. The 2x vinyl version (gatefold sleeve) includes 11 tracks plus a bonus CD with all tracks in digital format.
Pattern Repeat – Pattern Repeat 05 [PATTERNREPEAT005]
Pattern Repeat is back with 3 hypnotising & gritty straight forward Berlin techno tracks from the deep.
Cassegrain – Coptic EP [PRG025]
The second EP of Cassegrain on Prologue shows how extraordinary talented Alex and Hüseyin are and which wide range of electronic music both definitely cover. After their first release on Prologue the Coptic EP shows again the perfect range between experimental techno, proper sound research and deepest trails in electronic music.
Developer – Trade Beliefs [SEMANTICA039]
Developer from Los Angeles keeps on delivering his hypnotising yet energetic deep driving techno tracks, this time on the notorious Semantica records.
Vapauteen – Untitled [LIES008.5]
Three tracks of paranoid Industrial techno coming straight from the guts of New York City! All songs therein have been recorded live in one take, with no editing. Here is urgent and immediate music which claws at the eyes of society and reflects the fucked up world we live ineveryday.
Henning Baer – Drop Out EP [SG1252]
Henning Baer makes his debut on Sonic Groove imprint with an EP that sees abrasive industrial tones rub up menacingly against solid funk in a curious matching of audio devices. “Folsom” celebrates its graininess, but the beat remains an addictive and accessible one in the vein of the Live Jam collective. “The Spies” is more dangerous in its demeanour, as the stop-start groove does battle with decaying bleeps and kettle drum bass hits. “You Rhyth Me” on the flip ups the ante even more with a positively gruesome slow techno throwdown designed purely to terrify.
