Le Brouf – ProAntiAnti Going Nowhere EP [PHY122]

August 17, 2022May 26, 2023 hipodromealbum, chris mitchell, damaged clock, diffuse reality, electro, industrial, le brouf, periphylla records, post punk, punshukunshu, romanianLeave a comment

The Romanian duo Le Brouf presents “ProAntiAnti Going Nowhere” a six songs EP that will be released by Diffuse Reality’s sublabel Periphylla Records. The band goes through several musical genres and styles, from post punk to alternative rock with electro and industrial influences. The entire release can be listened on youtube and is available for pre-order on Diffuse Reality’s official Bandcamp page.

Composed of Edward Nicoara and Mircea Florut, Le Brouf was founded in 2017 in Oradea, Romania. After almost 2 years of experimentation, Le Brouf took its final form towards the end of 2019 when they started working on their first album titled ‘Charade’, self-released in April 2020, followed by ‘Counter Measures LP’ which came out on January 24th, also self-released.

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Interstellar Funk – Live at Muziekgebouw [AD018]

August 14, 2022January 20, 2023 hipodromealbum, ambient, artificial dance records, cassette, experimental, interstellar funk, muziekgebouw, olf van eldenLeave a comment

Artificial Dance founder Interstellar Funk releases Live At The Rest Is Noise – Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ. Limited to 150 cassettes, the recording documents Interstellar Funk’s performance at Amsterdam’s Muziekgebouw concert hall in October 2021. The 45-minute set ebbs and pulses, leaving behind Interstellar Funk’s penchant for hardwearing club sounds in favour of melody and texture. Some passages mirror elements from the studio album Into The Echo (Dekmantel, 2022), but the live setting allows Interstellar Funk to expand and explore richly detailed sonic spaces that highlight his skills as a composer-performer.

bvdub – Decades On Divided Stars [AFFNLP03LTD]

August 14, 2022August 10, 2022 hipodromeaffin, affin ltd, album, ambient techno, brock van wey, bvdub, droneLeave a comment

On “Decades On Divided Stars” Brock Van Wey, aka bvdub, presents his first album on Affin, each of its tracks spanning his trademark Odyssean length, with a sonic and emotional density second to none. You are lost… losing your sense of time… of self. Yet finding your inner existence in its inwardly-folding galaxies. Your thoughts and emotions revolve, as planets caught in gravitational pull, before you suddenly awake, as if from a dream, unaware of how much time has passed. Only the stars will tell…

VA – 6 Years of KHIDI I[KHIDIANIV001]

August 11, 2022August 9, 2022 hipodromejames ruskin, khidi, phase fatale, reka, techno, tensal, yanamasteLeave a comment

To mark the club’s 6th Anniversary, Tbilisi club KHIDI announces a series of three VA EPs with tracks from its residents and artists closely affiliated with the club. It is Blueprint legend James Ruskin that opens up the first volume with his rusted loops and fizzing synths on ‘Kite.’ Yanamaste’s ‘Magma’ is then an eerie and empty dub that sounds like being lost in an old warehouse on your own. Tensal brings the rave with his hammering drum power and flashing synths on ‘Psychic Radio’ while Phase Fatale & Reka close things down with the jack-hammer beats of ‘No Esperes Mas.’

Filmmaker – Latent Alters

August 9, 2022August 8, 2022 hipodromealbum, electro, filmmaker, industrial, synth waveLeave a comment

New double album self released by Columbian artist Filmmaker on his bandcamp.

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Reakton – Data EP [OR105]

August 8, 2022August 8, 2022 hipodromeelectro, minimal synth, oraculo records, reakton, synth popLeave a comment

Berlin based Reakton with a Kraftwerk influenced release on Oráculo Records.

Oliver. – Neither Wise Nor Gods EP [OR104]

August 8, 2022August 8, 2022 hipodromedie selektion, ebm, electro, hiv, hiv+, industrial, kontravoid, oliver, oliver gibson, oraculo records, vilhelmLeave a comment

Oliver Gibson makes his debut for Oráculo Records. Includes an impressive remix from Kontravoid.

Skelesys – Epsilon EP [OR101]

August 8, 2022 hipodromecold wave, dark wave, new beat, oraculo records, skelesys, synth pop, synth wave, young & cold recordsLeave a comment

Skelesys with a 4 tracks EP on Oráculo Records. All tracks have been specially remastered for long cut vinyl by Daniel Hallhuber at Young and Cold Studios (Germany).

VA – Creme From The Crypt [CrBundle1]

August 5, 2022August 4, 2022 hipodromebnjmn, compilation, cosmic garden, creme organization, dj haus, dona, photonz, rhythmic theory, technoLeave a comment

Trickster record label Creme Organization pull no punches with this curveball move, sourcing many of its artists’ yet-released tracks – “many forgotten ore and metal deposits”, owing to their scarcity – into a singularly weird 6-track mini-album. Furthermore, to accompany its weirdo techno and puzzling pandemonia, the decision to purchase this project comes with the opportunity to be sent 10 – yes, 10 – randomly selected LPs from the Creme back catalogue, as well as an exclusive book of the label’s Godspill artwork.

Fantastic Man – Alltogethernow EP [OYSTER42]

August 5, 2022August 4, 2022 hipodromefantastic man, house, kalahari oyster cultLeave a comment

Esteemed proponent of outré dancefloor manoeuvres, Superconscious Records co-founder Fantastic Man makes his Kalahari debut proper. Having shown up for rework duties on a couple of occasions, we find the mutable oddball at his most trippy and esoteric. In fact, OYSTER42 is the handiwork of a producer who has his formula of balmy, lysergic dance music down to an exact science.

Förslag På Musik – Bre Dang / Sincerely Yours [SR7001]

August 5, 2022August 4, 2022 hipodromedisco, downtempo, dub, forslag pa musik, house, sunken rock recordingsLeave a comment

Förslag På Musik is back for his third strike on Sunken Rock Recordings in the format of a proper 7” inch double sider. In his charectaristic breezy style the A side moves around somewhere in between reaggae and dreamy synth vibes while the flip takes you on dubbed out excursion filled with heavy bass and drums.

Fiasko Leitmotiv – Humblekids LP [CBR017]

August 4, 2022August 3, 2022 hipodromealbum, cold beats records, cold wave, fiasko leitmotiv, minimal synth, post punkLeave a comment

“Humblekids” is the first studio album by Fiasko Leitmotiv. This work is a journey in multiple dimensions of music and narrative, and even if its deep roots are certainly electronic, the listener will land in different atmospheres, different genres mixed together in new keys, with new meanings, all in a post punk environment. from a narrative point of view, “Humblekids” presents two main styles, one metaphisical and one surrealistic, and somehow the second seems to carry the first one in a mix of tragedy and irony. “Hanako” and “Balls” , the two singles from the album, underline the presence of theese two different but coexisting approaches, tied together in a necessarily sense, like darkness and light , day and night.

Christian Kroupa X LCN – Worlds Connect EP [KRI001]

August 4, 2022October 24, 2022 hipodromeacid, alessandro adriani, christian kroupa, dark wave, ebm, electro, jasmin mahmic, kri records, lcn, le chocolat noirLeave a comment

From a Balkan basement comes an EP so filthy that we had to cover the record with a color photo. KRI records first installment oscillates between EBM and electro, ready for sweaty dancefloors and those extra long afterhours needing some “warm leatherette”. A well crafted five tracker journey is a debut collab by two veterans, Christian Kroupa and Le Chocolat Noir. Get ready for plenty of melodies, massive chords and menacing vocals spiced with an epic acid remix by the Mannequin boss Alessandro Adriani.

O-Wells – Moldoom [ORKL-X-96]

August 3, 2022August 3, 2022 hipodromeacid, die orakel, electro, lennard poschmann, o-wells, orson wells, technoLeave a comment

O-Wells is back on Die Orakel with his fourth transmission, called “Moldoom”. This 4-track séance is mainly made of uplifiting, spaced out electro tracks, some rolling along with subtle or acid basslines, lush pads and gently subdued detroitish chords.

Dj K1 / Dj Maaco – Unidentifiable Beings EP [PBX35]

August 3, 2022August 3, 2022 hipodromedetroit, dj maaco, electro, k-1, k1, keith tucker, puzzlebox recordsLeave a comment

Two heavyweights of the Detroit underground come together on this kicking new EP from Puzzlebox. K-1 aka Keith Tucker brings his famously repetitive sounds and rugged electro-funk to ‘On My Computer’, which bumps irresistibly as smeared sci-fi chords set your sights on the future. Add in robotic vocals and supple bass and you have an instant classic. It’s then to the Eastside of the Motor City for DJ Maaco’s ‘The People’ which is just as funky but in totally different ways; his laid-back groove is embellished with lush synth sequences and late-night cool that is topped off by a more seductive male vocal. Two very different but equally brilliant tunes.

Controlled Weirdness – In The Shadows [CELTD010]

August 3, 2022August 3, 2022 hipodromeacid, controlled weirdness, cultivated electronics, cultivated electronics ltd, electro, neil keatingLeave a comment

A new EP by UK DJ / producer Controlled Weirdness lands on Cultivated Electronics Ltd (CE’s vinyl only sister label). On ‘In The Shadows’ he delivers 4 earthy and raw Electro cuts with exciting electronics, tough beats and wonky acid.

Tullio De Piscopo – Stop Bajon (Primavera – Michal Gray remixes) [MS515]

August 2, 2022August 2, 2022 hipodromedisco, high fashion music, house, michael gray, tullio de piscopoLeave a comment

Napolitano artist Tullio De Piscopo’s ‘Stop Bajon’ was a massive mid eighties club hit and Chicago House anthem. His Italo disco, proto house, balearic classic was made for warm summer evenings, a gentle breeze in the air, beer in hand and smiley faces abound. Michael Gray has kept the downbeat groove and added some great additional beat production on his new remix.

Ego Neco – You & I? [TDE1211]

August 2, 2022August 2, 2022 hipodromebabalu records, ego neco, i-robots, italo-disco, turin dancefloor expressLeave a comment

Obscure Italo disco from back in the WBMX HOT MIX 5 days. This rare and in demand vinyl originally pressed in ’84 finally gets an official reissue via Turin Dancefloor Express featuring original versions along with a new I-Robots remix.

Plastic Mode – Mi Amor [MAXI107112]

August 2, 2022 hipodromedisco magic, flemming dalum, italo-disco, plastic mode, re-release, reissue, van edelsteyn, zyx musicLeave a comment

Reissue of this italo disco classic from 1985 with Flemming Dalum and Van Edelsteyn remixes.

Brenda Ray – Perfume Of The Soul LP [ERC100]

August 1, 2022August 1, 2022 hipodromealbum, brenda ray, disco, emotional rescue, emotional response recordings, houseLeave a comment

Emotional Rescue reaches its 100th reissue in its 10th year with a landmark, a collection of previously unreleased songs from Brenda Ray. Encouraged and cajoled since the label’s inception, Brenda Ray’s (Kenny) music has gone from cult curio to cult status in that time, as her mix of DIY/post punk, dub reggae, jazz and pop transcends reached admiring audiences. Following the completion of Naafi Sandwich in 1985 and the subsequent recordings as Brenda And The Beach Balls – the sought after Volume 1 LP in 1986 and three singles on Siren/Virgin in 1987/88 – her releases might of stopped for almost two decades but she never stopped recording. The 10 songs show not only continuous activity in her North-West home studio, but to be consistently creative, moving forward and relevant. Hip-Hop, Street Soul and House all feature alongside Brenda’s unmistakeable Be-Pop-Dub-Pop song writing. Working as always with partner Gerry Kenny aka Sir Freddie Viadukt, plus a cohort of friends joining across the sphere.