Sterk Water – Marie EP [CCR001]

May 16, 2018May 15, 2018 hipodromebetonkust, cobra club records, electro, legowelt, minimal synth, sterk water, synth popLeave a comment

This is Cobra Club Records with their first ever release. The Marie EP, featuring two originals by The Hague youngsters Sterk Water sporting repetitive minimalism, Dutch lyrics, early 80’s electronica and lo-fi minimal wave on Marie and Zonder Te Voelen. Legowelt and Betonkust are on remix duties. West-coast legend Legowelt obviously closed his curtains for this pitch dark mix for Marie and Betonkust makes you want to put on your ugliest pair of sunglasses with his trancey translation of Zonder Te Voelen.

Meo – Fine Corsa [KH014]

May 16, 2018May 15, 2018 hipodromedaniele mei, disco, knekelhuis, meo, minimal synth, re-release, reissue, synth waveLeave a comment

MEO - Fine Corsa

Meo, pseudonym of Daniele Mei, is a cosmic dj from Rimini, Italy. Fine Corsa was his first record, released in 1985. In those days Meo was active in what was later considered to be the most famous Afro Dance Club in Italy: Melody Mecca. This release is an intensely creative hybrid of many styles and many colors. Even up until the present day this record continues to be very important in some preeminent European clubs.

Low Jack ‎- Riddims du Lieu-dit [BZH001]

May 15, 2018May 14, 2018 hipodromealbum, disco, dub, editions gravats, electro, Equiknoxx, les disques de la bretagne, low jackLeave a comment

Editions Gravats kick off the club-ready “Les Disques De La Bretagne” series with 8 tracks by Low Jack, a re-working of tracks from “Glacial Dancehalll 2” (split tape with Time Cow from Equiknoxx).

Out 2 – Showcase [ERS035]

May 15, 2018May 14, 2018 hipodromealbum, disco, dub, emotional response, emotional response recordings, house, jeremy campbell, new wave, out 2, r. zanzibarLeave a comment

Jeremy Campbell and R. Zanzibar return as Out 2 with their debut full length, Showcase. Following their recent Moving EP, the duo expand their mix of New York off-kilter pop lyrical poetics riding over percussive desk-dub funk grooves.

Horton Jupiter – BAH044 [BAH044]

May 15, 2018May 14, 2018 hipodromebahnsteig 23, disco, funk, horton jupiterLeave a comment

Horton makes the scene. The caped rave wonder, alive and spitting since ’88. Pyschedelia set for anthemic mind expansion. ‘Eclectic Day’ a journey to the centre of Jupiter. ‘Smokin’ Roachin’ si bella bella. ‘The Box’ drummers gonna work it out.

VA – Drum Union Vol.1 [DPC0671]

May 14, 2018May 14, 2018 hipodromedeep house, drumpoet community, look like, manuel fischer, mitsubishi galaxy, wah-chu-kuLeave a comment

Drum Union is a new series documenting the different shades of Leftfield House. London based Tony Nwachukwu (aka Attica Blues aka Wah-Chu-Ku) provides a deep broken dub techno monster. Manuel Fischer presents a beat-driven disco-influenced track to make any dance-floor burn and Mitsubishi Galaxy, who are also known as Jack Pattern take us into a wavy trip to another dimension. Look Like rounds it up and is merging Afro-Cuban rhythms with modern Electronica soundshapes. A journey wider and deeper than most of the average 4/4 business.

Khotin – Aloe Drink [PR017]

May 14, 2018May 14, 2018 hipodromedeep house, force of nature, khotin, public release recordingsLeave a comment

Public Release adds another entry to its 2018 chapter with a four-track EP that engineers the intersection of gentle warm-up house of the Balearic genus and frosty chill-out. The 12-inch is the latest from Dylan Khotin-Foote, who goes by the mononym Khotin, a producer and DJ firmly planted at the epicenter of Vancouver’s lively, colorful dance music scene.

Dj Aakmael – Dees Beats EP [DOG1217]

May 14, 2018May 14, 2018 hipodromedeep house, dj aakmael, dogmatik, greg stewartLeave a comment

DJ Aakmael brings 4 classic house cuts to Dogmatik. His trademark sound is infused with infectious melodies, hard hitting rhythms and soulful vocals, and with this debut EP he doesn’t disappoint. Stepping effortlessly from one beat to the next, Aakmael brings the sound of Virginia to life on this standout EP.

Michal Turtle – Return To Jeka [MFM029]

May 13, 2018August 30, 2023 hipodromeafrican, album, experimental, jazz, michal turtle, music from memory, outernationalLeave a comment

Msic From Memory took a deep dive into the archives of obscure British multi-instrumentalist Mike Turtle, resurfacing with a fine double-album of largely previously unheard cuts. Two years on they’ve taken another stroll through Turtle’s well-stocked vault, resulting in another essential collection of quirky cuts. Check, for example, the psychedelic patchwork “Reincarnation”, where backwards drums do battle with exotic Indian samples, or the delay-laden, lo-fi synth-pop pulse of “Uiko’s Return to Jeka”, which boasts strange spoken word vocals from Turtle and South African style juju guitar solos. You’ll find these kinds of imaginative experiments throughout; tracks that really shouldn’t work, but instead entertain, excite and inspire in equal measure.

Palm Unit – Hommage A Jef Gilson [SSJ03LP]

May 13, 2018May 10, 2018 hipodromealbum, jazz, jef gilson, palm unit, super sonic jazzLeave a comment

Back in the day, French pianist, composer and all-round jazz superstar Jean-François Quiévreux, a.k.a. Jef Gilson, was up there alongside the likes of peers John Coltrane, Oscar Peterson, and Sun Ra. In a fitting homage to the decades worth of sublime music, and his sad passing away in 2012, French quarter Palm Unit have released a lively, honest tribute, upbeat and contemporary re-interpretative vision of his legacy.

Doug Cooney – In Plane Sight EP [ASGOR015]

May 12, 2018May 10, 2018 hipodromedoug cooney, orbis records, technoLeave a comment

Doug Cooney has cultivated his knowledge of techno over many years. Doug’s passion for this craft runs deep and his DJ sets span the full spectrum of Techno, past and present.

Ersatz Olfolks – Heliopolis EP [TRSD006]

May 12, 2018May 10, 2018 hipodromeersatz olfolks, experimental, industrial, techno, transcendent recordsLeave a comment

Transcendent Records presents a new immersive cinematic techno release by a French producer who goes under the name of Ersatz Olfolks. Heliopolis is the city of the sun and was the theological center of the greatest sun temple of pharaonic times. The sunrays bring brightness but we also find ourselves in the darkest ominous shades of an eclipse. We were instantly captivated by his contra dictionary sound that is filled with subtle harmonic distortions and sophisticated melodic and evolving modular patterns. Heliopolis EP is a careful selection of works recorded during live sessions.

Johannes Volk – Insert EP [DSTRT004]

May 12, 2018May 10, 2018 hipodromedistrict, johannes volk, technoLeave a comment

Minimal stripped down funk driven techno tracks by Johannes Volk.

Komarken Electronics – Humanity Plus [BP003]

May 11, 2018January 16, 2019 hipodromebetween places, electro, komarken electronics, solar one musicLeave a comment

Deep space electro tracks on the Solar One Music sublabel Between Places. After his debut on several years Komarken Electronics comes back to the Solar One Music family. He started 2007 on Luke Eargoggle’s legendary Label Stilleben Records, in 2011 on SolarOneMusic and recently on Brokntoys and AC Records. Now he’s back with some fine spaced out nordic electro-techno tracks.

Jensen Interceptor & Assembler Code – Hyper Reality [CE024]

May 11, 2018March 14, 2019 hipodromeassembler code, brendan zacharias, cultivated electronics, electro, jensen interceptor, mikey melas, sync 24, technoLeave a comment

Australian wunderkind’s Jensen Interceptor & Assembler Code step for CE024. Four tracks of dark driving electro with a robotic stomper of a remix from Cultivated Electronics head Sync 24.

Margenrot – Zangezur [KLAMM14]

May 10, 2018May 9, 2018 hipodromealbum, dark wave, experimental, industrial, klammklang, margenrotLeave a comment

The debut album by Siberia-born, Moscow-based artist Margenrot aka Lusia Kazaryan-Topchyan – a dark and mesmerising journey into the subterranean, inspired by her Armenian roots and murky sounds of 80-90s industrial music. The album shares its name with a conflict-ridden historical region in southeast Armenia. Margenrot’s inspiration, however, goes beyond geopolitics, and is rooted in the myth of the region’s name. According to Armenian folklore, the name Zangezur came into use after Timur’s conquest, who conquered the Syunik province after a renegade Armenian prince sabotaged the area’s alarm bells. As the province fell, its inhabitants wondered why the bells never rang, giving birth to the phrase “the ring is in vain,” or “zange zur” in Armenian.

VA – Cititrax: Tracks Volume Three [CITI024]

May 10, 2018March 2, 2021 hipodromeamato, cititrax, electro, further reductions, his dirty secrets, industrial, mariana saldana, minimal wave records, synth wave, techno, the sixteen stepsLeave a comment

Cititrax presents the third in a series of four song samplers showcasing the talents of some of the most innovative producers of the moment. Cititrax: Tracks Volume Three features the a powerful new collaboration between Amato (aka The Hacker) and Mariana Saldana (Medio Mutante, Boan), the brutal industrial techno of Barcelona based British producer The Sixteen Steps, a Polish mastermind based in Miami known as His Dirty Secrets, and the NYC underground duo Further Reductions (Shawn O’Sullivan and Katie Rose). The overall sound can be described as modern, uncompromising and guttural. Each artist reinvents dance music by bringing their own unique vision to the floor.

V-Sor X – Authors 2 [PM22]

May 10, 2018May 9, 2018 hipodromeminimal synth, morgan bryan, peripheral minimal, re-release, reissue, synth pop, v-sor xLeave a comment

Coming to Peripheral Minimal is a classic of the synth-pop scene. V-Sor X (pronounced VEE-SORE-EX), originate from the midlands town of Lichfield (known as, rather disturbingly, ‘field of the dead’, in Latin), an important (historically speaking) but unremarkable place. V-Sor X was founded in 1979 as a vehicle for Morgan Bryan, who influenced by the post-punk protagonists and the new-wave of electronic musicians, formed a band. This is a reissue of the first single by, ‘V-Sor,X’ entitled, ‘Authors 2’, originally released in 1982 on DOX Music, in a very limited edition of 300.

Virgo – Virgo [TX2018002]

May 9, 2018May 8, 2018 hipodromealbum, chicago house, eric lewis, merwyn sanders, re-release, reissue, trax records, virgo fourLeave a comment

Released on TRAX in the golden year of 1989 Chicago’s Virgo aka friends Eric Lewis and Merwyn Sanders, gently pushed House music towards a more musically sophisticated realm that hadn’t been explored previously. Across 8 tracks Virgo took us on a deep exploration of sound that was both masterfully arranged and produced and in direct contrast to a lot of the rudimental and jacking drum tracks that were the flavour of the day. There are few debut albums in the electronic sphere that can claim the title of ‘classic’, but this is surely one of them. A defining turning point in dance music, the dawn of what would later be referred to as the ‘deep house’ movement and sound is all evident with the grooves of this legendary record. Often listed as one of the ‘greatest LP’s of all time’, this self-titled odyssey remains an essential, must have record that never loses it’s magic, flawless in every way and still trailblazing today.

Betonkust & Palmbomen II – Leo / Mirjam [DKMNTL057]

May 9, 2018October 4, 2019 hipodromeacid house, betonkust, dekmantel records, house, kai hugo, legowelt, palmbomen ii, swiere westveenLeave a comment

Taken from the forthcoming Dekmantel LP Center Parcs by esoteric Dutch production duo Betonkust & Palmbomen II, comes the ‘Leo/ Mirjam’. The track is a rendition of upbeat-melancholic, future- retroism, and a slice of saturated house music. The flip features a special, unyielding, acid-tempo rework by Legowelt.