Terrence Dixon – 12000 Miles Of Twilight [OUTA006]

July 20, 2017July 18, 2017 hipodromealbum, detroit techno, minimal techno, out electronic recordings, out-er, terrence dixonLeave a comment

Italian label Out-ER (Out Electronic Recordings) welcomes long standing Detroit producer Terrence Dixon for a 21 track triple vinyl pack ‘12,000 Miles Of Twilight’. The legend has been putting out material since the mid-nineties. Recognized worldwide for his visionary, futuristic sound, Dixon unites ages of inspiration traversing diverse musical styles including electro, jazz and minimal sci-fi techno. This overall hypnotic approach can also be seen in his parallel project Population One, which appeared on Out-ER respectively in early 2016 with two-tracker solo ‘Temporary Insanity EP’. ‘12,000 Miles Of Twilight’ remains an experimental techno asset offering a non-linear, emotionally absorbing journey into the singular experimental edge of the Detroit artist, pulling the listener in all kind of directions from the opening track to the closing finale.

Equalized – Equalized #006 [EQUALIZED006]

July 20, 2017March 26, 2026 hipodromeeqd, equalized, rené pawlowitz, shed, technoLeave a comment

Immediate, boomy, uplifting DJ tool Techno cuts.

Orbe – Uniformity [HVN042]

July 20, 2017October 12, 2023 hipodromedetroit techno, electro, fernando sanz, hivern discs, orbeLeave a comment

The idea of purity is always recurring when talking about techno. Although purism has long been relegated to a mere excuse for fear, when understood not as vindication of a certain dogma, but as a way of approaching creative expression, purity is, as a matter of a fact, inseparable from the genre. After all, techno is something like the pursuit of transcendence – either visceral, cerebral or spiritual – through the strictly necessary means only. The search of the truest forms by just outlining them. All of this brings us to the story of ‘Uniformity’, Orbe’s first release for Hivern.

ES-Q – Friend Zoned EP [PXU002]

July 20, 2017March 27, 2019 hipodromees-q, oliver ledger, parallax unknown, technoLeave a comment

For their second release Parallax Unknown bring co-founder ES-Q in again on the ‘Friend Zoned EP’ with three club tracks – Friend Zone, Everything Else and Thinking About Thoughts.

Terrence Woodard – Jack The Box [WEME043]

July 19, 2017October 31, 2017 hipodromechicago house, terrence woodard, weme recordsLeave a comment

1985, restored from a vintage vinyl copy (masters were lost long time ago in Chicago…) Copies sold for 0. On the Youtube thread for the track a cousin of T. Woodard says they pressed 2,500 copies of this – but that seems hard to believe unless they didn’t sell and got recycled at Trax and/or were simply thrown out, as this rarely show up anywhere. This is a very early and simple track which sums up the new and experimental sounds of early 1985 along with tracks such as Jesse Sanders On & On and Funkin Keith Funkin with the Drums. Basic early house music that havent lost any of its relevance.

Ian Martin – Rites Of Passage [ET051]

July 19, 2017October 18, 2022 hipodromeelectro, enfant terrible, gooiland elektro, ian martin, industrial, technoLeave a comment

Ian Martin should be no stranger to people who are into electro and trippy electronics. With releases on Bunker, Panzerkreuz and Strange Life his reputation is quite settled. For Gooiland Elektro he came up with four tracks filled with dark beats. From pounding to spacey, elektro and EBM influenced with industrial tendencies.

VA – Simple Music Experience Vol. 2 [MMLP505]

July 18, 2017July 6, 2023 hipodromeaxel larsen, compilation, dark wave, electro, helas!, industrial, le matin, lostsoundbytes, macadam mambo, minimal synth, monsieur crane, panoptique, post punk, simple music experience, simplists, theo delaunayLeave a comment

Macadam Mambo presents a special collaboration with friend label ‘Simple Music Experience’ from Bordeaux/Marseille. Contains original Industrial, Synth-Pop, Jakbeat, Post-Punk, Experimental and Contemporary music by underground artists from France. Originally it released on tape (SM05) in 2016.

Lives Of Angels – Hole In The Sky [DE172]

July 18, 2017July 17, 2024 hipodromealbum, dark entries records, gerald o’connell, lives of angels, minimal synth, new wave, post punk, synth popLeave a comment

Lives of Angels was the brainchild of Gerald O’Connell from London, England. ‘Hole In The Sky’ is an 11-track compilation of material from the Lives of Angels archives. Including two tracks from the original ‘Elevator To Eden’ cassette omitted from our vinyl reissue, two tracks from Color Disc compilations and 7 previously unreleased tracks. This compilation features the very earliest Lives of Angels recordings “Call Moscow” and “Somebody Else” as well as the final composition from 1986 “The Infinite Corridor” plus original mixes of “After Dark” and “Look Out Kid” different than the versions on the ‘Color Supplement’ compilation. ‘Hole In The Sky’ is an impressive example of early ’80s home recording; a DIY interpretation of the elegance and ambition of the previous decade’s krautrock.

Zu Dobson – Apple Knife [BS006]

July 18, 2017July 18, 2017 hipodromebird scarer records, disco, electro, zu dobsonLeave a comment

Fresh to Bird Scarer, fresh to us all; according to Weatherall all correspondence with this mystery new electroid sculptor has been done by letter (to a PO Box no less) and not even he knows who she is. Her music, however, speaks volumes: “Apple Knife” cuts with a crisp arpeggio before dropping into chunky, almost housey electro break. “Wisdom Of Rumi” softens the angularities a little with a break that’s not dissimilar to Tone Loc but awash with strange space-aged FX and numinous flourishes. According to Weatherall, he hopes there’s more to come from Zu…

DJ Stingray – Kern Vol.4 [KERN004]

July 17, 2017July 6, 2021 hipodromecompilation, detroit, dj stingray, electro, kern, mix cd, sherard ingram, techno, tresor recordsLeave a comment

DJ STINGRAY/VARIOUS - Kern Vol 4

For the latest volume in Tresor’s occasional Kern compilation series, the long standing German imprint has turned to balaclava-sporting Detroit legend DJ Stingray. The Drexciya associate has gathered together a typically forthright selection of techno and electro jams, presented here in unmixed form for pure DJ pleasure. Given that all the material is high quality, picking highlights is tough. Our favourites include the deep space electro brilliance of “Musik Politik” by Syncom Data, the trippy, acid-fired madness of vintage Aphex Twin wriggler “Serge Fenix Rendered 2”, the throbbing sub-bass and crusty drum machine hits of Herva’s “Slam The Laptop” and the bustling techno madness of Dynarec’s intergalactic workout “Moving Corridors”.

VA – Casa Sports Vol.1 [CSV001]

July 17, 2017December 18, 2023 hipodromecasa voyager, detroit, driss bennis, electro, jonas bengio, kosh, ocb, viewtiful joe, youssef benjellounLeave a comment

Debut release of Casa Voyager, first Moroccan label exploring hidden cultural spheres in Casablanca.5 liquid electro Detroit tracks produced, mixed and arranged by Driss Bennis aka OCB (A1, A2) Youssef Benjelloun aka Kosh (B1, B2)and Jonas Bengio aka Viewtiful Joe (B3).

Ekman – Doomsday Argument EP [CR1295]

July 17, 2017April 28, 2025 hipodromecreme organization, ekman, electro, roel dijcks, technoLeave a comment

Creme Organization returns in July with four searing electro cuts from Dutchman Ekman. Mixing up West Coast electro with tougher, more textured techno styles in recent releases for Berceuse Heroique and Bedouin Record, this artist is as much about the past as the future and proves that across this new and impressive set of tracks. Doomsday Argument is not as dark as you would expect form the name: its a lithe and slippery electro affair with crisp snares and gurgling bass all topped off by a freaky top line. The Great Filter mixes up distorted bass with rippling glass synths and sounds both spooky and cosmic, then Post Singularity Day picks up the pace with a quick and urgent Drexcyian style that is restless, dynamic and busy. Last of all Antifragile is a wild acid workout with rocking beats and ripping 303s that twitch every nerve in your body.

Dmitry Distant / Natural Magic – Dark Leader 003 [DL003]

July 17, 2017July 14, 2017 hipodromeacid, dark leader, dmitry distant, electro, natural magic, technoLeave a comment

Dark Leader 003 featuring Riga’s Dmitry Distant and Portland’s own Natural Magic. Side A begins with “Tukšums” a driving acid jam by Dmitry Distant that brings the energy level up to 11. Natural Magic’s “Most High” polishes off side A with a triumphantly positive romp that puts the love icing right on the cake. Side B opens with “Artificial Joy” a breaky acid track by Dmitry Distant that will engross the dance floor with groovy sinister funk. This release concludes with Natural Magic’s “Dude Can Dance” a drummy piece of hypnotic dance music that dabbles in experimentalism.

Indoor Plants – Udacha 15 [UDACHA015]

July 16, 2017July 14, 2017 hipodromealbum, ambient, electro, experimental, indoor plants, udacha, vyacheslav shutovLeave a comment

Udacha just gets better and better with every release, branching out into ever more exciting shapes and styles beyond their house and techno foundations. On this album from Vyacheslav Shutov aka Indoor Plants, wild fourth world visions collide with hardware processes in a dazzling display of transcendental music for those who like their thought-provoking tunes to pack a punch. The likes of “Targitaus” deconstruct club music conventions in a quest for new rhythmic purpose, and yet the soundsystem pressure is expertly sculpted out of the daring shape of the music. Elsewhere there’s surrealism in abundance, as on the wonderfully weird “Hunch”, and that’s just scratching the surface of this truly essential LP.

Valentino Mora – Slow Hyper Controlled Motion [DM3D018]

July 16, 2017December 13, 2023 hipodromeambient techno, dement3d records, drone, valentino moraLeave a comment

DEMENT3D welcomes Valentino Mora on board, and share with us a part of his spiritual journey. Slow Hyper-controlled Motion has been inspired by Butoh moves, but also is a homage to early New York spiritual house. In creating this record he also took field recordings in the forests of Japan. The concept of Slow Hyper-controlled Motion is to recreate this 90’s spiritual house vibe, but in a more experimental way.

VA – Pop Makossa: The Invasive Dance Beat Of Cameroon 1976-1984 [AACD083]

July 15, 2017August 30, 2023 hipodromeafrican, afrobeat, analog africa, bernard nton, bill loko, clement djimogne, compilation, disco, dream stars, eko, emmanuel kahe, funk, jeanette kemogne, makossa, olinga gaston, outernational, pasteur lappe, pat ndoyeLeave a comment

VARIOUS - Pop Makossa: The Invasive Dance Beat Of Cameroon 1976-1984

Now Analog Africa returns to put the record straight. Pop-Makossa shines a light on a glorious but largely overlooked period in the story of Cameroonian makossa, when local musicians began to replace funk and highlife influences with the rubbery bass of classic disco and the sparkling synth flourishes and drum machines of electrofunk. The resultant compilation, which apparently took eight years to produce, is packed full of brilliant cuts, from the heavily-electronic jauntiness of Pasteur Lappe’s “Sanaga Calypso” and horn-totin’ Highlife-disco of Emmaniel Kahe and Jeanette Kemogne’s “Ye Medjuie”, to the dense, organ-laden wig out that is Clement Djimogne’s “Africa”.

The Pop Makossa adventure started in 2009, when Analog Africa founder Samy Ben Redjeb first travelled to Cameroon to make an initial assessment of the country’s musical situation. He returned with enough tracks for an explosive compilation highlighting the period when funk and disco sounds began to infiltrate the Makossa style popular throughout Cameroon.

VA – Compilation 05 Sampler 1 [COR056]

July 14, 2017October 4, 2023 hipodromecorrespondant, disco, house, jonathan kusuma, kempes, khidja, marvin & guy, technoLeave a comment

Correspondant’s annual compilation dispatches have become calendar essentials for all connoisseurs of the barbed, darker, leftfield side of the dancefloor. This summer they hit ‘Correspondent Compilation 5’ with another future-bound 15 track opus from their label family and friends. This inaugural vinyl samplers is turbo-charged by some of the label’s newest friends as Khidja, Marvin & Guy and Kempes all make their Correspondant compilation debuts alongside established affiliate Jonathan Kusuma. Each artist drawing out some deliciously mystic sci-fi aesthetics to the collection, it’s a remarkable introduction to what is arguably one of the Jennifer Cardini’s label’s most comprehensive and explorative various artist albums to date.

Perdu / Afrobot – 04AM [04AM]

July 14, 2017November 24, 2021 hipodromeafrican, afrobeat, afrobot, afrobotic musicology, am, disco, edits, minimal 421, new beat, perdu, roeland otten, the soweto acesLeave a comment

PERDU/AFROBOT - 04 AM

The 04AM A-side contains two South-African 80’s Bubblegum tracks, revamped by young DJ and producer Perdu. He provided the tracks with delicate intros and rearranged them with new percussion, synths and deeper basslines. On the flip Afrobot delivers two kind of New Beat cuts, making the originals more abstract by some heavy chopping, reducing the amount of samples used, and adding disco breaks to the track Jungle.

Bob Chance – Wild It’s Broken [ERC001R]

July 14, 2017March 30, 2023 hipodromebob chance, disco, emotional rescue, emotional response recordings, funk, repressLeave a comment

Emotional Rescue’s killer Bob Chance 7″ makes a welcome return sporting some new blue artwork. Two versions are included: the original 7″ version, driven along by a razor-sharp guitar riff and sweetly lamenting lyrics, topped off with weird cosmic synths and galloping rhythm. However, the real gem is the edit entitled “Wild It’s Broken” which sharpens the focus of the guitar and adds some serious kick to the drums to create a beefy counterpart to the new age original.

Krootchey – Qu’est-ce Qu’il A (d’plus Que Moi Ce Négro Lá) [DE167]

July 14, 2017June 7, 2022 hipodromecasablanca records, dark entries records, disco, fred versailles, funk, krootchey, philippe krootchey, re-release, reissueLeave a comment

Philippe Krootchey was a musician, DJ, radio and television host born in Versailles, France in 1954. In 1984 Krootchey released his debut single Qu’est c’qu’il a (d’plus que moi ce négro là)’ on disco label Casablanca Records. Subsequently the single was re-released the same year but sung in English as Whatazzy’. For this release he teamed up with former Love International bandmate Fred Versailles, who shared his love for Kraftwerk and Yellow Magic Orchestra as well as glam rock and 70’s black American soul music. Fred remembers, The idea was to send a message about racism against black people with a humorous tone. The French title translates to What has this nigger got, that I do not have’ Reversing the racial scales, Philippe (who is black) would get the girls and the fame, making white people jealous. It was Philippe’s tactful way to joke about racism he had experienced and overcame.’ The result is a slick synthetic funk and electro boogie reminiscent of Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambata. Philippe rap and subverting racism at the same time. On the B-side is Voodoo’ a slowed down instrumental dub version that stretches out the original to over 7-minutes. Sadly on September 2, 2004 Philippe Krootchey died of a cerebral aneurysm, just short of celebrating his 50th birthday.