Jeroen Search – Time Signature EP [FIGURE084]

March 28, 2017December 15, 2022 hipodromefigure, jeroen search, technoLeave a comment

A regular contributor to Figure SPC, it was Jeroen Search who both started the series and also put an end to its story. With this creative chapter neatly closed, he is now bringing his ever-impressive work back to the main label. Across the EP the Dutch artist doesn’t stick to one style, instead he lets his infamous machines roam about freely. They take us for a smooth ride along swaying dub chords and gentle ripples until bellowing eches slowly rise above a hypnotic groove.On the B-side Search then pulls out all the stops and barges right in with fidgety claps and whirling bleeps, leaving the track itself gasping for air. This is the renowned ferocity of his live act – carved into wax! Ensuing the sonic assault, a simple synth figure emerges stoically over an almost housy bounce as nostalgic rave strings bring the EP to an epic ending. Firmly rooted in the past while always looking forward, Jeroen Search clearly is still on the top of his game. He simply keeps coming up with timeless techno – time and time again.

Șerb – Qui Vive [FIZIC006]

March 28, 2017July 6, 2021 hipodromedeep techno, șerb, fizic, romanian, technoLeave a comment

SERB - Qui Vive

Cosmin TRG’s Fizic is proud to present its first 2017 release, from an exciting new name. Șerb is born and raised in Craiova, Romania, where he spent his youth playing guitar in Nihilistic, a local punk band. In 2014 he released his debut 12 on Transient Recs. His sophomore record is a prime example of his unique, cerebral take on dance music. “Qui Vive” is a somber, syncopated elegy of rugged elegance, with fizzy drums and percution filtering in and out over the fragile melody. “Feet Locked” is analog honey poured into your post-rave ear. After-glow synths follow an expertly modulated bass. Finally, “Persistent Prick” echoes the esotheric explorations of Actress, with added twisted funk. Șerb’s impressive talent and exuberance flow through his music, expect more from our new signing in the very near future.

Museum – Pole [MDR021]

March 28, 2017September 15, 2021 hipodromemarcel dettmann, marcel dettmann records, mdr, museum, technoLeave a comment

MUSEUM - Pole

Highly effective, pure groove & rhythm centred DJ tool Techno set.

Oliver Deutschmann – In The Moment Of Death We Have No Regret [HFT054]

March 28, 2017December 22, 2017 hipodromehotflush recordings, oliver deutschmann, technoLeave a comment

Foreboding title, foreboding sounds. Berlin’s redoubtable Oliver Deutschmann joins the Hotflush roster with “In The Moment of Death We Have No Regret’. 3 club-ready weapons, one blissed-out ambient cut.

As Longitude – Blauer Part EP [KH007]

March 27, 2017October 9, 2023 hipodromeas longitude, eva geist, experimental, knekelhuis, laura odl, synth wave, technoLeave a comment

As Longitude is the illuminated brainchild of Eva Geist and Laura ODL. Together they explore sonic waves in an exiting world full of spatial drum machine rhythms and sequenced riffs. Some of those trips feel like earth bound rituals, while others seem to be nothing less than ceremonies of stratospheric magnitude.

JASSS – Es Complicado [MNQ085]

March 27, 2017June 21, 2024 hipodromeelectro, industrial, jasss, mannequin records, technoLeave a comment

Jasss returns with an instant-classic second single for Death Of The Machines. ‘Es Complicado’ is a percussive a-side driven track, a passionate industrial/futuristic wink to the past, while ‘No Chanche’ on the b side is opening a new path for her productions. The mind sick samples from the 1966 Bergman’s masterpiece ‘Persona’ leave the track – as the movie itself does – in a climax wrapped by a variety of interpretations, moving from tribal new beat rhythms and ending into an acid nightmare.

Petre Inspirescu – Vîntul Prin Salcii [MULEMUSIQ211]

March 26, 2017May 26, 2023 hipodromealbum, ambient, experimental, mule musiq, petre inspirescu, radu dumitru bodiu, romanianLeave a comment

Petre Inspirescu delivers ‘Vîntul Prin Salcii’ – another longplayer enlarged with seven, up to epic twelve minutes long arrangements. They all listen to the name ‘Miroslav’ and only differ numerically in their title. You can call them ambient. You can call them minimal music in the sense of classic compositions by Steve Reich or Terry Riley. They groove – sometimes more, sometimes less. and they spread the sounds of flutes or saxophones, delicate piano figures, organic jazz drumming, arpeggiated analogue synth-lines, mesmerizing strings, choral singing, alienated looped vocals and spaced out new aged spheres. What unites them all is the way, the melodies dance upon and in each single tune. Their beautiful tex-tures ensnare and they are continuously engaged with experimentation. A mystical album full of evolutionary music to which each listener is able to paint his very own emotional picture. Moody, dark and at the same time light-flooded shape-shifting compositions – made for those who love to surrender them-selves to a gentle dance between experimentation and attractiveness.

Andeh Lang – Susskind [WNK011]

March 26, 2017October 5, 2023 hipodromeambient techno, andeh lang, drone, will & inkLeave a comment

Amsterdam based artist and creative technologist Andeh Lang is back on Will & Ink. After debuting on this label in August 2016 with an uncredited black label, he now serves up three more tracks that show off his interest in shaping and sculpting sounds for the main imprint. All these tracks were created with his own custom made software and self-programmed audio algorithms. Three experimental techno excursions that go by the name of ‘Susskind’ showcase a wide variety of deserted techno landscaping by a creative mastermind.

Kiyoko – Emeralds [FIELD022]

March 26, 2017May 26, 2023 hipodromeambient, field records, jack lever, joe mcbride, kiyokoLeave a comment

Field Records welcomes a new name into the fold with its next EP. That name is Kiyoko, and it pertains to the UK duo of Jack Lever and Joe McBride. They offer up four more ambient electronic cuts that again suspend you in a blissful sonic world.

Crossing Avenue – Malandra [SPAZIO007]

March 25, 2017June 16, 2023 hipodromecrossing avenue, minimal techno, spazio disponibileLeave a comment

Next up on Spazio Disponibile is a pair of artists who played the party of the same name at Goa, Rome last year, Crossing Avenue. They present a four tracks EP. “Crucial” is first and is a big, warm open space filled with tiny little flecks of sound, delicate synth flashes and rolling rubber drums that truly hypnotise. “Malandra” is another bit of burrowing mind music that is hugely atmospheric yet notably sparse and economic in design. The drums roll below as watery droplets, ghostly pads and haunting organic hooks all roam and snake about in the mix. “Rimbalzo” is darker and more direct, with a supple techno groove forcing you to move as flashes of synth, alien life forms and subterranean ambiance all colour in the airwaves. Last of all, “No Coasts” traps you in another underground cave with only desolate drones and bulbous bass lines for company. It is eerie, but beautifully so, and rounds out another fascinatingly cinematic release.

Binny – Devil’s Orchestra EP [TORTURED006]

March 25, 2017March 22, 2017 hipodromeadam cummings, binny, techno, tortured recordsLeave a comment

Making his Tortured debut is Liverpool based Techno DJ and producer, Binny with his ‘Devil’s Orchestra EP’. He delivers a refined EP from the striking and demonic strings of the aptly titled opener, ‘Devil’s Orchestra’ via the multihued tough groove of ‘Alternative Methods’, before the Tech-funk of ‘Roll With It’ and on to the Sci-Fi tones of ‘Untitled’ which closes the vinyl 12″.

Johannes Volk / Savas Pascalidis – Suburban Avenue 007 [SAV007]

March 25, 2017September 30, 2019 hipodromejohannes volk, savas pascalidis, suburban avenue, technoLeave a comment

Suburban Avenue welcomes two other great artists in its team. SAV007 is a splitted EP between the German-based djs and producers, Johannes Volk and Savas Pascalidis. Volk delivers two works: A1, “Dont Be Afraid, Theres No Hope” is a an elegant and minimalistic techno tune, that seems to reveal his dystopian vision of the future, A2, “Wrong Prophecy” is a proper Detroit banger track. Pascalidis gives his contribution to this release with other two amazing cuts: B1, “Night Force” is a perfect track, ready for the big floor: noisy, boomy with a straight groove. B2, “Strobe” is a classy and effective techno tool, lost in space.

Privacy – Zero Value [KLAKSON026]

March 24, 2017February 14, 2023 hipodromeacid, electro, klakson recordings, privacy, technoLeave a comment

New school electro wunderkind Privacy makes his debut on Klakson with a dark four tracker that checks all the right boxes. The EP kicks off with “Four IO”, a haunting, spacey dubbed out acid roller with lush pads throughout. “U Can Tell” and “NCSC” are both specimens of the finest EBM tradition, re-interpreting the sound for 2017, while “Shove” on the B2 effortlessly transports us into deep, uptempo aquatic electro territory.

Thread – Conningham EP [REACH001]

March 24, 2017March 22, 2017 hipodromedeep house, electro, reach, threadLeave a comment

New UK based imprint aiming to bring you atmospheric and emotional treats that toe the line between bass heavy, electro leaning, house & techno and everything in between. The label’s first outing comes from the duo Thread.

Exhausted Modern – Habitat EP [MID009]

March 24, 2017November 10, 2022 hipodromeelectro, exhausted modern, frak, house, ladislav zensor, layup, midlight records, technoLeave a comment

EXHAUSTED MODERN - Habitat EP

The ninth release on Midligh brings to light Exhausted Modern, the new alias from Layup, the co-founder of Endless Illusion.

Zeta Reticula – EP 6 [ELECTRIX010]

March 24, 2017August 21, 2023 hipodromeelectrix records, electro, techno, umek, zeta reticulaLeave a comment

Umek continues his Zeta Reticula series for Billy Nasty’s Electrix with ‘EP 6’. The bass-quaking ‘Reticulum’ opens the EP and the release instantly sparkles and explodes into electrofunk action, followed by ‘Solar Analogs’, like a ticking time bomb. ‘Rotating Protostellar Cloud’ heads up the B-side with its more Moroder / Kraftwerk era sound that’s epic and melodious, before ‘Circumstellar Debris Disk’ completes the quartet, with a flurrying filmatic soundscape approach.

Beppe Lode – Obscure Italian Disco Funky [SZABO005]

March 23, 2017February 22, 2023 hipodromebeppe loda, disco, funk, violette szaboLeave a comment

The legendary Beppe Loda delivers four Italian cuts to heat up the dance floors!

System Olympia – Dusk & Dreamland [SLOMO030]

March 23, 2017December 16, 2021 hipodromedisco, electro, house, slow motion records, system olympiaLeave a comment

SYSTEM OLYMPIA - Dusk & Dreamland

New year, new start and a long overdue introduction of some female sensibilities into the Slow Motion stable. System Olympia hails from Calabria and was formerly part of London based Royalty. You know the drill by now, tear jerking synths, chest crushing bass and that indefinable slow-motion disco swagger that we have made all our own.

Black Bones – Black Bones 1 [BLACKBONES001]

March 23, 2017May 31, 2023 hipodromeafrican, black bones, disco, edits, funk, houseLeave a comment

Black Bones’ debut release is really something. From the Daphni-esque full throttle Afro A Side, to a duo of lost classics on the flip, this one’s a keeper…

Helena Hauff – A Tape [DE149]

March 22, 2017November 20, 2017 hipodromealbum, dark entries records, electro, experimental, handmade birds, helena hauff, technoLeave a comment

Dark Entries present ‘A Tape’, a double LP of early work by Helena Hauff. ‘A Tape’ is a compilation of Helena’s earliest recordings from 2011 and 2014, originally released on limited cassette by Handmade Birds in 2015. Clocking in at over 50 minutes, this collection spans Hauff’s musical universe, from jacking acid-techno to krautish zone-outs and scuzzy feedback interludes. It’s tempting to consider it Helena’s debut album, but she views these tracks as mostly forgotten sketches left on the cutting room floor. It a gripping collection of deep, sinister analog synth sequences, industrial dissonance, and heavy percussion. Her equipment set up was a Roland Alpha Juno 2, Juno 60, TB-303, TR-707 and TR-808. Both of the discs end with Hauff stepping outside of the intentionally stiff, robotic rhythms, instead showing her skill at crafting less conventional electronic sounds.