Q-Chip – Access Consciousness [GNOSIS002]

August 29, 2016August 12, 2024 hipodromeelectro, gnosis, q-chipLeave a comment

Enigmatic producer Q-Chip unleashes a 6-track EP on Gnosis. ‘Access Consciousness’ is the logical 21st Century progression in an electronic music lineage that can be traced from the blueprint laid down by Kraftwerk’s ‘Man Machine’ aesthetic through Drexciya in their various incarnations. Armed with his machines, Q-Chip harnesses the energy of pure voltage and sculpts it into sonic visions of the future, whilst acknowledging the rhythmic foundations of electro. This is music that is in essence synthetic and yet at its core human. Immaculately produced and conceived, utilising precision tooled beats, deep analogue basslines, eerie glacial synth work and economical vocals deployed to maximum effect. Dynamic and inventive arrangements ensure this slab of wax will be in the crates of many discerning electro DJs long into the future and should appeal to any ears seeking Science Fiction through sound.

Beesmunt Soundsystem – Afterglow EP [CHURCH010]

August 29, 2016September 21, 2022 hipodromebeesmunt soundsystem, church, david van der leeuw, deep house, electro, luigi vittorio jansen, moseyLeave a comment

New Church Black from Beesmunt Soundsystem, five fresh cuts including a Mosey remix.

Benedikt Frey – Out Of Here Remixes [HVN036]

August 29, 2016October 12, 2023 hipodromebenedikt frey, disco, hivern discs, house, roman flugel, simon haydoLeave a comment

Benedikt Frey’s Out Of Here gets a fresh new treatment in the hands of two mainstays of European techno: Roman Flugel and Simon Haydo. Flugel’s Cosmic Disco Drama Rework lives up to its name, maintaining the noir disco spirit of the original track but infusing it with tension-building sequences and strings that give it an extra mischievous twist. He also straightens the rhythmic skeleton and adds shuffling shakers to make it a relentless dancefloor weapon. Haydo’s remix delves into a more dismal terrain, transforming the vocals into haunted echoes, adding esoteric synths and topping it all with razor-sharp percussion in what sounds like a storm of ice asteroids falling into a lake of steel.

VA – Surinam Funk Force [RHMC002]

August 28, 2016August 30, 2023 hipodromeantal, caribbean, compilation, disco, funk, jazz, outernational, rush hour, steve watson, the jam band, thomas gesthuizenLeave a comment

A compilation of highly collectable and rare Surinamese 45’s and LP cuts. Compiled by Antal Heitlager & Thomas Gesthuizen this is the follow up to the Kindred Spirits released Surinam! compilation. This volume goes even deeper into the field of 70ties and 80ties funk music from the Surinamese dance floors.

Cuthead – Return Of The Sample Jesus [UV040]

August 28, 2016May 10, 2023 hipodromealbum, cuthead, funk, hip-hop, house, uncanny valleyLeave a comment

In a world without hope, a world with no appetite for sonic adventures, there’s only one man who can save us all. He is… the Sample Jesus! From behind the enchanted pyramids of Egypt comes a man that has nothing to prove but a lot to give. Taught by a legendary Pharaoh, he has lived the life of an eremite for decades. Exhausted after years of asceticism there was only one goal on his mind: to blow all the misery out of our heads. On the constant search for the perfect sample he listened to the finest Mongolian folk to experimental Tuvan Throat singings. It was only recently that he was returning from his self-imposed exile to come up with a record that hits deep in everybody’s soul. Hallelujah, House-heads and Hip-Hop-kids, be prepared. Listen to the word of the Sample Jesus!

Psycheground – Psychedelic And Underground Music [CNPL802C]

August 28, 2016February 21, 2022 hipodromecinedelic records, gianfranco reverberi, jazz, lupus, nuova idea, psychedelic, psycheground, re-release, reissue, sandro brugnolini, stefano torossiLeave a comment

The progressive jazz groove library holy grail album produced in 1971 by Gianfranco Reverberi, composed by himself, Stefano Torossi and Sandro Brugnolini, and performed by the musicians from NUOVA IDEA band.

VA – D’ Du Du [030EP010]

August 27, 2016April 4, 2023 hipodrome030303 records, acid, d'marc cantu, electro, house, mark du mosch, paul du lac, technoLeave a comment

What’s in the du name? 030303 records asked three of their favourite producers with matching names to du an ep together: Ann Harbour’s D’Marc Cantu and Mark du Mosh & Paul du Lac, both from the dutch harbour city Rotterdam. The result is dynamite! A1″Mine Motion” is a monsterous jacker in the rawest form how only mr Cantu can du! On the B side Mark du Mosh takes off with a flight to “Bermuda” with a hot & steamy roaring electronic beast sitting on the wing of the plane and causing some heavy turbulence. Fortunatly du Mosh keeps us flying high with some deep emotional synths. Last but not least Paul du Lac delivers a dark psychedelic techtool called “Beta Rhythm”. A track that creeps under your skin as a virus, causing some serious haziness from noding your head.

Inter Gritty – Lost In Boxes EP [DEMO013]

August 27, 2016August 26, 2016 hipodromeacid, deep moves, inter gritty, technoLeave a comment

Killer raw jacking acid tracks with some old school Chicago influences in a contemporary style. Inter Gritty on Deep Moves delivering the goods.

Aybee – The Heart Of The Sun [DBRV028]

August 27, 2016September 7, 2016 hipodromeaybee, deepblak recordings, house, technoLeave a comment

Aybee returns on his always reliable Deepblak imprint to give us another dose of the real proper deep stuff. Just one side on this release from the man now in Berlin, but it’s quality not quantity we say. “The Heart Of The Sun” is a raw and tunnelling cut with eerie synth melodies, a killer bassline and dark analogue drums giving this track its momentum and its edge. A fine taste of a long-mooted new Aybee album due on Deepblak in the coming months.

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Chino – Hiss [HOLGER010]

August 26, 2016July 15, 2021 hipodromeacid, chino, holger records, technoLeave a comment

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Holger #10 introduces yet another new face to the ever growing label crew: Chino has been one of the most busy live performers in Poland for the last decade – playing all-hardware sets in clubs and at festivals on a weekly basis. His »HISS« EP is a true Acid treasure and Holger’s most decisive step into proper club territory. »Worker« and »Paper Rider« are two bass-heavy dancefloor belters, with strong kickdrums and synapse-tickling 303 lines. The flipside shows two more of Chino’s many facets: While »31.08.« is a slow-burning Dubtechno hypnosis, »Shifter« closes the EP with moody Electro.

Death In Vegas – Consequences of Love [DRONE009]

August 25, 2016March 31, 2025 hipodromechris & cosey, death in vegas, drone out records, richard fearless, richard maguire, sasha grey, synth pop, synth waveLeave a comment

United over a love of Throbbing Gristle and Chris & Cosey, Richard Fearless partners with artist and writer Sasha Grey on ‘Consequences of Love’, the second single from Death in Vegas’ critically lauded sixth studio album, Transmission. In the spirit of this collaboration, we are thrilled to announce the release of ‘Consequences of Love’ with a remix by iconic electronica pioneers Chris & Cosey. “After listening to the stems we could sense a kind of “October Love Song’ vibe in there so – so that’s kind of what we aimed for. We really enjoyed doing it, there was lots of dancing around the studio while we worked on it.” Chris Carter.

Jago – I’m Going To Go [DE133]

August 24, 2016May 27, 2020 hipodromedark entries records, disco, frankie knuckles, full time records, goody music, jago, luciana cirrillo, michele violante, re-release, reissueLeave a comment

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Jago was the studio project of Michele Violante created in Milan, Italy in 1983. The line-up also included Luciana Cirrillo aka Kynsha, who wrote lyrics and sang back up vocals. The name Jago comes from Iago, the main antagonist in Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’. In those years, Michele produced a lot of songs and published material for Full Time Records. “I’m Going To Go” was recorded at Forum Studio in Rome in 1983 and released on Full Time the same year. He made an electro-funk demo with a Gibson Les Paul, but during practice the song became soulful funk but arranged with new wave electronics. The song revolves around a slick atmospheric bassline, driving electronic percussion, and tight rhythm guitar and synths. The setup for the recording was a Casiotone MT-40 keyboard, Boss DR-55 and Sequential Circuits Drumtraks drum machines, an Akai cassette recorder, and a Revox A77 for multi-tracking. Lead vocals were done by session musician Bruno Kassar, delivering Kynsha’s playful lyrics along to the lead melody. Also on the A-side is the Instrumental Version which became a hit in New York after Larry Levan played it repeatedly at the Paradise Garage. Full Time asked Levan’s long time friend Frankie Knuckles to make a remix. It was released in 1985 as the “Plant Mix”, and is included here on the B-side. This was Frankie’s first released remix, although the record label misspelled his name as ’Frankye’. The remix clocks in at over 8 minutes, and is a dub edit made using the stereo master of the instrumental track.

Expansives – Life With You [DE131]

August 24, 2016July 17, 2024 hipodromedark entries records, expansives, franco rago, gigi farina, italo-disco, leader records, re-release, reissueLeave a comment

Gianluigi “Gigi” Farina and Francesco Rago are to be counted among Italo disco’s true originators. Operating as a duo under many monikers, they brought us masterpieces such as Wanexa’s “The Man From Colours”, ‘Lectric Workers’ “Robot Is Systematic”, and Decadance’s “On And On”. Their sound is propulsive and ethereal in equal measure – dense, psychedelic, and tinged with melancholy. Their first composition was under the name Expansives. “Life With You” was recorded in Milan in 1981 and released on Leader Records in 1982, and features then 16-year old Xenia Monneret on lyric-writing duties. They wanted to incorporate a more electronic sound to break the classic disco mold, and in the process, they created an early, raw example of what would come to be known as Italo Disco. A thumping bass synth and processed drums set the groove, while Francesco sings of his loneliness. Tension is released when he later breaks into a Bee Gees-esque falsetto, but in the context of such an unusual song, the uncanny becomes familiar, the familiar becomes uncanny. Unfortunately they were not able to afford a professional recording studio and had to re-record each take over the same reel of tape. This caused a subtle surface noise buzz that adds to the warm analog feel of the song. On the B-side is the instrumental version with extended breaks, drum claps and dubbed out bass line.

Convextion – 2845 [ARTLESS2845]

August 23, 2016October 5, 2017 hipodromea.r.t.less, album, convextion, detroit, electro, experimental, gerard hanson, house, mojuba recordsLeave a comment

2845 is Gerard Hanson’s first full-length as Convextion in a decade. The new album is made up of seven characteristically spacy techno cuts, and is his first release with the Mojuba-affiliated a.r.t.less.

Crotaphytus – Acanthosaura [FUR104]

August 23, 2016March 26, 2018 hipodromealbum, ambient, crotaphytus, electro, experimental, further records, nico jagiella, robert witschakowski, technoLeave a comment

Robert Witschakowski takes a break from rewiring the rules of electro with his prolific The Exaltics project to deliver the eerie soundtrack album, ‘Acanthosaura’. Working with Nico Jagiella – with whom he co-runs the Solar One label – the pair have created the soundtrack for a world of flickering shadows, dark ambient textures and ominous bass tones. It’s the first Crotaphytus release in six years and according to Witschakowski, a project stemming from his love of reptiles and movie soundtracks. Like previous Crotaphytus releases on Solar One, ‘Acanthosaura’ is a deeply atmospheric affair. With each track title a reference to different types of lizards, from the death-paced drums of Cyclura Cornuta” to the slow-motion ebm-disco groove of Xenosaurus Platyceps” and the murderous subs of Caiman Latirostris”. In between, the dark ambient passages of Conolophus Subcristatus” and Amblyrhynchus Cristatus” as well as nods to The Exaltics’ spaced out electro in Iguana Delicatissima”. However, Robert insists that the album remains true to the project’s ethos. Crotaphytus is always dark and haunting. The project has no rules and that gives us the total freedom to make everything with it. I make also different styles with The Exaltics, but I have a concrete vision every time. With Crotaphytus, we let it flow and see were we land at the end. For this album, we tried to create an atmosphere like you are in a deep jungle, chased by giant lizards. Ambient has really the power to transport feelings. I guess this is subliminal in us from watching films.”

Johannes Regnier – Hilbert Space [THC012]

August 23, 2016February 19, 2019 hipodromedetroit, dub techno, electro, johannes regnier, massimiliano pagliara, palms trax, the healing companyLeave a comment

The Healing Company re-release a highly sought original version of Johannes’ Regnier “Hilbert Space”, coming with two stunning remixes by Palms Trax and Massimiliano Pagliara.

Federico Leocata – Zunachst [CPU00100001]

August 23, 2016May 12, 2019 hipodromebeta evers, central processing unit, detroit, electro, federico leocataLeave a comment

Federico Leocata is an italian audio-visual artist who has exhibited in Athens, Thessaloniki and Catania. Later expanding his art into the field of sound based analysis of the human psyche. First discovered by Heinrich Mueller (Dopplereffekt, Drexciya), Federico released his first EP in 2010 for the Belgian imprint WeMè Records, attracting further interest from labels like Frustrated Funk and Last Known Trajectory. Zunächst vocals by Beta Evers.

Terence Fixmer – Beneath The Skin EP [OTON097]

August 22, 2016January 29, 2024 hipodromeostgut ton, techno, terence fixmerLeave a comment

There’s few names that have left their mark on electronic music throughout time like Terence Fixmer did. The French producer has been releasing music since 1993 and by combining the aesthetics of EBM, Electro and Industrial music with the rhythmics of Techno, Fixmer coined and occupied his very own musical niche as a producer and live act.

Alfredo Mazzilli – Nibiru [LNTHN005]

August 22, 2016October 26, 2018 hipodromealfredo mazzilli, iori, lanthan.audio, minimal techno, wrong assessmentLeave a comment

Label owner, Christian Gerlach recruited the young and very talented Alfredo Mazzilli, which already showed his skills with his latest releases on Edit Select Records or Planet Rhythm. In the EP, which is dedicated to the Babylonian gods, Alfredo takes us into worlds of sound that reminds us of a run through the jungle and arrivals at mighty temples.

Executive Slacks – Seams Ruff LP [DE128]

August 21, 2016October 4, 2023 hipodromealbert ganss, album, dark entries records, executive slacks, industrial, john young, matt marello, minimal synth, post punk, synth waveLeave a comment

Executive Slacks began in the hot, humid summer of 1980 Philadelphia by Matt Marello, John Young and Albert Ganss, three bored, broke, anxious art students. Starting out with performance art in subways, they soon took their angst-ridden act to galleries and night clubs. The band found their moniker in a run-down bookstore after seeing an ad for men’s polyester pants. They pieced together sounds that captured the growing paranoia of an age predicted by Orwell and the growing inequalities of the 1980s. They excavated two cassettes that contained their earliest recorded material from 1980 and 1981. “Seams Ruff” is a 13 song compilation from these cassette collections plus a bonus flexi disc featuring a live performance on WXPN from 1980. The tracks were created with the use of heavily modified synthesizers and noisemakers, the broken innards of a grand piano, metal oil drums and a spray painted Harmony Rocket guitar. The Slacks drew their influences from contemporaries like Cabaret Voltaire and Tuxedomoon, as well as Disco and Dadaism. Dripping in nihilism, the song’s lyrics tackle the existential dread of the late 20th century and three of the songs are taken from “Mann ist Mann” a 1926 play by the German modernist author Bertolt Brecht. Executive Slacks’ unique brew of primitive electronics, harsh guitars and aggressive vocals inspired many bands like Ministry, Front 242 and Skinny Puppy.