Yan Cook – XX LP [PRRUKBLK010]

May 7, 2016March 12, 2026 hipodromealbum, planet rhythm black, planet rhythm records, techno, yan cookLeave a comment

It’s been a while since Planet Rhythm released an entire LP project. Who else to thread into album territories than Ukranian Planet Rhythm stalwart ”Yan Cook”. After releasing various efforts through the Rotterdam based imprint over the last few years, Yan Cook comes up with a double LP consisting of 2 discs with 2 tracks on each side. Whilst shifting between various sides of the Yan Cook identity the XX LP proves to be an effective and bulding package over mechanic Techno sounds with strong builds and exciting taints of FX.

Developer – Archive 6 [DEVELOPER006]

May 7, 2016May 6, 2016 hipodromeadrian sandoval, developer, developer archive, technoLeave a comment

Techno and bizarre raw grooves produced by Developer.

ASOK – A Mind Forever Voyaging [CRLP13]

May 6, 2016April 17, 2018 hipodromealbum, asok, creme organization, house, stu robinson, technoLeave a comment

Liverpool artist Stu Robinson aka ASOK steps up to Creme Organization with a debut full length offering, A Mind Forever Voyaging, featuring ten tracks of macho yet melodic, tender yet tense analogue house and techno. Something of a late starter, Robinson has fomented his own mystical, nostalgic, inventive analogue sound that makes you jack, as well as conjuring real emotions with his great knack for melody. This album was recorded live then edited down. “So if something doesn’t sound good it either stays in or I re-record the whole thing,” says Robinson, who used things like Maschine, tb303, analog RYTM, JX-8P, Microkorg, some plugins and “a shit load of old rave samples” to create his debut full length. All written at home over a period of a year or so, it proves the artist has plenty of ideas and more than enough skills to carry them off. All unified by a sense of emotion and kinked dance floor groove that has been picked up over the course of 25 years of living and breathing many different forms of dance music, it is an accomplished debut.

VFR – Trip Voyager [TPL005]

May 6, 2016May 6, 2016 hipodromehouse, techno, that place records, vfr, visitors for reworksLeave a comment

VFR aka Visitors For Reworks is back on That Place Records. He has taking time to cook new tracks, showing his deep side of House & Techno music. The result is Trip Voyager.

VA – Regelbau 04 [RB004]

May 6, 2016July 5, 2018 hipodromec.k., deep house, maizena, regelbau, timemanLeave a comment

Another installment from the Danish posse, Regelbau, featuring 4 lush tracks from Maizena, Regelbau and C.K. & Timeman.

Jeremiah R – Interstellar [INST006]

May 5, 2016October 11, 2017 hipodromeelectro, house, instruction records, jeremiah r., technoLeave a comment

Brilliant techno & electro release from Rotterdam’s Jeremiah R. Eclectic sound for a one way trip into the future…

Morphology – Lack of Light [AFS020.03]

May 5, 2016May 16, 2022 hipodromeabstract forms, electro, matti turunen, michael diekmann, morphology, technoLeave a comment

Morphology, back where they began on Abstract Forms. Killer aquatic electro born out of cold, dark and long winters in Finland.

Vactrol Park – II [ESP026B]

May 5, 2016August 5, 2025 hipodromeelectro, esp institute, experimental, guido zen, kyle martin, techno, vactrol parkLeave a comment

Vactrol Park, the collaborative endeavor between Kyle Martin (Land of Light) and Guido Zen (Brain Machine), returns to the ESP Institute with II, rounding out the second half of their EP series. For this installment, a sojourn was made to Stockholm to record at the computer music mecca, EMS (Elektronmusikstudion), where the artists had the opportunity to experiment extensively with the legendary Buchla 200 Modular and Serge Modular, two of the rarest and most pornographic modular synthesizers in existence. While both instruments originate from California (Buchla in Berkeley as a commission from pioneer Morton Subotnik, and Serge at the California Institute of the Arts), the music Vactrol Park draws from these machines is far from warm and sunny. Akin to their predecessors on the 2015 debut I, these works materialize a level of taste and measure of craft that’s unattainable by most, each retaining an individual cinematic approach yet working collectively toward one consummate goal—paralysis.

Adapta – MKS-50 Tracks [FR034]

May 5, 2016February 3, 2026 hipodromeadapta, electro, frustrated funk, steve conner, technoLeave a comment

The in 1986 produced MKS-50 synth is a rack-mount version of Roland Corporation’s Alpha Juno. It has the same synth engine and architecture, but with added features like 16 programmable chord memories, the ability to store velocity, volume, panning, de-tune, portamento and other similar parameters within each patch you create. The optional PG-300 gives traditional slider type control of all editable tone parameters which include DCO (digitally controlled oscillators) LFO, bend, ENV, pulse, waveforms, noise, PW/PWM, high pass filter, VCF (filter) with freq/env/res/LFO/kybd, VCA envelope, chorus, and more. Adapta delivers a project based on this legendary MKS-50 synth. Tracks created with technology from the past, aimed for the future.

Orbe – Kepler 438 [BAO056.5]

May 4, 2016December 13, 2023 hipodromealbum, be as one recordings, coherence, detroit techno, fernando sanz, orbeLeave a comment

Coherence is a new vinyl only series from Be As One, a channel of expression with a different approach than the main label catalogue. Focused exclusively towards hypnotic and carefully programmed Techno, Coherence will be an outlet for established artists, but also for breaking the new and exciting talent. The first release comes from techno alumnus Orbe, who launch this new limited series with a double LP of dreamy, hypnotic Techno.

2030 – Prescience [CLFT011]

May 4, 2016October 14, 2025 hipodrome2030, clft, detroit techno, electro, kaelan, nico campanellaLeave a comment

The mysterious Italian producer 2030 is back on CLFT. Here – with these four tracks – comes another deep and refreshing breath, still full of these unique retro-futur-rhythms.

Xenogears – Second Room EP [PM014]

May 4, 2016August 28, 2024 hipodromedetroit techno, lucretio, marieu, mattia trani, pushmaster discs, techno, the analogue cops, xenogearsLeave a comment

Machine soul Hi-techno funk rooted cuts from the Berlin based Analogue Cops as Xenogears. Included a space acid solid remix by Mattia Trani.

Inter Gritty – Islands [RINO001LP]

May 3, 2016May 3, 2016 hipodromeacid, album, ambient, inter gritty, random island, technoLeave a comment

Album debut from Inter Gritty. This island-hopping adventure takes us from the quirky depths of Ictis through the 303 workout of Stac Lee and the brutal pounding of Swona, to the lush electronics of Cijin. The Norrköping, Sweden-based producer has taken his sound one step further from his previous EPs and painted a bigger picture, covering an archipelago of sound that offers both rough seas, jagged cliffs and serene forests.

Aiken – Boundary [TL002]

May 3, 2016December 4, 2020 hipodromeaiken, techno, timelineLeave a comment

AIKEN - Boundary

After a successful launch of his own imprint last year, label owner Aiken is now back with the second EP. His first release of 2016 and the second release on the Timelime imprint counts four four-to-the-floor techno bangers in his own signature style. Warehouse proof peaktime.

Psyk – Origin / Wire [NON022]

May 3, 2016December 13, 2023 hipodromemanuel anós, minimal techno, non series, psykLeave a comment

Madrid-based producer Manuel Anós returns on his own Non Series imprint to release a new EP. Psyk brings now to ‘Origin’, 2 tracks in the Manuel’s most basic and stripped down aesthetics to explore his sonic origins through loops and wires.

Drafted – Frames From The Lake EP [BALANS020]

May 3, 2016 hipodromebalans records, drafted, technoLeave a comment

The first installment of Balans Records in 2016 brings the debut of young, talented Italian artist, Drafted, to the Dutch label. Beautifully opening the EP, ‘Frames from the Lake’ fills the air with a thick suspense, reminiscent of a mystical fairytale before ‘Frequency Graven’ dives straight into a persistent kick and coordinated with fluttering chords. On the flip side, ‘Shaded Impacted’ delivers a deeper bass which introduces a progression into a climax of heavenly dissonance and relentless hi-hats. ‘Vortex Empire’ on the other hand features contradictory rhythms which dance atop stirring atmospheres. Each track is able to emphasize that naturally opposites do attract as the confronting rhythms compliment any dark dance floor.

S Olbricht – For Perfect Beings [LT022]

May 1, 2016December 25, 2017 hipodromealbum, ambient techno, deep house, lobster theremin, martin mikolai, s olbrichtLeave a comment

Having broken the barrier for murky skewed house with his 2014 white label ‘A Place Called Ballacid’, Hungarian scene founder S Olbricht returns with a full album on Lobster Theremin that channels his distinct brand of thumping, sludgy techno, weaving through repetitive drone-laden ambient and Hague-esque escape soundtrack house. ‘For Perfect Beings’ is a sound-palette tour de force, picking ‘n’ mixing tempos and tonal balances that shift throughout each track and side of vinyl. Which strangely starts on a 12″ LP slab and ends with a pseudo ‘bonus’ 10″ two track experiment.

Juan Atkins & Moritz von Oswald present Borderland – Transport [TRESOR285]

May 1, 2016March 27, 2024 hipodromealbum, borderland, detroit techno, dub techno, juan atkins, moritz von oswald, tresor recordsLeave a comment

To coincide with the twenty-fifth anniversary of Berlin club Tresor, Juan Atkins and Moritz Von Oswald have released a second Borderland album together. It begins in ominous mode, with the title track’s brooding bass tones casting a long, dark shadow, but the pair soon find a way to break away from the gloom with the mesmerising chords and heavy rhythm of “Lightyears” and the wonderfully spacey Detroit techno of “Riod”. Both “Odyssey” and “Merkur” push the tempo back down but keep an emphasis on hypnotic, woozy textures, snappy drums and jazzy tones, while “2600” shows that Van Oswald hasn’t lost his ability to craft dub-heavy, dreamy techno.

Andy Stott – Too Many Voices [LOVE101]

May 1, 2016June 19, 2024 hipodromealbum, ambient, andy stott, deep techno, experimental, modern loveLeave a comment

Andy Stott rarely gets it wrong. To date, he’s release a trio of fine full-lengths on Modern Love, each of which has arrived perfectly formed. It’s a similar story on fourth album Too Many Voices. Rich, spacious and melodious, it draws on both classic and contemporary sounds, channeling Yellow Magic Orchestra, James Blake, Boards Of Canada, Autechre and clap-happy drum machine funk, before twisting these varied inspirations into thrilling new shapes. For all the high-minded experimentalism, Stott’s greatest gift is an ability to create music that’s inspired and entertaining, achieving a balance between boundary-pushing and old-fashioned melodiousness. When he gets it right, as on Too Many Voices, few can really compete.

VA – Cosmos #1 [SVS009]

May 1, 2016March 4, 2026 hipodromebartellow, deep house, deep techno, experimental, konrad wehrmeister, maxim wolzyn, svs records, tropicanaLeave a comment

Another compilation on SVS Records. This time, Cosmos #1.