Plant43 – Dreams Of The Sentient City [SEMANTICA041]

March 25, 2012February 26, 2015 hipodromedetroit, electro, emile facey, plant43, semantica records, sentient city, technoLeave a comment

Plant43 returns on Semantica with a four-track electro EP. Most of the new material exhibits the melodic and placid side of electro, starting with “Neon”, good for nocturnal downtown cruising in a light drizzle. “Stellar Nursery” embarks on a space mission in more upbeat mood, expressed by blooming arpeggios and subtle disco bass, all resulting in a hefty dose of analog harmony. After futuristic dreaming and little melody played in “Metamaterial Cloaking”, the gates are smashed open in “Fluid Reasoning” for a turbocharged cavalry, whereas Plant43 is not afraid adding some trance quotient to this wake-up call.

Luke Eargoggle / Faceless Mind – Lightwriters Infovox EP [STIL040]

March 25, 2012April 4, 2024 hipodromeelectro, faceless mind, karl lukas petterson, luke eargoggle, stilleben recordsLeave a comment

Eargoggle and Inkinen produced track in their signature mind bending style. Highly limited picture disc mini LP.

VA – Episode 1 – Messier 42 [IT001]

March 25, 2012March 30, 2023 hipodromeantoni maiovvi, dark vektor, disco, electro, humanedroid, interstellar tracks, synthesizedLeave a comment

Tracks by Humandroid, Dark Vektor, Antoni Maiovvi & Synthesized. ‘In the interstellar medium are regions known as nebulae, they formed by gas and heavy chemical elements in the form of cosmic dust. Have a significant cosmological importance since many of these regions are where stars are born by phenomena of condensation and aggregation of matter. One of the most beautiful is M42 or Messier 42, the Orion Nebula…’

Janitor Of Lunacy – Crimes On The Dancefloor LP [MNQ008]

March 24, 2012March 26, 2014 hipodromealbum, cold wave, electro, janitor of lunacy, mannequin recordsLeave a comment

Big release by one of the best electronic Cold Wave bands from Italy. Janitor Of Lunacy were an Italian New Wave electronic band, active in Brescia from 1981 to 1986, composed by Kovre, Claudio Asserini and Gabriele Farina. With this line up, JOL produced a demo tape in 1983 entitled ‘Crimes On The Dancefloor”, which was very well reviewed by the italian music press. Thanks to such great feedbacks, the band was choosed for various compilation of the era, playing many live shows in historic clubs like Xenon in Florence or Odissea 2001 in Milano, sharing the stage with Weimar Gesang and some others Supporti Fonografici related bands. In 1986 JOL entered in studio for recording their first full-lenght for this label, album publicized by various magazine but that never saw the light of the day, due to artistic divergences.

White Car – Everyday Grace [HIT015]

March 24, 2012October 19, 2015 hipodromealbum, electro, hippos in tanks, minimal synth, synth wave, white carLeave a comment

Hippos In Tanks’ carefully assembled roster, White Car are the label’s darkest, sexiest operators. Hailing from the Pilsen neighbourhood in Chicago, their debut album ‘Everyday Grace’ channels that Eurotic undercurrent of Techno/Wave/drug music which has fuelled the city’s subterranean scene since the earliest days. Like an hallucinatory audio version of the scramble suits in A Scanner Darkly, their chimeric, cyberdelic fantasia assimilates elements of 30 years + of debonaire, thrusting automatik funk, from DAF to NIN to CTI, to ’80s Bowie, Prince and way beyond, refracting each glint until it becomes an amorphous nebula of digital info masking an ice-cool, thermo-controlled interior. The stuttered vocal of central figure Elon Katz expounds ideas of bodiless cybernetic sex and binary sensuality, melding his urging physicality into a virtual matrix of jagged, shoulder-jerking rhythms and writhing synthlines saturated in bacchanalian dissonance.

Kinder Aus Asbest – Artificial Seasons

March 24, 2012November 4, 2013 hipodromeelectro, kinder aus asbest, minimal synth, synth pop1 Comment

Old school minimalsynth, nostalgic but with a glimpse of the future from Swedish band Kinder Aus Asbest.

Mi Ami – Decade [SILK020]

March 24, 2012November 4, 2024 hipodrome100% silk, electronics, house, mi ami1 Comment

Mi Ami is the five year old project of exotic punk-gone-House types Daniel Martin-McCormick (Ital) and Damon Palermo (Magic Touch). ‘Decade’ signifies a suitably decadent sea-change to their sound in keeping with respective solo projects. Basically they’ve ditched the guitars and drums for a hypnotic, electronic blend of Deep House and Disco filtered through their sly post-punk sensibilities, stretching their svelte, club-and-gig-toned laptop muscle over four extended groovers aimed squarely at the more misty, pie-eyed ends of the night. On ‘Horns’ Daniel’s snotty no-wave vox jar very nicely against cocoa-buttered Chicago simulations, while the luscious ‘Time Of Love’ coolly sidesteps their punk roots with smoothly tucked-in disco bass and a sense of debonaire, balearic Dub romance. Deeper yet, ‘Free Of life’ meditates on rippling congas and hyperreal reverbs looking for that Panorama Bar booking while ‘Bells’ sounds something like a long lost Virgo dub starring a cameo vocal from Zed off of the Police Academy films.

Ed Davenport – Counterchange [NRKCD046]

March 23, 2012March 6, 2024 hipodromealbum, ed davenport, nrk music, technoLeave a comment

Berlin based Brit Ed Davenport presents his debut LP on NRK Music. Counterchange has plenty of concessions to filmic home listening rather than straight up dancefloor fodder. Notably, breakbeats feature heavily up the spine of the album, as does subtle vocal sampling and plenty of atmospheric tension. Starting with the brooding drums and moody voices of “Of Light & Shade” the album unfurls through the barely restrained rave euphoria of the title track, the beautifully re-worked melodies of “New Yorkshire” and “More Red Lights” as well as touching on some sombre downbeat bleakness, bold concrete funk and under-lapping deep techno. The penultimate track, “Somewhere,” is to be the album’s forceful first single: an obvious choice for its deeply hypnotic rhythms and train-track grooves.

Aubrey – Den Fjarde Farden [FARDEN004]

March 23, 2012July 14, 2023 hipodromeaubrey, detroit techno, fardenLeave a comment

The fourth release on Farden from Sweden who keep on pushing the boundaries of pure and relentless techno. This time two funky ’90s inspired tracks by techno legend Aubrey.

Trevino – Derelict [NL012]

March 23, 2012May 29, 2017 hipodromehouse, marcus intalex, naked lunch, techno, trevinoLeave a comment

Great Detroit Techno inspired trax by UK drum and bass head Marcus Intalex under his Trevino monniker.

Gerry Read – Yeh Come Dance [DSRH001]

March 23, 2012July 30, 2013 hipodromedelsin records, gerry read, house, technoLeave a comment

Yeh Come Dance

Delsin launches of a new house-focussed series and the first release is from the mysterious and 19 year old Gerry Read.
“Yeh Come Dance” explores dusty and rusty loops of drums, vocals and wooden hits all of which are held together with a knackered jazzy glue. ‘Crawlspace’ on the other hand is a foggy gaggle of kicks, drums, hi-hats and cowbells coated in plenty of hiss and crackle. ‘Bozza’ again demonstrates Read’s ability to produce something that sounds two decades old yet wholly contemporary at the same time. Chord prods here, raw hits there, jazzy motifs buried within – it’s house music designed for cosy little basements in the dead of night where ‘Crooked’ is more in yer face. The loops in this one are more exposed and loud in the mix, but still feel unmistakably elliptical and raw.

Nicholas – Still Playing House [4LUX007B]

March 22, 2012April 27, 2018 hipodrome4lux, 4lux black, album, deep house, gerd, hunee, nicholasLeave a comment

Italian producer Nicholas serves you his debut album for 4lux called Still Playing House, showcasing his love for the earlier USA house sounds in 14 original deep house tracks. The album includes also 2 remixes by Hunee and label head Gerd.

Yør – Modern Slaves Of Contemporary Contexts EP [MAZE003]

March 22, 2012March 21, 2012 hipodromedeep house, purple maze, purple maze music, yørLeave a comment

Expect to get lured into the Purple Maze with this third release by the Dutch imprint, once again by mysterious producer Yør with his “Modern Slaves Of Contemporary Contexts EP”. The EP starts with ‘ABCM’, a dystopian landscape of buzzing machines, ticking percussion and raw drums that builds and builds until eventually coalescing into a foreboding and roughshod house groove. ‘Dystopia’ continues in Yør’s tradition of contrary titles, because it’s in fact a soothing cut doused in ambiance that relaxes you after the agro ride that went before. ‘Fear And Desire’ comes over like a deep cut, with searching synths, a fine grain texture and plenty of disheveled Detroit vibes. Closer ‘Phaedra’s Love’ is a scuffed deep house kicker with delicate tambourines, somber buried melodies and a only the faintest sense of optimism muffled in its concealed core.

San Laurentino – Forbidden Fruit [PLAYRJC017]

March 22, 2012March 11, 2020 hipodromedeep house, disco, lóránt talpai, live at robert johnson, san laurentino1 Comment

It’s still relatively early days for Lóránt Talpai aka San Laurentino, whose sensitive take on deep house is imbued with the mystique of early braindance material streets ahead of cookie-cutter pads and chords. The beats are most certainly Chicago-indebted on his EP for Robert Johnson, not least on the title track, but the atmosphere created by the intricate melodies of his synths are the real stars of the show. If you miss the soothing embrace of nineties back room ambience, then head straight for the massaging bass tones of “Rainforest Hunters” and get ready for the bliss-out.

Rio Padice – Moon Phases EP [HOUSEWAX003]

March 22, 2012August 12, 2020 hipodromedario di pace, deep house, housewax, rawax, rio padiceLeave a comment

PADICE, Rio - Moon Phases EP

Rio Padice is back with some assured groovers for Housewax. On the Moon Phases EP the ghost of deep Chicago house looms heavy, not least in the opening track. It’s deliberately naive, easy-going music perfectly pitched to worm its way into a warm-up scenario, but with enough grit in the production to avoid the trap of background fodder. The B-Side is a touch wilder, as the syncopation of “Track 3” does damage with a sumptuous square wave bass while “Track 4” bumps on a nasty garage shuffle.

Boddika – Acid Jackson [SWAMP019]

March 21, 2012March 20, 2012 hipodromeacid, boddika, dubstep, house, swamp 81, technoLeave a comment

New release by Boddika on Swamp 81, featuring two acid tracks.

Trackman Lafonte & Bon Qui Qui – Desert Flight EP [CR1256]

March 21, 2012July 15, 2026 hipodromebon qui qui, chicago house, creme organization, legowelt, trackman lafonte, xosarLeave a comment

Creme Organization presents the Trackman Lafont & Bon Qui Qui EP, a raw banging surfer house EP from the No-Cal beaches by Legowelt & Xosar. The real tracks from the tube!

Fat Bastian – What Is Love EP [G2G001]

March 21, 2012March 6, 2025 hipodromeaffie yusuf, fat bastian, got2go records, house, snuff crewLeave a comment

WHAT IS LOVE (SNUFF CREW / AFFIE RMXS) (MARBLED VINYL)

The debut release for Got2Go Records, with a banging and jacking house EP. This first release is definitely dedicated to the dancefloor heads, raw oldschool house/techno with a touch of vintage, including Snuff Crew and Affie Yusuf remixes.

Shifted – Crossed Paths [MOTECD01]

March 20, 2012January 26, 2024 hipodromealbum, guy brewer, mote evolver, shifted, technoLeave a comment

Shifted’s ‘Crossed Paths’ is a record which pushes the formal possibilities of techno and is the first full length work to be released on Mote-Evolver. On ‘Crossed Paths’ the breadth of Shifted’s ideas is both subtle and devastating. As a producer Shifted’s methodology is like that of a sculptor, he works principally with textures knowing precisely when to leave edges raw and fault lines exposed. ‘Crossed Paths’ is constructed of 11 ominous cuts carved with precision and poise.

Gonzalo MD – Cosmic Gate EP [KW004]

March 20, 2012May 8, 2013 hipodromegonzalo md, knotweed records, techno1 Comment

Debut release on Knotweed by Gonzalo Medina, is a young producer coming straight from Buenos Aires, Argentina. “Cosmic Gate” features three hypnotic dub techno with a touch of darkness & Detroit.