VA – Amphibious Carbine [SMI-008]

December 7, 2023December 7, 2023 hipodromecatt records, confidential, exocet, holy ghost inc, house, primea facey, sound metaphors records, sound migration, techno, transmigrationLeave a comment

The Sound Migration label takes another trip back in to the CATT articles to explore the proto-trance and early bleep techno sound they were pushing from 1988-1991. Another five essential gems from the modestly sized catalogue get an airing here, kicking off with Confidential’s haunting ‘Amphibious Carbine’ followed by the boxy pressure of Exocet’s ‘Nitrogen’. This is astounding stuff throughout, not least the freak-zone trip of Holy Ghost’s ‘Walking On Air’, which sounds like the common denominator between Ibiza and Goa in their nascent days as party destinations. Don’t sleep on the clattering funk of Exocet’s ‘Overdose’ either, a seriously snappy groover with all kinds of oddball sampling going on.

Marcus Paulson – Garden City EP [MOS034]

December 6, 2023April 23, 2024 hipodromeacid house, chicago house, marcus paulson, mark wilkinson, mos recordingsLeave a comment

Marcus Paulson strikes again on M>O>S with some pure jacking acid house heat.

Gherkin Jerks – Gherkin Jerks EP [MU2413]

December 6, 2023December 6, 2023 hipodromeacid house, alleviated records, chicago house, gherkin jerks, larry heardLeave a comment

Three tracks that were included as bonus tracks on the Gherkin Jerks compilation CD from a few years ago are now up for their release on vinyl. All originate from the same Gherkin sessions as Mr. Heard’s two outstanding late 80’s EP’s but were never released as such. The moniker showed a different side to his sonic pallet, and would innovate the acid sound to great FX, influencing a great many of artists in the decades that followed. Psychotic Fantasy eventually made its way to the Dance 2000 Pt. 2 album, while the original full take of Ecstasy and Reznaytor never saw the light of the day. Now for the first time on wax and still sounding as futuristic as ever!

Marco Bernardi – Shuiler [HCS991]

December 6, 2023December 6, 2023 hipodromeacid, electro, frustrated funk, harbour city sorrow, marco bernardi, technoLeave a comment

Electro heavyweight Marco Bernardi is back on Harbour City Sorrow with his first release in four years. Given his considerable history exploring the outer limits of machine funk, you’ll be pleased to know this new single offers another two excursions into parts unknown that shirk the formulaic tendencies of so much contemporary electro.

Zuul – Beam Retreat [XRD015]

December 6, 2023December 6, 2023 hipodromeacid house, exarde, techno, zuulLeave a comment

Exarde clocks up its 15th outing here with another bit of brilliantly direct to dancefloor techno tackle from Zuul.

New Scene – Waves LP [MEC080]

November 30, 2023November 29, 2023 hipodromealbum, boy records, ebm, industrial, mecanica records, new scene, technoLeave a comment

New Scene was a project created in the late 80’s by Arno Müller and Markus Barth. They were part of the roaster of the German label BOY Records together with acts like Time Modem, Cybex Factor and “O”. New Scene released in 1989/90 two singles/mega-mixes under the title of “Out of Control”, becoming both classics in the German Techno scene. Their third single “Tonight” also turned to a big success in the clubs and pushed New Scene to release their debut and only full-length album “Waves” in 1992.

Women’s Hour – Women’s Hour LP [LIES201]

November 30, 2023December 6, 2023 hipodromealbum, jenny wicks, l.i.e.s., long island electrical systems, murray cy, post punk, women's hourLeave a comment

A brittle metronome in a delirious tension landscape, Women’s Hour are a Glasgow based experimental post-punk duo featuring Contort Yourself head honcho Murray CY and artist Jenny Wicks. Creating noise, harmony and disquiet washed in synth and repetitive guitar, rough beats and distorted vocals, Women’s Hour are constantly trying to embrace the shouting in their heads. LIES presents their debut release, a 12 track LP, a true to form jagged 80s post-punk affair, the two piece bring to life the day to day in the grim North through their music.

Teatre – 2 Songs [FLR04]

November 30, 2023November 29, 2023 hipodromeferry lane, post punk, synth pop, synth waveLeave a comment

Ferry Lane Records welcomes Teatre AKA Viktoras Urbaitis for its fourth release. ‘2 Songs’ presents the Lithuanian producer at his most introspective. On the A-side, ‘Alone’ offers a languid, bittersweet melody evoking the golden era of synth-pop. The B-side, ‘Low’ intensifies the mood while still embracing melancholy.

Steve Allman / Alex Jann – For The Floor Vol. 3 [CELTD014]

November 29, 2023November 29, 2023 hipodromealex jann, cultivated electronics, cultivated electronics ltd, electro, steve allmanLeave a comment

Cultivated Electronics Ltd returns with Volume 3 of their in demand ‘For the Floor’ series. As the name suggests all the tracks in the series are primed for the dance floor with Volume 3 featuring two more tracks apiece from two artists making waves in the Electro sphere. Electro heads should already be very familiar with Scand resident, Steve Allman who’s also released stellar tracks on Soma’s sister-label, Avoidant and A-Future’s EON label. While Alex Jann is well known for being the man behind the excellent Censor Music as well as appearing on the likes of 20/20 Vision and brokntoys.

Robotron & Autre – Martian Dawn EP [FO2]

November 29, 2023November 28, 2023 hipodromeadalbert c. kupietz, autre, electro, future offline, robotron, technoLeave a comment

Robotron follows up his first EP on Future Offline together with his buddy Autre.

Eoism – Infinite Balance [IBI008]

November 29, 2023November 28, 2023 hipodromeelectro, eoism, inch by inchLeave a comment

Eoism are back with their fourth release. The duo produced six deep and classy electro gems for serious underground sentiments. These timeless bangers can be used both at home and at work; the DJ booth.
Let the robots get up and do the electro boogie!

Silent Servant – In Memoriam [TRESOR362]

November 28, 2023November 28, 2023 hipodromejuan mendez, silent servant, techno, tresor recordsLeave a comment

Juan Mendez aka Silent Servant is a figure in techno history that needs little introduction. As a member of the Sandwell District collective and the label’s art director he collaborated on works that were responsible for a global focal shift in the genre as their label adapted and challenged the paradigm of minimal techno, taking influence from other sources such as dub, post-punk, and even classical minimalism. With ‘In Memoriam’, Silent Servant’s latest release on Tresor Records, Mendez writes a deeply personal memoir of a 30-plus year career spent exploring and absorbing the shadowy side of music; a carefully crafted elegy to people, places, and times past and the lasting effect they have on the present.

Rod20 – Piabel EP [ROD2012]

November 28, 2023November 28, 2023 hipodromebenny rodrigues, minimal techno, rod malmok, rod20, technoLeave a comment

Raw & gritty peak-time analogue techno cuts by ROD’s new hardware project Rod20.

Russell E.L. Butler – Call Me G LP [T4T014]

November 27, 2023November 27, 2023 hipodromealbum, deep techno, detroit house, russell e.l. butler, t4t luv nrgLeave a comment

T4T LUV NRG presents “Call Me G”, the new album by Brooklyn’s Russell E.L. Butler. In the intervening years, Russell has experienced an accumulation of personal subjective experiences which are explored through captivating musical modalities and expressions on this sprawling, gorgeous, and deeply emotional album. Russell’s work on “Call Me G” can be described as a unique amalgam of early NY house music, dub techno and poetry. The album’s title track, as well as its instrumentals, are a kind of storytelling for histories that continue to exist without observation as well as for secrets and the power they hold in spite of their truth being obscured and sometimes lost.

Aleqs Notal – Big Tal’s Elements [LVL002]

November 27, 2023November 27, 2023 hipodromealeqs notal, deep house, house, one levelLeave a comment

One Level presents Aleqs Notal’s upcoming EP ‘Big Tal’s Elements’ – four carefully curated house joints by the Paris-based DJ and producer. The release encapsulates a wealth of influences combined to create a modern and innovative soundtrack. Producer, DJ, and founding member of the innovative ClekClekBoom collective Aleqs Notal has continued to cultivate a sound that’s rooted in the sonics of Detroit and Chicago. Here he gives a taste of his upcoming EP ‘Big Tal’s Elements’ with ‘Untwisted Delight’, a homage to the timeless sound of the Motor City. A bass-driven DJ tool, pulsating with the resonance of the 808, evoking echoes of Pittman, and igniting a powerful dancefloor energy.

Miles Spilsbury – Light Manoeuvres [ND012]

November 26, 2023November 27, 2023 hipodromealbum, carlos nino, jazz, milespilsbury, new dawn, rush hourLeave a comment

Debut album from UK jazz saxophonist and composer Miles Spilsbury, featuring Carlos Niño. ‘Light Manoeuvres’ is about warmth, generosity and openness. The music which would become Light Manoeuvres was sketched in fragments, but began to take shape in earnest during a period of living under the Marseille haze in the South of France. The specific character and opacity of the light in Marseille inspired the album title which imagines the movement of light passing over different subjects and spaces in intricate motion. Sand blows over from the Sahara on the Sirocco wind and is whipped up by the Mistral, the Marseille sky becomes golden and vapoured, then intermittently pastel blue. That image stuck while shaping this body of work, and became integral to the function of the compositions – which act as jumping off points for the players and myself, vehicles for improvisation and gateways to something else entirely.

Mary Greer Mudiku & Oneness of Juju – Black Love Alive Again [STRUT251D]

November 26, 2023November 24, 2023 hipodromealbum, black fire, funk, jazz, mary greer mudiku, oneness of juju, outernational, strut recordsLeave a comment

Strut presents a reissue of Mary Greer Mudiku & Oneness of Juju’s album “Black Love Alive Again”, first released on Back Fire Records.

Jerome Hill – Crude Appraisal EP [SRTX040]

November 24, 2023November 24, 2023 hipodromeacid, acid house, jerome hill, super rhythm trax, technoLeave a comment

Jerome Hill returns with his 5th full EP on the label to warm you up for winter and it’s maybe stylistically, his widest offering yet. A joyous mash of influences collide and Hill spits them out of the blender with some typically unexpected curveballs. From the strikingly moody break beat acid of The Warning, to the 8 minute long extended Disco workout of ‘Harlseden Shuffle’. Then on the flip side, a reliably gnarly wedge of Technoey Acid House in ‘Combustion Zone’ and the EP culminates with a tip of the hat to mid nineties House with the rumbling bass and catchy percussion of ‘House Thing’.

Strange Haze – Temple of Truth [OUT002]

November 24, 2023November 24, 2023 hipodromeacid house, outside in, strange hazeLeave a comment

Outside In returns with some new-school, acid inspired sounds made for the club by Strange Haze.

Alpha Sect – Dance Mécanique [VV014]

November 23, 2023November 21, 2023 hipodromealpha sect, blackmoon77, ebm, electro, industrial, mick wills, techno, the hacker, veleno violaLeave a comment

Dance Mécanique EP: Unleashing the Pulse of the Mechanized Symphony. Embark on a sonic journey through the labyrinthine landscapes of machinery with Alpha Sect’s upcoming EP, “Dance Mécanique.” This vinyl release, destined to echo through the underground, serves as a pulsating manifesto against the encroaching takeover of our world by cold, relentless machines. In Meredith, Alpha Sect crafts a sonic portrait of a world on the verge of mechanization. His haunting voice, draped in delay and reverb effects, weaves seamlessly with the beats of EBM and the cold melodies of Post-Punk. This sonic tapestry creates a hypnotic soundscape that mirrors the evolving relationship between man and machine. Dance Mécanique, the titular track, unravels the dance of humanity entrapped in the mechanized rhythm of everyday life. Here, the gritty beats of EBM and ethereal echoes of Coldwave serve as a mirror reflecting how, at times, we move mechanically, lost in the repetitive motions of a world dominated by cold efficiency.