Levon Vincent – Work In Progress [NS-47]

June 14, 2023September 21, 2023 hipodromealbum, cassette, house, levon vincent, novel sound, technoLeave a comment

Levon Vincent returns with his fifth studio album, titled Work In Progress, the follow up to 2022’s Silent Cities cassette release. Progress sees the dub techno and NY house auteur throw away any overarching concept, apart from the idea that it must move you. Work In Progress is a collection of club ready jams that form the latest productions from Levon’s incredibly prolific run of 12”s he’s pressed on his own label Novel Sounds, directly for the next weekend’s sets. Rather than his previous albums presenting a finished story, his fifth presents a diarist’s work in progress, his latest club constructions, many raising the BPM to 140 to reflect the faster pace of his latest DJ sets.

Redshape – Acid Leak [RB117]

June 14, 2023June 14, 2023 hipodromeacid, house, redshape, running back, sebastian kramer, technoLeave a comment

Redshape’s visits to Running Back are a welcome recurrence and a soothing reminder that techno and house can still come in several shapes and sizes. Related and referring to earlier acid studies on Release Me and to a certain extend on Rise, the masked man continues to find new approaches to the 303 canon with Acid Leak.

The Jaffa Kid – Polysynthesis pt. 2 [030EP027]

June 14, 2023June 14, 2023 hipodrome030303 records, daniel pringle, house, techno, the jaffa kidLeave a comment

Daniel Pringle aka The Jaffa Kid returns to 030303 with a heavy and versatile five tracker. Amazon is a futuristic cut, reminiscent of Gerald Donald’s Arpanet project, but a little faster and even more otherworldly. On Drum Mode, Pringle adds some dramatic melodic layers to a bare steadily rolling kick drum – making it a perfect track for a melancholic rave. In the Morning, the first one on the flip, is a beautiful, arpeggio-driven electro jam that should appeal to fans of early Legowelt. We then enter breakbeat territory with the droney, mid-tempo Etafe warming you up for Rudiman, where Jaffa Kid lets Lynn Collins’ famous Think sample run wild in a spooky way. Stunning stuff.

Dolphins – 40G [PBD22]

June 13, 2023June 13, 2023 hipodromealbum, ambient techno, benedikt frey, broken dreams, dolphins, experimental, markus woernle, menqui, nadia d'alo, pinkman records, technoLeave a comment

Pinkman’s resurrection of its Broken Dreams series is marked by a release of Dolphins – Benedikt Frey’s project with Markus Woernle and Nadia D’Alo. 40G evokes landscapes of doom, disorienting pleasure, and the surreal visions that occupy a sleepless night; the soundtrack to a Lynchian fantasy about the creatures that haunt the murky waters of the modern mind. It’s an album for finding yourself on a stranger’s couch, tearing at the fraying edges of another endless night, wrapped beneath a blanket of drugged-out kraut.

Khidja – Transmissions Part 1 [MTLP0012a]

June 13, 2023October 4, 2023 hipodromealbum, andrei rusu, downtempo, experimental, florentin tudor, house, khidja, malka tuti, romanianLeave a comment

MTLP0012 ‘Transmissions’ will be divided into two separate releases – Part 1 and Part 2. Part 1, presented here, is released in June, while Part 2 will be released in the 2nd half of September 2023. The album was written and produced by Khidja over the last several years. Part 1 consists of 5 gems showcasing the diversity in the Romanian duo’s production – from shuffle to slow mow, to ‘chugging’ to new age 4th world…

Aufgang B – Ab Werk EP [BAU019]

June 13, 2023October 6, 2023 hipodromealexander arpeggio, aufgang b, cid hohner, experimental, neubau, technoLeave a comment

Aufgang B never disappoint with their rough sound excursions. Finally they continue the infamous Demo series with three techno tools rich in mind-melting sound design.

Nonetheless – Atto EP [BAU018]

June 13, 2023October 6, 2023 hipodromedownbeat, experimental, felix bergleiter, neubau, nonethelessLeave a comment

Nonetheless come forward with another sound lecture in Intelligent Downtempo Music, this time with an EP consisting of four cuts well balanced in between the dancefloor and a high fidelity sound installation.

The Hacker @ Italo Moderni, Nitsa Club (Barcelona) 26.05.2023

June 12, 2023June 9, 2023 hipodromeebm, electro, industrial, italo moderni, michel amato, nitsa club, podcast, techno, the hackerLeave a comment

Larionov – Kri Podcast #4

June 12, 2023June 9, 2023 hipodromeelectro, kri records, larionov, podcast, technoLeave a comment

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Na Nich – Black Soil EP [DSR-C19]

June 11, 2023June 9, 2023 hipodromedeep techno, delsin records, drone, na nich, technoLeave a comment

Another deep techno ride on Delsin’s Cameron series by Rhythm Büro co-founder Na Nich. The Ukrainian DJ and producer delivers four excellent vibrant, dreamy techno trips. From the punchy ‘Inlamint’ to the unstoppable flow of ‘Subway’. A darker twist appears on the mesmerizing ‘Black Soil’ finishing it off with a downtempo eyes closed delight ‘Argonaut’.

Function – Green EP [INF-025]

June 11, 2023June 8, 2023 hipodromeambient techno, dave sumner, drone, experimental, function, infrastructure new york, technoLeave a comment

To relaunch his seminal imprint, Infrastructure New York, Function presents his new 12″, Green EP. Celebrating 27 years of Function releases this year and the label’s 25th anniversary, the label will serve as an outlet for his new material, reissues of out of print classics from Synewave, Sandwell District and Ostgut Ton (and of course, Infrastructure), as well as developing new artists. Green EP encapsulates the same raw power and hypnotic energy of his genre defining Sandwell District releases updated with a modern flair.

Anthony Linell – Sheltering Skies [NE93]

June 11, 2023June 8, 2023 hipodromeanthony linell, drone, northern electronics, technoLeave a comment

Anthony Linell puts a steely force at the foreground of his latest EP, Sheltering Skies. Blunt force tension builds, layer upon layer, as an anatomy of mechanistic torsion is worked in across an opening pair of tracks. Linell holds out the respite and oxygen for the EP’s closer, undercut by aching feedback that just threatens to go again.

MGUN – From Time To Time [HMR-001]

June 10, 2023June 8, 2023 hipodromealbum, deep techno, detroit techno, electro, hold me recordings, manuel gonzales, mgunLeave a comment

Hold Me Recordings is Manuel Gonzales and Ryan Spencer and their objective is to maintain a constant flow of releases from local artists from Detroit. The first release comes from Manuel Gonzales under his MGUN guise. “From Time To Time” is an album with eight techno-electro tracks.

Quince – Anthology of Interest [NOWHERE04]

June 10, 2023June 12, 2023 hipodromedetroit techno, nowhere, quince, something happening somewhereLeave a comment

Dutch techno producer from Utrecht, Quince, makes a return with “Anthology of Interest”, his first proper record in eight years, a four tracker versatile EP on the illustrious Nowhere series.

Jeff Mills – The Other Maria [AX114]

June 10, 2023June 8, 2023 hipodromeaxis records, detroit techno, jeff mills, minimal technoLeave a comment

As Jeff Mills returns to his third deepest obsession after 909s and UFOs, he presents an addendum to his renewed Metropolis Metropolis soundtrack which doubles down on three of the themes and gives them a different framework through the lens of a 12″. This is still the more cinematic end of the Millsian spectrum, but there’s some intensity which may well be of use to the more dramatic or daring techno DJ. Another great serving by the maestro from Detroit.

Redray – Digital Tsunami 205

June 9, 2023June 8, 2023 hipodromeacid house, chicago house, digital tsunami, house, interview, podcast, redrayLeave a comment

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Simoncino – The Warrior Dances Remixes (Chez Damier Remixes) [LAX-SE5]

June 9, 2023June 8, 2023 hipodromechez damier, deep house, house, nick anthony simoncino, simoncino, skylax records, skylax records extra seriesLeave a comment

Second time around for Chez Damier’s superb remixes of Simoncino classic ‘Inga’s Creme’, which first surfaced way back in 2011 as part of The Warrior Dance Part 2 mini-album. On the A-side you’ll find Damier’s ‘Club Mix’ – a superb chunk of Prescription style peak-time deepness in which hazy, echoing synth sounds, ultra-deep pads and echoing spoken word snippets cluster around a locked-in, late-night groove. Side B opens with Damier’s ‘Morning After Mix Part 1’, an even deeper and more dubbed-out interpretation tailor-made for misty-eyed sunrise sessions. It’s followed by the ‘Morning After Mix Part 2’, a previously unreleased ambient house style interpretation built around gorgeous chords, bubbly melodies and slowly building percussion.

Innershades – Summer Love [HR010]

June 9, 2023June 9, 2023 hipodromeacid house, heko records, house, innershades, thomas blanckaertLeave a comment

Heko Records welcomes Innershades to the fore for a new “dreamatic” house music EP that refreshes the style for the present, with heaters like ‘Summer Love’ seeming to take direct inspiration from the aforementioned track, while adding a modern flair. Things slowly get more bloopy and hard, as ‘Mutant’ squelches and hat-scratches away against a bed of yet more pads, while ‘909 Voices’ similarly lulls us into a hypnotic state with a slow tapering-off into ravier territories. Summer vibes guaranteed.

Perseus Traxx – Secret Gang 002 [SG-002]

June 9, 2023June 8, 2023 hipodromeacid house, chicago house, house, nigel rogers, perseus traxx, secret gangLeave a comment

Perseus Traxx presents the second Secret Gang release, with a trio of dusty old tracks from his hard-drive, available now on Bandcamp.

Adrian Marth – Kri Podcast #3

June 8, 2023June 9, 2023 hipodromeadrian marth, italo moderni, italo-disco, kri records, minimal synth, podcast, synth popLeave a comment