VA – MRG010 [MRG010]

April 8, 2021April 8, 2021 hipodromebianco negativo, cassette, chupacabras, compilation, diana berti, dzuma, electro, exhausted modern, filmmaker, industrial, madmoizel, marguerite records, mayo, r gamble, technoLeave a comment

Marguerite Records announced its first release scheduled for 2021: ‘MRG010’, a Various Artist compilation celebrating the label’s tenth output. A side opens up with ‘My unknown friend’ by the charming Diana Berti, a blue starry-eyed minimal synth jam, followed up by Mayo’s slo-mo acid affair ‘SloMos’. A3 is ‘Miss your stupid face’, a crunchy, metallic downbeat cut by SYNTETYK boss Dzuma, and what a better way to follow such delight than a snake charming rollercoaster by Exhausted Modern? Closing up the first side is ‘Same shit fail (shame)’, a mesmerizing slow tempo deep track by Lyon’s Big Science head honcho Warzou. Flip side is unwrapped by ‘Weaklink’ a Lliasons Dangerousesque floorfiller from Lost Soul Enterprises boss R Gamble, while ‘Alpha’ on B2 marks the return of Bianco Negativo on their label with a dreamy minimal synth // ambient techno hybrid. Sitting on B3 is the high tension cinematic EBM roller ‘Duty-bound majority’ by Colombian artist Filmmaker; B4 switches the vibe and turns full speed with a mutant electro excursion by LIES affiliated Chupacabras. Madmoizel’s ‘Culture 19’, a powerful yet playful raw post punk gem, brings the compilation to its final chapter.

Baroque – Axis [SOTA043]

April 8, 2021April 7, 2021 hipodromebaroque, cassette, electro, industrial, soil records, technoLeave a comment

BAROQUE - Axis

Baroque brings his first release on Soil Records, E.B.M focused and industrial textures on the background make a really strong release.

VA – Oz Echoes: DIY Cassettes & Archives 1980-1989 [ES018]

April 7, 2021April 7, 2021 hipodromeaeroplane footsteps, compilation, efficient space, height & dismay, les trois etrangers, minimal synth, modern jazz, mr knott, steele bonus, the frenzied bricks, the horse he's sickLeave a comment

VARIOUS - Oz Echoes: DIY Cassettes & Archives 1980-1989

Oz Echoes peels away another layer of Australia’s ‘80s DIY hive mind. The Oz Waves successor exposes a deeper circuit of micro-run cassettes, community radio archives and irrationally abandoned studio sessions, as Steele Bonus sequences a 10-track compendium of drone pop, psyche-electronics and agitated tape cut-ups. From the Sydney cassette network, The Horse He’s Sick returns with an industrial car crash, alongside Wrong Kind of Stone Age’s pagan cacophony and primal riddims. M Squared dynamo Patrick Gibson appears in both Height/Dismay and Mr Knott, his respective studio-as-an-instrument collaborations with Dru Jones (Scattered Order) and ex-Slugfucker Gordon Renouf – the former’s worn out apparition hails from an instantly deleted 1981 7”, while Mr Knott entrust one of the compilation’s five previously unreleased tracks. Matt Mawson represents Brisbane music media-printed matter collective ZIP, as Adelaide’s Three D Radio grants access to their vaults of live-to-air recordings and aspiring demo submissions, rescuing the slap-happy punk-funk of The Frenzied Bricks and Jandy Rainbow’s prodigious beginnings in Les Trois Etrangers and Aeroplane Footsteps. Synchronously in Melbourne, Ash Wednesday (Karen Marks, The Metronomes) leads Modern Jazz’ improvised proto-techno and EBM pioneers Shanghai Au Go-Go home record their sardonic synth-wave. A cherry-picked cast of unusual suspects, Oz Echoes’ unfamed artist and non-band narratives are detailed by track-by-track liner notes with rarely published archival visions and artwork from Video Synth, prompting further rabbit hole ventures into this golden era of creative risk-taking and instant action.

Modern Ruin – Unemployment Disco Line [HNRLP024]

April 7, 2021April 7, 2021 hipodromealbum, hoga nord rekords, industrial, minimal synth, modern ruin, synth waveLeave a comment

MODERN RUIN - Unemployment Line Disco

With an Arturo Micro brute synthesizer put through psychedelic effects, Modern Ruin keeps the flame of Andrew Weatherall and Suicide burning through times of isolation and disarray. This Synth Wave/New Wave experience of an album, released on LP on Höga Nord Rekords, sums up 2020 with its dark and cold sound. The title speaks for itself: “Unemployment Disco Line” reflects the desperation in the sound and the reverb-drenched vocals in the back of the soundscape comes from deep within the Covid hole. Drawing influences from masters like the legends above, Rowland S. Howard, Johan Balance + Peter Christopherson et cetera, this debut album by Modern Ruin sums up four decades of underground club music and no matter how long this pandemic goes on we are in “Nothing Blues” until the dance floors open again.

VA – Profondo Nero [DKMNTL084]

April 6, 2021April 6, 2021 hipodromecinema royale, compilation, dekmantel records, discoLeave a comment

CINEMA ROYALE/VARIOUS - Profondo Nero

Profondo Nero narrates a storyline that goes beyond the borders of Italy’s musical legacy. Cutting across the face of Italo disco’s leftfield musicians between the early and late ‘80s, Profondo Nero champions a multi-faceted sound that nods to the blueprint of Italo disco but tries to dig deeper. The music is unmistakably Italo disco but moves away from the familiar classic sound. Amsterdam based collector Cinema Royale stitches together eleven tracks from 1983 – 1989, celebrating a sound he fittingly describes as ‘leftfield Italo’. The compilation connects the dots between soulful disco (Louise Freeman – Mirage), synth-pop (Mark – Dreamland), electro-rap (Loukas Thanos – Jazzburger), breaks (Santoro – Lover Message), 80s dub disco (Jet Set – Love Break), Balearic (Isamar & Compañia ‎- No Estas), boogie (Tom Hooker – Talk With Your Body) and proto-house (International Music System – An English ’93).

ADSX / Hanoben – DB12 007 [DB12007]

April 6, 2021April 6, 2021 hipodromeacid, adsx, disco, duca bianco, hanoben, houseLeave a comment

ADSX/HANOBEN - DB12 007

ADSX / Hanoben jump from Berlin to Rimini sul train degli Acidio. “Sina’s Freund” is all fidanzato v 303 303 303. “Werner’s Spiel” acido bumbles, taglia and incolla. “Elvira’s Katzenfisch” inno elettronico Krautrock. Synth anthem. Infine, Mund. Punk slap. Basso. All join hands with…ACEEIID!!

Bottin – Artifact 14 [ART14]

April 6, 2021April 5, 2021 hipodromeartifact records, bottin, disco, edits, leo masLeave a comment

BOTTIN - Artifact 14

Italian weirdologist Bottin strikes again with another private pressing for Artifact Records. Side A starts off with an edit of a super rare italo-electro utterance, perfect for your breakdancing. A2 is Italian new wave, replete with passionate lyrics and funk guitars. B1 is a collab with balearic legend Leo Mas: Italian freestyle with a hint of new beat, isn’t it? The closing cut is the weirdest of the bunch: trippy strings and & arps, throat singing & ecstatic chanting all around. Hot, hot, hot and limited as a night train on a holiday weekend.

Ratsnake – Just A Genesis [005PNBGC1RAT]

April 5, 2021April 5, 2021 hipodromealbum, electro, gesloten cirkel, place no blame, ratsnake, technoLeave a comment

RATSNAKE - Just A Genesis

Ratsnake aka Gesloten Cirkel presents “Just A Genesis” on the Place No Blame label. An conscious, meditative presentation of single take recordings from recent years. A sequence showcasing the development of techniques and styles that have been touched on and explored through other projects and releases. For the artist and label, this collection of songs represent a timeline of actions and reactions, transforming dusty old memories into perceptible realities in their own right. At its core, this album explores the confines between society and alchemy, and they form part of an ongoing research into the science of idea generation and external reflection.

Aura Nox – Levana’s Tears [SCV01]

April 5, 2021April 6, 2021 hipodromeaura nox, black merlin, electro, science cult, trenton chase1 Comment

AURA NOX - Levana's Tears

With inspiration taken from Dario Argento’s iconic 1970s horror film “Suspiria” and his surrounding works, Aura Nox expands on the supernatural canon with her first Vinyl EP release, Levana’s Tears. Each track drawing from the occult elements embodied by the story, dark electronica melodies transcend over rhythmic EBM grooves, striking an intimate balance between horror and beauty. Remixes from Black Merlin & Trenton Chase.

Ara-U – Hiber-nation EP [NSA002]

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ARA U - Hiber Nation EP

Hiber-nation EP was Recorded at Siesta Delfauno, Buenos Aires, Argentina in December 2019. A place steeped in history and that has seen artists like Carl Craig , DJ Hell and Rob Acid grace its halls. Ara-u worked alongside engineer and member of Argentinian electronic band Klauss Pablo Gil, while getting lost in red wine and deep into the jam amongst a mix of analogue machines.

Roy Porter Sound Machine – Jessica [MJLP9095]

April 4, 2021April 5, 2021 hipodromealbum, funk, jazz, mo-jazz records, re-release, reissue, roy porter, roy porter sound machine, tramp records1 Comment

ROY PORTER SOUND MACHINE - Jessica (reissue)

By the late 1960s, drummer Roy Porter had already worked with some of jazz’s true greats (Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie included), spent time in prison and weened himself off heavy drugs. It was at this point that he founded Roy Porter Sound Machine, a heavyweight jazz-funk combo with a penchant for raw rhythm and blues. The band’s 1971 debut LP, Jessica, is one of the most magnificent sets in his vast discography. Featuring sweaty, floor-ready rhythms from Porter, beefy bass, wild electric piano licks, fuzzy guitars and some fine brass arrangements, the album is as good a collection of jazz-funk/funk fusion tracks as you’re ever likely to hear.

Phil Dawson Quintet – It’s Time [FWCD007]

April 4, 2021April 2, 2021 hipodromealbum, funkiwala, jazz, nag hammadi, ouaga mama, phil dawson, phil dawson quintetLeave a comment

PHIL DAWSON QUINTET - It's Time

A new 6-track mini album from a musician with a long list of credits including South African trumpet legend Hugh Masekela, afrobeat co-creator Tony Allen and Ethiopian jazz originator Mulatu Astatke as well as many Brit-jazz and other international roots artists. “It’s Time” blends Afro-jazz groove, free improv, spoken poetry and other-worldly atmosphere, with lyrics and titles hinting at unorthodox takes on reality and the times we live in.

VA – Modernation Vol. 3 (Special Edits) [FREE DOWNLOAD]

April 3, 2021April 2, 2021 hipodromeadrian marth, compilation, daniel monaco, edits, flemming dalum, franz scala, free download, free tracks, hysteric, italo moderni, italo-disco, les yeux orange, marcello giordani, wldvLeave a comment

Italo Moderni brings Modernation Vol. 3 it’s third digital compilation. “We have edits from the likes of Marcello Giordani. Hysteric, Les Yeux Orange , Flemming Dalum, Adrian Marth etc. All tracks have been carefully edited without overdubs, in order to bring the spirit of classic disco to today’s dancefloors! in this bad situation we will adapt the edits to Name your price so everyone can buy music for free in this difficult times.”

John Carpenter – The End [MAXI105312]

April 3, 2021April 2, 2021 hipodromeitalo-disco, john anthony, john carpenter, re-release, reissue, splash band, zyx musicLeave a comment

CARPENTER, John - The End

Finally available again as a 12 “maxi single! From the legendary film music of John Carpenter’s box office hit “Assault On Precinct 13” from 1976, including the “John Anthony Scratch Mix” and the “Remix” of The End.

Steve Murphy / Claudio Di Roma – Electrodream EP [DMX09]

April 3, 2021July 21, 2023 hipodromeclaudio di roma, disco, domina trxxx, electro, house, steve murphyLeave a comment

MURPHY, Steve/CLAUDIO DI ROMA - Electrodream EP

Steve Murphy teams up with his friend and italian Dj Legend, Claudio Di Roma, to deliver this house / disco release for DOMINA TRXXX.

Credit 00 – Protest Love Songs [PNKMN042]

April 2, 2021March 31, 2021 hipodromealexander dorn, credit 00, electro, pinkman recordsLeave a comment

CREDIT 00 - Protest Love Songs

Credit 00 returns to Pinkman with his trademark odd-beat electro chants. While each track tells a different story, what persists throughout the EP is the streetpunk attitude and nonconformity of the king of rats. His ‘Protest Love Songs’ bows to no shiny idol, and sweeping the ashes of utopia tames the apocalypse with no fear.

Obergman – Spectral Radiosity [SHAKE001]

April 2, 2021March 31, 2021 hipodromeacid house, electro, furthur electronix, obergman, ola bergman, shakesphereLeave a comment

OBERGMAN - Spectral Radiosity EP

New Furthur Electronix sub label, limited hand stamped copies stating with a four tracks release from Obergman.

ItaloJohnson – ITJ14 [ITJ14]

April 2, 2021March 31, 2021 hipodromehouse, italojohnson, technoLeave a comment

ITALOJOHNSON - Italojohnson 14

Party starting Berlin trio ItaloJohson have only ever aimed to serve up music to jack the floor. Their own self-titled outlet for this weaponry is now up to a 14th instalment and still it sounds fresh and inventive. These are three more robust tracks with ‘track 2’ particularly getting us going – the bleeping synth riffs, glitchy hi hats and vast, booming kicks are pure basement dynamite. The same can be said of the rock slid ‘Track 3’ which also has some slippery acid lines weaving in and out of the rugged drums. This is form and functioning coming together in perfect harmony.

Bass Junkie – Sub Sonic Survivor [BA109]

April 1, 2021March 31, 2021 hipodromealbum, bass agenda recordings, bass junkie, electro, technoLeave a comment

BASS JUNKIE - Sub Sonic Survivor

British Electro veteran Bass Junkie returns for his second vinyl outing on Bass Agenda Recordings, this time with a full-length album. As his last release, ”Low Frequency Fugitive” indicated, he has been working hard on developing his trademark sound and taking things forward; no mean feat for someone who has been ahead of his time since he began releasing Electro in the mid-nineties. He has succeeded though and everything he is loved and respected for is here, plus some advanced structures and elements – Bass Junkie evolved – a true Sub Sonic Survivor.

Versalife / Hexagon – Untitled [AS004]

April 1, 2021March 31, 2021 hipodromealtered sense, boris bunnik, conforce, electro, furthur electronix, hexagon, techno, versalifeLeave a comment

VERSALIFE/HEXAGONE - AS 004

The fourth transmission from the Altered States label, which is a Furthur Electronix off shoot label dealing in limited hand stamped pressings. This one is coming from Boris Bunnik featuring two of his production aliases Hexagon & Versalife.