Black Merlin – Kosua [IOTG005]

November 18, 2018August 5, 2025 hipodromealbum, ambient, black merlin, experimental, george thompson, island of the godsLeave a comment

Back in 2015 George Thompson AKA Black Merlin started a deep love affair with the remote island of Papua New Guinea. After his first album ‘Hipnotik Tradisi’, released on Island Of The Gods; George was intrigued to find a place drenched in culture and untouched by the western world. In 2016 George planned his first solo expedition, venturing out to meet the Kosua Tribe. Over the course of the next two years George would record the sounds of the Kosua people. From their daily lives, ancient dance customs and wildlife. During one of these trips he spent 14 days alone in the jungle, getting in and out of the Mount Bosavi crater and further 3 days inside recording and filming his experience. These recordings and experiences formed the basis of his second album, Kosua.

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Sone Urbia – Sone Urbia [LP16]

November 18, 2018November 16, 2018 hipodromealbum, ambient, drone, experimental, lower parts, sone urbiaLeave a comment

Sone Urbia is a collection of improvisations recorded live during the period of 2011-15. A grainy meditative voyage into layers of field recordings, old sampled records, synthesizers, acoustic and non acoustic instruments. This album works as a mixtape separated in two sides, two journeys; two soundscapes.

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Jungle By Night – Livingstone [ND003]

November 17, 2018July 15, 2021 hipodromealbum, disco, funk, gino groeneveld, jac van exter, jazz, jungle by night, kindred spirits, ko zandvliet, new dawn, peter peskens, pieter van exter, pyke pasman, rush hour, sonny groeneveld, tienson smeetsLeave a comment

JUNGLE BY NIGHT - Livingstone

This is the 5th album by the nine-piece instrumental collective from Amsterdam, Jungle by Night. After almost a decade of heating up dancefloors across the globe, Jungle by Night have reached manhood. In the process of creating their 5th album, the nine-headed collective melted years of passion, friendship, and influences from krautrock, dance, jazz, afrobeat together into new instrumental prose, fluently speaking the language of their instruments. The band is an oddball ensemble within its own cosmos. A danceable and thundering live-act, connecting with crowds like no other, with beaming fun and energy along the way.

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The Scorpions & Saif Abu Bakr – Jazz, Jazz, Jazz [HABIBI009-1]

November 17, 2018August 30, 2023 hipodromeafrican, album, funk, habibi funk, jazz, osman zeeto, outernational, re-release, reissue, saif abu bakr, the scorpionsLeave a comment

Habibi Funk co-founder Jannis Stuertz first came across “the Holy Grail of Sudanese funk”, Saif Abu Bakr and The Scorpions “Jazz, Jazz, Jazz”, while browsing eBay listings a few years back. His interest piqued, he took a trip to Sudan to track down the musicians who had made a ridiculously rare LP that was changing hands for thousands of pounds online. Some four years later, his wish to reissue the set has finally come through. It was originally recorded in Kuwait in 1980 and brilliantly joins the dots between American funk, soul and rhythm and blues, traditional Sudanese vocals and rhythmic arrangements, and even a dash of Congolese soukkous. It’s the first full album Habibi Funk has reissued, and with good reason: it’s near perfect from start to finish.

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Kashmere Stage Band – Kashmere [ATH072]

November 17, 2018December 6, 2022 hipodromeathens of the north, conrad o. johnson, funk, jazz, kashmereLeave a comment

Another sure shot double sider out the Now-Again catalogue, until now both tracks were album only and both pure club killers. Conrad O. Johnson of Kashmere High School, Houston Texas, created the Kashmere Stage Band turning it into one of the most fierce unbeatable high school bands in the national championships.

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Chip Wickham – Shamal Wind Remixes [MNK60RMX]

November 17, 2018November 16, 2018 hipodromechip wickham, funk, house, ishmael ensemble, jazz, lovemonk, max graef, reginald omas mamode ivLeave a comment

Shamal Wind, the celebrated second album by UK flautist and sax player Chip Wickham gets revisited by three producers cooler than the other side of the pillow, hailing from London and Berlin. Max Graef, Reginald Omas Mamode IV and Ishmael Ensemble get their hands on the tracks of one of the jazz albums of the year and come up with four epic remixes.

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Gazette x Hipodrome: Mick Wills @ Gazette (Cluj-Napoca) 24.11.2018

November 16, 2018December 3, 2018 hipodromedannilov, gazette, hipodrome, mick wills, the hipodrome of music, yagheeLeave a comment

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Life In Sodom – The Stains [MNQ098]

November 16, 2018August 29, 2024 hipodromealessandro adriani, gerrie brand, life in sodom, mannequin records, minimal synth, synth waveLeave a comment

Conceived by vocalist Gerrie Brand, the band Life In Sodom was starting out as performance art, and quickly became more as Gerrie surrounded himself with some of the best musicians from the club and art scene in South Florida, including Mystic Bill, who was playing the guitar with the band in the early stages. Originally self-released in 1991, the single ”The Stains” became an underground club hit and charted on many college radio stations, in both the extended and the original version. The single was distributed as a hard to get promo only release. The repress contains also the title-track of the single “Phantasmagoria” – another cult tune for early 90’s goth djs – originally released in 1992 and a friendly dancefloor cut of the title-track by Alessandro Adriani.

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A Strange Wedding – Meta Romance EP [WOR001]

November 16, 2018January 15, 2020 hipodromea strange wedding, adrien van de velde, disco, electro, new beat, worst recordsLeave a comment

First release of the french young producer Adrien Van de Velde aka A Strange Wedding, Meta Romance is a three track EP offering a reflexion on slow trance through different modern style of music. Powerful beats are melted with hypnotic melodies, epic pads and tribal vocals to give a mystical yet contemporary vision of dance music.

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VA – MonoTrax Volume 1 [MON017]

November 15, 2018June 3, 2020 hipodrome214, eggfooyoung, electro, exzakt, larry mccormick, monotone records, techno, the advent, zeinLeave a comment

Introducing a new vinyl only Compilation Series from Monotone featuring some top notch producers. Kicking things off the Techno/Electro master The Advent starts things off with a collaboration with his son and this track is a beauty. This has Monotone style written all over it with hard percussion, epic synths and smooth rythyms. Next we have label boss Exzakt coming back to his form with Kreep. Classic Exzakt beats and just a driving composition added with some vocal flavor to make a solid club tune. 214 comes correct on Side B with a riding, groovy jam that will get the asses shaking. To finish things off we have the mysterious EggFooYoung with a rare appearance since taking on the Michna alias he is well known for today. This is a record that is a must have for all Electro Heads out there.

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Umwelt / Ryan James Ford – Untitled [PTCH09]

November 15, 2018May 26, 2023 hipodromeacid, electro, repitch recordings, ryan james ford, techno, umweltLeave a comment

Repitch Recordings presents another small collection of club-ready electronic creations. This time around, the label welcomes french veteran and New Flesh / Rave Or Die founder Umwelt, sharing the platter with Canada-born Berlin-based young master Ryan James Ford. Led by their mutual love for saturated analog percussions, massive kick drums, and relentless beats, the two producers find common ground while retaining their respective distinctive approaches. Umwelt’s much more electro-oriented excursions style relentlessly acidic basslines alongside epic synth pads and distorted polyrhythms, while Ford’s side connects flows more down the stream of contemporary techno, deep and drone-laden as it is.

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Joshua Cordova @ Hugo’s House in Austin (USA) 10.09.2018

November 14, 2018September 14, 2023 hipodromeexperimental, industrial, joshua cordova, new beat, red light radio, technoLeave a comment

Black Merlin – Dekmantel Podcast 204

November 14, 2018November 13, 2018 hipodromeblack merlin, dekmantel records, electro, george thompson, industrial, podcast, technoLeave a comment

The Ghost That Walks – Back To The Basement EP [NF21]

November 14, 2018December 20, 2024 hipodromeacid, electro, industrial, new flesh records, paul bishop, techno, the ghost that walksLeave a comment

The Ghost That Walks aka Paul Bishop graces us today with one of the most epic and tense EPs to date on New Flesh Records. Expect nothing but raw, dark, experimental, kickin’ and industrial music from the depths of Space packed in four dancefloor friendly tunes of pure analogue sounds with early 90’s flavors. A reflect of New Flesh Records essence.

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Musical Tasting #8: India @ Syndicat Gourmet (Sibiu) 23.11.2018

November 13, 2018November 12, 2018 hipodromehipodrome, musical tasting, my transylvania, syndicat gourmet, the hipodrome of musicLeave a comment

Musical Tasting is a series of events, a collaboration between Asociatia My Transylvania and The Hipodrome Of Music, aiming to promote countries, regions and their musical genres, combining auditions with traditional recipes from the area, cooked with as many local and seasonal ingredients. We will have musical and culinary trips in Turkey, South Africa, Italy, Japan, Middle East, Greece, India, West Africa, Belgium, The Caribbean or Romania. Continue reading “Musical Tasting #8: India @ Syndicat Gourmet (Sibiu) 23.11.2018” →

Julian Perez – Camina O Revienta [GIRADA05]

November 13, 2018November 12, 2018 hipodromedetroit house, detroit techno, girada unlimited, julian perezLeave a comment

Julian Perez on fire, Camina O Revienta EP features 2 pounding dance floor bombs and a nice laidback track for early mornings.

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Mark Hand – Under the Winter [SLPVNL008]

November 13, 2018November 12, 2018 hipodromealex hand, deep house, detroit house, greg blackman, mark hand, sio, soul print recordingsLeave a comment

Serbia’s Soul Print Recordings returns after a year away, with four pieces of beautiful and emotive deep house from the Englishman Mark Hand. The record kicks off with Midnight, a beautiful track with it’s floaty pads and gently rippling bass tones, coupled with the great soulful voice of Greg Blackman. False Leads is a percussive number, drenched in machine soul, with on the flip, Sio’s voice sits effortlessly above a downtempo beat, while Mark adds his late father’s saxophone to the mix on the final jazz enfused Mountains.

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RoXYZ II x Biblioteca Astra (Sibiu) 17.11.2018

November 12, 2018February 27, 2019 hipodrome1717, adub, darai lama, disconnected, hipodrome selectors, ROXYZ, toygunLeave a comment

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Eliott Litrowski – Schmock Machine EP [MST037]

November 12, 2018March 25, 2025 hipodromeacid, disco, electro, eliott litrowski, moustache recordsLeave a comment

Elliot Litrowski is the newest member of the Moustache Records family. His debut called Schmock Machine EP will be released as Moustache Records 037. The EP title track song Schmockmachine is an uptempo TR707 beat, a really strong arpeggio, deep smooth strings with top break… A2 Arpeggiophobia moog synths, deep basslines and deeper strings topped with hipster plastic drums. B1 He somtimes goes out at night is a powerfull track with pumping tr-707 beat, obvious italo strings, some acid, a mega party break and an Alden Tyrell kinda bassline. B2 Patrique;s world a more slower beaytifull track with cowbells, sharp snaredrums and a very niche bassline, some flanger hi-hats and there you go.

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Vedelius – Vedelius EP [030EP014]

November 12, 2018April 4, 2023 hipodrome030303 records, electro, house, techno, vedeliusLeave a comment

What a wonderful outlier on Holland’s 030303 label, this one. Lush breaks, with hints of UK hardcore and classic bleep house inhabit this wonderful EP. The EP kicks of with the track ‘Animal Samba’ is more housey with memories of 808 State, UR and Reese springing to mind. A2 is called ‘Junglitter’ and with a tempo so low, the track is perfect for slow raving; this is Goldie abusing the hand break…Breaks are at its heaviest on the first track of the flipside: ‘Musiphon’ keeps rolling on a brilliant formula of a dominant bass line rolling at mid tempo while an LFO-esque melodie fights for a second position. The last one ‘Vedelius’ -like the artist- a four/four track accompanied with breaks with the quirky melody in the bass and nightmarish screams taking over. This is possibly the track most suitable for the dance floor, not a cozy one though.

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