JuJu & Jordash – Techno Primitivism LP [DKMNTL011]

July 11, 2012February 7, 2018 hipodromealbum, dekmantel records, experimental, house, juju & jordash, leftfield, technoLeave a comment

Full album from the astonishingly talented JuJu & Jordash. This time crossing their more psych side with their proto-everything electronics. Continuing their distinctive synthesis of spaced-out jazz un-standards, murky dub and hypnotic electronics, Juju & Jordash exploit the triple vinyl format to launch a mission bound for the innermost depths of their sound. It’s obvious the writing and production have reached a new level in their exciting evolution. Now it’s time for the music to reach an audience beyond just techno and house.

Big Strick – Resivoir Dogs [7DAYS1006]

June 25, 2012November 4, 2024 hipodrome7 days entertainment, album, big strick, detroit, generation next, house, omar s, reckless ron cook, technoLeave a comment

The new CD from Big Strick ‘Resivior Dogs’ featuring Omar S, Generation Next and the return of the legend Reckless Ron Cook. As Generation Next sets the tone for a outer-Galactic experience with Sequence 11 the stage is set for pure deepness only products of Detroit can bring. Along side Omar S on Family Affair Big Strick & Generation Next (family as well) has orchestrated a masterpiece sure to please the dance floors worldwide.! And Big Strick brings to you the return of Reckless Ron Cook a true pioneer of the Techno Movement on Night Moves a serious banger that will take your breath away.

D’Marc Cantu – A New World [MOSLP001]

June 25, 2012December 14, 2021 hipodromealbum, d'marc cantu, detroit, house, m>o>s deep, mos recordings, technoLeave a comment

D'MARC CANTU - A New World

Not long after his debut full length, Michigan resident D’Marc Cantu serves up his next album on the ever-excellent MOS Recordings. Though essentially a house and techno producer, American Cantu often goes further than most, calling on a world of influences to ensure his jacking productions are as far away from standard as possible, yet still do damage on the right dancefloors as have previous EPs on this label, Nation and Crème Organization. His latest offering, A New World, aims to capture, detail and relay many different stories from within the re-born city of Detroit. Across the course of eight tracks, many different moods and styles are explored from dark and abstract to more synth lead and serene. There are plenty of squelchy acid lines and frantic percussive workouts, but so too are there pockets of slower, deeper, dubbier introspection that speak of mystery and intrigue as does the city of Detroit itself.

Smallpeople – Salty Days [SMALLVILLECD005]

June 23, 2012April 4, 2018 hipodromealbum, deep house, julius steinhoff, just von ahlefeld, smallpeople, smallville recordsLeave a comment

Just von Ahlefeld and Julius Steinhoff aka Smallpeople with a double pack full of forward thinking deeper house experiments. From functional to crazy wild and weird… which is a perfect combination for an 8 tack album. The debut album of these two young lads with baseball hats not only honours and delves into a sound that already peaked some fifteen years ago, it also hones and elevates it, without everfalling into the Reynoldsmania trap or being oldgold retold.

Psychemagik – Heelin’ Feelin’ [PJPN001]

June 9, 2012June 8, 2012 hipodromealbum, disco, edits, funk, psychemagikLeave a comment

Psychemagik are back and this time it’s a limited edition issue of their Healin’ Feelin series edits on CD. Ass Nation, Make it Mellow, Diamond Star, Upskirt, Milky Way, Boogie Drome, For Your Love and Aldeia De Ogum are all present and correct and are joined by two previously unreleased and totally exclusive edits, Andalucia evokes images of sun drenched skies and dusty Andalucian mountains and a fresh drum heavy reworking of one of the duo’s first ever releases, on Discoteque Wreckers, Runnin’ Pt 2, that seems bound for dancefloor glory.

SURVIVE – Survive LP [MNQ026]

June 4, 2012March 26, 2014 hipodromeadam jones, album, cold wave, kyle dixon, mannequin records, mark donica, michael stein, minimal synth, surviveLeave a comment

Mannequin presents an 8 track LP from full-analog-synth quartet S U R V I V E aka Adam Jones, Kyle Dixon, Mark Donica and Michael Stein, considered as one of Austin’s (TX, US) most important live electronic mainstays.

In Aeternam Vale – Dust Under Brightness LP [MW036]

June 3, 2012May 19, 2022 hipodromealbum, electro, in aeternam vale, industrial, laurent prot, minimal synth, minimal wave recordsLeave a comment

Minimal Wave return to their self-professed “First French love” In Aeternam Vale with a second LP-shaped trawl through the band’s sizeable archive of cassette only releases. The Brooklyn imprint first introduced us to the work of the hugely prolific Lyon band with an eponymous LP of remastered material in 2009, and Dub Under Brightness proves to be just as important a release. The label points to an article on the band originally published by the Douche Froide magazine in 2002, where the journalist nails their appeal in the opening gambit – “There are bands that have been acting ruthlessly in the shadow for years, in a completely confidential manner, then one day chance (but does chance exist?) makes you find one of their recordings, listen to it, and at that moment you could kick yourself for not having discovered these soundscapes earlier and you try to find all of them”. If you haven’t indulged in the sounds of In Aeternam Vale yet, this eight track selection makes for a perfect introductory primer.

Degada Saf – No Inzro [MNQ009CD]

June 3, 2012July 17, 2019 hipodromealbum, degada saf, mannequin records, new wave, synth pop, synth waveLeave a comment

Degada Saf was a transgressive-dada-ist musical combo coming from Veneto, Italy. Degada Saf played a synth-electronic music, a kind of involved no-disco with no-sense lyrics in esperanto. Their music suggests a peculiar mixture of post-modernism synthesized electro assaults, new wave’s imaginative minimalism and pop art aesthetic vision. “No Inzro” makes constant interferences between rigorous avant-gardism, alternative music styles and colorfully plastic electro pop. The spectrum of musical imagination reveals a lot of good surprises, notably with the opening theme “La Rhumba de Shang Hai” which directly gives the tonality of the entire album: kitschy retro-popish ambiences based on dancing minimal hypno pulses and efficiently cold melodies. A groovy and captivating electro experience and a pretty decent introduction to the band’s very own musical universe.

Iron Curtis – Soft Wide Waist Band [MIRAULP001]

May 31, 2012October 14, 2025 hipodromealbum, deep house, iron curtis, mirau musikLeave a comment

Some warm and especially funky treats on Johannes Paluka aka Iron Curtis’ longplayer-debut on the Hamburg-imprint Mirau Musik. ‘Soft Wide Waist Band’ is Curtis’ entrance into the world of long players and the first of its kind for the Hamburg imprint. Of course, the man has earned his four-to-the-floor stripes navigation between deep house and soulful techno leanings, but he has also managed to steer clear of genre silt. Thus the task of creating a coherent, yet amusing album without blinkers is passed with distinction here. It streaks all the places and spaces in the past, present and future: the basic knowledge of engineering skills hones in New York, Chicago and Detroit left its traces here as much as a touch of British freewheeling mixed with the flow and indie poetry of a German country boy who has heard of electronic pop music before.

Mantra – After Dark [BUNKER3096]

May 29, 2012October 19, 2017 hipodromeacid house, album, bunker records, chicago, craig stainton, mantra, myriaddLeave a comment

From North Yorkshire, England, more classic ’88 UK dark acid house from Mantra, a full-length lp on white vinyl.

Orgue Electronique – Strange Paradise [CRLP009]

May 28, 2012October 20, 2023 hipodromealbum, alden tyrell, brian schijf, chicago house, creme organization, fre2k, orgue electronique, robert owensLeave a comment

A double album by Orgue Electronique aka Brian Chinetti on Creme Organization. What lies here before you is sculpted out of the blood and tears of 5 years of life, and all the dreams, imagination, tristesse and longing that goes along with it. A mesmerizing double album: wholly matured and further enhanced by collaborations with luminaries like Robert Owens, Alden Tyrell and cult hero Fre2k. It’s warm and generous, made up of real emotions, of moments frozen in time and of the impassioned cries of a soul on the run. To finally let it go after so many years is – for all the parties involved – a strange yet exciting moment, not unlike the birth of an elephant baby…. out of a human female.

PRPLX – Fabric Of Space [TEMPO001LP]

May 27, 2012December 5, 2012 hipodromealbum, drum & bass, fabric of space, prplx, tempoLeave a comment

PRPLX - Fabric Of Space: Part 1 (Front Cover)

PRPLX’s entitled Fabric Of Space explores the deeper side of the Breakbeat spectre. Clever drum programming as well as going in a bass shakin’ direction, it reminds us of early Bluenote & Speed days but definitely with a modern touch. These tracks are another testament to PRPLX’s love for the Breakbeat. Also included here is the roadtested Taiga track which starts of deep and hypnotic but surprises you with the harsh amen drop, raw synth and dark male reggae vocal.

Lone – Galaxy Garden [RS1206LP]

May 27, 2012July 15, 2021 hipodromeacid, album, anneka, breakstep, dubstep, lone, machinedrum, matt cutler, power house, r&s recordsLeave a comment

LONE - Galaxy Garden

Matt Cutler is back with his fifth album, which is an impressive feat in just five years of releasing music. Galaxy Garden starts off on a more esoteric tip with the tropical electronica of “New Colour”, in its sunshine chimes. By the time we get to “Lying In The Reeds” we’re up to a house tempo that harks back to the softer side of early Detroit. It’s when “Crystal Caverns 1991” starts up that we reach the most blatant distillation of old-skool; kicking off a breakstep beat with sweet but punchy 90s synths, the track cuts into a deadly rave motif without so much as a pause in the beat and it’s like being back in, er, 1991. Every track reeks of originality, whether it be the surprising track structures, the superbly detailed production, even the evocative imagery that the music conjures up.

Shackleton – Music For The Quiet Hour / Music For The Quiet Heart [SEPTICCD001]

May 27, 2012May 24, 2012 hipodromealbum, dub, dubstep, shackelton, woe to the septic heartLeave a comment

Cover art - Shackleton: Music For The Quiet Hour / Music For The Quiet Heart

It’s entirely typical of a revered producer such as former Skull Disco boss Shackleton that some new material from the Berlin based producer should arrive without the necessity for PR fanfare that far too many musicians require. It’s even more typical of Shackleton that Music For The Quiet Hour is just so damn epic in scale and execution. Whilst this digital version doesn’t convey the full brilliance of Zeke Clough’s artistic contribution in the manner the vinyl or CD versions do, it does allow you to focus fully on the music. Largely formed of mesmerizing material produced on an Italian drawbar organ module the producer has been experimenting with for the best part of two years, theses 16 tracks are bristling with the sort of all consuming basslines and unique percussive melodies that Shackleton has made his own and true fans need little more reason to indulge.

Newclear Waves – S/T LP [DSR028LP]

May 18, 2012June 21, 2024 hipodromealbum, alessandro adriani, dark wave, desire records, mannequin records, minimal synth, newclear waves, oksana xiuLeave a comment

Hailing from Rome – Italy, Newclear Waves is essentially the solo project of Alessandro Adriani, mind and boss of Mannequin Records, one of the most important synth wave / cold wave labels around, with contributions from Oksana Xiu, an academic russian musician devoted to analog synths. Deeply influenced by the works of the early minimal electronics sounds on Mute Records and 4AD, Newclear Waves is exploring droned out electro pop territories with an interest for a refreshing hyperactive 80s New Wave. Having turned out releases on Mannequin Records, the duo is now presenting a full‐lenght ten tracks collection of caliginous pure analog minimal synth on the way on Desire Records, french Cold Wave and Electro Wave label, focused both in new artists and stunning reissues from 4AD like Mass, In Camera and Dance Chapter.

Pye Corner Audio – Black Mill Tapes Volume 3: All Pathways Open [PCA003]

May 18, 2012June 29, 2021 hipodromealbum, ambient, black mill tapes, martin jenkins, minimal synth, pye corner audio, synth pop, the head technicianLeave a comment

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Right then, our Head Technician has sworn that he will have the next instalment of Black Mills Tapes ready for us by the end of January. Volume 3: All Pathways Open comprises a further twelve tracks lovingly transferred from those now fabled 1/4″ and cassette tapes. The Advisory Circle kindly lent a hand and retransferred ‘Electronic Rhythm Number Eighteen’ for which we are very grateful. Our Head Technician tells us this particular segment had been giving him a fair bit of trouble, so the help was appreciated.

BlakeAndrew – Awakening

May 18, 2012May 16, 2012 hipodromealbum, blakeandrew, electro, industrialLeave a comment

Debut album for BlakAndrew, released on his out bandcamp page. Awakening seems to trudge through an epic tale about good and evil – the inner struggles of light and darkness and how each power tries to defeat the other yet exists solely as a symbiotic balance. The album’s genres can be tough to pinpoint but “Awakening” definitely has a dark, electro-techno-industrial sound. The tracks wouldn’t be considered ‘dance floor anthems’ by any means, though most of the tracks have deep, pounding beats with undeniable techno roots. “Awakening” also pans into stretches of ambient, hip hop and electronica.

Automatic Tasty – Speech And Silence [WRSAS]

May 16, 2012June 17, 2014 hipodromeacid, album, automatic tasty, electro, house, jonny dillon, wil-ru recordsLeave a comment

Jonny Dillon is gracing WR with a brand new full length album as Automatic Tasty! “Speech and Silence” is a 10 track album loaded with bouncy acid hooks and bubbling hyper-color melodies.

Schizolectric / Annechoic – Time Capture [AU001]

May 16, 2012July 5, 2024 hipodromealbum, ana de giles, annechoic, audiofugitives, electro, schizolectricLeave a comment

Great album featuring some hot electronix! Hailing from Spain this is the first release on the Audiofugitives label! Intense uncompromising tracks of which the a side is rooted in Classic Detroit Techno and Electro. the B-side takes the listeners into orbit with some amazing spaced outed tracks.

Photodementia – Figure 3 [FIG003LP]

May 16, 2012January 4, 2013 hipodromealbum, bernard davies, electro, photodementia, victor beaudetLeave a comment

Cosmic electro futurism from Photodementia, the devious offspring of Canadian, Victor Beaudet, one-time collaborator with Richard Davis of Cybertron, and American, Bernard Davies. Evoking comparisons with the legendary production projects of the then emerging Drexciya and Dopplereffekt, as well as Kraftwerk and AFX, ‘Figure 3’ is mind-altering material, ear worming electro dynamism that realigns the elements of the brain like a true listening experience should.