Elitechnique – Intrusion [CLSS009]

April 14, 2012April 19, 2023 hipodromealbum, clone loft supreme series, clone records, disco, electro, elitechniqueLeave a comment

Elitechnique is back with Intrusion, a 8 track ep. The pair (Remco de Jong aka Phako and Florentijn Boddendijk) find an ongoing source of inspiration in disco and electronic obscurities as we’ve learned from their previous releases (which have been played and charted by all the big names in modern disco), but combine this with their fascination for the great 60’s and 70’s soundtracks! The result is a timeless imaginary sound track that adds sex and intrigue to their music and unleashed from the chains of dancefloor productions. On this Intrusion album they take freedom to play around with atmosphere intensity and tension without only focussing about a dancefloor. Both being skilled producers and musicians the result is an album extraordinaire with all instruments and music played, recorded and arranged by themselfs over a period of more then a year!

Uku Kuut – Vision Of Estonia [PPU034]

April 14, 2012July 11, 2025 hipodromealbum, disco, funk, maryn e. coote, peoples potential unlimited, uku kuutLeave a comment

PPU’s first long-play LP highlights some of the early beginnings of one of our favorite producers, UKU KUUT. Written and recorded at UKU’s home studio in Los Angeles and Stockholm between 1982 & 1989. Some tracks co-written with Maryn E. Coote, famous jazz vocalist who had her beginnings in 1960s Soviet Union. ”That’s my MOM” recalls UKU, ”I remember when I was little, sitting under the mixing board at her sessions”. Growing up in studios, UKU’s love of music production began early, and over the years he has amassed a vast collection of domestic and soviet electronic gear. In true PPU style this LP is a mix of UKU KUUT’s raw cassette demos, forgotten masters and unreleased magic.

UV PØP – No Songs Tomorrow [MNQ028/SBR3009]

April 13, 2012June 21, 2024 hipodromealbum, dark wave, electro, mannequin records, minimal synth, sacred bones records, uv popLeave a comment

Mannequin and Sacred Bones are honoured to join their forces to offer you one of the best UK New Wave reissues from the 80’s. UV PØP were an early post-punk group from the South Yorkshire region of England. Their sound was regionally bleak and they used staccato, angular guitars lines, with vocals ranged from spoken repeated mantras to whispered and shouted political poetics. ‘In the 1980s there was nothing to smile about. The person whom some called wrongly the iron lady brought vengeful spiteful selfishness and a narrow-minded out- look into all our lives. The sound of UV PØP has always been a sophisticated blend of sadness; with morose North Country sense and a humorous confrontational sensibility. UV PØP were as certain as anybody there was a strong possibility there might not be anything left with which to make a tomorrow…

Twilight Ritual – The Factory Scream [OS018]

April 13, 2012November 22, 2023 hipodromealbum, electro, geert coppens, minimal synth, onder stroom, peter bonne, synth pop, twilight ritualLeave a comment

Twilight Ritual was/is the main project by Geert Coppens and Peter Bonne. During the early eighties they were involved in many other bands including Autumn and The Linear Movement, but Twilight Ritual is by far the most inspired project. The spirit of the band lingers on beneath the work of Autumn through A Split Second. The work of Twilight Ritual is diverse, yet consise. Their pioneering album Rituals inspired other musicians and became an underground cult classic in the minimal synth genre. “The Factory Scream” is a compilation of varied works recorded during 1984 and 1986.

Jahiliyya Fields – Unicursal Hexagram [LIES011]

April 13, 2012August 17, 2023 hipodromealbum, experimental, jahiliyya fields, l.i.e.s., leftfield, long island electrical systems, matt morandiLeave a comment

Very strong double LP of beautifully executed synth explorations. Moving further into territories of experimental electronics comes debut album from this Brooklyn artist, Jahiliyya Fields. This double lp evokes emotions of equal pain, passion, beauty and disgust as it delves into areas of the psyche many are afraid to come in contact with. Read between the lines, close your eyes and listen. Not unlike new age music of the past meeting the harsh textures of the early industrial pioneers, this music serves as another narrative to our quickly deteriorating Western societal structure. Outsider music for those of us pushed to the side and living on the fringe.

Tanz Ohne Musik – Red Cavity [RDCVT002]

April 13, 2012December 13, 2016 hipodromealbum, dan serbanescu, electronics, industrial, tanz ohne muzikLeave a comment

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New release from Romanian band Tanz Ohne Musik on their bandcamp page, including eight tracks with lush synths and haunting vocals.

Theo Parrish – Sound Signature Sounds Vol. 2 [SSCD06]

April 12, 2012November 15, 2021 hipodromealbum, deep house, detroit, sound signature, theo parrishLeave a comment

PARRISH, Theo/ROTATING ASSEMBLY - Sound Signature Sounds Volume 2

Theo Parrish presents Sound Signature Volume Two, a 9 track compilation of previous Sound Signature releases and a previously unreleased track, “Didn’t Pay Dues”.

Vatican Shadow – Kneel Before Religious Icons [TYPE105]

April 8, 2012October 28, 2019 hipodromealbum, ambient, dominick fernow, experimental, industrial, leftfield, techno, type, vatican shadowLeave a comment

Dominick Fernow might be best known for his industrial incantations under the Prurient moniker, but in recent months his attention has shifted towards a different outlet. Fernow’s interest in electronic music (from the clamorous grind of Muslimgauze to the recently defunct Sandwell District imprint) has been well documented, and it comes to a frothy head with his Vatican Shadow project. Revolving around themes gleaned from Iraq war propaganda and yellowing stacks of newspaper clippings, the tracks on ‘Kneel Before Religious Icons’ are a perfect representation of Fernow’s modus operandi. Behind a wall of tape hiss, drum machine rhythms beat out memories of early Ministry and AFX while sickly FM synthesizer pads crawl and heave into the abyss. Like much of Fernow’s output prior to this, the emphasis is on society’s darker crevices, but Vatican Shadow is steeped in an alarming mystery and sulfuric smoke that is sure to surprise recent converts.

Actress – R.I.P [HJRCD60]

April 8, 2012November 9, 2023 hipodromeactress, album, ambient, darren cunningham, electronics, honest jon's records6 Comments

South London producer Darren Cunningham’s new album, R.I.P, underlines Actress’s reputation as one of the most eloquent voices to emerge from the sub-bass nexus of London dance music. His intuitive and original grasp of beats, textures and rhythm puts him on a parallel path to dance music innovators such as Drexciya, T++, Aphex Twin, Autechre, Burial and Basic Channel. Absolutely essential release by one of the most exciting producers of the 21st century.

Aura Fresh – Stellar Activity Cycles [CONFINELESS003]

April 8, 2012December 21, 2012 hipodromealbum, ambient, aura fresh, confineless records, dub technoLeave a comment

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The third limited edition CD album on Confineless Recordings, this time by Aura Fresh.

Djorvin Clain – Pattern of Thought [SSCD12]

April 8, 2012March 31, 2017 hipodromealbum, ambient, djorvin clain, dub techno, silent seasonLeave a comment

Pattern Of Thought speaks a believers language. It was created and processed with care. We experience time and our conscious emotions in a most individual space of mind. Our thoughts are formed by what we feel. Our own personal diary, the mind and heart guides us through. All tracks and sounds where recorded in Belgium with the use of hardware instruments and several recording techniques, from field recordings to reel to reel tape. The sounds of the album are kept authentically as possible, away from what was happening in the music world around me, it is a deepest personal reflection.

Baz Reznik – Scream From The Shore [DYFR005D]

April 7, 2012February 12, 2016 hipodromealbum, baz reznik, do it yourself fuck the rest records, dyfr records, electro, leftfield, louis guilliaumeLeave a comment

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The first album on DYFR records is a 15 track record by Baz Reznik with a pumping remix of his former release “Up” by Louis Guilliaume. A diverse album with jackin ghetto style acid, techno beach anthems, underground house, electro with disco influences and slow beat electronics. This is what you get when you live in a diverse coastal city.

Short version is FREE to download on DYFR bandcamp page.

Goliath – The Message Carriers [FR022LTD]

April 7, 2012December 8, 2019 hipodromealbum, electro, frustrated funk, gary kempston, goliathLeave a comment

Frustrated Funk’s Limited Vinyl Series drops another crazy slice of experimental electro wax. Gary Kempston aka Goliath is dropping an amazing collection of tracks. Goliath has his own fresh and unique sound palette and his music is miles away from anything else.

Fort Romeau – Kingdoms [SILK022]

April 5, 2012November 4, 2024 hipodrome100% silk, album, deep house, fort romeau, mike norrisLeave a comment

Mike Norris aka Fort Romeau is a UK artist based in South London. Mike began making music at 14, inspired by the slow jams of Air’s Premiers Symptômes and the warm analogue sounds of Autechre’s Amber LP he began creating, “just loops of noise and atmosphere, just playing with the sound directly.” Later, while at university in Brighton, he began DJing at clubs and the experience of being enveloped in the sound had a profound effect on his attitude to music-making. In Mike’s words, “I started really thinking about the visceral quality of the sound all my favorite music had – this deep, thick quality that just absorbed you.” Shortly after leaving university, Mike began working with the band La Roux, playing keyboards and programming the band’s live show – all the while developing his own musical practice between sound checks and airport stopovers. It wasn’t until the band stopped touring that he was able to concentrate on his music full time and, having become used to working within the limitations of a slow laptop and a pair of headphones, changed his ethos to music making “you have to learn to be very efficient, its is pretty frustrating but you live within the limitations of your equipment. That’s what really defines you as a musician I think. I only have one synthesizer, a Yamaha DX7, and this LP is really the product of me interfacing with that one synth and a 7 year old laptop.”

Steve Murphy & die Roh – The Chasm [CHIWAX001LP]

April 4, 2012July 19, 2023 hipodromealbum, chicago house, chiwax, die roth, rawax, steve murphyLeave a comment

MURPHY, Steve/DIE ROH - The Chasm (Front Cover)

The first full length on Chiwax is coming from Steve Murphy & die Roth from Venice, Italy. The album includes 8 lovely vintage Chicago house and ’80ies Chicago house tracks.

Kan3da / 240 Interceptor – Untitled [STIL037]

March 25, 2012May 16, 2024 hipodrome240 interceptor, album, electro, kan3da, karl henrik skagius, stilleben recordsLeave a comment

Split mini-LP by Kan3da and 240 InterceptorNew on Stilleben Records.

Janitor Of Lunacy – Crimes On The Dancefloor LP [MNQ008]

March 24, 2012March 26, 2014 hipodromealbum, cold wave, electro, janitor of lunacy, mannequin recordsLeave a comment

Big release by one of the best electronic Cold Wave bands from Italy. Janitor Of Lunacy were an Italian New Wave electronic band, active in Brescia from 1981 to 1986, composed by Kovre, Claudio Asserini and Gabriele Farina. With this line up, JOL produced a demo tape in 1983 entitled ‘Crimes On The Dancefloor”, which was very well reviewed by the italian music press. Thanks to such great feedbacks, the band was choosed for various compilation of the era, playing many live shows in historic clubs like Xenon in Florence or Odissea 2001 in Milano, sharing the stage with Weimar Gesang and some others Supporti Fonografici related bands. In 1986 JOL entered in studio for recording their first full-lenght for this label, album publicized by various magazine but that never saw the light of the day, due to artistic divergences.

White Car – Everyday Grace [HIT015]

March 24, 2012October 19, 2015 hipodromealbum, electro, hippos in tanks, minimal synth, synth wave, white carLeave a comment

Hippos In Tanks’ carefully assembled roster, White Car are the label’s darkest, sexiest operators. Hailing from the Pilsen neighbourhood in Chicago, their debut album ‘Everyday Grace’ channels that Eurotic undercurrent of Techno/Wave/drug music which has fuelled the city’s subterranean scene since the earliest days. Like an hallucinatory audio version of the scramble suits in A Scanner Darkly, their chimeric, cyberdelic fantasia assimilates elements of 30 years + of debonaire, thrusting automatik funk, from DAF to NIN to CTI, to ’80s Bowie, Prince and way beyond, refracting each glint until it becomes an amorphous nebula of digital info masking an ice-cool, thermo-controlled interior. The stuttered vocal of central figure Elon Katz expounds ideas of bodiless cybernetic sex and binary sensuality, melding his urging physicality into a virtual matrix of jagged, shoulder-jerking rhythms and writhing synthlines saturated in bacchanalian dissonance.

Ed Davenport – Counterchange [NRKCD046]

March 23, 2012March 6, 2024 hipodromealbum, ed davenport, nrk music, technoLeave a comment

Berlin based Brit Ed Davenport presents his debut LP on NRK Music. Counterchange has plenty of concessions to filmic home listening rather than straight up dancefloor fodder. Notably, breakbeats feature heavily up the spine of the album, as does subtle vocal sampling and plenty of atmospheric tension. Starting with the brooding drums and moody voices of “Of Light & Shade” the album unfurls through the barely restrained rave euphoria of the title track, the beautifully re-worked melodies of “New Yorkshire” and “More Red Lights” as well as touching on some sombre downbeat bleakness, bold concrete funk and under-lapping deep techno. The penultimate track, “Somewhere,” is to be the album’s forceful first single: an obvious choice for its deeply hypnotic rhythms and train-track grooves.

Nicholas – Still Playing House [4LUX007B]

March 22, 2012April 27, 2018 hipodrome4lux, 4lux black, album, deep house, gerd, hunee, nicholasLeave a comment

Italian producer Nicholas serves you his debut album for 4lux called Still Playing House, showcasing his love for the earlier USA house sounds in 14 original deep house tracks. The album includes also 2 remixes by Hunee and label head Gerd.