Pluto Junkies – Contact [MIN305]

May 2, 2023May 2, 2023 hipodromeacid, album, ebm, electro, ernestas sadau, industrial, mindri, pinkman records, pluto junkies, prz, rapha, technoLeave a comment

Following their 2021 debut on Mindri, Ernestas Sadau, Rapha & PRZ return to the Pinkman fold as Pluto Junkies with a 7 track mini-LP recorded at the furthest reaches of the solar system. After the swirling synths and cryptic messages on opener Launch, the record quickly descends into a frenzied supernova of metallic synths and propulsive drums. From the twitching Italo-informed techno of Astronaut Dolphine Detective to the frenetic speedball electro in Black Eye Galaxy Battle, this collection of hardware jams is straight up sonic fuel for sweat-drenched hours at wide eyed raves right around the galaxy. With the snarling acid riffs on Captain Blade and the punishing pulse in Cosmo Scooter Race, Pluto Junkies continue to ride the wave of manic energy from their first release, providing further soundtracks for only the most serious space travellers.

Moufang & Czamanski – Recreational Kraut [SR23LP01]

April 30, 2023April 27, 2023 hipodromealbum, ambient, ambient house, david moufang, experimental, jazz, jordan czamanski, jordan gcz, move d, source recordsLeave a comment

“Recreational Kraut”, the latest release on the recently relaunched Source Records label, is a collaboration between Jordan Czamanski (aka Jordan GCZ) and David Moufang (aka Move D). “Recreational Kraut” was recorded live in in three sessions in Jordan’s Amsterdam studio in 2018 and 2019. As the title suggests, the album flirts with the term and the “genre” krautrock and it’s prolonged, often improvised instrumental passages. The equipment used in the late 60s and early 70s was often rather conventional like electric piano, old synthesizers and electric bass guitar. The two instruments shaping the album and giving it a coherence, despite the varied styles and tempos are Czamanski’s Fender Rhodes and Moufang’s lyra-8, an 8 oscillator drone synthesizer which is played manually via touch sensors, giving it a very expressive sometimes violin-like other times outer-worldly, atonal character. The album’s 11 tracks span beat-less ambient soundscapes to jazzy psychedelia, as well as hints of house, techno, broken beat and funk.

L/F/D/M – PROG [CDR-TP-191]

April 27, 2023April 26, 2023 hipodromeacid, acid house, album, cassette, clan destine records, experimental, l/f/d/m, richard smith, technoLeave a comment

L/F/D/M returns with yet another stellar album of underground house and techno.

LITIA-LOE – Life Love Dance [LER1032/MS09]

April 25, 2023April 24, 2023 hipodromealbum, chicago house, facade records, grant rogers, left ear records, leon williams, litia-loe, mixed signals, re-release, reissue, simeon rogersLeave a comment

Left Ear Records and Mixed Signals team up again to refresh LITIA=LOE’s mid-90s album “Life Love Dance”. On this timeless release, the group channel the golden age of Nu Groove, foundational Warp releases, and the Ibiza days of New Order, all rooted in a uniquely Chicago sound. Five years after their EBM-tinged cerebral house anthem “Each Dawn Every Dawn”, the Litia~Loe (Life In The Insane Asylum = Life On Earth) crew dropped a lush album of wider proportion — six songs that feel more mature, more confident. Yet, despite this cultivated style, they continue to maintain the distinctive jest of their first outing. Grant, Leon, and Simeon’s new approach was more exploratory, traversing adventurous channels of pop, wave, IDM, and house. Not only are the songs more varied, but the growth of the trio’s technical skills are apparent. These songs feel more considered, like they have been refined over time, given just the right amount of polish without losing the ecstatic rawness that gives them breath and bounce. Life Love Dance captures the sound of primetime Chicago melodic house music, but offers something more expansive. Uninhibited by the borders of genre, the trio took a more inclusive approach to their music, which catalyzed in a playful and peerless production style which makes their work stand out from the droves of generic dance records from that era.

ADN’ Ckrystall – Frankraut [MMS606]

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 hipodromeadn' ckrystall, album, krautrock, macadam mambo, minimal synth, re-release, reissue, synth waveLeave a comment

French electronic pionner, ADN’ Ckrystall, became a legend in the Minimal-Synth scene when his first album “Jazz’Mad” (from 1982) was rediscovered and re-edited via the two biggest labels in the genre : Minimal Wave (circa 2005) and Dark Entries (circa 2012). Following this new interest, a bunch of unreleased materials reappeared and went out mostly directly through Erick (ADN)’s control, under compilations, coffrets (V.O.D.) or albums that never had the chance to come out before… But one piece was still missing, the album just following “Jazz’Mad” called “Frankraut” and here comes the story… During the covid year of 2021, Erick finally found the tapes forgotten somewhere at his parents house since 1984. After relistening to it he decided to bring them back to life. “Frankraut” was a project born from the reflexion about the concept of marrying (and not the opposite) the romantico-poetico side : naive melodies flirting with research and experimentations in the electronic music “à la française” like illustration, “bilbliothèque sonore” (library) or music for film… and the cold, mechanic, motorik, hypnotic, psychedelic free explosive and creative side of the Krautrock.

Scotch Rolex & Shackleton – Death By Tickling [ST1]

April 23, 2023April 21, 2023 hipodromealbum, ambient, downbeat, experimental, scotch rolex, shackleton, silver tripletLeave a comment

New imprint Silver Triplet enters the world with a rocket of a collaborative album from two of electronic music’s most free-spirited mavericks. Combining the surrealist punk ethos of Scotch Rolex and the bass heavy psychedelia of Shackleton, Death by Tickling is ten tracks full of wild and unpredictable changes, incorporating odd time signatures, cosmic synth freak outs and dubbed out space vibrations. At times the album lulls the listener into a zoned out trance whilst at other times it startles with its ferocity, Death by Tickling has the whole range in its Helter Skelter approach.

The Creative Technology Consortium {CtC} – Panoramic Colorsound [DE300]

April 22, 2023August 29, 2023 hipodromealbum, andrew bisenius, cooper, dark entries records, ebm, experimental, jakbeat, jason letkiewicz, krautrock, soundtrack, steve summers, synth wave, the creative technology consortium, traxxLeave a comment

The venerable Dark Entries celebrates it’s 300th release with “Panoramic Coloursound”, a triple LP from The Creative Technology Consortium. Traxx, Andrew Bisenius, and Jason Letkiewicz forged the CtC during the depths of pandemic isolation. Drawing from film and television music of the 80’s/90’s and armed with a mighty array of vintage analog and digital synthesizers, they set out to explore heists, vices, and catastrophe. Panoramic Coloursound collapses sound and image into a neon blur throughout its 25 tracks. While retro scores were the starting point for the CtC, the project does more than pay dutiful homage — these notes are warped and skewed, devolving into decaying digital soundscapes. EBM-inflected basslines pop up on tracks like “Catastrophe” and “A Retro Vice”, menacing numbers that recall Traxx and Letkiewicz’s legendary work as Mutant Beat Dance (a project also featuring Beau Wanzer). “Follow Our Kode” pairs heroic synths with funky bass, striking cosmic chords akin to the material that Traxx and Bisenius have released as An Anomaly. Krautrock-esque guitars slide along anthemic pads on “Beautifully Polluted Sunset”, which comes across like an alien Miami Vice closing theme. The CtC channel corroded VHS vibes while making music for the future.

Fashion Flesh – Rubber Mountain LP [BL007]

April 22, 2023April 21, 2023 hipodromealbum, electro, experimental, fashion flesh, john talaga, synth wave, the black lodgeLeave a comment

Fashion Flesh aka John Talaga from Bay City, Michigan, is known for his “off the grid” approach to music. Most all of the instruments used to perform and produce are self-built electronics, oscillators, generators, sound toys, and modulators. Those that are not built from one’s own design are heavily modified beyond audible recognition or return. No sampling/stolen sound is ever used or sucked from outside pre-existing sources. No laptops, instead tape manipulation and hard copy cut-ups…analog devices that are built for specific purpose and dis-purpose. “Rubber Mountain” is his first full LP, 6 tracks of mutant mayhem on The Black Lodge label, spanning from odd italo-disco flavors, to no-wave, post-punk, jakbeat, and experimental sounds from the beyond. Equally for the dancefloor and home listening, this record has it all.

E-Control – D.N.E. [CHILDSEVENTEEN]

April 20, 2023May 5, 2023 hipodromealbum, audiofusion, breaks, childhood intelligence, disinformation society, e-control, electro, house, silent community, tinky kerruishLeave a comment

The 17th sonic tale on Childhood Intelligence is written, produced & mastered by German Electro artist E-Control. The debut album entitled “D.N.E.”, presents a lifetime legacy compilation of tracks, which were written and programmed throughout various years, ranging from 1996 – 2010. Inspired by the passion for 80s Electro, early Bleep, Techno and House – E-Control transforms sounds and rhythms into his own sequence – his own powerful & mystic D.N.A. engineered to the future.

Shifted Phases – The Cosmic Memoirs Of The Late Great Rupert J. Rosinthrope [TRESOR196LPX]

April 13, 2023April 12, 2023 hipodromealbum, detroit techno, drexciya, electro, james stinson, re-release, reissue, shifted phases, tresor recordsLeave a comment

Tresor Records reissue the sole output from Shifted Phases entitled “The Cosmic Memoirs Of The Late Great Rupert J. Rosinthrope”. Initially released in 2002, soon after James Stinson passed away, this LP plays a mysterious and compelling role in the Drexciya journey. While other records of Drexciya and related projects have received numerous reprints and editions, The Cosmic Memoirs… has remained out of print since its release. This rarity leaves it more open to interpretation with its place in the Drexciyan storm series, as it became increasingly hard to find and underexplored. This reissue does not merely close the loop on Tresor’s reissue series of the Drexciya catalogue but brings Shifted Phases to fresh ears more than other records.

bijū – Land of Abundance [SOT011]

April 11, 2023April 11, 2023 hipodromealbum, biju, cassette, experimental, industrial, sch tsch, sons of traders records, technoLeave a comment

“bijū arose from the need to explore the intersection of machine and body. The need to blur the boundaries between dehumanized electronic sound and the natural environment. Its selection is a constant search between minimalist and dense, dynamic and slow, sharp and blurry sounds. The album presents strength of vision in artist’s style and that is aesthetics of dystopian future, where slow motion martial marches meet ghostly rituals, cleverly blended with synth melancholy enriched by echoes of psychedelia and industrial rawness. An attempt to reach the undefined emotions between commotion and anger, sublimity and thrill, which, along with grief and hatred were brought by the war in his homeland in Ukraine. As part of the Warsaw based Ukrainian collective SUMISH wants to strengthen interactions between people through synergies, exchange of vision and knowledge, building bridges between the migrant community and local society through the different creative disciplines. Author of the program Gnostic Methods, dedicated to slow-rolling and experimental electronic music – every month on Radio Kapitał.”

Voertuig – Techno Garage [TNL-OCS003]

April 6, 2023April 6, 2023 hipodromealbum, downtempo, electro, experimental, house, tonal oceans, voertuigLeave a comment

Beyond ecstatic to finally offer a glimpse into the world of Voertuig. Working on music for several years, purely for themselves in sheds and studios tucked away in the outskirts of The Hague, Tonal Oceans presents an album by the four piece act containing music embodying the true spirit of the city.

Years of Denial – Suicide Disco Vol. 2 [VEYL036]

April 3, 2023October 9, 2024 hipodromealbum, barkosina hanusova, broken english club, cold wave, dark wave, ebm, industrial, jerome tcherneyan, post punk, synth pop, veyl, years of denialLeave a comment

Years Of Denial is back on Veyl with their second LP ‘Suicide Disco Vol. 2’. The follow up to 2019’s ‘Suicide Disco’, the duo makes a triumphant return, elevating their distinct sound which fuses dark wave, goth, new-beat, post-punk, EBM, and techno. The LP features 12 tracks all written and produced at Ark of Noise studio, located miles away from the polluted noise of social turbulences, immersed in isolation, creative indulgence, and poetic writing.

Ambassade – The Fool [OMLP25]

April 3, 2023April 3, 2023 hipodromealbum, cold wave, de ambassade, experimental, optimo music, pascal pinkert, post punk, synth popLeave a comment

Optimo Music presents Ambassade’s new album ‘The Fool’. Following hot in the heels of the acclaimed ‘Young Birds / Palette’ 12″ on Optimo Music, ‘The Fool’ is destined to be another Cold Wave, Synth, New Industrial, Experimental …whatever you want to call it …classic. “Born from several years of research and contemplation on the human mind ‘The Fool’ can be understood as a reflection to the dark energies – natural, political, human and otherwise – that are released when it comes to religion, greed and power.”

Chris & Cosey – Feral Vapours Of The Silver Ether [CTIFVOTSE22]

March 26, 2023March 27, 2023 hipodromealbum, ambient, c.t.i., carter tutti, chris & cosey, conspiracy international, experimental, re-release, reissue, soundtrackLeave a comment

“Feral Vapours of the Silver Ether” is the second album by Chris & Cosey as Carter Tutti, following 2004’s Cabal. A haunting, gothic 11-tracker that revels more in cinematic beauty than abrasive sonic gristle, its standout pieces such as ‘Woven Clouds’ recalling the heartfelt studio masterpieces of This Mortal Coil or the mysterious blackgaze dissociations of Black Tape For A Blue Girl. Cosey’s voice appears in crystal clarity, against utmostly gut-wrenching string movements and synthetic choirs of angels.

Froid Dub – Deep Blue Bass [DEL13]

March 26, 2023March 23, 2023 hipodromealbum, delodio, dub, electro, experimental, f.m., fa_fane, francois marche, froid dub, stephane bodinLeave a comment

Froid Dub continues to explore its synth-lined slowed down digi-dub cave flooded with waves of echoes and acid bleeps. From begging to end, bass lines and flanged delays sail over deep waters, seemingly barely disturbed by the minimal pump of the synth-wave track Not Loved.

Surgeon – Crash Recoil [TRESOR351]

March 25, 2023March 30, 2023 hipodromealbum, anthony child, surgeon, techno, tresor recordsLeave a comment

Tresor Records releases “Crash Recoil”, a new album by Surgeon. It marks Anthony Child’s first techno LP in five years, following a period in which he felt uncertainty in his role as a techno producer and found it tough to locate inspiration. This new album encounters him drawing on spontaneous techniques to arrive at unchartered topographies. “Crash Recoil” originates from Surgeon’s recent live sets, where he experimented with constraints in performing and embracing the twists, turns and paradoxes that arrive from this.

The Dysphoria – Joy Without Ceasing [CDT-TR-224]

March 24, 2023March 23, 2023 hipodromealbum, cassette, clan destine records, clan destine traxx, dark wave, new wave, post punk, the dysphoriaLeave a comment

Glasgowian label Clan Destine Records presents the debut album of The Dysphoria, great post punk from Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

EM1V – Escape Pattern [SOTA069]

March 24, 2023March 23, 2023 hipodromealbum, ebm, electro, em1v, industrial, martin steinebach, soil records, synth waveLeave a comment

Martin Steinebach is back with his EM1V project on Soil Records, delivering a new 15 tracks album called “Escape Pattern “. A mix between e.b.m, electro and synthpop on a CD release.

Dip Shim – Water Movers LP [MMTRXX004]

March 22, 2023March 20, 2023 hipodromeacid, album, dip shim, electro, malmo traxxLeave a comment

Dip Shim returns to Malmo Traxx with a 8 tracker LP from Up North waters. Electro beat excursions, downtempo, trippy ambient cuts and experimental 303 hypnotic rhythms. Scandinavian waves from Up North captured on a limited edition vinyl.