Sova Stroj – Silent Earth LP [TTTB008]

January 24, 2016January 18, 2019 hipodromealbum, ambient techno, drone, experimental, michel flammant, sova stroj, testtoon recordsLeave a comment

Sova Stroj is the nom de plume of Luxembourg-based producer Michel Flammant. With a history in black metal, rock and synth pop bands, he has now ventured out on his own, delving into experimental and electronic music. Sova Stroj’s debut album ‘Silent Earth’ explores feelings of willful desertion through forty minutes of highly concentrated and almost teleologically dark ambient patterns. Musically the album is centered around an abstracted industrial music influence paired with precise and evocative melodic and harmonic explorations.

The Exaltics – The Girl & The Chameleon [SHIPLP004]

January 22, 2016October 17, 2022 hipodromeacid, album, electro, robert witschakowski, shipwrec records, techno, the exalticsLeave a comment

“The Girl and the Chameleon” will probably fall under the genre tags of acid, electro and techno but it is so much more. Robert Witschkowski has been responsible for exemplary electronics throughout his career and this latest is undeniably some of his best. The album sees The Exaltics don a dust mask. Warehouse parties, strobe lights and fog machines and the 90s underground acid scene are definite influences. But there’s more. Across thirteen tracks and two slabs of wax the Jena artist takes you on a journey into his world. Gnarled and clinical grooves, caustic 303 encounters, depraved dancefloor destroyers and soothing machine music. A sonic trek through tough and taut textures with touches of tenderness. An album that shows a depth of ability, an enviable talent and a knowledge of how to break floorboards.

Abstract Division – Contemporary Spaces [DREF028]

January 18, 2016October 22, 2021 hipodromeabstract division, album, dave miller, dynamic reflection, minimal techno, paul boex, technoLeave a comment

ABSTRACT DIVISION - Contemporary Spaces

Reflection is beginning 2016 with the long awaited return of Abstract Division to their native imprint, by the release of their first ever double EP: Contemporary Spaces. Not set out to be an album, but certainly being more than just an EP, Contemporary Spaces explores the current state of techno, providing the listener with wayward and timeless pieces drawing their inspiration from the broad spectrum of electronic music. Yet, while each individual track stands in its own place and time within this spectrum, the EP as a whole compliments the diversity of past, present and future influences and styles. Contemporary Spaces is one of their most extensive and widely aimed projects to date and solely consists of original material.

Nico Motte – Life Goes On If You Are Lucky [ATN024]

January 17, 2016February 7, 2018 hipodromealbum, ambient, antinote recordings, cosmic disco, experimental, nico motteLeave a comment

Nico Motte, the man behind the visual identity of the Parisian imprint Antinote, makes an impressive come-back on the label’s catalogue with Life Goes On If You Are Lucky. Each song seems to be the result of a long session of orchestration by Nico Motte, composer, arranger and conductor, who has been attributing to each electronic component a specific role to play in these 7 little instrumental suites, disturbed from time to time by human elements – a saxophone on Terra d’Amore, the voicefrom Syracuse’s Isabelle on Tacotac – only to reminds us that Life Goes On If You Are Lucky is above all about human fragility.

The Analog Roland Orchestra – Roden Crater Vision [ORN038]

January 17, 2016January 16, 2016 hipodromeacid, album, ambient, dub techno, experimental, house, james turrell, michal matlak, ornaments, the analog roland orchestraLeave a comment

A collection of tracks, skits and moods for James Turrell´s visionary Roden Crater project by The Analog Roland Orchestra.

Antoni Maiovvi & Umberto ‎– Law Unit [DWO1RD]

January 17, 2016March 30, 2023 hipodromealbum, ambient, antoni maiovvi, death waltz originals, death waltz recording, electronics, soundtrack, umbertoLeave a comment

Death Waltz Recording Company are proud to bring you an all-new aural experience via the latest installment of the Death Waltz Originals imprint. Law Unit is a brand new creation by maestros Umberto and Antoni Maiovvi, an original concept that in the composers’ own words ”moves past the retro-futurist works of their individual solo releases to explore a world of early industrial and experimental music”. The resulting album is made up of ten dangerously cool and evocative cuts, the kind of tracks that put you in the mood for LA circa 2019, or the Detroit of 1987.

Palais Des Bauzards – In The Grassfield [OS028]

January 13, 2016January 12, 2016 hipodromealbum, chris serré, danny jacobs, dirk van regenmortel, electro, frank de wit, industrial, onder stroom, palais des bauzards, rudy stuyckens, synth waveLeave a comment

Palais Des Bauzards pursued an industrial and electronic variant of the sound that swept into vogue during the first half of the ’80s. This compilation digs into the original material provided by the band and offers an amazing selection from start to finish. The sometimes rudimentary though gripping tracks tracks on the first side are emblematic for their early period, for example “Money” a song driven by a screeching rhythm box, distant guitar lines and a nonchalant voice. Cabaret Voltaire comes to mind. They’re not afraid to experiment and to explore new horizons (the track “Lies”). The second side shows a more developed dark wave sound with In The Grassfield and Knowing Too Much both produced by legendary Belgian producer Ludo Camberlin. On top of this there are two dark goth rock stomper hidden in the selection, they hide by the names My Life Is A Sin & Eat Out Of My Hands. Overall it’s a broad selection of tracks which show the capability of the band to do something different with the new wave genre. Initially the group was formed in 1983 in the Belgian city of Leuven by Danny Jacobs, Dirk Van Regenmortel, Chris Serré (+2006), Frank De Wit and Rudy Stuyckens. In 1983 they released two tracks on the Mask Live LP together with Front 242. In the three following years many of their home recorded tracks were published on a bunch of cassette labels.

Xosar – Holographic Matrix [FREE DOWNLOAD]

January 10, 2016January 8, 2016 hipodromealbum, ambient, experimental, free download, free tracks, sheela rahman, techno, xosarLeave a comment

Techno mystic Xosar witha self-releasing 11-track album on Bandcamp. Holographic Matrix is filled with some of the murkiest and most sinister tracks of her career.

CN – The Derelict [WEME313.18/WR057]

January 6, 2016October 31, 2017 hipodromealbum, cn, electro, stian gjevik, weme records, weme313, wil-ru recordsLeave a comment

Norwegian producer Stian Gjevik returns with his third full length album as CN with The Derelict. The sequel to his 2011 concept album The Expedition Beyond (Wil-Ru Records), The Derelict unravels a new chapter in the story of a space traveller wandering the galaxy in his starship only to crash-land on a foreign planet and encounter new lifeforms. The shuffle of crisp airy high hats and punchy robotic rhythms lay down the framework for CN’s signature cosmic sound. Beautiful hardware based electronic sounds paint a colorful soundscape with blissful arpeggios and soothing washed out synth pads over groovy moving bass-lines, creating lush atmospheric listen that is as chill as it is suitable for the dance foor. Ten new tracks of highly melodic motivating braindance music to get utterly lost in.

Black Patterns – Black Patterns Vol.1 [LT020]

January 5, 2016December 25, 2017 hipodromealbum, black patterns, lobster theremin, snow bone, technoLeave a comment

Black Patterns is a new alias from Lobster Theremin regular Snow Bone, launched to allow him to explore more obviously experimental techno pastures. In truth, Black Patterns Volume 1 is thoroughly in keeping with the fuzzy, distorted and generally bleak material that the hyped label has been putting out of late. Variously creepy, unsettling and freakishly intense, it’s a collection that rarely steps back from the dusty darkness of the crumbling warehouses and basement spaces most readily associated with this style of balls-out techno. As a collection of club tracks, it can’t be faulted. Given that it’s DJs that will be most interested in its’ throbbing charms, it would seem churlish to criticise.

Linear Movement – The Linear Way [MW059]

January 4, 2016November 22, 2023 hipodromealbum, lieve van steerteghem, linear movement, minimal wave records, peter bonne, peter koutstaal, synth popLeave a comment

LINEAR MOVEMENT - The Linear Way

Minimal Wave label announce a second release by Belgian Linear Movement. The collection entitled “The Linear Way” marks our 59th release on Minimal Wave and continues the celebration of 10 years as a label. The album is a collection of warm melodic electronic pop songs that have for the most part remained unreleased until now. Linear Movement is Belgian mastermind Peter Bonne (A Split-Second, Twilight Ritual, Autumn) joined by Peter Koutstaal, and Lieve Van Steerteghem contributing vocals on the final track. The songs “The Linear Way” and “Don’t Try To Trick Me” appeared on the exquisite Pulse Music cassette (released by the Micrart Group in 1983) while the rest were never officially released.

Nomad Ninja – Avond Sluimer [NW006]

January 3, 2016March 25, 2019 hipodromealbum, ambient, cassette, danny wolfers, experimental, nightwind records, nomad ninjaLeave a comment

Fourth in the Nightwind Records Cassettetape series. Dozing snuggy amateur synth jazz for the serious psychonaut. Oozing cloudy Rhodes electric pianos and saturated trip synthesizers. Comes in the usual luxurious vintage c64/zxspectrum style microVHS video game box . Also includes free professional dome sticker and “Nomad Ninja” Microzine/map.

Teeth Of The Sea – Highly Deadly Black Tarantula [LAUNCH084]

December 31, 2015December 30, 2015 hipodromealbum, industrial, rocket launch, teeth of the seaLeave a comment

In the last decade, this iconoclastic four-pronged force has traversed from its origins in pub gigs and basement rehearsal rooms to far-flung locales aplenty. Yet this band has never lost sight of its original vision – to reconcile a fearless experimental drive with a primal lust for noise, and this is manifest on this fourth effort. Machine-driven yet melodically abundant, the widescreen industrial expanses of this album combine the influence of long-time band favourites like Aphex Twin, Angelo Badalamenti and Throbbing Gristle with new inspiration that spans from Chicago footwork to black metal. Yet this a fearsomely coherent assault of post-everything dementia sounds like no-one but Teeth Of The Sea.

Max Graef Band – Dog [MSLP001]

December 27, 2015November 16, 2018 hipodromealbum, gerald astor, house, jazz, max graef, max graef band, money sex recordsLeave a comment

Five guys jamming together, each throwing in funk-nuggets from a finely honed appreciation & a shared love of the good groove. This studio project was compiled from a free-wheeling desire to just team up and play together, see what happens.

Ashra – Blackouts [SPALAX14759]

December 27, 2015December 12, 2022 hipodromealbum, ash ra tempel, ashra, krautrock, manuel goettsching, psychedelic, re-release, reissue, spalax musicLeave a comment

Blackouts is a solo album by German musician Manuel Göttsching, released in 1978. It was originally released as an Ash Ra Tempel album, but the 2011 reissue of the album is credited solely to Göttsching. The album was written and performed entirely by Göttsching on electric guitar, keyboards.

Zwischenwelt – Paranormale Aktivitat [CAL007LP]

December 23, 2015April 19, 2023 hipodromealbum, beta evers, clone aqualung series, clone records, detroit, electro, gerald donald, heinrich mueller, penelope martin, rephlex, susana correia, zwischenweltLeave a comment

Zwischenwelt is a project combining the talents of former Drexciya member Heinrich Mueller, New York DJ and producer Susana Correia, Spanish producer Penelope Martin and vocalist Beta Evers. This is the first vinyl edition of this special project. A well executed audio-visual experience playing with the tension between machine and human vox. Musically rooted in the early 90’s lab-electro style that has been presented as Gesamtkuntwerk, further conceptualized and developed into an even more abstract but not any less powerful or less intense experience. Cold voices sonically merging with emotional machine sounds (or is it cold machine sounds merging with emotive vocal sounds?).

Jeremiah R. – Callisto [TABR033]

December 23, 2015January 31, 2018 hipodromealbum, electro, jeremiah r., tabernacle recordsLeave a comment

Tabernacle Records is exploring the outer reaches of Detroit-influenced techno, electro and ambient. Their latest outing is coming from Jeremiah R. Beginning with the floatation tank-in-space ambience of “Chorus”, Calisto sees the producer laying down a whopping eight cuts that variously touch in Drexciyan electro, Artificial Intelligence-era IDM, and hard-to-define hybrids that confirm the intergalactic potential of electronic music. Interestingly, the music is roughly equally split between horizontally inclined, beat-less explorations, surging dancefloor workouts, and the kind of mid ’90s home listening fodder that sits somewhere in between.

Corporate Park / Beau Wanzer – CP / BW [BW003]

December 21, 2015December 11, 2024 hipodromealbum, beau wanzer, corporate park, electro, industrial, jonah lange, shane english, technoLeave a comment

CP/BW is a collaboration between Corporate Park and Beau Wanzer. The LP collects material recorded over the past 3 years from various fits and bursts in Denton, TX. It’s a slimy hodgepodge of varied influences processed by warped minds and melting hardware, displaying Wanzer and Co.’s unique brand of American electronic madness.

Joey Anderson – Invisible Switch [DKMNTL029]

December 18, 2015June 12, 2024 hipodromealbum, dekmantel records, house, joey anderson, technoLeave a comment

The art of omission is a craft New Jersey native Joey Anderson masters like few others. After releasing his acclaimed debut album After Forever in 2014 and the 1974 EP earlier this year, Anderson returns to the Dekmantel label serving up the signature sound we love him for. Invisible Switch is the perfect example of what Anderson can do with very little, catapulting him to one of the finest and most original techno and house producers to date. Hammered to loose 4/4 rhythms, and without the use of the obvious percussive spasms, Anderson serves up some of the strangest dance floor tracks around. The lack of snares in ‘Waves in the Organ’, the schizophrenic ‘Blind Light’ and the sprawling ‘Reset’ show his fresh take on what modern dance floor music can sound like: elegant and urgent at the same time, while the wonderfully weird ‘Invisible Switch’ vouches for his versatility as a producer. Anderson’s minimalism doesn’t affect the musicality of the tracks. The strength lies in the details and unexpected twists. Freaked out chords cut through ‘Nabta Playa,’ a peak-time club track that stands out thanks to its enchanting madness. One of the many highlights is the impressive, more-than eight minutes-long ‘Disappearance’, which builds around a wrung synth line and neurotic rattling hi-hats, leading the dance in a hallucinatory techno trip that excels in originality.

D5 – Sides Of Space [112DSR]

December 14, 2015June 21, 2022 hipodromealbum, d5, deep techno, delsin records, detroit techno, dimension 5, john harveyLeave a comment

Delsin present Sides Of Space, a collection of classic, lost and forgotten tracks from atmospheric techno producer D5. The tracks on this new compilation have been chosen from old CDRs by label boss Marsel and truly reflect the artist formerly known as Dimensions 5’s fine tradition of relaxing chilled out, Detroit influenced techno. This is a compelling compilation that is wholly timeless from start to finish. Though driven by a fine sense of groove, it is also great head music that is richly musical and truly serene. In all, this releases reminds us that D5 is a underrated producer of emotive electronic landscapes.