Efdemin – New Atlantis [OSTGUTLP031]

February 26, 2019February 25, 2019 hipodromealbum, ambient techno, efdemin, experimental, ostgut ton, phillip sollmann, technoLeave a comment

“New Atlantis” is the fourth full-length album by longtime Berghain resident Efdemin aka Phillip Sollmann. Long drawn to utopian musical traditions, Sollmann took inspiration for New Atlantis from Francis Bacon’s unfinished 17th century novel of the same name, which describes a fictional island devoted to social progress through the synthesis of art, science, technology and fashion. In the story, Bacon imagines futuristic ‘sound houses’, which contain musical instruments capable of recreating the entirety of the sounds of the universe; a 400-year-old prophesy of today’s digital sonic reality. Over eight tracks, “New Atlantis” oscillates between fast, kaleidoscopic techno, multilayered drones and acoustic instrumentation, fusing for the first time Sollmann’s deep dancefloor productions as Efdemin with his sound art and experimental music projects.

Red Stars CPR – Earth Is Heaven / Heaven Is Hell [TTTB27]

January 19, 2019January 18, 2019 hipodromeambient techno, experimental, red stars cpr, testtoon recordsLeave a comment

It didn’t take too long until CPR and RSOT realized that there is a logical connection between two worlds. Where RSOT defines himself with his warm unearthly loops, floating into an unbounded void while reinventing beauty, CPR comes along to complete these with their more dark psychedelic, acoustic and organic oriented sounds. The “Earth Is Heaven / Heaven Is Hell” EP is beyond logic; it is the conclusion of combining both universes, where space and time confront themselves and will be burned down within the ritualistic circle. The void filled with warmth and sparkles, detached from their original source, a rebirth of natural primitivism.

Ioannis Savvaidis – Phormix Podcast #144

January 13, 2019January 11, 2019 hipodromeambient techno, experimental, ioannis savvaidis, phormix, podcastLeave a comment

Oceanic – Live At De School [DNW01]

December 30, 2018December 28, 2018 hipodromealbum, ambient techno, de nieuw, de school, experimental, j.m. oberman, oceanicLeave a comment

Almost three years after opening its doors, De School will launch their new label De Nieuw at the end of this year. For their first release, De Nieuw presents the first ever recording to surface from between the walls of the venue. On this LP is one of the first live concerts by Oceanic, recorded at the auditorium of De School on October 21st 2017. This was in the middle of a 64-hour event that lasted from Friday evening until Monday lunch. This LP contains a 40-minute recording of Oceanic’s concert, performed on his custom-made string instrument connected to a modular synth. The concert was performed for 200 people laying on pillows, surrounding Oceanic and Warping Halos, a light installation by Children of the Light.

Marco Shuttle – Kuboraum _ Ritmi, Ambientazioni, Polifonie

December 22, 2018December 20, 2018 hipodromeambient techno, kuboraum, marco shuttle, podcastLeave a comment

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Sam McQueen – Sephoria EP [DSR/X18]

December 22, 2018October 11, 2019 hipodromeambient techno, deep techno, delsin records, sam mcqueenLeave a comment

Sam McQueen’s 2004 EP Sephoria is next up to get the Delsin remaster, recut and reissue treatment. Across six cuts here -two of which have new titles- the little known producer mixes up. There is serene ambient landscaping on the ‘Inception’ and the beatless ‘Graduated Frequencies’, which resonates with exquisitely melancholic synths, then ‘Simple Pleasure’ is a celestial world of wiry synths and warm solar winds and 14 days has pillow drum programming and soft focus chords that sooth the soul. ‘Yemia’ is another symphony of chattery drum hits, meaningful chords and real astral techno beauty and ‘Outer Drive’ closes down the epic space voyage with delicate melodies and melancholic synths that encourage you to lay back and gaze into a starry night sky.

Valentino Mora – Transmagnetic [SPAZIO016]

December 22, 2018June 16, 2023 hipodromeambient techno, deep techno, spazio disponibile, valentino moraLeave a comment

Spazio Disponibile welcomes Valentino Mora for a new EP featuring four tracks of rhythmic exploration. Boss of the IDO label and known for his atmospheric deep techno sets, he brings a richly infused palette to his music. The four tracks on ‘Transmagnetic’ are steep in moody atmospheres, with exquisite sound design colouring in the grooves which range from dark and eerie to more subtly uplifting and enlightened. Icy synths, abstract motifs and a sense of paranoia and tension characterise each one, with barely-there drums all working to sink you into a trance.

The 7th Plain – Chronicles I-III Box [A-TONLP08]

December 17, 2018May 25, 2026 hipodromea-ton, album, ambient techno, deep techno, detroit techno, luke slater, re-release, reissue, the 7th plainLeave a comment

Essential re-issue project of Luke Slater’s alias The 7th Plain. Cosmic, analogue, orchestrated, they still represent some of the most emotionally intense music ever to come out of the techno realm. Aside from the special vinyl boxset (6×12“ LP), which includes Chronicles I – III, limited edition stickers, an essay by Joe Muggs and a complete download code. All releases are available individually on CD, 2xLP and for the first time in digital formats.

the box / part I / part II / part II

VA – The Black Book [IDEAL175]

November 18, 2018October 14, 2021 hipodromeambient techno, compilation, drone, dungeon acid, experimental, ideal recordings, jasss, robert aiki aubrey loweLeave a comment

VARIOUS - The Black Book

Epic, brilliantly curated two hour collection of new and exclusive material celebrating iDEAL Recordings’ (1998-2018) 20th anniversary featuring JASSS, Stephen O’Malley, Jim O’Rourke (an epic 17 minute trance-enducer – honestly worthy of its own LP), Ectoplasm Girls, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Prurient, Puce Mary and many others…

Best Available Technology – Enginetics & Plasmalterations [ISLE006]

October 28, 2018October 26, 2018 hipodrome12th isle, album, ambient techno, best available technology, dub techno, experimental, kevin palmerLeave a comment

Tucked away in a shed in Portland, Best Available Technology continues to cultivate an unmistakable sound grown around a seemingly untiring exploration of the machines that he works with. Across ‘Enginetics & Plasmalterations’ his densely layered sonic design agglutinates with a healthy appreciation for the unplanned or unexpected, forming a polymorphic collection of tracks for the 6th release from 12th Isle. While more traditional means of classification have become increasingly insufficient, it wouldn’t be unfair to suggest that the music on this record bears a mutated resemblance to stuttered Downtempo or the dubbier side of Techno and Bass, connected by way of tonal plasticity through drone-jams and intermittently skewed synth loops.

Ultrafog – How Those Fires Burned That Are No Longer [MW004]

October 28, 2018October 26, 2018 hipodromeambient techno, kouhei fukuzumi, motion ward, ultrafogLeave a comment

Los Angeles Motion Ward presents the debut of Kouhei Fukuzumi’s Ultrafog project. “How Those Fires Burned That Are No Longer” weaves through sliding metal timbres, textured air abstractions and wistful mallet sequences. This record, like all of Kouhei’s work, is a take on sound as a representation of memory. Light and translucent, each song aims for a temporal snapshot that will inevitably fade into the well of thoughts and experience.

Vril – Anima Mundi [132DSR]

October 21, 2018March 13, 2023 hipodromealbum, ambient techno, delsin records, experimental, vrilLeave a comment

Second album by Vril on Delsin Records. A deep excursion for mind and body, combining his trademark dub techno grooves with experimental ambient trips.

VA – Air Texture Volume VI [AIR006]

October 14, 2018May 19, 2023 hipodrome214, actress, afik naim, air texture, ambient techno, answer code request, as one, basic soul unit, compilation, deep techno, dj stingray, kink, late night approach, martyn, shed, steffi, tracing xirclesLeave a comment

The Air Texture Series asks two Producers/ Performers to select a double CD worth of unreleased music. The only guidance is the music should not be main floor bangers, other than that we get out of the way, allowing them autonomy over their selection. This time Steffi and Martyn were asked to step up. Exciting, since as residents at Berghain/Panorama Bar – two of the most important dancefloors in the world… how would two such respected artists approach our experimental ethos.

Shielding – Innerlig [KIMOCHI34]

October 14, 2018October 12, 2023 hipodromeambient techno, kimochi, shieldingLeave a comment

Shielding’s Innerlig is viscous, densely detailed, trippy music. Dripping with texture, these are supple tunes that generously expand to fill whatever space they’re in, loops stretching towards the lilac virtual horizon. Constantly mutating rhythms, heavily atmospheric grooves.

Grand River – Pineapple [SPAZIO015]

September 23, 2018June 16, 2023 hipodromeaimee, aimee portioli, album, ambient techno, grand river, spazio disponibileLeave a comment

Dutch-Italian composer, musician and producer Aimee Portioli alias Grand River is back on Spazio Disponibile. After her debut record on the label in 2017, she now serves up her first ever physical long player, Pineapple. The record draws on Portioli’s love of electronic music and sound design, as well as her background in traditional composition and formal training on a range of musical instruments. An experienced sound engineer and composer for national radio, she crafts absorbing film scores, experimental and ambient projects and takes in symphonic calculations that blur the lines between traditional composition and research-based modernism. All that is evident on Pineapple, which is named after the most peculiar of fruits and is just as peculiar, but ultimately satisfying, across ten remarkable yet rewarding tracks. They are often long pieces which take in wallowing electronic landscapes, with real ambient beauty next to a subtle sense of narrative that is absorbing throughout. Unusual sound sources and a masterful sense of suspense characterize the album and make it as fascinating as it is enjoyable.

Vase – Dorsal EP [INDEX003]

July 29, 2018July 27, 2018 hipodromeambient techno, drone, index records, vaseLeave a comment

Berlin’s Vase soundtracks a distant and hazy world to submerge yourself in with his Dorsal EP out through INDEX: Records. Dorsal is a genre bending output that combines the carefully layered sound of ambience with rhythmic ingenuity.

Marco Shuttle – Tropicalia [SPAZIO014]

July 8, 2018July 7, 2018 hipodromeambient techno, marco shuttle, spazio disponibileLeave a comment

Spazio Disponibile label is close friend and Italian producer Marco Shuttle. The Eerie label-boss is a regular on the label having put out his Systhema album here last year, as well as his Flauto Synthetico EP in 2016. His always meticulously crafted sound is rooted in dark, cavernous techno. He finds plenty of new ground in each new release, though, with some tracks being haunting ambient works and others more propulsive rhythms. This new EP features just that across four typically inventive and absorbing tracks that are as much for your head as they are for your heel.

Grad_U – Dream Observer EP [ECHOECHO001]

June 24, 2018June 21, 2018 hipodromeambient techno, dub techno, echo echo, echocord, grad_uLeave a comment

Echocord launchs the sub-label Echo Echo with the ‘Dream Observer’ EP from Grad_U. The release opens with ‘Jacob’s Dream’, fifteen minutes of release date: subtly modulating synth glitches, ethereal synth drones, sweeping atmospherics and dubby echoes creating a hypnotic, ever-unfolding composition. ‘Observing The Night Sky’ then follows on the flip side with thunderous kick drums, rumbling low-end pulses, wandering dub chords and bubbling glitches all subtly nuanced throughout the tracks ten-minute duration.

Automat – The Invisible [BT28CHR02]

June 17, 2018 hipodromeambient techno, automat, brokntoys, electro, experimental, raphael vendraminiLeave a comment

Brokntoys welcomes French producer Raphael Vendramini aka Automat. Known for his electro output on labels such as SCSI-AV, this 5-track EP showcases excerpts of his unique dark and atmospheric sound and includes the haunting ‘Dark Days’ previously released digitally on Parisian label Milles Feuilles.

Șerb – A12 Proceedings [NDWAXLP01]

June 10, 2018July 16, 2018 hipodromealbum, ambient techno, experimental, șerb, night defined recordings, romanianLeave a comment

Night Defined Recordings presents its first full-length album so far: Șerb’s „A12 Proceedings“. A record made in sparse moments while living between the crooked walls of an old apartment building in Bucharest.