VA – Snow Robots Volume 4 [SUNCTION043]

December 19, 2017December 19, 2017 hipodromebeau wanzer, celldöd, ceramic hello, civil defence programme, compilation, digital poodle, electro, june, manie sans delire, morah, suction records, synth wave, technoLeave a comment

Formed in 1997, and inaugurated that year with a split 12” from newcomers and label founders, Solvent and Lowfish, this year Suction Records celebrates it’s 20th anniversary with the reintroduction of their famed Snow Robots series of compilations. While originally started as a North American answer to UK electronix labels like Rephlex, Skam and Warp Records, a sound that is still a staple of the current Suction Records catalog, Suction’s sound has also swerved into new territories, reflecting our love of dark ‘80s electronic music synthpop, EBM, and beyond…. Snow Robots Volume 4 features an international array of artists, from Suction Records mainstays like Digital Poodle, June, Celldöd, and Ceramic Hello (with their much sought after 1982 vocoder anthem), to label favourites appearing on Suction Records for the first time: Beau Wanzer, Morah, and one of Skanfrom/Sleeparchive’s lesser known aliases, Civil Defence Programme.

VA – Displaced Soundtracks [LAD030]

December 16, 2017December 15, 2017 hipodromeambient techno, appleblim, artefakt, axel boman, black merlin, compilation, danny daze, deep techno, dj tennis, duncan gray, kink, life and death, redshape, simian mobile discoLeave a comment

Seven years into its celebrated journey, Life and Death assembles its third and most adventurous compilation to date – Displaced Soundtracks. For the first instalment in a new series, DJ Tennis has given free rein to some of his most trusted contemporaries, enabling many of today’s most respected dance music producers to display their hidden talents as composers. Gathering music from a long-aborted film, the collection stands as another bastion of Life and Death’s perpetual evolution. Duncan Gray embraces dissonance, Black Merlin, Appleblim and Artefakt go interstellar and Fango channels post-punk squat music. Hades Rocket showcases the expertly-sequenced synth work that has graced Simian Mobile Disco’s illustrious career, while Redshape revisits all the right sides of 80’s Wave and Library music. Danny Daze and synth-savant KINK embrace non-standard tempi with great success, while Axel Boman delivers sitar-laced gospelhouse without a bass drum. Elsewhere, your favourite producer’s favourite producer, Stimming, team’s up with pianist Lambert and the pair learn to fly. Inspired and challenging, Life and Death ventures into their eighth year confidently, constantly evolving without compromise.

VA – 10 Years Of Jaunt [JR007]

December 14, 2017December 13, 2017 hipodromeartefakt, awol, basic soul unit, blackhall & bookless, compilation, deep'a & biri, detroit techno, hinode, hiver, j.c., jaunt records, kaelan, luke hess, region, stojcheLeave a comment

Jaunt celebrates a decade in the game this year, with the British clubbing institution marking the milestone in typically esteemed fashion. 10 Years of Jaunt – Sea, Land, Air is a 12 track V/A compilation spread across three distinct vinyl discs, each of which is based around some of the world’s core elements; themselves a mode of transport or a manner to embark on a ‘jaunt’. Each featured artist is somebody who the label has forged a connection with at some stage during their ten year journey – and each track has been titled to the artist’s own interpretation of a ‘jaunt’. The tracklisting itself has been tailor made to build and develop like their a Jaunt event, with deep, hypnotic, up tempo strands included alongside numerous surprises along the way.

part 1 / part 2 / part 3

VA – Momentum: 10 Years Of Token [TOKEN78LP]

December 9, 2017December 8, 2017 hipodromeantigone, compilation, ctrls, inigo kennedy, kr!z, minimal techno, oscar mulero, phase, rodhad, sigha, tadeo, techno, tokenLeave a comment

Over the last 10 years Token Records has grown steadily, both in size and stylistic breadth. The aptly-titled Momentum comes as a celebration of the close-knit family of artists amassed throughout the label’s running. The record is a fitting collaborative project, with every track on the album produced by two longstanding and well-respected artists from the label’s roster and especially commissioned for the release. This type of collaboration is intended to showcase the specific sound of the label, developed through 10 years of careful curation, as well as bringing out the individual identities of the artists involved.

VA – V.A. I [INPL003]

December 5, 2017December 5, 2017 hipodromebantam lions, compilation, house, infinite pleasure, khalil ryahi, nathan melja, taylan alan, willrijkLeave a comment

Five different moods from five different minds. The first various artist compilation features five gems that will provide pleasure infinitely.

VA – Africa Airways Four: Disco Funk Touchdown 1976-1983 [ASVN040]

November 28, 2017August 30, 2023 hipodromeafrica seven records, african, charly kingson, compilation, disco, eko, funk, jake sollo, kemayo, manu dibango, outernational, pierre didy tchakounte, tala a.m.Leave a comment

To date, each volume in Africa Seven’s thrilling Africa Airways compilation series has been little less than essential. It goes without saying that this fourth installment is also exceptionally good. Whereas previous volumes have focused on Afro-funk and “Afro-psych” (think Sly Stone, Nigerian style), this set drills down into African disco-funk released between 1976 and ’83. Highlights come thick and fast throughout, from the solo-laden, slap bass-boasting bounce of Tala AM’s “Get Up Tchamassi” and Charly Kingson’s squelchy, synth-laden Blaxploitation number “Nimele Bolo”, to the righteous, piano-driven thrills of Kemayo and K-System’s brilliant “Biram” and the superior boogie business of Jake Sollo’s “Tinini Yasana”.

VA – Sangron: Volume 1 [EE019RTM]

November 17, 2017March 13, 2020 hipodromecompilation, crash course in science, electronic emergencies records, horoscope, m/a/n/o/s, mark lane, minima moralia, new wave, ortrotasce, paper music, revival times, silent em, skeleton head, synth popLeave a comment

Electronic Emergencies is thrilled to work together with brand new New York label Sangron Records on the 10-track compilation album ‘Sangron Volume 1’. Compiled by Skeleton Head’s Leo Torres, the compilation draws from the U.S. underground with songs from minimal synth pioneers Crash Course in Science and Mark Lane, alongside contributions from Skeleton Head, Revival Times, M/A/N/O/S, Ortrotasce, Minima Moralia, Silent Em, Horoscope and Paper Music. Moody, dancefloor-friendly and rebellious, this is “music for dissidents”.

VA – Pantsula! The Rise Of Electronic Dance Music In South Africa, 1988-90 [RHMC003]

November 12, 2017August 30, 2023 hipodromeafrican, antal, ayobayo band, chaka, compilation, disco, dj okapi, funk, jazino, jivaro, kakappa, music team, outernational, rush hour, s.y.b., scotch band, spirro, the hard workersLeave a comment

Late 80s South African dance floor winners only. Selected by DJ Okapi and Antal, the compilation holds tracks by Jivaro, The Hard Workers, Ayobayo Band, S.Y.B. & many more. This is the sharp electronic music that fuelled the local Pantsula dances during the 80s and 90s . A must have for fans of Bubblegum and Kwaito music. The 12 tracks selected for Pantsula! come from a very unique, very different time and place. They represent the birth of electronic dance music in South Africa, through the songs of one particular independent label from the time: Music Team. The sound represents the culmination of the bubblegum era, when South Africa’s disco artists outgrew their American influences and forged an increasingly electronic and ‘local’ pop sound. Evolving over time since long before the 80s, the distinctly South African subculture of Pantsula is more closely associated with an attitude, a style and a signature dance, rather than any specific sound. In the late 1980s and early 90s, Pantsula was also the name given to a new type of dance music taking over the streets of South Africa, influenced by earlier bubblegum and the rise of Shangaan Disco, but with a far broader appeal and a harder, purely electronic sound.

VA – Arquitectura del Sueño [SEM01]

November 11, 2017December 8, 2017 hipodromeacronym, adriana lopez, amandra, ambient techno, anthony linell, artefakt, blazej malinowski, compilation, drone, korridor, luigi tozzi, semantica records, tom liemLeave a comment

For the 101 release Semantica comes with a special triple album packed with talented techno producers dropping some deep trippy techno knowledge right here.

VA – Warriors [777-14]

October 28, 2017October 27, 2017 hipodrome777 recordings, compilation, dj normal 4, futers, house, lutto lento, qnete, rixdorfer grau, seixlack, techno, xanLeave a comment

Double trouble compilation featuring tracks by DJ Normal 4, Qnete, Xan, Seixlack, Rixdorfer Grau, Lutto Lento and Futers.

VA – Da’asa: The Haunting Sounds Of Yemenite Israeli Funk 1973-1984 [FTNLP003]

October 15, 2017October 17, 2017 hipodromeaharon amram, arabic, compilation, david dor, folk, fortuna records, funk, israeli, jazz, lehakat tzliley ha'oud, outernational, the amranim, tsvia abarbanel, yehezkel matariLeave a comment

Fortuna Records deliver a stellar compilation of real-life magic created by immigrants from Yemen, in Tel Aviv, from the mid seventies to the early eighties. Ranging from extremely rare to previously unreleased, these tracks are a result of a unique scene which blended funk, soul, jazz & disco with traditional Yemenite rhythms & sounds. It cannot get more obscure than this.

VA – Q/R [SUBREC0942]

October 11, 2017October 10, 2017 hipodromeautomatenfall, beta evers, chen yi, compilation, dora gerl, electro, experimental, gadi pirms sakuma, melodies souterraines, neud photo, synth wave, the blizzard sowLeave a comment

“Q/R” it’s about weird electro, new wave, industrial, synth pop and dark psychedelic musik. It includes a remastered version of Chen Yi’s 1982 work “Rug” , but also unreleased track from Beta Evers & Dora Gerl as “Severe Sisters”, Denis Frajerman & William Bope project, The Blizzard Sow. An industrial/rock track recorded by a new band from Berlin, called Automatenfall. A new track from USA based artist Neud Photo, a cosmic electro track from mysterious BB & SS and an exclusive latvian piece from 1988 (19 Gadi Pirms Sakuma).

VA – CPU Remixes [CPU00110010]

October 10, 2017October 9, 2017 hipodromeannie hall, automatic tasty, b12, blixaboy, central processing unit, compilation, dj vlr, electro, federico leocata, jensen interceptor, microlith, morphology, noumen, plant43, sync 24, tryphèmeLeave a comment

Following their 50th release milestone CPU celebrate 5th anniversary with a 2×12 LP remix compilation. CPU has been reticent in regards to remixes, with a grand total of zero during its first five years of existence. This all changes with this dedicated remix compilation celebrating the label’s 5th anniversary. The exalted roster have chosen their favourite tracks to remix from the label’s back catalogue and are brought together in a very special 2×12 gatefold sleeve. B12, Jensen Interceptor and Morphology all make an appearance alongside some of the label’s seldom seen artists. There is also a posthumous Microlith remix of Tryphème – Mélodramatique. Electro has again proven its staying power and CPU has played a key role in championing some of the genre’s greatest: bringing new artists to the front line and cementing the status of the established. This five year celebration showcases the diverse tastes and backgrounds of the roster, crossing many genre boundaries – all executed with precision and attention to detail that the label is known for.

VA – Klockworks 20 [KLOCKWORKS020]

October 7, 2017October 6, 2017 hipodromeadam craft, ben klock, compilation, dax j, dvs1, etapp kyle, heiko laux, jon hester, klockworks, ritzi lee, rod, sterac, techno, trevino, vincentLeave a comment

Perfectionist comprehensive Techno compilation coming from the Ben Klock collective. Dance music of the highest calibre, from a collection of artists who have truly crafted a neat and elegant vision of techno music. There’s a mixture of old and new faces all coming together to showcase the sound they’ve been so close to over the years: Etapp Kyle, Jon Hester, Sterac, DVS1, Trevino, Heiko Laux, Ritzi Lee, Adam Craft and others.

part1 / part2 / part3

VA – Elsewhere MCMXIII [ICI003]

October 3, 2017June 29, 2022 hipodromeabstract, bufiman, center of the universe, compilation, disco, ekstern, elsewhere, ici, krautrock, new wave, sofa, sofa elsewhere, spongemagnet, tolouse low traxLeave a comment

Elsewhere MCMXIII is a 12 track journey of future retro oddities that navigates through different waves of electronic territories, all that with a taste for experimentation while being great to dance to. Put together carefully by DJ soFa for débruit’s ICI label, the track listing’s emotional depth balances between retro and modern, lo-fi and high end, warm and cold… make the listening experience an exciting, surprising journey. Genre-wise the music floats between borders of disco, new wave, synth-pop, kraut and trad elements.

VA – Serenity [AFFINA004]

September 24, 2017September 23, 2017 hipodromeaffin, affin ambient, ambient, compilation, gustavo lamas, ismael pinkler, joachim spieth, markus guentner, toki fuko, zannLeave a comment

An ambient compilation opening Affin’s 10th year anniversary. Find some hidden ambient pearls from Markus Guentner, Joachim Spieth, Gustavo Lamas, Zann, Toki Fuko and Ismael Pinkler.

VA – Kale Plankieren: Dutch Cassette Rarities 1981 – 1985 Vol. 1 [KH009]

September 23, 2017January 7, 2022 hipodromeboris dzaneck, cassette, compilation, das ding, de fabriek, industrial, knekelhuis, mark van de maat, minimal synth, necronomicon, plus instruments, rite de passage, roy g biv1 Comment

VARIOUS - Kale Plankieren: Dutch Cassette Rarities 1981-1985 Volume 1

Featuring a wide range of artists (Das Ding, Plus Instruments, De Fabriek for a start!) from the Amsterdam Fetisj scene and cities such as Rotterdam, Utrecht, The Hague, and Zwolle. It gives a glimpse into the artistic DIY music movement that was growing extensively outside of mainstream circles. The beautifully printed record sleeve was designed by Steele Bonus. It includes liner notes (in English and Dutch) that paint a great picture of the context where these bands and artists lived and breathed. It is compiled by Mark van de Maat and mastered by Rude 66.

VA – Raw Raw #12 [RRR012]

July 25, 2017September 23, 2022 hipodromecompilation, eric fetcher, joton, lokodepo, petter b, raw raw records, sleeparchive, stanislav tolkachev, technoLeave a comment

Ukrainian techno stable Raw Raw has pushed the boat out on this 12th release, in the process delivering a double-pack full of tried-and-tested dancefloor movements. Amongst the eight tracks you’ll find numerous highlights, including the distorted drums and Drexciyan melodies of Sleeparvhive’s “Hide”, the kick-drum driven alien funk intensity of Eric Fletcher’s “Transcendent Wisdom”, and the energy-packed hypnotism of Joton’s “Diagram”, which comes on like Brown Album-era Orbital dragged kicking and screaming through Berghain at eight in the morning. Best of all, though, is the TB-303 driven techno psychedelia of Petter B’s “Isgrus”, which is almost capable of triggering vivid dancefloor hallucinations.

VA – Simple Music Experience Vol. 2 [MMLP505]

July 18, 2017July 6, 2023 hipodromeaxel larsen, compilation, dark wave, electro, helas!, industrial, le matin, lostsoundbytes, macadam mambo, minimal synth, monsieur crane, panoptique, post punk, simple music experience, simplists, theo delaunayLeave a comment

Macadam Mambo presents a special collaboration with friend label ‘Simple Music Experience’ from Bordeaux/Marseille. Contains original Industrial, Synth-Pop, Jakbeat, Post-Punk, Experimental and Contemporary music by underground artists from France. Originally it released on tape (SM05) in 2016.

DJ Stingray – Kern Vol.4 [KERN004]

July 17, 2017July 6, 2021 hipodromecompilation, detroit, dj stingray, electro, kern, mix cd, sherard ingram, techno, tresor recordsLeave a comment

DJ STINGRAY/VARIOUS - Kern Vol 4

For the latest volume in Tresor’s occasional Kern compilation series, the long standing German imprint has turned to balaclava-sporting Detroit legend DJ Stingray. The Drexciya associate has gathered together a typically forthright selection of techno and electro jams, presented here in unmixed form for pure DJ pleasure. Given that all the material is high quality, picking highlights is tough. Our favourites include the deep space electro brilliance of “Musik Politik” by Syncom Data, the trippy, acid-fired madness of vintage Aphex Twin wriggler “Serge Fenix Rendered 2”, the throbbing sub-bass and crusty drum machine hits of Herva’s “Slam The Laptop” and the bustling techno madness of Dynarec’s intergalactic workout “Moving Corridors”.