Nu Guinea – Nuova Napoli [NG01]

April 29, 2018May 12, 2023 hipodromealbum, disco, funk, jazz, lucio aquilina, massimo di lena, ng records, nu genea, nu guineaLeave a comment

After touring the world looking for sounds suitable for their vibrations, Nu Guinea decided to go back to square one, Napoli, where Massimo Di Lena and Lucio Aquilina were born and raised. They watched their city from a distance reconstructing its energy from their studio in Berlin, calibrating the synths on the meridian of Vesuvius, the volcano that has always protected and threatened Napoli. ‘Nuova Napoli’ is the result of a long musical research that has become a historical investigation on the sound that shaped Napoli during the ‘70s and ‘80s, starting from the contamination of genres (disco, jazz-funk, African rhythms) which ended up in Nu Guinea’s DNA. In this album the synthesizers fill the spaces between the past and the future, tightening in a single body acoustic instruments, electronics and voices in Neapolitan dialect. It is the first time that the duo has worked with such a large group of musicians, some of whom are exponents of the contemporary Neapolitan scene.

Elena Colombi – BIS Radio Show #934

April 23, 2018April 20, 2018 hipodromebeats in space, disco, electro, elena colombi, minimal synth, podcast, technoLeave a comment

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VA – Selectors 005 [DKMNTL-SLCTRS005]

April 23, 2018April 23, 2018 hipodromeanatolian weapons, borusiade, compilation, dekmantel records, dekmantel selectors, disco, dosezero, electro, experimental, garland, jasss, le matin, lena willikens, minimal synth, parrish smith, sysex, towlie, varoshi fameLeave a comment

Lena Willikens is the kind of artist who’s only capable of following one path – her own. In many ways, she’s the archetypal selector, an unpredictable DJ who often eschews all notions of genre in favor of what she describes as “different temperatures, different time zones, different moods and a healthy portion of chaos.” Although her methods have certainly proven effective on the dancefloor, Willikens also refuses to be bound by its traditional limitations.

Max Abysmal – Sutekh’s Mirage / Donna, Don’t Stop [ST008]

April 23, 2018April 23, 2018 hipodromedisco, house, max abysmal, safe tripLeave a comment

Australian rooted Amsterdam based talent Max Abysmal drops his debut for Safe Trip.

Hysteric – In The Moonlight [SZABO9]

April 21, 2018April 19, 2018 hipodromedisco, hysteric, shelter, violette szaboLeave a comment

Hysteric returns to Violette Szabo with four more sensual DJ cuts.

Khidja – BIS Radio Show #932

April 18, 2018July 11, 2018 hipodromeandrei rusu, beats in space, disco, florentin tudor, house, khidja, podcast, romanian1 Comment

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Alexander Arpeggio – Streng Geheim EP [BAU007]

April 18, 2018July 7, 2022 hipodromealexander arpeggio, disco, electro, geier aus stahl, minimal synth, neubauLeave a comment

Streng Geheim EP is Alexander Arpeggio’s first ever solo 12″. Coming out on Vienna’s admirable Neubau label, the EP is druggy, trippy and strangely alluring, featuring impressive use of psychedelic electronics and exotic, Middle Eastern melodies. Check, for example, the foreboding chords, gently pulsing drum machine beats and distortion-drenched Middle Eastern motifs of “Streng Geheim”, which is also given a weirder and even more hallucinogenic flavour on the acid-flecked Geier Aus Stahl Remix. Bonus cut “Du Hast Kein Gesicht”, an unusual but superb combination of muscular EBM grooves, whistling melodies and glassy-eyed house riffs, is also well worth a listen.

International Music System – Nonline [MD31804]

April 14, 2018May 27, 2020 hipodromedisco, full time records, giorgio stefani, goody music, i.m.s., international music system, italo-disco, maurizio cavalieri, mr. disc organization, re-release, reissueLeave a comment

Classic Electro Italo, repressed and remastered.

Mr Assister – Mambala / Bebny [BEAM03]

April 14, 2018April 13, 2018 hipodromebeam, disco, house, mr assisterLeave a comment

After the uneventful resolution of a labour dispute at Assistance HQ, the resident pencil-pushers turn their tempo dial to a leisurely 105bpm, at long last serving up lukewarm plates of BEAM-03 to the more sluggish peak-time massive. In ‘Mambala’, the now-obligatory bongo jostles with squelchy synths, whilst echoed claps and ominous bells should see even the most hesitant rabbit dragged down the hole. ‘Bebny’ experiments with low pH levels, metallic clutter, and some surprise horn cameos.

King Sporty & The Ex Tras – Rock Attack [ERC059]

April 14, 2018March 30, 2023 hipodromedisco, emotional rescue, emotional response recordings, faze action, italo-disco, johnny griffin, king sporty, konduko, noel williams, the ex trasLeave a comment

The King Sporty reissue series continues with the lesser known, but no less worthy, Rock Attack. This first time release of the song under the King Sporty name – having previously only been released as by the vocalist in The Ex Tras, Johnny Griffin – brings in to focus the breadth of music, numerous alias and versions used by Noel Williams on his Konduko label. This is backed with another specially crated Discomix done in fine style by discoid duo, Faze Action.

Mr. Ho – Tales from Bao’An County [WRECKS017]

April 9, 2018December 12, 2019 hipodromedisco, house, klasse recordings, klasse wrecks, michael ho, mr. hoLeave a comment

Klasse co-boss Mr. Ho steps up to the plate and knocks it out of the park with a new EP of brand new and original material. Inspired by listening to various library music and funk records found whilst digging in Asia, the Hong Kong based artist lays down three tracks of boogie-disco and funk inspired House music. Funky walking basslines, eerie 1980’s synthetics and spacey snares make for a total tip.

DJ Oil – Telephunk [DLM017]

April 9, 2018April 5, 2018 hipodromedisco, dj oil, house, les disques de la mort, lionel corsiniLeave a comment

The new release on Les Disques De La Mort is coming from DJ Oil aka Lionel Corsini. ‘Telephunk’ is nothing else than a monster breakbeat funk. If ‘Paresseis’ its twin dark sister, locking electro in its black music roots whilst remaining strangely ‘European’, then ‘Fall’ is its downer baggy brother.

Ceephax – Camelot Arcade [WEME046]

April 6, 2018April 4, 2018 hipodromealbum, ceephax, disco, electro, house, weme recordsLeave a comment

Camelot Arcade is the new triple LP from Ceephax Acid Crew on WeMe Records. 13 tracks of Camelot goodness with all the feeling and melodies we’ve come to expect from Ceephax and his collection of classic electronic hardware. The tracks range from the easy listening sound of Phraxby to the baroque dancefloor pump of Camelot Escalator, to the trap-esque cyber feel of Yodecahedron and the Detroit moodiness of The Green Night. Creon Happy and Trusthouse Forte have an upbeat classical feel (backed up of course by Ceephax’s favourite Roland drum machines.) While Path to the None and Shadowphax Part I&II are more dark in spirit. A lot of the tracks such as Life Started Tomorrow and The Great Greatsby were born randomly of quick jams with live keyboard playing and the album has an organic feel to it which a lot of the more formulaic electronic music lacks. All in all Camelot Arcade is a wonderful breath of fresh air and is sure to go down in history as one of Ceephax’s best.

Sordid Sound System – Psychedelic Dungeon Disco Vol. IV [INVINC18]

March 29, 2018April 14, 2022 hipodromedisco, house, invisible inc, sordid sound systemLeave a comment

Having recently relocated to the remote redwood forests of Northern California in order to set up a satellite mixing studio for his old stomping ground, Glasgow’s Green Door Studio, Sordid Sound System returns to Invisible Inc with 4 cuts of Psychedelic Dungeon Disco. The EP opens with his most blissed out track to date ‘Die Ewige Nacht’, an eight and a half minute inverted sun ritual based around shimmering cascades of dubbed up electronic percussion and an overdriven tintinnabulated FM arp. Hi-NRG meets 80s B-Boy electro on ‘Crescent City’ with a careering off-road excursion into tripped out mutant carnival cavalcade territory. Dia De Muertos’s offbeat eerie percussion and driving low frequencies are met with spectral buzzing melodic refrains from the furthermost reaches of a decaying Oaxacan cemetery. The acid drenched ambient lullaby ‘You & Me’ brings proceedings to a fittingly fucked up close. Sordid Sound System’s last release on Invisible Inc, 2017’s ‘Fear Eats The Soul’, received plays and praise from the likes of Manfredas, Trevor Jackson, Sascha Funke, Optimo’s JD Twitch and Thomas Von Party.

WLDV – A Dying Feast [BAP117]

March 29, 2018March 28, 2018 hipodromebordello a parigi, disco, electro, gionata ecclesia, house, we love dolce vita, wldvLeave a comment

For years Nathan Church or Gionata Ecclesia has been cutting up floors in his native Bilbao. Recently the Basque man’s attention has turned from the Dj booth to the studio. Under his WLDV (We Love Dolce Vita) this Iberian electronic inspiration has cast long shadows and brightened rooms with his blend of horror score intensity and disco exuberance. WLDV arrives at the Bordello with a four tracker of serious intent. Sepulchral and sinister synthlines characterise A Dying Feast, nowhere more than in the haunting samples and clean drums of ‘A Bucket of Blood’. Cold chords gleam with icy menace while crisp claps punctuate the entrancing funk of ‘Danza Macabra’. Ecclesia toys with set parameters, exploring what lurks in the twilight between terror and titillation. This flirtation with the divine and the profane is plain to hear in the uneasy elegance and uplifting elation of ‘Far, Far Away’, a work of steady kicks, unsettling extracts and soaring strings. This Feast ends on a delectable note. Keys dance and spiral in the intoxicating ‘Laying Down On Cosmic Dust’, an enthralling end to and enthralling EP.

Bogdan Drazic – Four Trax On Black Wax [GD029]

March 29, 2018March 28, 2018 hipodromebogdan drazic, disco, dmitry distant, electro, giallo disco recordsLeave a comment

Returning to Giallo after the split ‘Black Gloves II’, Bogdan Drazic is back with ‘Four Trax On Black Wax’. Three new blisteringly blown out grained to fuck voodoo bangers plus a remix from the mighty Dmitry Distant. Haunted organs, lost jungle tribes, hot cannibal nights… all documented under piles of dirt and ancient spells.

Eva Geist – Desfan LP [MMLP909]

March 28, 2018March 27, 2018 hipodromealbum, andrea noce, disco, eva geist, experimental, macadam mambo, synth waveLeave a comment

Andrea Noce aka Eva Geist is back with his second album to date, and what clearly makes for a magical companion to 2016’s comparatively murkier Aquator System cassette. Noce returns via Sascha Mambo’s Macadam Mambo imprint, unleashing a flurry of outsider sonics and no-wave vibes thanks to this new Desfan LP. The nine tracks glide with pace and style, ranging form the docile bleeps and pseudo beats of tunes like “Electronic Tribalism” to relatively more ‘dance-friendly’ tunes like “Prologo” or “Nigredo”. It’s hard to put our finger on what makes Noce’s music so singular, but it must have something to do with the artist’s fascination with the Levant – a distant yet perceptible vibe that seeps through all of these tunes.

TenGrams – Spacelab EP [NEXIT005]

March 20, 2018March 19, 2018 hipodromedisco, electro, italo-disco, n.o.i.a. records, tengramsLeave a comment

TenGrams are brothers Alessandro and Davide, who collectively have a deep and long understanding of dance music. Davide is a co-founder of N.O.I.A, one of Italy’s first electronic live acts to perform and record with drum machines and synthesizers as early as 1978. He was also behind seminal Italo outfit Klein + M.B.O and proto house hit ‘Dirty Talk.’ Since then they have released under an array of aliases, have clocked up numerous club hits and this new project brings them back to their electronic roots, with influences like sci-fi movies and old school electro and italo looming large.Devious’ is a very breezy and energetic track with a rolling arpeggio and rich keyboards section over a simply but groovy Tr-808 pattern. Classical Italo Space Disco sound updated to nowadays. ‘Translucent’ sounds like a dreamy electro-ballad heavily influenced by Kraftwerk. ‘Pop Song’ keeps the same 80’s electro vibes with simple, wistful melodies and a great funk bass line. ‘Disco Dub’ is a pretty damn cool early eighties electronica, with a great pumping ‘robo-funk’ Linndrum.

Q – The Voice Of Q [ISLE005]

March 20, 2018March 19, 2018 hipodromedisco, electro, isle of jura recods, italo-disco, q, re-release, reissueLeave a comment

The leftfield electro disco gem originally released in 1982 finally gets an official reissue. Bootlegged badly in recent years, Isle Of Jura does it right with fully remastered versions from Matt Colton and the added inclusion of a previously unreleased Q song ‘Keep It Strong’

Örtmek – Örtmek 01 [ORTMEK01]

March 11, 2018March 8, 2018 hipodromedisco, funk, ortmek, psychedelic, turkishLeave a comment

Three expansive edits of Turkish funk and psychedelia, each dubbed out through tape delays and spring reverbs, as well as carefully EQ-ed and mastered for an enhanced sonic experience. Side A kicks off with the low slung funk of ‘Ayçiçegi’, featuring an infectious bassline which weaves between subtle flashes of spring reverb, whispered vocals, each underpinned by pounding drums. Side B begins with ‘Biz Burdayiz’ , a relentless drum loop and singular vocal hit looped around and manipulated with tape delays, and the record closes with ‘Günesi Kesin’, a tense funk break which builds before reversing inside of itself.