VA – Astral Projections [AC016]

June 11, 2025June 11, 2025 hipodromeabduction, acid, alien communications, carl finlow, client_03, dmx krew, domenic cappello, e.r.p, electro, fasme, moy, plant43, radioactive man, reptant, transparent soundLeave a comment

Alien Communications has sent out some otherworldly transmissions to cult electro talents E.R.P., Client_03, Plant43 and Carl Finlow and in return they have been sent a series of killer new tunes for this bumper double 12″. ERP’s ‘Telenovela’ I first to cast off into the cosmos with solar winds gently blowing over kinetic drums and far-sighted celestial pads. MOY brings some wonky acid turbulence to the trip on ‘Pale Nimbus’ and Juno favourite Carl Finlow gets a little grubby with his gloopy, sordid electro wobbler ‘Woven’. Another titan of the scene, Radioactive Man, comes through with a winky gem that harks back to Two Lone Swordsmen on ‘Space Junk’, with many other essentials from the likes of Abduction, Domenic Cappello, DMX Crew, FASME, Reptant and Transparent Sound making this utterly essential.

K1 – My Name Is DJ K-1 EP [PBXC-37]

June 2, 2025May 28, 2025 hipodromedetroit, detroit techno, dmx krew, electro, k1, keith tucker, puzzlebox recordsLeave a comment

Keith Tucker Aka DJ K-1 comes back with his original minimalistic electro style with vocals and vocoder loveliness. The EP harkens back to his original K-1 Agenda ep days of the classic Direct Beat label which spawned the first of Tuckers many aliases. Tucker takes this first original mix into a more Kraftwerking style with his infections and Unforgettable vocoder work. DMX Krew’s Ed Upton takes his stab at a more sample bass mix in step with Tuckers seminal work In the Detroit Techno Bass group Aux88.

VA – Sic Transit LP [N2MU010]

May 19, 2025May 19, 2025 hipodromeacid, breaks, compilation, dark vektor, dmx krew, electro, exzakt, gravedad cinetica, kafkactrl, noise to meet you, parand, sinitsin, synth alien, techno, terrestrial access network, the vesselLeave a comment

Seven years following their first record, Noise To Meet You return with their tenth and final release: an eclectic and powerful compilation featuring a diverse range of exceptional artists. To mark this milestone, world-renowned electro pioneers like DMX Krew, Exzakt, Dark Vektor, and Synth Alien join forces with outstanding names such as PΛЯΛПD, Terrestrial Access Network, or KafkaCtrl, among others. The result is an essential collection for true fans of the genre, making this a remarkable farewell to an unforgettable journey.

VA – CPU128 Classics [CPU10000000]

March 10, 2025March 6, 2025 hipodromeautomatic tasty, central processing unit, cn, compilation, cygnus, dmx krew, electro, jensen interceptor, microlith, mikron, mnlth, morphology, plant43Leave a comment

Central Processing Unit releases have all been logged in an eight-bit binary numbering system ever since the Sheffield label arrived on the scene with Cygnus’ 2012 LP Newmark Phase. With 256 variations allowed for in the binary catalogue, CPU now hit the halfway point more than a dozen years into their run. In that time the imprint has grown into one of the most celebrated voices in contemporary electro, its monochrome sleeve design reaching iconic status and early releases trading for big money in certain circles. As such, CPU128 Classics serves as both a victory lap and a line in the sand, a survey of some of the highs in the imprint’s discography and a second chance for CPU aficionados to get their hands on out-of-print material.

DMX Krew / DVDE – Set Free [HOU08]

January 31, 2025January 30, 2025 hipodromeacid house, dmx krew, dvde, ed dmx, edward upton, electro, house of underground, robert owens, technoLeave a comment

The latest House of Underground 12″ presents a brilliant collaboration between UK legend DMX Krew and French young blood DVDE. Including 2 vocal featurings by none other than the iconic Fingers vocalist Robert Owens.

DMX Krew – Warp Zone LP [CRTSX013]

October 16, 2024January 30, 2025 hipodromealbum, curtis electronix, dmx krew, ed dmx, edward upton, electroLeave a comment

The thirteenth drop from Curtis Electronix comes courtesy of veteran of the electronic music scene. Edward Upton has been producing music since 1994 and much has changed since he unveiled his debut release under the DMX Krew alias. Warp Zone LP showcases the great mastery of his studio, his technical expertise and his exceptional ability to create monolithic soundscapes using very few elements. Each layer contributes to a rich, immersive experience, each element resonates with depth, highlighting his deep understanding of club music, sonic texture and space.

VA – Computer Controlled [DAT-LP1]

July 4, 2024July 17, 2025 hipodromebashman, compilation, data sync, dimdj, dmx krew, house, network 1, non stop rhythm, serasso, techno, tom carruthersLeave a comment

Mighty fine compilation feat. DMX Krew, Tom Carruthers, Network 1, DimDJ, etc of early sounding UK techno and Detroit.

DMX Krew – Spiral Dance LP [HYPELP026]

April 10, 2024January 30, 2025 hipodromealbum, dmx krew, ed dmx, edward upton, electro, hypercolourLeave a comment

DMX Krew returns to Hypercolour with a new long player. ‘Spiral Dance’ comes stuffed with wonky and futuristic synth jams.Having honed a style that has endured over an illustrious career, DMX Krew continues to immerse his productions in luscious analogue electronica, touching on the many bases of electro, Detroit techno, synthpop and dreamwave. With previous albums for Rephlex, Permanent Vacation and Balkan Vinyl, amongst others, ‘Spiral Dance’ becomes the fifth album for Hypercolour, following on from 2021’s ‘Loose Gears’.

Dmx Krew – Whispers Of An Ancient World III [WAWIII]

February 4, 2024February 2, 2024 hipodromealbum, ambient, dmx krew, ed dmx, edward upton, electronics, experimental, idm, mystic and quantumLeave a comment

Third episode of whispers of an ancient world. In these new interludes, the artist DMX Krew realizes his personal vision of the well-known story by Jorge Luis Borges, The Library of Babel. Borges takes as a starting point to explain the universe two realities that are essential for the world of libraries: the library, as a physical space, as a continent, which also contains the greatest wealth that can be conceived as it is the compendium and sum of everything. human knowledge and understanding. But this place, this library is not a silent, uninhabited, inert space, but rather something alive, full of activity, guarded by librarians and used by all men, in turn librarians in search of giving meaning to their nature, to what that surrounds him, to the past, present and future of humanity. And here we have the other reality: librarians. Borges interprets that each man is a librarian, someone who inhabits and explores the infinite hexagons of the Library, in search of his particular interpretation of the world. Although it also establishes the figure of the librarian as custodian of books, of knowledge, as an interpreter who knows how to decipher all the mysteries that the Library contains inside, an official who has unraveled the content of the infinite Library that requires subjects who know how to keep it. and at the same time help men, all of them librarians, to find meaning in everything.

DMX Krew – Tree in Space [SHIP070]

August 29, 2023August 29, 2023 hipodromedmx krew, ed dmx, edward upton, electro, shipwrec records, technoLeave a comment

Ed Upton is back to Shipwrec for his sixth release with the label. The British musician has crafted icy electro, thoughtful electronica and textured techno and ‘Tree in Space’ is a combination of these styles. Blending a spread of sounds, acid, braindance and techno, DMX Krew serves up something truly special. Brooding notes are met by cracked percussion and simmering 303 squawk in a track that pursues its own path. An EP from a musician that continues to stretch boundaries and imaginations.

DMX Krew – Return To Jupiter [GUDU014]

April 19, 2023April 19, 2023 hipodromedmx krew, ed dmx, edward upton, gudu records, houseLeave a comment

DMX Krew announces his return to Peggy Gou’s Gudu Records with a new four-track EP, sharing the dreamy, Detroit-inspired title track, ‘Return to Jupiter’. Inspired by the futurist funk and vivid synthesiser epics of classic Detroit, ‘Return to Jupiter’ is dripping with richness and colour, driven by the sort of thick analogue basslines and distinctive melodies that have come to define Ed’s catalogue. The EP’s title track sets the tone for what’s to follow, introducing a language of sorts for the record – before ‘Altered Chords’ turns the funk up to 11, ‘U Ain’t Down’ aims its distorted kicks and wiggy, manipulated lead straight at peak time dancefloors, and ‘I Love Juan’ closes the EP on a star-gazing tip.

Captain Mustache feat. The Advent – Computer Monkey [LYO#008]

November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 hipodromecaptain mustache, cisco ferreira, dmx krew, electro, legowelt, les yeux orange, the adventLeave a comment

French Sailing Captain had to stop on Parisian shores of Les Yeux Orange to refuel before extending his electronic journey. He teams up here with legendary producer The Advent, delivering “Computer Monkey”, a concept EP coming with relentless lyrics about egocentrism on social networks. Two awesome remixes by electro cult artists Legowelt and DMX Krew round up the package made of crystal transparent copies with pixel art full color sleeves.

DMX Krew – Powerplay EP [ALT003]

October 3, 2022August 16, 2023 hipodromealtered circuits, dmx krew, ed dmx, edward upton, houseLeave a comment

DMX Krew has been turning out electronic music from his analog-laden studio since 1994. He has built a discography nothing short of prolific. He mixes tech savvy with a firm understanding of club music and a penchant for catchy and clever hooks and the Powerplay EP, released on Innershades’ Altered Circuits imprint, forms a great display of this.

DMX Krew – Unhooked EP [UTR001]

May 11, 2022May 11, 2022 hipodromedmx krew, ed dmx, edward upton, electro, techno, under the radarLeave a comment

Over the years, Ed Upton has released an insanely large volume of records as DMX Krew, though his quality level as rarely dipped below “brilliant”. While many of these EPs and albums explore his love of electro, he’s not averse to exploring sci-fi techno, jacking house and throbbing Italo-disco. ‘Unhooked’, the track that opens his first 12″ of 2022, is deliciously dark and creepy, sitting somewhere between the lo-fi techno of L.I.E.S, the acid-fired rave-era insanity of Aphex Twin and bittersweet dancefloor melancholia. Elsewhere, he peppers a crispy breakbeat with ghostly chords and bubbly lead lines on ‘Orange Cat Print’, summons the spirit of the apocalypse on doom-laden acid-electro number ‘Didgerididnt’ and delivers sturdy, mind-mangling electro thrills on ‘Dust Devil’.

Riff – Jack’s Jive [GUDU009]

December 17, 2021December 17, 2021 hipodromedisco, dmx krew, electro, gresham records, gudu records, house, riffLeave a comment

RIFF - Jack's Jive

Gudu Records presents ‘Jack’s Jive’, a long overdue re-release of a legendary lost South African record from 1987. Out of print for years and never available digitally, ‘Jack’s Jive’ is the stuff of legend: a bold, bright synthesizer-led cut that has been demanding Discogs prices upwards of £150 and both referenced and ripped off by contemporary artists since. Re-mastered for 2021 and cut to vinyl for the first time in decades, it’s backed with two remixes by DMX Krew.

DMX Krew featuring Blak Tony – Night Creatures [BRK67]

May 21, 2021May 20, 2021 hipodromeblaktony, breakin records, dmx krew, ed dmx, edward upton, electroLeave a comment

DMX KREW feat BLAK TONY - Night Creatures

Classic Detroit-influenced electro tune featuring special guest vocal by Blak Tony of Alien FM / Aux 88. Plus two bonus bass bangers on the flip.

DMX Krew – Loose Gears [HYPELP019]

February 10, 2021February 9, 2021 hipodromealbum, dmx krew, ed dmx, edward upton, electro, house, hypercolourLeave a comment

DMX KREW - Loose Gears

Self-styled ‘house husband, record producer’, DMX Krew, continues his effortless stretch of releases that date back to the early 90s, with a new album for Hypercolour. His deft melodies and mechanical, electro-tinged beats have made for some classic albums in his repertoire, from his incredible run of albums for Rephlex Records, up to 2020’s ’Ghost Bubbles’ long player for Terrestrial Funk. And so ‘Loose Gears’ marks DMX Krew’s fourth album for British stalwarts, Hypercolour, and fans will not be disappointed. Armed with an arsenal of hardware, and a head full of futuristic visions, ‘Loose Gears’ collects eleven tracks of the customary quality we have come to expect from DMX Krew. From the funk laden ‘Solar Transit’ to bleepy chugger ‘Dejected Ambient Twerp’, the vibrant synths and spongy rhythms of ‘Torpedo Tube’ to the beatless wiggle of ‘Xpansion 2’, there’s much in store to be savoured on ‘Loose Gears’, as DMX Krew serves up another fine selection of electronic goodies.

2020 Best Albums

January 4, 2021November 3, 2022 hipodromea civil terror, album, alessandro adriani, artificial dance records, avian music, axis records, beat concern, black meteoric star, central processing unit, childhood intelligence, das ding, dmx krew, electronic emergencies records, franz scala, furthur electronix, grant, heinrich mueller, ian martin, infoline, jake schrock, jeff mills, la luna sotto il ponte, lbeeze, linea aspera, lobster theremin, marco repetto, medical records llc, men with secrets, newclear waves, nullptr, obergman, phormix tapes, pinkman records, shifted, slow motion records, solar one music, tear apart tapes, terrestrial funk, the beneficiaries, the bunker, the exaltics, the nightstalker, trenton chase, voluminous artsLeave a comment

Continuing our past year briefing, after the readers top 3 and best giveaways, we present a list of our 20 favorite albums from 2020.

We have four albums more on the electro side coming from DMX Krew, Men With Secrets (Donato Dozzy and Retina.it), Nullptr and The Exaltics & Heinrich Mueller, while on the industrial/EBM side we have albums by A Civil Terror, La luna sotto il ponte and LBEEZE and impressive works from Black Meteoric Star, Ian Martin and Trenton Chase.
On the synthier side of music we have four albums coming from Das Ding, Linea Aspera, Newclear Waves and Jake Schrock, while for the Detroit lovers we have two Detroit influenced album by The Beneficiaries (Jeff Mills, Eddie Fowlkes and Jessica Care Moore) and The Nightstalker (Dan Piu and Martin Akeret).
Closing the list are the debut album of disco-don Franz Scala on Slow Motion, Obergman‘s acid album on Furthur Electronix, Anthony Collins with his album on Lobster Theremin under the Grant alias and Shifted with his first album on Avian.
The list is compiled in chronological order.

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DMX Krew – Ghost Bubbles [TF004]

November 4, 2020November 3, 2020 hipodromealbum, dmx krew, ed dmx, edward upton, electro, terrestrial funkLeave a comment

DMX KREW - Ghost Bubbles

DMX Krew has made millions of booties move to the beat since the early nineties. His string of albums on Aphex Twin’s Rephlex spanning 1996-2005 helped define UK electro and breaks on dancefloors around the world. For almost thirty years he’s tirelessly pumped out a myriad of incredible electronic programming through many labels including his own. Terrestrial Funk humbly welcomes Ed DMX’s new album ‘Ghost Bubbles’ as the fourth release on our catalog following a string of boogie, highlife, and disco records. From Miami, Florida, to Accra, Ghana to the Gulf Of Mexico, and now to the Celtic Sea’s channels off Britain’s west coast. Ghost Bubbles is a thirteen track journey perpetuating DMX Krew’s synthesized sound waves around the globe.

DMX Krew – Glad To Be Sad [HYPELP012]

March 20, 2019March 19, 2019 hipodromeacid, album, dmx krew, ed dmx, edward upton, electro, hypercolourLeave a comment

A long player of new music from DMX Krew on Hypercolour. ‘Glad To Be Sad’ presents the usual collection of first class electronic funk and modular melodies that DMX is known for, but covers a wide and colourful palette of rhythm and sound, abundant on the bass and with a heavy dose of futurism in its waves of glorious synth-work and deadly drum machine rhythms.