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, 2021January 29, 2021 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.

DMX Krew live @ Boiler Room x Present Perfect Festival 28.07.2018

September 4, 2018September 3, 2018 hipodromeacid, boiler room tv, dmx krew, ed dmx, edward upton, electro, live act, present perfect festivalLeave a comment

DMX Krew live @ Lente Kabinet Festival 26.05.2018

June 25, 2018June 24, 2018 hipodromeacid, dekmantel festival, dmx krew, ed dmx, edward upton, electro, lente kabinet festival, live actLeave a comment

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DMX Krew – Traditions 07 [TRAD07]

May 22, 2018September 6, 2021 hipodromeacid house, dmx krew, ed dmx, edward upton, electro, libertine records, libertine traditionsLeave a comment

DMX Krew + Traditions… No introduction needed!

DMX Krew – Generic Wizard [SHIP050]

September 28, 2017September 26, 2017 hipodromeacid, dmx krew, ed dmx, edward upton, electro, shipwrec records, technoLeave a comment

Shipwrec is 50 releases old. No mean feat and to celebrate the dutch label is returning to one of its stalwarts, Ed Upton aka DMX Krew. For this very special 12″ the veteran audio alchemist conjures up five tracks of machine music magic. Squirming, acid soaked electro forms and melts in “Bush Baby Bug Eyes” before the shapeshifting “EQShift Trak.” “Language Reponse” goes up a gear, rhythms zipping along on a highway of bright bars as synth lines beam warmth. The flip skids into the corners for the chiptune freshness of “Irrational Momentum” before the wave funk wizardry of the title piece. Ed Upton cracking open the champagne for this Shipwrec milestone and once again proving his undeniable prowess behind the machines.

DMX Krew – Strange Directions [HYPELP009]

September 6, 2017September 10, 2017 hipodromealbum, dmx krew, ed dmx, edward upton, electro, experimental, hypercolourLeave a comment

23 years have passed since Edward Upton first donned the DMX Krew alias, but the prolific British producer shows no signs of slowing down. Astonishingly, Strange Directions is the electro stalwart’s 21st full-length excursion. Predictably, it’s rather good, with Upton delivering a set that effortlessly body-pops between vocoder-laced electro workouts, melodious IDM, bass-heavy intelligent techno, gnarled Drexciyan throbbers, Artificial Intelligence style home listening fare and even a dash of muscular, tongue-in-cheek Italo-disco (the deliciously sleazy “Soft Networks”). As usual, the distinctive, off-kilter swing of original analogue hardware is present throughout, as Upton showcases his full range of talents.

DMX Krew with Yuri Suzuki – 7777-013 [7777013]

June 16, 2017November 3, 2020 hipodrome7777, acid house, dmx krew, ed dmx, edward upton, yuri sukuziLeave a comment

DMX KREW with YURI SUZUKI - 7777 013

7777 presents its 13th release featuring DMX Krew and Yuri Suzuki. Side A brings you straight house attitude. B side strips it down and adds the acid. These songs are perfect for your record bag.

DMX Krew – Space Cucumbers [CPU00100110]

December 10, 2016March 19, 2019 hipodromecentral processing unit, detroit, dmx krew, ed dmx, edward upton, electro, funkLeave a comment

Following his stunning box set on Fundamental Records, Ed Upton aka DMX Krew makes his third outing on CPU, increasingly becoming home for his darker side. Space Cucumbers contains a wealth of expression with Italo disco arpeggiators, seldom heard time signatures, Hi-NRG, and bass heavy electro funk. Featuring the usual aquatic tendencies mixed with echoes of darkwave. Vintage analogue strings, overdriven acid and Upton’s favourite drum machine all make an appearance riding on his signature funk laced arrangements.

DMX Krew – Escape-MCP [AFSLP003]

October 31, 2016March 19, 2019 hipodromeabstract forms, album, dmx krew, ed dmx, edward upton, electro, funk, technoLeave a comment

UK wave funk veteran DMX Krew returns to Abstract Forms with his latest double album project. Escape-MCP features 13 tracks of synth drenched electro and elastic techno grooves drawing inspiration from a 1983 computer game where the player is trapped inside a computer by a rogue processor. Fortunately DMX Krew isn’t trapped inside a computer and is still with us making killer grooves.

DMX Krew Interview

August 8, 2016November 3, 2020 hipodromedmx krew, ed dmx, edward upton, interview, m magazineLeave a comment

JTC – S/T [BOP006]

July 4, 2016March 19, 2019 hipodromealbum, bopside records, dmx krew, house, jtc, tadd mullinix, technoLeave a comment

Following hot on the heels of Tadd Mullinix’s ‘Skein’ – Bopside’s second album release for 2016 comes from label owner Tadd Mullinix’s dancefloor destroying nom de plume who needs little introduction: JTC An 8 track concise body of work perfectly calibrated for DJ use and home listening alike, where the beats hit hard and the melodies linger in your brain. The self-titled LP starts with ‘Caskadia’ – a call to arms for dancers with call and response synth lines and broken beats. ‘Atmospheres Pt.2’ takes things out into deep space, and ‘Nexus Ship Core’ is an acid drenched burner with glacial synths. ‘Infoline’ then makes it’s first appearance in a remixed guise by Rephlex alumni Ed DMX, then closing out the album with its recognisable lead line in its original form. Things take a deeper turn with ‘Dusselmorph’ before the full on breakbeat assault of ‘Blitz Puff (High Position Mix) takes things up a gear, then dropping you off safe and sound, though a little shaken with ‘Atmospheres pt.5 (Hemi Mix).

Dmx Krew – The New Age Travellers [EKS009]

June 27, 2016March 19, 2019 hipodromealbum, dmx krew, ed dmx, edward upton, ekster, electro, experimental, synth waveLeave a comment

This record can easily be classified as Library. Listening to these tracks moves your senses back and forth through time, from 80’s sci-fi back to Raymond Scott’s early 50’s experiments. The perfect soundtrack for bedrooms, late night dinners and greenhouses Ed Dmx contributes to a tradition in musical history, a richly vivid trail in which composers influence each other’s harmonies and ways of writing tunes, like an endless ping-pong game between minds and individuals but at the same time between continents and places throughout the world. Unlike many of Ed Dmx’ electro- oriented productions, ‘TheNew Age Travellers’ shows a more intimate side of his work. A story told through short synthesized conversations and electric piano improvisations is reminding us to cry, dream, remember, feel, live … and love.

DMX Krew Interview

May 27, 2016May 25, 2016 hipodromedmx krew, ed dmx, edward upton, interview, resident advisorLeave a comment

DMX Krew – You Exist [HYPELP005]

March 3, 2016June 12, 2018 hipodromealbum, dmx krew, ed dmx, edward upton, electro, house, hypercolourLeave a comment

Hypercolour announce the latest long player from UK stalwart, Ed DMX AKA DMX Krew, the visionary British electronic producer who has been responsible for a slew of excellent releases since the mid 1990s. ‘You Exist’ is DMX Krew’s debut appearance on Hypercolour, and as expected the record features nine tracks of beautifully crafted, melodic electronic sounds. From the opener ‘Spiritual Encounter’, DMX sets the tone perfectly with oodles of pitch perfect synth riffs and driving drums, working his way through snappy and bright pop moments like ‘Hard Copy’ to more melancholic, darker cuts like ‘Computational Paradigm Shift’. DMX breezes in and out of electro techno territory to more contemplative IDM vibes with ease, testimony to the guy’s talent (that’s also seen him wear the hat of over 10 aliases throughout his career to date). ‘You Exist’ captures a very true and genuine musical form, produced and delivered with love from one of the scene’s unsung heroes, and makes it a great companion piece to another Hypercolour released album from similar stock. A consistent and engaging album then from DMX Krew that will pleasure the ear buds of discerning listeners everywhere.

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