V2 Schneider – Tape Works 1981-85 [VOD126]

June 7, 2014December 4, 2019 hipodromecold wave, compilation, daf, electro, jurgen schweighart, minimal synth, synth pop, synth wave, v2 schneider, vinyl on demand recordsLeave a comment

The finest German Minimal / Synth from early 80’s NDW Underground by V2 Schneider. For this release Jurgen Schweighart, alias V2 Schneider, sat down, saved and listened to approximately 50 original master tapes, reels and cassettes from 1980 to 1985 including his official tape releases ”Vol. 1” (1981), ”Blues” (1982), ”Abgrund der Gefuhle” (1984), ”Nr.1 in Hong Kong” (1985), ”After A.I.D.S. Symphony” (1985) and many so far unreleased hidden treasures, demos and out-takes. At the request of VOD-Records, none of the tracks were remixed or edited and therefore kept in their authentic original and charming form.

LeLu/Lu’s – Operating On Specific Cues: Early Works 1982-86 [VOD125]

June 7, 2014August 3, 2021 hipodromecold wave, compilation, electro, lelu/lu's, minimal synth, synth pop, synth wave, vinyl on demand recordsLeave a comment

LELU/LU'S - Operating On Specific Cues: Early Works 1982-86

LeLu/Lu’s were an early to late 80’s electronic/synth-based project based around Deni (in the early 80’s known as Yo-Yo and nowadays known as Timekode). In 1985 they released a fantastic 12 song tape on Unlikely Records (URT91) called ”Operating on Specific Cues” which forms the basis of this 25 track 2 LP-release While the tape is still rather unknown to fans of synth music, the three 7”s released from 1985-87 (on Alain Neffe’s Insane Music as well as Possum and R&D Records), with the outstanding tracks ”Spaceman Bassman”, ”Africa” and ”Fragile Thing”, are better known to the minimal synth/wave community and collectors of 80’s wave and minimal synth vinyl.

Rational Youth – Cold War Night Life Recordings 1981-84 [VOD124]

June 7, 2014January 23, 2024 hipodromebill vorn, cold wave, compilation, electro, minimal synth, paul northfield, rams horn, rational youth, synth pop, synth wave, tracy howe, vinyl on demand recordsLeave a comment

One of Canadas first synth-pop groups, Rational Youth was formed in the summer of 1981 by Tracy Howe (The Normals, Men Without Hats, Heaven Seventeen) and Bill Vorn (U, Sacred Noise). Within the 10+ years that Howe put Rational Youth on indefinite hiatus, their early vinyl recordings (1981-1982) became much sought after collector items, and had been re-branded as minimal-synth. This 5LP set with booklet provides an almost complete overview of their works from 1981-1984.

Design A Wave – EP 2 [RHD015WAVEII]

June 7, 2014June 18, 2024 hipodromedesign a wave, electro, rush hour, rush hour wave, synth wave, tom hirstLeave a comment

Pt.2 of Design A Wave’s continued experiments in sound, sci fi and alien counter balance… Limited Edition EP with sideways thinking Cosmo Knex artwork

Phobian – Phobian [HAR002]

June 7, 2014March 4, 2019 hipodromeelectro, haunted air records, phobian, synth wave, william burnett, willie burnsLeave a comment

William Thomas Burnett aka Willie Burns / DJ Speculator / Black Deer is one of the creative minds of the underground music scene in NYC. After releases for L.I.E.S., The Trilogy Tapes, Crme and Rush Hour, The WT Records boss unveils his new monicker Phobian, presenting 4 TR-808/SH-101/Pro One driven electro jams for the mysterious Haunted Air Records.

Sumerian Fleet – Just Pressure [DE068]

May 27, 2014May 3, 2022 hipodromealbum, alden tyrell, dark entries records, electro, ingmar pauli, jeroen warmenhoven, mr. pauli, saša rajković, sumerian fleet, synth wave, zarkoffLeave a comment

Sumerian Fleet aka Alden Tyrell and Mr Pauli with vocalist Zarkoff. Their debut eponymous EP was released on Clones West Coast series in 2010 and the Sturm Bricht Los EP came out in 2012 on the Creme Eclipse branch of Creme Organization. Sumerian Fleet is ready to release their first full length album Just Pressure all new material recorded between 2013 and 2014 as well as a remixed version of the title track from the Sturm Bricht Los EP. Just Pressure contains 80s Dark Wave/EBM inspired tracks with an industrial tinge. Citing inspiration from Fad Gadget, Front 242, Bauhaus and Sisters of Mercy, Sumerian Fleet deliver 9 songs of vintage dark electro. Their sound brings to mind rough 80s/90s Industrial dance with a Gothic tinge and a touch of bass guitar as the lead instrument. The band utilizes vintage analog gear like the Linn Drum, Roland TR-808, MiniMoog, Korg MS-20, and Roland Jupiter 8 . All songs were recorded at Mr Paulis studio in Den Haag and Alden Tyrells studio in Rotterdam. The album has been mastered for vinyl at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley by George Horn. Each LP is packaged in a custom-made jacket by our in-house designer Eloise Leigh, incorporating Mesopotamian pyramids and occult symbols, offset printed with gold ink at Stumptown Printers in Portland.

Black Narcissus – Varla [WEME313.15]

May 27, 2014October 31, 2017 hipodromealbum, black narcissus, electro, jodey kendrick, weme records, weme313Leave a comment

The mysterious project by Jodey Kendrick who has released his first pure electro double album with Drexciya influences. Without compromise. Brut, Faster, Sexy like Varla.

DMX Krew – Shape Shifting Shaman [SHIPLP001]

May 27, 2014December 14, 2022 hipodromeacid, album, dmx krew, ed dmx, edward upton, electro, shipwrec recordsLeave a comment

For its first album project, Shipwrec is to release a new full-length album from pioneering electronic producer DMX Krew entitled “Shape Shifting Shaman” with colourful artwork by Doppeldenk. Ed DMX is best known for releasing six albums on Aphex Twin’s Rephlex Records and for spanning styles from breakbeat to techno to electro. He has already released two EPs on the four-year-old Dutch label Shipwrec and now returns with a full-length opus that proves, more than twenty years after first emerging, that few people are as sonically inventive as him. Of the album, DMX Krew says “I feel like these tracks are more original and have a stronger feeling of my personality in them. When I finished each of these tracks I had a happy feeling that I had done something true to myself and something that represents my best”. Reporting that he is always making and releasing music but tends to save back his best tracks for a full length project, Shape Shifting Shaman is just that – a collection of all killer material with great cover design and excellent mastering.

VA – World Electronix Remixes [CE015]

May 27, 2014October 17, 2022 hipodromecultivated electronics, deixis, dmx krew, electro, jtc, marco bernardi, morphology, sync 24, the exaltics, the hacker, world electronixLeave a comment

Cultivated Electronics round off the World Electronix series with a remixes EP featuring tracks from each of the 4 volumes. Morphology’s Darkstar is remixed by The Hacker, The Exatics Ten Days is given a dark twist by Sync 24, J.T.C’s In Transit is refunked by DMX Krew and the EP is finished off with Marco Benardi’s Morbider mix of Sync 24 & Deixis Ah Ah Ah.

Marco Bernardi – Emotional Wreck [BT003]

May 27, 2014December 6, 2023 hipodromebrokntoys, electro, marco bernardi, technoLeave a comment

Glaswegian producer Marco Bernardi offers up 4 tracks of unsettling, quirky, off the wall techno and electro. Along with his heavy release schedule, Marco has also launched his own label Take the Elevator that focuses on non-conventional house and techno.

RedRedRed – Pattern Completition [DE069]

May 21, 2014July 17, 2024 hipodromealbum, dark entries records, electro, industrial, michael wood, redredredLeave a comment

Dark Entries introduce the debut album by RedRedRed, a contemporary artist from San Francisco, Michael Wood. “Pattern Completion” was originally planned as a 4 song cassette EP that was only released digitally. The A side features remixed and remastered versions of the tracks from the EP. The B side consists of four unreleased tracks, two of which are instrumental. The material on “Pattern Completion” is strongly influenced by Michael’s former live/work studio space in the Bayview District of San Francisco, an area surrounded by recycling facilities and water treatment plants. The songs reflect this industrial atmosphere, stacking treated rhythm box patterns, quivering synthesizers, and mechanical vocals. “Pattern Completion” develops the strain of futuristic, mutant industrial pioneered by San Francisco groups like Tuxedomoon and Factrix, with RedRedRedadding his own brand of damaged angular rhythms.

Shangri & La – Plitz Klub Kids EP [TAIN015]

May 20, 2014May 19, 2014 hipodromedisco, editainment, edits, electro, house, shangri & laLeave a comment

Neo Romantico dance music by Shangri & La. Inspired by a club and a scene that never was, we hear rroto acid, bongo boogie, future reggae and candid club cuts that equals the Fantastic Four. Great sounding music for good looking people.

Cold Colors – Dans Le Vide [LXRC018]

May 17, 2014May 19, 2022 hipodromecold colors, electro, italo-disco, lux rec, synth waveLeave a comment

Lux Rec continue their endless research at the margins of music, what is underground, at every latitude, to find rough gems and bring them to light. After a series of releases which explore Techno in various ways, they turned their attention to another field. That of the Cold Electronics and New Wave movement, and French musical existentialism. Cold Colors comes from Bordeaux, France. To Lux Rec he is the best expression of and a new take on that type of music. A sense of solitude is the first reaction to his music. Melodic longings for something that is not there, unreachable. Four songs to depict a hopeless stare into emptiness. Shadows of a love long gone.

Analogue Audio Association – Helmpflicht [PLACID015]

May 16, 2014May 16, 2014 hipodromealbum, analogue audio association, electro, placid recordsLeave a comment

Great electro release by Analogue Audio Association on Placid Records.

Boris Divider – Deflector / Atractor [FR004]

May 16, 2014November 18, 2022 hipodromealbum, alek stark, boris divider, electro, fundamental recordsLeave a comment

Man/machine magician Boris Divider unleashes his fourth album. Continuing his explorations and escapades into the darkest, iciest realms of electronic music, Deflector/Atractor is perhaps his most extensive collection to date as we’re treated to shimmering ambient bliss (“Particle”) to dreamy, skippy, robot-charming fracturism (“Mikrowelt”) via his more classic, straight up funky electro (“Deflector”). Yet another bold march into the coded unknown for both Boris and Fundamentals, this can’t be slept on.

Villa Abo – Love Surrender [BORFT116]

May 16, 2014December 29, 2025 hipodromebörft records, electro, jan svensson, villa aboLeave a comment

Love Surrender original and Three other takes + two synthetic messages from Studio Styrka. That is what this vinyl contains. Love surrender has a more synthier style than the tracks recently released on Bio Rhythm.

DMX Krew – A New Life [CPU00001010]

May 16, 2014March 19, 2019 hipodromecentral processing unit, dmx krew, ed dmx, edward upton, electroLeave a comment

In between the release of album length projects for Mystic & Quantum and Shipwrec, Ed Upton returns for Central Processing Unit duty with this collection for the label’s Binary Series under his universally recognised DMK Krew banner. Upton’s taking no prisoners here with six cuts aimed squarely at the electro purists out there, effortlessly combining neck snapping rhythms with those unique melodies that characterise the DMK Krew electro sound. Tracks like the fluctuating analogue drama of “Not Very”, the Martian boogie of “Spook Show” and EP highlight “Crawlspace” rank this release up there with the best thus far in CPU’s must check discography.

The Exaltics – Some Other Place Vol. 2 [CWCS008.2]

May 16, 2014April 19, 2023 hipodromeclone records, clone west coast series, electro, techno, the exalticsLeave a comment

Volume 2 in The Exaltics’ Some Other Place tryptich for Clone West Coast Series.

Lory D – MT100 [SR003]

May 15, 2014May 14, 2014 hipodromeelectro, lorenzo d'angelo, lory d, soul research, technoLeave a comment

A legendary name in techno, Lory D is back and as strong as when his vinyls were cherished all over the world as his SNS (Sound Never Seen) was printed by Rephlex of Aphex Twin. MT100 is a timeless and genre-free track: it’s just music. The melody is sound-track material for a high profile film with a rhythm which however recall the first drum machines of the eighties.

Alessandro Parisi – Witclub Podcast 064

May 6, 2014May 6, 2014 hipodromealessandro parisi, electro, podcast, where is the club, wit clubLeave a comment

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