Gruppo D’Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza – Niente [ROMA111LP]

May 19, 2019May 17, 2019 hipodromealbum, ennio morricone, experimental, funk, gruppo d'improvvisazione nuova consonanza, jazz, re-release, reissue, the roundtableLeave a comment

Founded in Rome in 1964, ‘Il Gruppo D’Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza’ was a collective of noted and noteworthy composers who challenged the very structure and performance of music itself. Today the most celebrated of its members is the renowned film composer Ennio Morricone but each contributor has an intriguing history in Italian music. Drawing on Jazz, Serialism, Musique Concrete and other extended techniques, the group performed on many of Morricone’s experimental soundtracks of the 1970s including, A Quiet Place In The Country and Gli Occhi Freddi Della Paura). The collective improvised live (according to strict exercises) and in the studio (recording for RCA, Deutsche Grammaphon, General Music and others). In 1970 ‘Il Gruppo’ (as ‘The Group’) recorded The Feed-back (for RCA Italy), an insane amalgam of avant-improvisation and motorik Krautrock-influenced beats that understandably has become one of the most collectable ‘Library Music’ related LPs ever issued. In 1971 ‘Il Gruppo’ returned to the studio to record a sequel. This is that record. For reasons unknown Niente was never originally issued but one listen will convince that not only is it the sequel to one of the most sought after LPs of all time, but it is also by far its superior. Brain melting jams collide with unhinged intensity in a hothouse of Italian avant-improv. You have been warned.

Alessandro Adriani – Morphic Dreams [SALP008]

May 16, 2019May 15, 2019 hipodromealbum, alessandro adriani, experimental, industrial, shawn o'sullivan, simon crab, stroboscopic artefacts, technoLeave a comment

Mannequin boss Alessandro Adriani returns with his second full-length, ‘Morphic Dreams’, this time on Stroboscopic Artefacts. Throughout eleven cuts painstakingly executed but lacking not an iota of the fresh, spontaneous oomph that made his sound stand out of the crowd of techno producers to have emerged over the past decade, Adriani lays the foundations to a suspended sound imaginarium, governed by its own rules and principles of gravity. Revolving around the notions of sublimation and quest for inner balance, ‘Morphic Dreams’ is comprised of four distinct sequences, conceived and designed as reflections of four mental states, each of them linked to the four alchemical elements – i.e. Water, Earth, Air and Fire.

De Bons en Pierre – EP No. 1 / 2 [DE236/DE237]

May 13, 2019May 12, 2019 hipodromebeau wanzer, dark entries records, de-bons-en-pierre, electro, experimental, florent mazzocchetti, industrial, maoupa mazzocchetti, synth wave, technoLeave a comment

Dark Entries presents two new EPs from De Bons en Pierre, the duo of Beau Wanzer & Maoupa Mazzocchetti. Beau Wanzer spends the majority of his days sifting through paraffin embedded animal tissues and reading old issues of Fangoria, occasionally breaking his monotonous routine to record in various fits and bursts. As well as solo material, he is also in numerous projects including Streetwalker, Mutant Beat Dance, Civil Duty, and Corporate Park. Maoupa Mazzocchetti is the pseudonym of Florent Mazzocchetti, a French producer based in Brussels. His sonic vision is one which constantly straddles the line between wild experimentation and rhythmic compatibility, drawing influence from early concrète, 80’s tape scene and Birmingham school techno. After working together on the ‘Crepes’ EP that we released in 2017, De Bons en Pierre reunited for a two day recording session in Brussels. The duo recorded 13 tracks that we’ve split across 2 EPs with 6 tracks on ‘EP No. 1’ and 7 tracks on ‘EP No. 2’. Beau says, “We hooked everything up and just pushed play. We didn’t really discuss much about the process….it was very ‘spur of the moment’.” The equipment set up included a Roland TR-808, TR-606, SH-101, CR-78, CR-8000, two Syncussions and effects. Each EP contains 25 minutes of dance floor perversions that tackle an array of rhythmic forms. Sludgy synths, serrated percussion and viscous distortion goops over leviathan rhythms.

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Slagmann – Krysalis [TALISMANN007]

May 12, 2019May 9, 2019 hipodromealbum, experimental, slagmann, slagwerk den haag, talismannLeave a comment

Slagmann is the new collaboration between producer Talismann and music ensemble Slagwerk Den Haag. Their first album ‘Krysalis’ is an adventurous synthesis of hypnotizing rhythm patterns, organic soundscapes and captivating scenography – or, as the artists themselves like to call it, a “ritualistic experience.” Sometimes dreamy and dark, euphoric and explosive at other times. This mesmerizing cross-pollination between ritualistic percussion and drum machines will lure you into the murkiest depths of electronica and classical minimal music. For the visual identity of ‘Krysalis’ Slagmann works together with visual artist Heleen Blanken. Who is responsible for the scenography of the live show and capturing the cover image.

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Avina Vishnu – Transforma [WEME313.19]

May 12, 2019May 9, 2019 hipodromeaina, album, ambient, avina vishnu, detroit, experimental, heinrich mueller, weme records, weme313Leave a comment

Advanced soundscapes from Avina Vishnu which is a project by Heinrich Mueller aka Gerald Donald and Aina. Their release Transforma is a conceptual project that is focusing on a unification between the natural world and the artificial space of electronic music. It attempts to immerse the listener within a three dimensional sound environment that is exploring the natural physics of music and yet create a contrast between these two worlds.

Black Meteoric Star – Ghost Frequency EP

May 9, 2019May 8, 2019 hipodromeacid, black meteoric star, experimental, gavilan rayna russom, jakbeat, technoLeave a comment

Black Meteoric Star returns with the Ghost Frequency EP, and this 12-minute hardware techno jam captures the haunted synthesizer sound that the title implies.

Khidja – In The Middle Of The Night [DFA2635]

April 25, 2019November 2, 2020 hipodromeandrei rusu, dfa records, disco, electro, experimental, florentin tudor, house, khidja, romanianLeave a comment

Romanian production duo Khidja present their first EP for DFA. With four tracks of inner city insomnia, The Middle Of The Night soundtracks the realm between being half awake and asleep. With jagged and pulsating synths and dubbed out howling vocals, we are left disorientated in the underground tunnels that connect the clubs of Bucharest, London, and Berlin. Summoning the spirits of Kraftwerk and John Carpenter, they cast a spell on the dancefloor that is a perfect addition to the ever-evolving DFA roster.

Karamika – 2.0 [OFFEN011]

April 20, 2019October 20, 2023 hipodromealbum, ambient, black merlin, electro, experimental, george thompson, gordon pohl, offen musicLeave a comment

Karamika is a studio creation from George Thompson (Black Merlin) and Gordon Pohl AKA Dussuldorf’s engineer supreme (Musiccargo / Kunstkopf / The Isolators…). This their second long player is a record full of mind games. Sounds leak from fractal-like holes, and are sedately trodden back into the cosmic fabric of the album. The noise of post cruise carpet.

Harmonious Thelonious – Kabriman [MNSX015]

April 12, 2019April 12, 2019 hipodromeelectro, experimental, harmonious thelonious, midnight shift, stefan schwander, technoLeave a comment

Harmonious Thelonious’s ethnomusicologic journeys to the African continent continues with a burning package of 3 rhythmic tracks inspired by American minimalist music and African rhythm patterns. A primordial soup of polyrhythms and dense harmonics hypnotise the body into movement, transporting the origins of dance music to neoteric audiences.

An-i live @ Dekmantel Festival 2018

March 29, 2019March 29, 2019 hipodromean-i, dekmantel festival, doug lee, experimental, industrial, lee douglas, live act, technoLeave a comment

Gil.barte / Lostsoundbytes – Split EP [BT34DDQ5]

March 26, 2019July 6, 2023 hipodromebenoit leray, brokntoys, brokntoys discos del quebranto, electro, experimental, gil.barte, lostsoundbytes, technoLeave a comment

The 5th entry on the Discos del Quebranto series continues to rake the kerbside muck of ‘club music’, presenting 2 disparate visions from 2 label heads. KUMP’s mastermind Gil.barte opens proceedings with the stuttering bodysludge of Guédé and Egareur. Two kleine nightmusiks to drag you out of meatspace, with the Kyuss-ala-PCP throb of Guédé especially sure to find favour on fog-bothering 8 AM+ floors worldwide. Tempos pick up and lights turn down on the B-side, with Lostsoundbytes (Vastechoses label head), driving disintegrating delays and snares into 3 Belgiqué-nouveau tools, keeping the rhythm & textures bumping throughout.

Lvrin / Maoupa Mazzocchetti – Split EP [ARMA020]

March 26, 2019May 12, 2019 hipodromearma records, experimental, florent mazzocchetti, industrial, jenya lavrinov, lvrin, maoupa mazzocchetti, technoLeave a comment

Arma continues to explore the dark and wild corners of contemporary machine music via a new split 12′ featuring Lvrin and Maoupa Mazzocchetti. Lvrin occupies a sound world where blown out boxes spit out gnarled beats and slimy basslines through an overdriven sesk, with the ghosts of post punk and industrial looming over his nocturnal incantations. Maoupa Mazzocchetti has been weaving defiantly unconventional strains of electronic music. He delivers hhree rugged, body-poppin’ grooves to the B side.

Microthol – Transmissions [TRUST035]

March 22, 2019March 6, 2020 hipodromeelectro, experimental, microthol, techno, trustLeave a comment

2019 marks the return of Austrian electro duo Microthol with the project’s first EP in 8 years. ‘Transmissions’ is the culmination of years of sonic research. From techno-esque opener ‘Hostile Invasion’ to ‘Transmission 0604’s soundtrack of a burning space ship spiralling out of control – ‘Transmissions’ is much the sonic equivalent of a wormhole linking the aural orbits of Ultradyne and Autechre.

VA – Eminent Domain [LIES125]

March 21, 2019February 28, 2020 hipodrome51717, ariisk, beau wanzer, compilation, daniel holt, electro, enrique, experimental, filth, halflings, industrial, jt whitfield, l.i.e.s., long island electrical systems, nick klein, shane english, skander, technoLeave a comment

Massive 22 track compilation spanning three vinyl lps and one 45 showcasing a wide scope of subterranean American electronics. This is just a small look into the the massive contemporary underbelly of odd-ball sonic bottom dwellers making noise across the 50 states. These tranmissions come from remote government outposts, booming overcrowded metropolis’, outskirts of America’s South and even the long forgotten muck and sleaze of Northeastern suburbia. This America in its glory, a nasty place rife with tension and division, ready to boil over into complete chaos at any given moment and these are artists that walk amongst it. Absorbing it all and spitting it out, moments of clarity and tranqilty go head to head with dramatic clashes, attempting to make sense of it all or simply to isolate oneself and escape this morbid world. A definitive sonic document of modern life in a nation on the decline.

RX-101 – Dopamine [SUCTION047]

March 20, 2019July 12, 2020 hipodromeelectro, erik jong, experimental, rx-101, suction recordsLeave a comment

RX-101 is Dutch producer Erik Jong, who recorded hundreds of top-tier AFX/Rephlex-style tracks to cassette tape from 1997-1999, but never sent out any demos. Suction Records discovered RX-101’s output via Erik’s Soundcloud page and they began work on an ongoing campaign to release his music. Now Suction presents ‘Dopamine’, RX-101’s first full-length vinyl LP, a special batch of melodic, chilled out techno and electronica.

Lena Platonos – Lepidoptera Remixes EP [DE244]

March 14, 2019May 12, 2019 hipodromeanatolian weapons, dark entries records, electro, experimental, june, lena platonos, morah, pasiphae, synth waveLeave a comment

Lena Platonos is a Greek musician, pianist and music composer. Her third solo album, ‘Lepidoptera’ was produced in 1986 and reissued by Dark Entries in 2018. Inspired by a scientific book on butterflies she found in a trashcan one day, the compositions follow minimalistic motifs and carefully-staged soundscapes. Lena narrates each song in deadpan fashion, skillfully reciting her surreal Greek poetry. Now Dark Entries recruited 4 contemporary Greek producers to remix their favorite tracks from ‘Lepidoptera’. First up is ‘Cyaniris’ remixed by Anatolian Weapons who delivers an enchanted late-night journey through the New Wave forest. Next is ‘Araschnia Levana’ remixed by Pasiphae who speeds up the pace with machine driven melodic electro pulses. On the B-side we have June remixing ‘Cyaniris’ twirling the track into a complex deep sea dive with lush drum kicks and pads. Closing out the EP is a remix of ‘a Gee´a ´ Aporia Maturna’ by Morah who leads us to the underworld of Hades via sinister squelches and full-on apocalyptic rave breakdown.

Giraffe – Shine and Dark [MEA026]

March 10, 2019March 7, 2019 hipodromealbum, ambient, charly schöppner, experimental, giraffe, meakusma, sascha demandLeave a comment

“Dreams, as we all know, are very curious things: certain incidents in them are presented with quite uncanny vividness, each detail executed with the finishing touch of a jeweller, while others you leap across as though entirely unaware of, for instance, space and time. Dreams seem to be induced not by reason but by desire, not by the head but by the heart, and yet what clever tricks my reason has sometimes played on me in dreams!” says Fyodor Dostoevsky in his anti-hero novella “Notes from Underground” from 1864. Also, the three Hamburg based art lovers of the band Giraffe like to play on their dreams. Since 2017 the trio released their deeply collective reveries on one album called “June” and one EP called “Climate”. Both are featuring brief and epic sensitive shifting conversations between Charly Schppner on percussion, Sascha Demand on electric guitar and Jrgen Hall on synthesizers. “We compose and produce everything together. The ideas of each single member become better through the influences of the others.” they reveal about their meandering creative activity. The result is a sublime tension of itself: a psychoacoustic distillation of improvisation, composition and experiment in which clattering percussion, synthesized transcendence and dreamily electric guitar serialism transform into radical poetic journey music. For their new album “Shine & Dark” Giraffe built their music around acoustic drums, frame drums and electric percussions, that evoke spiritual jazz emotions and percussive ethnic vibes while dark synth layers and mesmerizing guitar microtonality dances around the rhythmic tension. Suspenseful wondrous story-telling, that opens a gate to an elaborated executed, multi-layered musical paradise, that is entirely induced by desire.

Audiosport 8 – De Diepe Wereld [NW018TAPE]

March 10, 2019March 7, 2019 hipodromeambient, animistic beliefs, audiosport 8, cassette, danny wolfers, electro, experimental, legowelt, linh luu, marvin lalihatu, nightwind records, tapeLeave a comment

This Animistic Beliefs & Legowelt collaboration tape started out as a scene in Anna Bogomolova’& Dammes Kieft’s upcoming full length ‘Stroboscopes & Smokemachines’ documentary – a film in which they research the Dutch West Coast electronic music landscape. The scene however soon morphed into its own mini film – documenting the entire process on how this tape was conceived. Packed with Animistic Beliefs & Twilight Moose style electro, amateur space jazz ambient with a touch of G-funk and a very intense trip-infused hypnotic techno track. Written and produced by Linh Luu, Marvin Lalihatu and Danny Wolfers at the North Sea Institute For The Overmind.

Dirk Desaever – Collected 1984-1989 LP [MPD015]

March 8, 2019March 23, 2023 hipodromealbum, dirk desaever, experimental, musique pour la danse, new beat, post punk, synth waveLeave a comment

The piece de resistance of the ‘Collected 1984 – 1989’ project, all the music on this LP has never been heard before, except for a single tune released on a rare 7” in 1988. The track selection and sequence is the result of Ducret & Isar closely listening to the many hours of unreleased material Desaever shared with them. Saved from oblivion and irremediable decay, the music on this LP is now just waiting to be played and listened as well as to inspire.

Strange Birds – Bird Shit [VOT01]

March 5, 2019March 4, 2019 hipodromeelectro, experimental, industrial, ron morelli, strange birds, techno, verge of tears, william burnett, willie burnsLeave a comment

Willie Burns and Ron Morelli got together over a weekend or so in Paris a at the end of 2015 and busted this one out. The record includes a sonic journey, mosh pit techno, and drum circle mixing tools. This is the debut release on Burnett’s new label,”Verge of Tears”. The label will focus on his personal and collaborative output.