Free Range – King Of Snake [OE01]

September 14, 2019October 17, 2020 hipodromealbum, ernestas sadau, experimental, free range, matt weiner, osare editionsLeave a comment

Uniting under the moniker of Free Range, prolific US underground producer Matt Weiner (2MR, Night People) and Lithuanian experimentalist Ernestas Sadau (Pinkman, Digital Tsunami), provide Osàre’s first release with ‘King of Snakes’. A lovingly sludgy collaboration, the record mixes DIY electronics, droning atmospheric and space-inflected new wave influences, underscored by a surrealist edge glimpsed in track titles such as ‘Relax, It’s Just Eggs’ and ‘Washing Machine Speaking’. Osàre is the new label from Elena Colombi and this is the debut release.

Steve Moore – Untitled [LIES134]

September 14, 2019February 28, 2020 hipodromeambient, experimental, l.i.e.s., long island electrical systems, steve mooreLeave a comment

NYC Synth master Steve Moore makes a welcome return to L.I.E.S. with his first EP on the label since 2012. Through these four tracks Moore creates a world with simplistic stripped down beauty, often using one synth and a drum machine to effectively construct alternate realities, as heard on the opener Broken Kills. This continues on the b-side opener Eigengrau, while Future 86 and Future 99 take a more dramatic komische influenced soaring arpeggiated approach.

Upperground Orchestra – Euganea [DOSER033]

August 18, 2019November 20, 2020 hipodromeexperimental, jazz, morphine records, rabih beaini, upperground orchestraLeave a comment

Rabih Beaini’s Upperground Orchestra (Beaini, Alvise Seggi, Tommaso Cappellato. Piero Bittolo Bon) back with their first studio material since 2008.

John Di Stefano – For The Moment [CC003]

August 17, 2019December 17, 2019 hipodromealbum, ambient, concentric circles, experimental, john di stefanoLeave a comment

Concentric Circles presents ”For the Moment”, which features tracks from some of Di Stefano’s early cassette releases, as well as a number of unheard explorations of Indian polyrhythms from the early 90s. Di Stefano’s prescient and unique work will appeal to fans of Cybe, Joel Graham, UnknownmiX, Zru Vogue, and provides a fascinating view of the 80s US electronic underground. American-born, Japan-based composer John Di Stefano self-released a number of cassettes as part of the 80s DIY underground on his own imprint Oktron Produktions, including Klang’s Drift, a collaboration with Joel Graham. Living in San Francisco, Di Stefano had access to multiple University electronic music studios, where he had an impressive array of synthesizers at his fingertips, including both Buchla and Serge modular systems. Combining his knowledge of modular synthesis with a background in percussion, his early releases were a uniquely human approach to electroacoustic music, with flourishes of post punk in the mix. Di Stefano developed an interest in world music, studying Indian music theory and tabla, and after an extended trip to Indonesia in the mid 80s, he was particularly drawn to Javanese gamelan music. Future recordings would forever be indebted to the sounds he heard during those travels.

Lost Souls Of Saturn – Lost Souls Of Saturn [RS1909]

August 4, 2019August 2, 2019 hipodromealbum, ambient, drone, experimental, lost souls of saturn, phil moffa, r&s records, seth troxlerLeave a comment

R&S present the eponymous, debut, full length album transmission from Lost Souls Of Saturn, an epic in scope, time and space, multidimensional mind trip. This ambient house masterpiece combines flavours gathered from across the galaxy, stewing them up into a delicious primordial soup. Old sci-fi soundtracks, acid, free jazz, avant garde, musique concrete, world music and more all whirl around an underground-dance-music axis. Primarily Lost Souls Of Saturn are Seth Troxler and Phil Moffa, plus further opaque participants congregating to combine music, imagery, and storytelling into an inextricably linked whole, all wrapped-up in a philosophy of their own making.

Mister Water Wet – Bought The Farm [OUEST095]

August 4, 2019August 2, 2019 hipodromealbum, ambient, experimental, jazz, mister water wet, west mineral ltd.Leave a comment

Huerco S’ West Mineral Ltd. return in 2019 to mine a rich seam of ambient jazz sampledelia by Mister Water Wet; a Puerto Rican artist with a gift for conveying in-between, gently altered states of mind and the logic of the natural world.‘Bought The Farm’ yields an elementally cool and breezy spirit guided by a first thought, best thought intuition through 55 minutes of crackly, hand-built music riddled with ephemeral soul. In terms of texture and structure, it’s a sound maybe best compared with Jan Jelinek at his most frayed and slompy, or even a pastoral inversion of Kelman Duran’s rugged chop ’n paste arrangements, essentially rendering a distinctive style that hovers between heavy-lidded, Afro-Latinate jazz, sampled indigenous instrumentation, and strains of gently bucolic, ambient introspection.

TV Victor – Back To The Moon [LFI015]

August 4, 2019August 2, 2019 hipodromeambient, experimental, lullabies for insomniacs, tv victorLeave a comment

TV Victor was one of the first artists of Tresor Records where he became legendary with several of his ambient and trance productions including Trance Garden 1-3 and Trancecology Chapter 1. In 1989, he launched his first solo project: Moondance – The Magic Sound of the Moon, where he lay foundations for later explorations with experimental sounds fused with pop elements and anticipated an ambient excursion to be had in the future. In the following decades TV Victor created impressive solo works that traversed between ambient and trance. Contrary to common mainstream tendencies he created a very unique interpretation of both genres. In recent years Victor has concentrated on creating experimental and abstract sonic spaces for escaping reality, spaces that live through the imagination of the listener. 30 years after the release of Moondance and 50 years after the first landing, Lullabies For Insomniacs revisit TV Victor’s musical roots with ‘Back To The Moon’.

The Anti Group ‎- 4 X 12 [PM27]

July 31, 2019August 9, 2019 hipodromeadi newton, album, experimental, jacques beloeil, minimal wave records, peripheral minimal, reissue, the anti groupLeave a comment

Following the original dissolution of legendary Sheffield industrial funk outfit Clock DVA in 1984, founder member Adi Newton struck out on his own with The Anti-Group: an experimental project in which he could explore a variety of sonic worlds with the aid of a revolving cast of likeminded Steel City stalwarts (Richard H Kirk, Stephen Mallinder, Martyn Ware and Warp co-founder Robert Gordon included). “4×12″ is a retrospective of sorts, gathering together tracks from three 12” singles (“Ha-Zulu”, “Big Sex”, “Broadcast Test”) and one mini-album (“ShT”). Musically, it veers from collage style sample patchworks and dark ambient soundscapes to rubbery industrial funk, twisted post synth-pop, EBM-influenced workouts and madcap experimental escapades.

LVRIN – Aperitif de la Mort 009

July 14, 2019September 10, 2020 hipodromeambient, aperitif de la mort, electronics, experimental, jenya lavrinov, lvrin, podcast, post punk, synth waveLeave a comment

LostSoundBytes – Radio Rituel 17

July 14, 2019July 6, 2023 hipodromebenoit leray, electronics, experimental, lostsoundbytes, podcast, radio rituel, synth waveLeave a comment

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RA.683 Phuong Dan

July 7, 2019July 5, 2019 hipodromeambient, experimental, interview, phuong-dan, podcast, resident advisorLeave a comment

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Mono Junk – Vanished [FP016]

June 26, 2019June 26, 2019 hipodromealbum, electro, experimental, forbidden planet, kimmo rapatti, mono junk, synth wave, technoLeave a comment

Forbidden Planet presents a 9 tracks double 12″ from Kimmo Rapatti’s project Mono Junk.

Agonis / Valentino Mora – SMKMCHN#02 [SMKMCHN#02]

June 21, 2019June 14, 2019 hipodromeagonis, experimental, minimal techno, smoke machine, tribal, valentino moraLeave a comment

Smoke Machine returns with a new split EP featuring two artists from the Organik festival stable: Agonis and Valentino Mora. This will be Agonis’ second outing on the Taiwanese based label and a first for Valentino. Now 9 years in the running with a successful podcast and parties, this will be Smoke Machine’s second release on their newly established label with many more to come.

Crossing Avenue – Carmaleonte EP [SPAZIO018]

June 21, 2019January 23, 2020 hipodromecrossing avenue, drone, experimental, minimal techno, spazio disponibileLeave a comment

Experimental Italian techno duo Crossing Avenue return to Spazio Disponibile for their third EP on the label. Once again their four track effort explores new tempos, rhythms and moods in stylish fashion. The Carmaleonte EP counts four multi layered trips into mind melting half time jams that pairs rubbery, rolling drums with hypnotic lead synths. After the gurlgin deepness and sparsity of ‘Monoica’, ‘Carmaleonte’ is high pressure and unrelenting, ‘Santica’ got the razor sharp and unresolved rhythms where ‘Decimo Piano’ is a flurry of high speed drums and sci fi signifiers that plays out like an intergalactic space war. Techno never sounded as adventurous as this.

Retina.IT – Formant / Neural Map [NONPLUS049]

June 21, 2019February 7, 2020 hipodromedrone, experimental, lino monaco, minimal techno, nicola buono, nonplus records, retina.itLeave a comment

Retina.it debut on Nonplus Records, with five tracks of analogue driven Techno/Electronic music.

Dimitris Petsetakis – On Shores [ITL011]

June 16, 2019June 13, 2019 hipodromealbum, ambient, dimitris petsetakis, experimental, into the light recordsLeave a comment

Into The Light Records has worked with the Greek composer Dimitris Petsetakis to compile a follow-up album that takes an even deeper dive into his archive of previously unreleased material. Like its predecessor, “On Shores” draws on music recorded in the 1980s and early ’90s. It contains just two previous released tracks, the humid ‘Clearance (Part 2)’ and poignant ‘On Endless Shores’, both of which first featured on Petsetakis’s cult 1991 album Missing Links. “On Shores” offers another unparalleled insight into the picturesque and atmospheric soundscapes created in the Piraeus-based composer’s basement studio using a mixture of electronic and acoustic instruments, a wide range of global influences and a keen interest in both minimalism and new age ambience. Listeners will encounter a range of stunningly beautiful and beguiling compositions, from the creepy, slow-burn exoticism of ‘Pythia’s Dance’ and rhythmic, otherworldly escapism of ‘Violated Asylum’, to the gentle bliss of ‘Like a Knife’ and sun-bright joy of ‘Nearxi (Minimal Marimba Edit)’.

Olorun – Moruroa [IDO04]

June 16, 2019June 13, 2019 hipodromeambient techno, deep techno, experimental, ido, intercontinental dance organisation, olorun, tribalLeave a comment

Valentino Mora’s IDO (Intercontinental Dance Organisation) is back for its fourth release featuring some deep techno excursions from Olorun.

Jason Letkiewicz – The Reflecting Pool [ITLINTL03]

June 2, 2019May 31, 2019 hipodromealbum, ambient, electro, experimental, into the light records, jason letkiewiczLeave a comment

Over the last decade, we’ve come accustomed to Jason Letkiewicz releasing material under a dizzying array of aliases, each utilized to explore a different side of his multi-faceted musical persona. Now, some 14 years after he made his recording debut, Letkiewicz has joined forces with Into The Light Records to release his first album under his real name. ‘The Reflecting Pool’ sees Letkiewicz exploring the uncomplicated and uncluttered in the pursuit of pure aural beauty. The album is stripped back, quiet, melodious is drawing more on Letkiewicz’s love of crystalline ambient, slow burn synthesizer soundscapes, early ’80s library music and the kind of obscure electronic new age music. The set’s 12 tracks gently ebb and flow, with Letkiewicz making great use of dusty old drum machines, effects units and a range of vintage analogue and digital synthesizers. With ‘The Reflecting Pool’, Letkiewicz has provided us with a much-needed dose of stress-free musical escapism, at the same time offering hope that in these troubling times, love may still save the day.

Rhythmic Theory – Mechanised Dreaming [CRLP14]

June 2, 2019July 8, 2020 hipodromealbum, ambient, creme organization, drone, experimental, rhythmic theoryLeave a comment

Bristol based Rhythmic Theory, known for working the dark and mysterious edges of bass heavy techno and drum & bass, returns to Creme Organization. After his first work for the label in 2017 he now brings a fulsome nine track mini-LP ‘Mechanised Dreaming’, exploring the dark corners of ambient and synth based intrigue. Atmospheric sound design is at the fore here, with cinematic soundscapes crafted from broad synth smears and plenty of subtle little motifs. The music paints pictures of a metropolis during the dead of night, or a former industrial factory reduced to a hall of echoes and shadows. There is subtle tension built from sustained chords and plenty of suggestion of weird lifeforms in the icy ticks and scuttling footsteps of thew a-side. Side b is less dark and dank, with slightly brighter synths and wider horizons all explored. This is a truly immersive and emotive listen that always keeps you absorbed.