Dino Sabatini – Omonimo [OUTISOPERA001LP]

April 17, 2016March 28, 2019 hipodromealbum, ambient techno, antonello salis, dino sabatini, experimental, outis music, outis operaLeave a comment

As both a producer and the helmsman of the Outis Music label, Dino Sabatini has carved out a distinctive musical style that shows a great reverence for both ancient archetypes and future possibilities for change. With one foot planted in a mysterious past and the other foot planted in a world yet to arrive, Sabatini’s works are carefully realized emotional journeys that intertwine shimmers of optimism with undercurrents of poignancy or nostalgia. His latest full-length offering, ‘Omonimo’ (that’s ‘homonym’ for non-speakers of Italian), brings all of this to fruition on a record that demands (and rewards) deep listening.

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KWC 92 – S/T [LIES069]

March 27, 2016March 28, 2024 hipodromealbum, ambient, experimental, kwc 92, l.i.e.s., long island electrical systems, max stenerudh, samo dj, samo forsbergLeave a comment

The highly anticipated follow up to their 2013 Dream of the Walled City (OST) LP, Samo DJ and Max Stenerudh return with another far out record complete with backstory. Originally composed as an accompanying piece for artist Thomas Jeppe’s exhibition in Tehran, Iran the music contained on this release was originally pressed on extremely limited cdr’s given out for free at the exhibition. As it stands it would have been a crime to keep this music in the private sector, thus now we see an official release in long playing format here on L.I.E.S. Dream-like, full of drama, suspense and full of cinematic overtones, once again the duo of Samo and Max deliver beyond the full scope of psychedelic soundtrack madness.

RR Hearse – Call of Oedipus [JUNE010]

March 24, 2016April 17, 2018 hipodromealbum, experimental, industrial, june records, post punk, rr hearseLeave a comment

June Records presents RR Hearse – Call of Oedipus. Completed between 1981 and 2013, Call of Oedipus is a collection of solo works and collaborations of RR Hearse with S/M, A.Rib and Mr. Cricket. The tracks were recorded live at concerts on Greek University campuses, squats, in studio as well as in RR Hearse’s bedroom. This mini LP is a never released before document of the Greek underground music scene, transferred from cassettes and reel-to-reels’s from RR Hearse’s personal archive.

Heinrich Dressel – Mons Testaceum [MNQ075]

March 23, 2016January 19, 2022 hipodromealbum, ambient, electro, experimental, heinrich dressel, mannequin records, re-release, reissue, strange life records, valerio lombardozziLeave a comment

DRESSEL, Heinrich - Mons Testaceum

Originally released by Legowelt’s Strange Life on a CD-r back in 2007, Mons Testaceum was the debut album from MinimalRome co-founder Heinrich Dressel and the onset of a trilogy dedicated to Monte Testaccio, an artificial mound in Rome composed almost entirely of ‘testae’, fragments of broken amphorae dating from the time of the Roman Empire. Notable for the prominent usage of Elka Synthex, a legendary Roman synthesizer, Mons Testaceum remains a wonderful curio of the Dressel discography and fans of the Italian’s work will delight at the chance to own it on vinyl thanks to MNQ!

VA – Alien Galaxy Builder [LSD016]

March 20, 2016March 29, 2022 hipodromeabstract, alesia cosmos, ambient, armando sciascia, compilation, downtempo, experimental, jazz, light sounds dark, unknown artistLeave a comment

Brand new triple LP pressing of rare and obscure oddities from Light Sounds Dark!

Astronomy Domine – Elementi [KPT004]

March 13, 2016March 11, 2016 hipodromeastronomy domine, dark wave, experimental, kapvt mvndiLeave a comment

Elementi EP is a full music experience into space and alchemy. “Terra Acqua” is a very calm and relaxing opening track full of percussion and rhythm letting the listener explore the inner places while “Fuoco Acqua” closes the EP as a dark tribal hypnotic hymn.

Jamal Moss – 4 This Is Living That Gherkin Life: Gherkin Tracks [0000000-001]

March 10, 2016November 2, 2022 hipodromeacid, album, chicago, experimental, gherkin tracks, hieroglyphic being, jamal moss, mathematics recordings, technoLeave a comment

Jamal Moss AKA Hieroglyphic Being with the Gherkin inspired treats. Combining tracks from CDR releases, of the same name, that were circulating at the end of 2015.

Inhalants – Deep Florida [LIES070]

March 6, 2016November 3, 2021 hipodromealbum, ambient techno, experimental, inhalants, jahiliyya fields, l.i.e.s., long island electrical systems, matt morandi, max ravitz, patriciaLeave a comment

INHALANTS - Deep Florida

New Yorkers Matt Morandi (Jahiliyya Fields) and Max Ravitz (Patricia) take the buyout, cash in their 401k’s, and opt for early retirement down to ”Deep Florida” on their debut LP for L.I.E.S. Titles like Humid Widow, Dark Duties, and Chasing the Dream set the tone for what can only be called a tropical storm of synthesizer chaos atop dusted drum programming and hazy vibes.

VA – World Of Rubber 2 [RUBBER002]

February 25, 2016September 13, 2022 hipodromebronze teeth, das ding, experimental, industrial, minimal synth, robert bergman, rubber records, safe swim, tav exoticLeave a comment

The Rubber label may proudly hail from the iconic Lowlands area known as Den Haag, yet their sphere of influence clearly stretches much further. First up is secret Amsterdam weapon Robert Bergman, laying down some deviant acid box action in the shape of “Broadcast From Ceres” which dovetails nicely with the more psychedelic overtones of “Masquerading As Stars” from Brussels-based duo Tav Exotic. The master Das Ding opens the B-side with the subaqueous “Divebomb” whilst the unheralded Safe Swim plunges into the deep end of experimentation on “Pictures Of Skies”. It’s left to Diagonal pair Bronze Teeth to wrap up matters with the rip snorting squat party techno of “Easygroove” which was clearly produced with The Hague in mind.

Gunnar Haslam – Lebesgue Measures [LIES066]

February 21, 2016January 31, 2018 hipodromealbum, ambient, experimental, gunnar haslam, l.i.e.s., long island electrical systemsLeave a comment

Picking up where he left off on his last long player ”Mirrors and Copulation” we hear an evolution in Haslam’s sound New York’s Gunnar Haslam appears on L.I.E.S. with his third lp for the label titled “Lebesgue Measures”. Picking up where he left off on his last long player “Mirrors and Copulation” we hear an evolution in his sound throughout the nine songs. Still there are the understated yet grooving acid lines next to carefully programmed drums and attention to surrounding detail which creates beautiful and balanced atmospheres. There is a brightness coupled with an underlying sullenness tapping into some sort of mystical and seemingly obscured narrative which moves through the entire record. Deep and immersive stuff to say the least.

Anna Homler & Steve Moshier – Breadwoman & Other Tales [RERVNG006]

February 21, 2016November 17, 2017 hipodromealbum, ambient, anna homler, experimental, rvng intl., steve moshierLeave a comment

Some 31 years after they were first conceived, the cuts that make up Anna Homler and Steve Moshier’s Breadwoman & Other Tales remain thoroughly odd, out-there and entertaining. During the duo’s mid-1980s collaboration, performance artist Homler channeled the spirit of a character she’d created called Breadwoman, delivering bizarre vocals – half sung, half spoken, in some kind of made-up dialect – she referred to as “divine speech”. These were worked into musical pieces by experimental composter Moshier, who utilized cheap drum machines, battered analogue synthesizers, and chamber music players to create hypnotic, otherworldly tracks that remain hugely charming. The story of their creation and performance, told in great detail in the accompanying liner notes, is also fascinating.

Golden Teacher ‎– First Three EPs [GT002LP]

February 9, 2016July 24, 2024 hipodromeacid, album, disco, experimental, golden teacher, house, percusions, post punk, rough tradeLeave a comment

Golden Teacher and the Rough Trade shops join forces to offer new ears the opportunity to hear the Teacher’s first three recording efforts on one handy compilation. Recorded between 2012 and 2013 at Glasgow’s Green Door Studio through a state-funded scheme for unemployed young musicians, this release documents the six-piece’s interest in the willful naïveté of late 20th century “post-” tendencies, leading France’s MidiLibre to later describe Golden Teacher as “an idiot-savant prototype of dance music in the 3rd millennium.” Golden Teacher is an ensemble of Cassie Ojay, Charles Lavenac, Laurie Pitt, Oliver Pitt, Richard McMaster and Sam Bellacosa. This release gathers all material from the band’s first three EPs, first released as OM18, OM20 and OM23 on Glasgow’s Optimo Music. The LP presents a selection of the band’s favorite tracks from these sessions.

AMM – Ammmusic [BT018]

February 7, 2016February 5, 2016 hipodromealbum, amm, black truffle, experimental, jazz, re-release, reissueLeave a comment

Black Truffle is honoured to present the first vinyl reissue of the classic debut album from AMM, AMMMusic. Coinciding with the 50th anniversary of its recording in 1966, this reissue makes one of the cornerstones of the experimental music tradition available again in its original form, replete with Keith Rowe’s beautiful pop art cover and the terse aphorisms by the group that served as its original liner notes. A testament to the interaction between the experimental avant-garde and the countercultural underground, the album was originally released on Elektra, recorded by Jac Holzman (the label’s founder, responsible for signing The Doors, Love, and The Stooges) and produced by DNA, a group that included Pink Floyd’s first manager Peter Jenner. (Pink Floyd paid tribute to AMM’s influence on their improvisational sensibility with the track ‘Flaming’ on their debut album, named after the piece that occupies AMMMusic’s first side, ‘Later During a Flaming Riviera Sunset’).

Wukir Suryadi – Woven Sounds [DOSER029]

February 7, 2016November 20, 2020 hipodromeexperimental, morphine records, wukir suryadiLeave a comment

Half of Indonesia’s Senyawa (the band’s sole instrumentalist, Wukir Suryadi) with a solo release for Morphine.

I.B.M. – Eat My Fuck [SYNSEN004]

February 5, 2016March 2, 2018 hipodromealbum, cassette, chicago, experimental, i.b.m., industrial, insane black man, jamal moss, synthetic sentiment, technoLeave a comment

Special limited cassette of I.B.M. aka Hieroglyphic Being’s ”Eat My Fuck” which was originally released on vinyl in 2014 & is out of print. Limited to 100 numbered copies worldwide. Includes 2 stickers. A demented sonic painting of rhythmic cubism & synth expressions.

Maoupa Mazzocchetti – Laugh Tool [MNQ080]

February 1, 2016June 21, 2024 hipodromealbum, electro, experimental, florent mazzocchetti, industrial, mannequin records, maoupa mazzocchetti, technoLeave a comment

Mannequin Records announce ‘Laugh Tool’, the debut full-lenght of Maoupa Mazzocchetti, pseudonym of Florent Mazzocchetti, young and talented French producer based in Brussels. Maoupa Mazzocchetti is finally bringing back to life the earlier days of electro-industrial, in a mixture that is very close to the late 70’s/early 80s period of Fad Gadget, Throbbing Gristle, Portion Control, Cabaret Voltaire and Front 242, crossed with the more fresh and innovative deep electronic experiments of Beau Wanzer and Charles Manier. Strongly addicted to a DIY ethic, and so to a punk ideology and anticonsumerism, most of Florent’s releases are recorded in his bedroom without any professional equipment, using analog synth and sequencers, modified drum machines, tape loops and a load of pedal effects. Florent started to experiment with the rhythm since his early age. Developing a passion for the drums at the age of 10 years, soon after he was moving to rock records and guitar, which became his instrument and one of the keystones of his perception of music. Florent approach with rhythm and drums was never traditional, making him feeling more a researcher than a musician. To an audience of contemporary electronic music consumers, who had only closely followed techno, electro and disco, the sounds of ‘Laugh Tool’ will appear unearthly, entirely unexpected, withering comets of strangeness. A 10 tracks album ready to change their minds…

Nuel – Hyperboreal [FUR100LP]

January 31, 2016January 29, 2016 hipodromealbum, ambient, experimental, further records, manuel fogliata, nuelLeave a comment

Italian DJ and producer Manuel Fogliata hasn’t released a lot of records over the last ten years, but the few he has put out have always been worth tracking down. Perhaps best known for his work alongside Donato Dozzy in creating the much sought-after Aquaplano records at the tail end of the last decade, Nuel’s solo outings have been just as consistent and just as impressive. Whether taking on metallic electro or syrupy, bass-heavy ambience, Nuel’s attention to detail and his keen ear for a groove has made each release something to treasure.

Jordan GCZ – Lushlife II [RHD024JGCZ]

January 31, 2016June 18, 2024 hipodromeambient, experimental, jordan czamanski, jordan gcz, rush hourLeave a comment

Jordan “Jordash” Czamanski doesn’t put out many solo records, but when he does, they tend to be rather special. Certainly, that is the case with Lushlyfe II, the Rush Hour released collection of ambient and experimental downtempo. He begins with the drowsy ambience and watery sound effects of “Sweet Dreams” – a kind of experimental, instrumental lullaby – before capturing the weary confusion of early morning stumbles back from the party on the soothing, guitar-laden “Yetghua”. Even better is the oddly exotic, jazz-flecked fluidity of “Sus”, while closer “Bol” is little less than a mood-enhancing horizontal treat.

Sova Stroj – Silent Earth LP [TTTB008]

January 24, 2016January 18, 2019 hipodromealbum, ambient techno, drone, experimental, michel flammant, sova stroj, testtoon recordsLeave a comment

Sova Stroj is the nom de plume of Luxembourg-based producer Michel Flammant. With a history in black metal, rock and synth pop bands, he has now ventured out on his own, delving into experimental and electronic music. Sova Stroj’s debut album ‘Silent Earth’ explores feelings of willful desertion through forty minutes of highly concentrated and almost teleologically dark ambient patterns. Musically the album is centered around an abstracted industrial music influence paired with precise and evocative melodic and harmonic explorations.

Nico Motte – Life Goes On If You Are Lucky [ATN024]

January 17, 2016February 7, 2018 hipodromealbum, ambient, antinote recordings, cosmic disco, experimental, nico motteLeave a comment

Nico Motte, the man behind the visual identity of the Parisian imprint Antinote, makes an impressive come-back on the label’s catalogue with Life Goes On If You Are Lucky. Each song seems to be the result of a long session of orchestration by Nico Motte, composer, arranger and conductor, who has been attributing to each electronic component a specific role to play in these 7 little instrumental suites, disturbed from time to time by human elements – a saxophone on Terra d’Amore, the voicefrom Syracuse’s Isabelle on Tacotac – only to reminds us that Life Goes On If You Are Lucky is above all about human fragility.