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.

The Analog Roland Orchestra – Roden Crater Vision [ORN038]

January 17, 2016January 16, 2016 hipodromeacid, album, ambient, dub techno, experimental, house, james turrell, michal matlak, ornaments, the analog roland orchestraLeave a comment

A collection of tracks, skits and moods for James Turrell´s visionary Roden Crater project by The Analog Roland Orchestra.

Credit 00 – PHNCST240

January 15, 2016June 1, 2016 hipodromealexander dorn, credit 00, experimental, jakbeat, minimal synth, phonographe corp, podcastLeave a comment

DJ soFa – Pingipung Podcast 64

January 10, 2016January 8, 2016 hipodromeelectro, electronics, experimental, minimal synth, pingipung records, podcast, sofaLeave a comment

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Xosar – Holographic Matrix [FREE DOWNLOAD]

January 10, 2016January 8, 2016 hipodromealbum, ambient, experimental, free download, free tracks, sheela rahman, techno, xosarLeave a comment

Techno mystic Xosar witha self-releasing 11-track album on Bandcamp. Holographic Matrix is filled with some of the murkiest and most sinister tracks of her career.

Nomad Ninja – Avond Sluimer [NW006]

January 3, 2016March 25, 2019 hipodromealbum, ambient, cassette, danny wolfers, experimental, nightwind records, nomad ninjaLeave a comment

Fourth in the Nightwind Records Cassettetape series. Dozing snuggy amateur synth jazz for the serious psychonaut. Oozing cloudy Rhodes electric pianos and saturated trip synthesizers. Comes in the usual luxurious vintage c64/zxspectrum style microVHS video game box . Also includes free professional dome sticker and “Nomad Ninja” Microzine/map.

Barry Donovan – Theories Of Escapism

December 20, 2015December 19, 2015 hipodromeambient, barry donovan, experimentalLeave a comment

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B12 – Orbiting Souls [113DSR/B12-1]

December 20, 2015June 26, 2019 hipodromeambient, b12, delsin records, experimental, michael golding, steven rutterLeave a comment

Delsin present a new EP by B12 aka Steve Rutter entitled Orbiting Souls, a name which comes from the fact the veteran artist has recently spent contemplating the loss of a friend and believes we are surrounded by lost souls and spirits. Orbiting Souls is a somewhat complex journey, a representation of inner Bi Polar opposites; isolation; sadness, but also acknowledging the great and wonderful things around that swirl and support and energise us.

Tarquin Manek – Tarquin Magnet [BLACKEST047]

December 20, 2015December 5, 2019 hipodromeambient, blackest ever black, experimental, tarquin manekLeave a comment

Tarquin Magnet is an album by Tarquin Manek (F ingers, Tarcar, LST), his first full solo release for Blackest Ever Black, and a unique synthesis of time-dilating folk jazz romanticism, brittle chamber dub and plasmic post-techno electronics.

Petre Inspirescu – Vin Ploile [MULEMUSIQ192]

December 6, 2015May 26, 2023 hipodromealbum, ambient, experimental, mule musiq, petre inspirescu, radu dumitru bodiu, romanianLeave a comment

Romanian minimal techno hero Petre Inspirescu releases a solo album on Japan’s Mule Musiq and what a moment in a brilliant career thus far. This guy is a true innovator and many are curious to hear what kind of journey into the deep and bizarre he can take us on. Starting out with the exotic bongo meditation of “Delir 1” and the breathtaking immersive ambience of “Delir 2” or the sinister and unsettling “Lumiere” things start to develop more movement later. Such as: on the deep hypnotic vibes of “Delir 4” or “Delir 6” which feature sombre string arrangements, emotive piano passages and some of the most expressive and restrained drums and percussion performances. All nine suspenseful compositions seduce with a deep melodic sensibility, harmonic adventures and an overall rhythmic ambiance of freshness and laidback enthusiasm. Together they represent a challenging auditory experience that will resonate in your mind long after the music has finished.