Richard H Kirk – The Many Dimensions Of Richard H Kirk [DS110]

August 17, 2014December 31, 2020 hipodromealbum, ambient, die stadt, electronics, experimental, intone, minimal synth, richard h kirkLeave a comment

This collection of recordings by Richard H Kirk is now released as a 3xCD box set by Die Stadt,in association with and under license from Intone.The box set contains the three albums for the first time on CD. CD 1-Richard H kirk-Reality is Opposite (guitars, breakbeats, electronics and digital interference in the sound of insurrection.) Cd 2- Orchestra Terrestrial-Umladen(classical analogue mood music) Cd 3-Richard H Kirk and the Arpeggio 13-Anonymized (minimalist analogue arpeggio workouts). All three albums were recorded between October 2010 and December 2011 as cities around the world were in turmoil. Richard H Kirk is a co founder and now sole member of electronic music pioneers Cabaret Voltaire and last year celebrated 40 years as an audio/visual artist.

Actress – Xoul [WDNT012]

July 27, 2014November 9, 2023 hipodromeactress, ambient, darren cunningham, experimental, ninja tune, werk discsLeave a comment

Outta nowhere Actress projects four mystic visions inna black label style. It’s some of his sweetest, darkest, psychoactive gear, flitting from the electronic gremlins and piquant melancholy of ‘Xoul’ to its inverse image, ‘Xoul Dark Chamber’ and the contemplative, effervescent keys of ‘Xoul Particles’, which sees the introduction of some haunting digital synth strokes that also colour the slanted swagger and reverse loops of the EP’s most beguiling piece, ‘Pharoah Moon Rising’.

Campbell Irvine – Removal of the Six Armed Goddess EP [INF013]

July 27, 2014March 23, 2023 hipodromecampbell irvine, drone, experimental, industrial, infrastructure new yorkLeave a comment

Infrastructure presents the debut record from Campbell Irvine, the 23 year-old outsider talent who hails from Australia and has recently re-located to Berlin. Part industrial mantra, part musique concrète, this immersive and captivating debut continues Infrastructure’s re-launch, bringing genuine new talent to the table.

Severed Heads – City Slab Horror [MR035]

July 7, 2014September 9, 2024 hipodromealbum, experimental, medical records llc, minimal synth, re-release, reissue, severed heads, tom ellardLeave a comment

Their most varied, interesting work, City Slab Horror includes stark synthesizer workouts, several tracks of pure rhythm and noise, and, thankfully, little of the unambitious tape music for its own sake of Since the Accident. “Cyflea, Rated R,” “4.W.D.,” and the title track provide several examples of the best experimental synthesizer tracks of the mid-’80s.

Vatican Shadow @ Boiler Room (San Francisco) 14.06.2014

July 6, 2014August 25, 2015 hipodromeboiler room tv, dominick fernow, experimental, industrial, techno, vatican shadowLeave a comment

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Metasplice – Vertia / Tiled Eighths [DOSER023]

July 6, 2014August 8, 2019 hipodromeambient, electronics, experimental, metasplice, morphine recordsLeave a comment

This weighty double sider on Morphine delves into the paranoid / submarine dwelling / meta-hacker / soundtrack territory they are often known to enter when performing live. Vertia snakes like a virus. Tiled Eigths is pure fever.

Morphosis Live @ Jazzhouse (Copenhagen) 01.03.2014

June 29, 2014June 26, 2014 hipodromeexperimental, house, jazzhouse, live act, morphosis, rabih beainiLeave a comment

Morgan Buckley – Shout Out To All The Weirdos In Rathmines [RHD-016BUCKLEY]

June 22, 2014June 18, 2024 hipodromeexperimental, house, jazz, morgan buckley, rush hourLeave a comment

Word to the weirdos. Morgan Buckley’s vinyl debut with so many ideas and so much energy it’s almost hard to take it all on board in one listen. The sound of a man soaking it up and pouring it out.12″ comes with insert and a touch of ★magic☆.

Inigo Kennedy – Vaudeville [TOKEN043]

June 15, 2014December 13, 2023 hipodromealbum, experimental, industrial, inigo kennedy, techno, tokenLeave a comment

This fourth album from British techno veteran Inigo Kennedy – his first since 2010’s decidedly ambient September Pieces – has something of a “catch-all” feel. You see, Vaudeville refuses to stick to one sound, style or groove, instead referencing the many styles of techno and experimental electronic music that have inspired the popular producer over the course of his 18-year career. So, there are murky, IDM-inspired techno floorfillers (the melodious but faintly foreboding “Requiem”), early British psychedelic techno (“Plaintive”), dense, darkroom grooves (“Vallecula”), classic Yorkshire bleep and bass (“Petrichor”), Kompakt-ish organic techno (“Winter”), and spooky, droning ambience (“Narrative”).

Gunnar Haslam – Let a Hundred Flowers Bloom [MSNTEN001]

June 15, 2014January 31, 2018 hipodromeambient, experimental, gunnar haslam, mister saturday night recordsLeave a comment

Gunnar Haslam is a long-time regular at The Mister. By day he’s a scholar of particle physics and signal processing, and by night he makes very heady music, some of which has made its way onto our very first ten-inch release.

Dresvn – Acido 16 [ACIDO016]

June 15, 2014June 13, 2014 hipodromeacido records, dj sotofett, dresvn, experimental, jungleLeave a comment

Original mesmerising house tune with Sotofett jungle-revival treatments.

Weber – Eins [HOLGER004]

May 25, 2014May 20, 2014 hipodromeambient, experimental, holger records, philipp weber, weberLeave a comment

Philipp Weber is a musician living and working in Leipzig, Germany. His main focus when creating music is to capture the moment by using all kinds of instruments in a playful and intuitive way, experimenting with rhythms, sounds and melodies.

Varg – Gravrösens Bortglömda Band [SEM068]

May 25, 2014November 20, 2024 hipodromedub techno, experimental, jonas ronnberg, semantica records, vargLeave a comment

Varg debut EP for Semantica. Collection of recordings from tapes found hidden in the depths of the Ursviken tombs. Recorded live by Varg in Skellefte.

Abdulla Rashim – Unanimity [NE010]

May 18, 2014June 8, 2023 hipodromeabdulla rashim, album, experimental, industrial, northern electronics, technoLeave a comment

Defeating apathy by creating his own world, Abdulla Rashims music thinks before it speaks. Untangled energy and drive breathes life into the rigid rhythmic structures, where the wild, almost primal, core illuminates the heartfelt and soulful layers within in his music. This musical contradiction between thought and letting go, acts as the base foundation in Abdulla Rashim’s music. As a celebration and as a aural development, Abdulla Rashim releases his ‘Unanimity’ LP on Northern Electronics.

Sons Of Melancholia – Beauty Is Imperfection [20DIAM]

May 18, 2014May 19, 2014 hipodromealbum, david nizet, diametric music, electronics, experimental, leftfield, ozka, sons of melancholiaLeave a comment

A new artist in the Diametric roster is delivering his debut album as Sons of Melancholia. Being a long time contributing artist in the techno scene, David Nizet, better known as Ozka, has put his heart and soul into this album. It is an album of sheer beauty and pure emotions and will enchant you with its honesty and rawness in places. The music is a mixture of harsh metallic percussive elements, abrasive sounds and breathtaking moody strings and pads. The clash of these elements makes this album so special and we at diametric. HQ believe that this will indeed become a classic electronic music album. For fans of early Autechre and 90s IDM music such as Beaumont Hannant, Stasis, Likemind and B12 but also with a nod to nowadays artists such as Vatican Shadow for example.

Ron Morelli – Periscope Blues [HOS405]

May 11, 2014October 9, 2017 hipodromealbum, ambient, experimental, hospital productions, industrial, ron morelliLeave a comment

The LIES bossman delivers the third chapter in his ongoing series of electronic concoctions for Vatican Shadow’s ever-brooding Hospital Productions. Whereas Spit was an LP which wasn’t sure whether it stood in the techno realm or the noise pool, Periscope Blues is firmly grounded in Morelli’s most experimental frame of mind. It feels like a continuation of one concept over 30 minutes, a testament to his obvious passion for beatless, chest-pounding hardware experimentation. Comprised of eight tracks, Periscope Blues is the culmination of a mission gone wrong. Music for the stranded, the lost, those backed into a corner with nowhere to go, or maybe a reflection of sad individuals panicking on a tropical vacation gone awry. Somber yet very tense drifting off radar machine electronics that feel like a blistering sun beating down on decaying beach remains as time crawls on. That or the equivalent to working the grill summers at Jones Beach and stealing from the register just to get a little more.

Innerspace Halflife – Astral Traveling LP [SYNAPSIS010]

April 30, 2014March 26, 2024 hipodromealbum, chicago house, deep house, experimental, hakim murphy, ike release, innerspace halflife, synapsis recordsLeave a comment

The album Astral Traveling by Innerspace Halflife is among us with 9 tunes straight from the universal psyche, yet articulated with the tools of human perception through waveforms. Deeper and deeper the tunes take a listener on a journey of spacey pads, longing melodies, electronic bass notes, and jacking drum programming. In terms of human understanding, the universe is infinite which makes any scenario one can think of possible. With this in mind, Astral Traveling was composed and explores the deepness of creativity as Innerspace Halflife reaches down to pull out sounds using various techniques.

Xosar – TRAX.102

April 21, 2014February 25, 2015 hipodromeexperimental, industrial, podcast, sheela rahman, techno, trax magazine, xosarLeave a comment

Francesco Clemente & Heinrich Dressel – Il Faro [MR026]

April 6, 2014January 19, 2022 hipodromealbum, ambient, david kristian, electro, experimental, francesco clemente, heinrich dressel, minimalrome, valerio lombardozziLeave a comment

CLEMENTE, Francesco/HEINRICH DRESSEL - Il Faro

Francesco Clemente and Heinrich Dressel cross the sea of sounds where everything is permitted. The outcome is an album that’s rich in fascinations, and divided in two parts: in the first one the Canadian composer plays some suspended and gentle sounds, while in the second one Dressel brings the listener to an eternal struggle between darkness and light, comfort and despair.

The Midnight Episode – The Midnight Episode [OMLP008]

April 6, 2014July 17, 2025 hipodromealbum, ambient, experimental, karl skagius, nicola cunningham, ominira, soundtrack, the midnight episodeLeave a comment

Over the course of its intermittent output, Gunnar Wendel’s Ominira label has cultivated a reputation as a platform for intriguing cross format output that sits in the fuzzy nether regions between house and techno, complementing the Leipzig-based producer’s own work as Kassem Mosse. Typically for the label, Ominira’s first full length album release comes right out of left field with a long player from The Midnight Episode. With just a handful of prior releases to their name, there’s definitely an element of mystery and intrigue to the project from Nicola Cunningham and Karl ‘Kaneda’ Skagius, with the self titled eleven track set fully living up to its billing as a “selection of dark and glittering late night tunes drawing on the legacy of British horror”. Fans of Demdike Stare’s Tryptych series will definitely enjoy this.