Donato Dozzy – Plays Bee Mask [SP029BLACK]

September 1, 2013May 18, 2018 hipodromealbum, ambient, chris madak, donato dozzy, electronics, experimental, spectrum spoolsLeave a comment

The prospect of Donato Dozzy reworking Bee Mask for the Spectrum Spool label is a mouth watering one and this double LP collection, entitled straightforwardly enough Donato Dozzy Plays Bee Mask more than lives up to it’s billing. Originally commissioned to turn in a remix of Bee Mask’s “Vaporware” track from last year’s LP for Room 40, Dozzy apparently felt the track’s inherent beauty merited more than just the one and sent over seven! This decision has resulted in a superb collection of reimaginations from the Voices Of The Lake producer, ranging from calming moments of serenity to bleepish, deep techno explorations.

Marcos Cabral – False Memories [LIES025]

June 4, 2013August 7, 2020 hipodromealbum, experimental, l.i.e.s., long island electrical systems, marcos cabral, technoLeave a comment

A huge departure from his known works, Marcos Cabral appears on L.I.E.S. with his most dynamic and experimental work to date. Compiled from various cassette tape recordings spanning the years of 1998-2000, here we have the early experiments from an accomplished producer, which showcase the unharnessed energy of youth when it crashes head on with the technology of the day. The songs created by Cabral reflect his attempts of the music of the time falling somewhere in between techno, dub techno, IDM, and even noise. An engaging and timeless listen the whole way through.

“I recently found about three hours of my unreleased tracks from 1998-2000 on old cassette tapes. The collection that I set aside for LIES is pretty much all from 1998. During that time, I lived in upstate New York in a 3000 square foot loft with just one other friend. Both being DJ’s we would use our loft for fairly large parties… Cajmere from Chicago definitely being a highlight. I knew nothing about ‘making’ music at this time and was using this fairly primitive wav. looping program called Acid. I just started recording my crappy Roland MC-303 into my computer and would just mash loops together over and over. Listening to these tracks now, I have a really vague memory of making them, and feel that their naive nature and the happy accidents that happened here are pretty exciting to listen to.”

Metasplice – Infratracts [DOSER017LP]

June 1, 2013August 8, 2019 hipodromealbum, ambient techno, experimental, industrial, metasplice, morphine recordsLeave a comment

Rabih Beaini’s Morphine imprint has undergone something of a renaissance in the past year to become one of contemporary techno’s most vital labels thanks to the recent material from Hieroglyphic Being, Container, Upperground Orchestra and Philadelphia duo Metasplice, whose two EPs for the label have provided some of the most alien sounding techno to emerge in recent years. Their debut album Infratracts appeared this week with no prior fanfare; it’s as exciting a journey into the duo’s uniquely desolate sound world as you could imagine; combining skull-shattering rhythms with brain-warping textures, the whole things recalls a seasick version of Container’s noise techno being transmitted via SETI’s long-range radio telescope. Essential wares for lovers of adventurous electronics…

Rabih Beaini ‎– Albidaya [END07]

June 1, 2013November 10, 2017 hipodromealbum, annihaya records, donato dozzy, eko tiger duo, electronics, experimental, folk, jazz, mike huckaby, morphosis, piero bittolo bon, psych rock, rabih beaini, tommaso cappellatoLeave a comment

Exploratory Lebanese imprint Annihaya presents a stunning debut album opus by Rabih Beaini aka Morphosis under his birth name. As Rabih was born in Lebanon it is fitting he shares ‘Albidaya’ – meaning “The Beginning” in Arabic – with a label from his home country, who provide acute context for its mixture of electronics, psych rock, folk and jazz. Impressively it was mostly recorded over the course of one day in 2012, wrangling myriad rhythms, tones and shapes from Rabih’s famous collection of vintage analog synthesizers and sequencers meshed with Eko Tiger Duo organ and guitar, and some assistance from Tommaso Cappellato on drums and Piero Bittolo Bon on woodwind and electronics (with additional credits to both Mike Huckaby and Donato Dozzy), and post-production done in Berlin and Rome.

Gunnar Haslam – Mimesiak [LIES026]

May 31, 2013July 5, 2019 hipodromealbum, experimental, gunnar haslam, house, l.i.e.s., long island electrical systems, technoLeave a comment

Ron Morelli has also become a specialist in finding unknown producer and releasing it to the world with only little informations. The newest addition follow the same rule and comes from “an unknown NYC producer” named Gunnar Haslam with a Double LP called Mimesiak.

Harmonious Thelonious – The Malag EP [MEA010]

May 19, 2013July 4, 2023 hipodromeafrican, elmore judd, experimental, harmonious thelonious, jesse hacket, meakusma, rown park, stefan schwanderLeave a comment

Stefan Schwander has been releasing his heavily processed and sequenced take on African music and American minimalism under his Harmonious Thelonious moniker since 2008. His new EP on meakusma is only the second one on a non-German label. On two tracks, Schwander takes his trademark rhythmically and melodically repetitive sound into straightforward Techno territory, although some heavy phasing gives the raw power and stoic repetition of these tracks an ambientish, post-club feel. Two other tracks further develop his typically eclectic and informed sound, playing live organ on one of them, displaying a jittery and jumpy rhythmic style that looks for a groove that until now did not exist. Jesse Hackett, a.k.a. Elmore Judd, delivers a remix that takes the original firmly into ‘My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts’ territory, giving melody and rhythm a more open sense of space, and layering it with vocal samples to further add to a sense of Funk alienation.

Joalz – Hello Darkness My Friend [SCRIBE001]

May 19, 2013May 17, 2013 hipodromeexperimental, joalz, leon segka, many scribes, mary tsoni, may rooseveltLeave a comment

Two years after the release of Monkshood LP, Joalz returns with new recordings. ‘Hello Darkness My Friend’ it is a four song E.P featuring actress & singer Mary Tsoni, known for her play at the Oscar nominated film ‘Dogtooth’. The band here interferes the psychedelic side of its rock influence from the early Krautrock days of Amon Duul. The Can, Faust & Aphrodite’s Child. A balanced conflict between basses, guitars, electronic analoq synthesis & Mary Tsoni’s theatrical performance, leads to a darker but more extrovert sound. The E.P starts with ‘Oh darlin’ Margaret’, low frequencies scapes, meets guitars drones, while the delusional Mary’s performance accompanied by thereminist May Roosevelt. Keeping the same ingredients in Jay Hawkins ‘ Alligator wine ‘ lyrics cover, Mary Tsoni dares to compete her voodoo hero with a creepy and yet stunning interpretation. Haunted by the words of Daphne Richardson writing ‘ Outspoken you are ‘ it’s a talk-style song. A monster bass & a tight drum set enticingly wanders through Dimitris Zografos guitars. ‘Text 1018’ with a repeated bass, the crawling whispers & a raw guitar melody chained with the ms20 synth, pleasantly shrinks your room.

Traversable Wormhole – Traversable Wormhole Vol 6-10 [CLRCD012]

April 27, 2013July 31, 2019 hipodromeadam mitchell, adam x, album, ambient techno, create learn realize, drone, experimental, traversable wormholeLeave a comment

Traversable Wormhole returns to CLR after a huge success in the techno scene with the digital releases and remixes of volumes 1 – 5. The present offering on CLR contains all songs from volumes 6 – 10, originally released on 12“ vinyl only.

VA – Soundtracks For No Film Vol.1 [ACIDO012]

April 27, 2013November 6, 2023 hipodrome291out, acido records, ambient, doc l junior, dreesvn, experimental, madteo, svnLeave a comment

Soundtracks For No Film Vol. 1 is a rather charming mini album of outer-spatial, conceptual electronics from the always on point Acido Records label, seemingly tasking contributors to deliver arrangements worthy of soundtracking film. Madteo sets the tone with “Science Fiction” a haunting spectral cut with little regard for beat structures that could feasibly sit in alongside his brilliant LP for Sahko last year. Alongside this, the A Side features three short form productions, with 291out’s “Urania (Titoli Di Coda)” the highlight, sounding very much like the music you might hear during the end credits of a forgotten 80s sci-fi drama. Complementing this, sometime Sex Tags Mania artist Doc L Junior is given the whole of the B Side to draw out an expansive, epic synthscapes “Modul 2”.

Cosmin TRG – Gordian [50WEAPONLP013]

April 23, 2013July 14, 2025 hipodrome50 weapons, album, cosmin trg, experimental, romanianLeave a comment

The new album marks something of a new direction for Cosmin, however – it’s a much more intricate affair that deals in plenty of fuzzy texture, percussive energy and his trademark skimming bottom ends, but looks outside the techno world for its influences. “Gordian is as much a document of my past year as it is the beginning of a conversation. The title references an ancient myth, but describes the very contemporary, impossible task of discerning between real and replicated, authentic and contrived. Coping with facts, objects and bodies, the necessity of ‘making it’, fear of failure, fear of ‘not being happy’ are today’s topics, and Gordian is my attempt at an exploration of those issues.” (Cosmin TRG)

The Cyclist – Bones In Motion [LR022]

April 18, 2013November 10, 2017 hipodromealbum, electronics, experimental, house, leaving records, stones throw, techno, the cyclistLeave a comment

“Bones in Motion, the Northern Ireland hailing producer’s latest full-length exercise, is dance music Leaving Records style – thoroughly busted techno for the post-punk demo tape set. On a blurry path between house music’s early analog experiments and astounding vistas in modern digital production, you will hear ghostly wisps of woozy trance, distorted and dazzling, cooing through a thick haze of warbling warmth and soulful, revolving resonance. Propelled rhythmically by a ramshackle assemblage of maimed drum machines and battered samples, Bones in Motion doggedly pedals ahead with no finish line in sight – towards the endless possibilities of electronic music.”

John Beltran – Amazing Things [98DSR]

March 23, 2013January 25, 2018 hipodromealbum, ambient, delsin records, electronics, experimental, john beltranLeave a comment

Amazing Things

John Beltran returns on Delsin with a brand new album entitled Amazing Things. As a life long pioneer of ambient soundscapes, blissful downbeat and stirring techno, Michigan born John Beltran already has his place in history assured with a bulging back catalogue that takes in influential releases on vital labels like Peacefrog and R&S. This new 17-track album sees the man draw on his lifetime in music to craft an immediately timeless body of work that’s stuffed with genuine musicality, pregnant with emotion and laden with organic blissfulness.

Polysick – Daydream LP [AUDIOMER011]

March 23, 2013November 10, 2017 hipodromeacid, album, ambient, audiomer music, egisto sopor, electronics, experimental, polysickLeave a comment

These last few years Rome based producer Egisto Sopor has been turning heads with a steady stream of most excellent releases. A cdr on Legowelt’s Strange Life Records, a tape on 100 % Silk, a double LP on Planet Mu and an evergrowing series of jams that are put on soundcloud or on his youtube channel. All of which offer atmospheric acid tinged techno laced with idiosyncratic touches. He has thus developed quite a cult following among lovers of lo fi electronic music who eagerly await his next grainy video, that feel like lost transmissions from an early nineties MTV broadcast. Polysick doesn’t get out much and keeps a low profile which adds to his rather enigmatic standing.With his new LP ‘Daydream’, Egisto has created the perfect soundtrack to a midnight trip through darkened cityscapes. Starting out like a confused jam session it slowly takes off and twists into uncanny shapes conjuring up images of a futuristic nightlife that plays out under neon lights, with a feeling of dread constantly lurking in the shadows. This is techno that tells a tale; a storyboard that comes pushing through in muffled flashes. A chase scene through deserted back alleys, executed while hunter and prey are both in a half-awake state, stuck in an infinite loop. And when the ambient synth twirls unravel and a 4/4 pulse kicks in and tears through the dreamy state of conciousness, it never signals a reassuring release of tension. You might dance to it, but not without anxiously looking over your shoulder.

Hieroglyphic Being – Imaginary Soundscapes #9 [MATHPLUS09CD]

March 13, 2013November 13, 2013 hipodromeabstract, album, chicago, experimental, hieroglyphic being, jamal moss, mathematics plus, mathematics recordingsLeave a comment

Long awaited album, “Imaginary Soundscapes”, from Jamal Moss brings nine breathtaking compositions of raw electronic goodness that only he can concoct. From soft atmospheric sound environments to banging warehouse beat tracks, this is pure sonic bliss.

Container – Treatment [DOSER016]

February 24, 2013November 20, 2020 hipodromecontainer, experimental, industrial, morphine records, ren schofield, technoLeave a comment

Highly destructive four track EP from the irrepressible, Container, on Morphine Records.

Actress – Silver Cloud [WDNT004]

February 24, 2013October 23, 2020 hipodromeactress, darren cunningham, experimental, techno, werk discsLeave a comment

Following his critically acclaimed “R.I.P.” album on Honest Jons, Actress returns with 3 new tracks on his own Werkdiscs imprint.

Charles Manier – Charles Manier [NAT013]

December 13, 2012June 24, 2019 hipodromealbum, charles manier, electro, experimental, industrial, jtc, nation records, tadd mullinixLeave a comment

Ill new Charles Manier album on Chicago’s, Nation. This self titled album takes that noise and cranks it right up over tipping point. Nation, a label designed to push the underground to a new level of electronic sound thru experimental styles of musical consciousness. In our recent releases the idea is to never go with the same formula twice. Jakbeat introduces a new concept of productions, music with a sense of novelty that can be accentuated in a certian setting a state of mind. This is a rare assemblage of recordings and live performances from the archives of the Ballard and Ridgewood-Cantullinix Studios in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Recorded 2001-2012, these are the solo visions of Charles Manier. He summons the spirit of early industrial music and breathes in it’s corpse again. Not unlike his previous releases on Ghostly International,here are virtigo endusing arpeggios that twist around a futuristic pulse, and occasionally sting. Here are ritual themesongs for the heathen cyberpunk and experimental landscapes, built from old metal and old plastic, that were designed for a lost future recommended for people who dance to Esplendor Geometrico, Severed Heads, Suicide Liaisons Dangereuses, DAF, Psyche, Executive Slacks & Das Ding.

Heinrich Dressel dj set @ Muzak (Rome) 22.09.2012

December 2, 2012December 2, 2012 hipodromeambient, electronics, experimental, heinrich dressel, minimalrome, muzak, valerio lombardozziLeave a comment

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Madteo – Noi No [SAHKO027]

December 2, 2012March 23, 2022 hipodromealbum, ambient, experimental, leftfield, madteo, sahko recordingsLeave a comment

Madteo serves up his debut album on the Finnish imprint Sahko. With a deep love of hip-hop, boogie and beatdown running through his veins, the NYC-based Italian has never been a conventional house producer, and sure enough, he’s made a thoroughly unconventional album. But Noi No doesn’t jump from one style to another so much as suavely weave a path between styles, creating its own eccentric sonic language the process; what’s more, it’s brilliantly cold and dissolute, as if Madteo has really absorbed the rarefied Scandinavian chill of his new label.

Raime – Quarter Turns Over A Living Line [BLACKES001LP]

December 2, 2012December 5, 2019 hipodromealbum, blackest ever black, experimental, industrial, joe andrews, raime, tom halsteadLeave a comment

‘Quarter Turns Over A Living Line’ is the long awaited debut album by Raime. Moving away from the sample-based strategies that characterized their early work, Joe Andrews and Tom Halstead have looked increasingly to live instrumentation for their first full-length work, mounting intensive recording sessions for percussion, guitar and strings before painstakingly piecing the album together at their home studio. The gothic and industrial signifies in their music remain, but more submerged and oblique than ever – no less pronounced as influences than jungle’s rhythmic dynamism and doom metal’s oppressive weight or aspects of techno, modern composition and dub. ‘Quarter Turns Over A Living Line’ is the first original artist LP on Blackest Ever Black.