Chris Carrier – Sound Carrier #6 [SC006Y]

March 9, 2016October 6, 2020 hipodromeadult only, chris carrier, house, sound carrier, technoLeave a comment

CARRIER, Chris - Sound Carrier #6

Chris Carrier delivers a box of steaming fresh hot techno jams with the latest release from his trusty Adult Only sub-label, Sound Carrier. The sounds here are a little more entrenched in the techno sound ethic. ‘Cosmic Road’ is the first of four that take us on a journey out into space, the final frontier… As the name suggests, we’re propelled up into the stars, encouraged to let go of our Earth-bound outlook and travel far away beyond Saturn’s rings. Smooth pads form a cosmic choir with bright flecks of synth, dancing around a jaunty bassline. Amazing. ‘Space Nation’ then strips things back, coming through with that minimal vibe. The rhythm is steppy, chugging along with mysterious intent. On the other side we take ‘Refuge On Earth’ with a 303-led trip back to our home planet. Here we are comforted by the familiar sound of that Roland machine, while the percussion slaps and claps away like the firecracker sound of a machine gun. Last up, ‘Holidays On Mars’ drifts in with an bright, optimistic feeling permeating throughout.

Chupacabras / Brother Y – Falling Away / Phage [TUT001]

March 9, 2016December 5, 2025 hipodromebrother y, chupacabras, house, jeremy d rodriguez, techno, tutamenLeave a comment

CHUPACABRAS/BROTHER Y - Falling Away

Chupacabras and Brother Y join forces to form the debut vinyl release from Tutamen. Brooklyn resident and elusive production talent Chupacabras offers up two machine-powered cosmic cuts, expanding upon the territory explored with his contributions to the Tutamen tape series and last years EP for Go Finger. The as-yet unknown Brother Y makes a first appearance with two hypnotic numbers on the B- side.

Lake Haze – Natural Insight EP [CR1289]

March 9, 2016October 19, 2023 hipodromecreme organization, electro, goncalo salgado, house, lake haze, technoLeave a comment

Creme Organization look to Portugal’s fast rising Lake Haze for a new three track EP. Solar Flames opens the release with a grand sense of sadness. Vast kicks pound below as eerie pads make for an unsettling atmosphere. When a slitting acid line comes in, the 909 pings really kick into action and the track takes off. Sinister Strike is just that, a driving and dark track with elastic bass and ravey stabs that make for physical listening. Lastly, Geisterbahnhofe is a broken beat affair that is rueful and zoned out. Full of sombre, reflective open spaces and distant electro stylings, it rounds out a varied and vital EP.

R-Zone – R-Zone 16 [RZONE016]

March 9, 2016September 9, 2025 hipodromecreme organization, global darkness, house, r-zone, technoLeave a comment

The R-Zone series excels at raw, inventive, off kilter club music from a range of mysterious artists. That fine tradition continues once more here with another four cuts of inventive music that takes cues from techno, IDM, acid and house. Lumidei is all wonky drums and out of time hits and is a brilliantly weird cut full of spacious atmospherics. Mynheer is built on a bed of broken beats, knocking hits and metallic textures that all tumble and fall around loosely and invitingly.

Jordan GCZ – Fission Transmission [OMR008]

March 9, 2016August 1, 2018 hipodromehouse, jordan czamanski, jordan gcz, off minor recordings, technoLeave a comment

The notorious Jordan GCZ is back on his own label. This time he switches the arpeggiators to ‘Body’ and it’s all go… for a while. Two more tool type versions on the flip..for the DJs.

Africaine 808 – Basar [CHANNEL055CD ]

March 8, 2016October 23, 2023 hipodromeacid, africaine 808, african, album, alex voices, dirk leyers, disco, dj nomad, dodo nkishi, electro, golf channel recordings, house, nova, ofrinLeave a comment

DJ Nomad and Dirk Leyers’ Africaine 808 project has been responsible for some of the most inventive and enjoyable music of the last few years. It’s little surprise, then, to find that the Berlin-based outfit’s debut album, Basar, is rather special. Built around their now famous polyrhythmic, Afro and Latin influenced drum machine programming, it begins with a touch of snaking jazz, and climaxes with a dense, rising, uplifting Afro-gospel workout that should leave listeners thrilled and breathless. In between, you’ll find 21st century broken beat, delicious downtempo torch songs about break-ups, Juke-influenced Cajun blies bangers, and hard-to-define – but thoroughly engaging – dancefloor wig-outs.

VA – RDY #28 (Ron Hardy Edits) [RDY028]

March 8, 2016August 18, 2025 hipodromechicago, deep cuts, disco, eberhard schoener, edits, house, john forde, ron hardy, tullio de piscopoLeave a comment

Three monstruous tracks straight from the basement featuring one of the original house music creator Ron Hardy. Tullio de Piscopo – Stop Bajon, Eberhard Schoener – Why Don’t You Answer and John Forde – dDon’t You Know Who Did It.

Benedek & Noble – Ocean Side [SE1007]

March 8, 2016April 9, 2025 hipodromebenedek, disco, house, nicholas benedek, superior elevation records, tom nobleLeave a comment

Two affiliates of the mighty PPU in a trouble up for Superior Elevation.

Rekid – Tuesday Bluesday [POM005]

March 8, 2016May 23, 2023 hipodromedisco, house, matt edwards, pyramids of mars, rekidLeave a comment

Matt Edwards’ Pyramids of Mars label is ready to unleash a fifth release, this time featuring three subtle but high impact slo-disco tracks from the boss himself under his Rekid moniker. The title cut opens things up in playful, mid tempo fashion. It has heavyweight, fat bottomed drums trudging below, booty shaking hits in the middle and a subtly funky guitar riff rolling over and over up top: all the necessary parts to tease dance floors into raptures, then. The brilliant ‘Mars’ is even slower, and has a mischievous feel to the low slung bass, the filtered vocal cries and jazzy hats. It’s a cut that is full of Detroit beatdown vibes and will surely percolate through any crowd and leave them desperate for more. Sublime last cut ‘Wave’ is a mechanical, grinding groove that slowly sweeps you up with its raw hits, slapping drums and cacophony of distant vocals.

VA – Time To Set The Night On Fire [01AM]

March 8, 2016November 24, 2021 hipodromeafrican, afrobot, afrobotic musicology, am, disco, house, julien babinga, unknown artistLeave a comment

AM - Time To Set The Night On Fire

01AM is the perfect time to start a party and it is the first release of a new label by Afrobot related to his Afrobotic Musicology blog. The record contains 4 edits of music from different corners of the globe: to begin with an epic electro pop nugget from Greece and a heavily cut up Bollywood track on the A side, to finish the journey in Africa on the flip side with a percussive acid jam and a Zulu cult song that screamed for a rework. Limited edition / hand stamped artwork by Frank Koedood on the sleeve.

Nick J Smith – EP1 [RL019]

March 4, 2016March 30, 2022 hipodromedisco, house, man power, nick smith, red laser recordsLeave a comment

Nick J Smith has been immersed in the Leeds underground music scene for ages and is one third of the DJ crew and top mixtape blog Clandestino. This EP is representative of the eclectic vibe Nick brings to the trio. The main track ‘Flashback’ bubbles with Chicago style dreamy chug and 90’s rave gaze. Planet Raider is cyborg Manc-talo Electro night driving music at its best and mega Geordie Man Power twists the ‘Flashback’ remix into an impressive and progressive 9 minute bulimic tek belch.

Numonika – Knoe 4/1 [KNOE4/1]

March 4, 2016March 23, 2018 hipodromeboe recordings, for those that knoe, house, numonika, technoLeave a comment

For Those That Knoe present some of the freshest and timeless sounds the UK has to offer from Numonika, sounding as good now as they would have done when recorded ten years ago. Three tracks from the original demo CD have been selected, compiled, re-mastered and pressed by For Those That Knoe onto a special 12″ for collectors and club DJs alike.

DMX Krew – You Exist [HYPELP005]

March 3, 2016August 28, 2024 hipodromealbum, dmx krew, ed dmx, edward upton, electro, house, hypercolourLeave a comment

Hypercolour announce the latest long player from UK stalwart, Ed DMX AKA DMX Krew, the visionary British electronic producer who has been responsible for a slew of excellent releases since the mid 1990s. ‘You Exist’ is DMX Krew’s debut appearance on Hypercolour, and as expected the record features nine tracks of beautifully crafted, melodic electronic sounds. From the opener ‘Spiritual Encounter’, DMX sets the tone perfectly with oodles of pitch perfect synth riffs and driving drums, working his way through snappy and bright pop moments like ‘Hard Copy’ to more melancholic, darker cuts like ‘Computational Paradigm Shift’. DMX breezes in and out of electro techno territory to more contemplative IDM vibes with ease, testimony to the guy’s talent (that’s also seen him wear the hat of over 10 aliases throughout his career to date). ‘You Exist’ captures a very true and genuine musical form, produced and delivered with love from one of the scene’s unsung heroes, and makes it a great companion piece to another Hypercolour released album from similar stock. A consistent and engaging album then from DMX Krew that will pleasure the ear buds of discerning listeners everywhere.

99Letters – Drawing Days [THNS005]

March 3, 2016March 3, 2016 hipodrome99letters, album, cassegrain, house, techno, THRHNDRDSVNTNNLeave a comment

99LETTERS steps up on THRHNDRDSVNTNN with a collection of chugging, otherworldly house and techno excursions. Tape saturated machines groan under ghostly synth pads and layers of static, whilst over driven percussion pounds overhead.

Frak – Sudden Haircut EP [DE109]

March 3, 2016July 17, 2024 hipodromeacid, bjorn isgren, dark entries records, electro, frak, house, jan svensson, johan sturesson, technoLeave a comment

Frak are Björn Isgren, Johan Sturesson and Jan Svensson, a trio of synthesizer lovers from Sweden. The band was formed when Svensson and Isgren’s older sisters were best friends and they introduced their little brothers to each other. Inspired by Severed Heads, DAF, Human League, Devo, Skinny Puppy, the boys began collecting analog equipment and started Studio Styrka. While the band were still in their early teens they released the first FRAK cassette album in 1987 on their own record label Börft. Almost 30 years later, FRAK continue to release their bizarre brand of Scandinavian techno with their debut release on Dark Entries.

Moodymann – DJ Kicks [K7327]

February 28, 2016November 20, 2017 hipodrome!k7 records, compilation, detroit, disco, dj kicks, funk, hip-hop, house, kenny dixon jr., moodymann, soulLeave a comment

Following a year that saw the 50th entry in the long-running series released to wide acclaim, DJ-Kicks returns in 2016 another landmark edition. Iconic Detroit DJ and producer Moodymann is at the helm for his first ever multi-artist DJ mix compilation. Born Kenny Dixon Jr., Moodymann is a one-of-a-kind electronic music icon, hailing from, and wholly synonymous with the Motor City. He is an outspoken, impossibly charismatic artist who has been putting a distinctive and soulful stamp on house and techno since the early 90s. Melting together jazz, funk, soul, blues and rock in captivating ways, he is responsible for some of electronic music’s most definitive tracks, EPs and LPs on labels like Planet E, Peacefrog and his own KDJ and Mahogani Music imprints. As able to serve up the sweetest and most sensual sounds as he is the darkest and most depraved grooves, his own unique voice and stream of conscious musings infuse expertly sought-out samples for music that is decisively alive and authentic.

Paul du Lac – Digital Tsunami 095

February 27, 2016February 26, 2016 hipodromedigital tsunami, house, minimal synth, paul du lac, podcast, technoLeave a comment

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Obsolete Music Technology – Lone Passenger [DOLLY024]

February 26, 2016December 6, 2021 hipodromedolly, house, obsolete music technology, steven tang, technoLeave a comment

OBSOLETE MUSIC TECHNOLOGY - Lone Passenger

Steven Tang returns with a second offering for Steffi’s label as Obsolete Music Technology. Across the three tracks, Tang’s mastery of his craft is more than evident, displaying a rawness that is often craved but not always achieved these days. The title track’s classic Chicago vibe complemented by the more intense racing “Voltage Player” and the cascading rhythmic hits of “High Strung”. Class always tells, and this Love Passenger 12″ has it by the bucketload.

Sir Joe – The New Era Is Coming [LOD007]

February 26, 2016March 9, 2018 hipodromeacid, house, land of dance records, sir joe, technoLeave a comment

The “legend” of Sir Joe, from Chicago to The Hague, 303 bass lines, Juno’s pads and big mama’s speech samples. Powerful and danceable pack made up by six jackin’ cosmic techno house tracks.

D’Marc Cantu – Gear Shift EP [RUNOR1009]

February 26, 2016April 18, 2018 hipodromeacid, d'marc cantu, electro, house, run out run records, technoLeave a comment

D’Marc Cantu marks his return to Run Out Run with the Gear Shift EP, applying his unique style across four tracks. On the A side ‘It’s Sex’ kicks things off with his signature drum programming and some serious acid business while ‘Body Jak’ is a frantic electro workout. On the B side ‘Gear Shift’ is another peak time banger while ‘Odd Feel’ brings things back down to earth to complete another solid EP from the Ann Arbor based artist.