Second Layer – World Of Rubber [DE096LP]

August 8, 2015July 17, 2024 hipodromeadrian borland, album, dark entries records, graham bailey, industrial, new wave, post punk, second layer, synth popLeave a comment

Second Layer was a side project of Adrian Borland and Graham Bailey, members of post punk band The Sound. The music was bleak, detached, and desolate, but very beautiful. Honest songwriting and a harsh sonic backdrop set them apart from their peers. Second Layer’s World of Rubber, first released on Cherry Red way back in 1981 – some two years after the duo’s first outing on 7” – has long been considered something of an industrial classic by those in the know. Here, it gets a deserved re-press from the folks at Dark Entries. 34 years on, it still retains the power to shock, with Adrian Borland and Graham Green’s raw, weighty mix of post-punk basslines, sharp guitars, fuzzy electronics, tape loops and basic drum machine grooves still sounding deliciously fresh. Certainly, it’s comparable to many more celebrated releases of the time, and arguably more spontaneous in feel.

Maoupa Mazzocchetti – 14.07.A [PRR001]

August 4, 2015March 25, 2019 hipodromeflorent mazzocchetti, industrial, maoupa mazzocchetti, prr! prr!, technoLeave a comment

The first release on the new obscure Belgian label PRR! PRR! in coming from Maoupa Mazzocchetti. A proper belter for those who it love it raw and off the wall.

Alessandro Cortini – Risveglio [HOS426]

August 2, 2015November 26, 2025 hipodromealbum, alessandro cortini, ambient, drone, hospital productions, industrialLeave a comment

For his last outing on Hospital Productions, Nine Inch Nails collaborator Alessandro Cortini utilized just two pieces of equipment: a Roland MC-202 and a delay pedal. For this follow-up, he’s expanded his toolbox a little, supplementing those hardware pieces with two further machines: a Roland TR-606 and TB-303. Musically, Risveglio inhabits a similar space to its predecessor, with Cortini creating blurry, fluid dreamscapes built around semi-rhythmic loops, distorted chords and fuzzy ambient textures. Listeners may struggle to spot the TB-303 – most often used to create ragged waves of intense electronics – such is the unique way in which Cortini manipulates it. Regardless, the Italian’s post-industrial, half-awake soundscapes are thoroughly mesmerizing.

Veronica Vasicka – XLR8R Podcast 396

July 26, 2015July 19, 2023 hipodromeindustrial, minimal synth, minimal wave records, podcast, techno, veronica vasicka, xlr8rLeave a comment

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Gavin Russom @ The Bunker (NYC) 17.04.2015

July 21, 2015July 20, 2015 hipodromegavilan rayna russom, industrial, podcast, techno, the bunkerLeave a comment

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Mark Verbos – Walk The Distance [BK013]

July 15, 2015February 11, 2020 hipodromeacid, industrial, mark verbos, techno, the bunkerLeave a comment

The Bunker New York presents a surprise EP from veteran techno producer Mark Verbos – a man whose discography stretches back over 20 years – fits that remit. Flitting between acid-laden psychedelic intensity (“Just A Little Late”), high-octane loop jams (“In The Back Room”) and sweaty, all-out assaults on the senses (the metallic madness that is “Start Up Drive”), it portrays Verbos as a masterful producer of no-holds-barred dancefloor techno. Interestingly, he diverts a little from the script on the EP’s final moment, “Walk The Distance”, combining sparse dub techno rhythms and ghostly electronics.

Most Significant Beat – Geometric State Compilation [FRV018]

July 8, 2015September 8, 2021 hipodromeclock dva, esplendor geometrico, frigio records, industrial, maurizio martinucci, most significant beat, saverio evangelista, technoLeave a comment

What did the pioneers of Industrial and Synth Wave do when the age of Techno dawned in the early nineties? The simple answer is, some made Techno. Well that’s what Maurizio Martinucci (aka TeZ adn now part of Clock DVA) and Esplendor Geometrico’s Saverio Evangelista did back in the day as Most Significant Beat. This project has lain dormant for more than twenty years but has been dusted down, given a stiff drink and set to wax by Frigio Records. All tracks were recorded in between 1996 – 2000 and were released on CD for Geometrik Records years back except the first track “Geometric State” which is unreleased. Rediscovered prototypes from the founding fathers of electronic music.

Container – LP [SP040]

July 8, 2015May 19, 2022 hipodromealbum, container, industrial, ren schofield, spectrum spools, technoLeave a comment

Ren Schofield, otherwise known as Container, has already released two LPs for the label, both called LP, but each one has seen a constant rebirth of his distorted and utterly screwed up view of techno. There’s seven tracks on here, seven devilish pieces of brain dynamite masquerading themselves as jams made by a human and not by an extra-terrestrial. The LP starts with a shock, “Eject”, and doesn’t get any more sweet or easy on the ears. From “Remover” to “Calibrate”, Container unleashes a filthy collection of clusterbombs which will render any dancefloor a living, walking hell…and we love that idea! A must, as per usual.

VA – Cititrax: Tracks Volume One [CITI017]

July 8, 2015May 24, 2023 hipodromeamato, an-i, broken english club, cititrax, doug lee, industrial, lee douglas, minimal wave records, techno, tzusingLeave a comment

Cititrax presents the first in a series of 4 song samplers showcasing the talents of some of the most innovative producers of the moment. Cititrax: Tracks Volume One features Amato, an edgy new project brought to you by The Hacker, Tzusing, a young producer from China known for his hard-hitting L.I.E.S. releases, Berlin based former New Yorker An-i, and Oliver Ho’s stunning Broken English Club. The overall sound can be described as modern, uncompromising and guttural. Each artist reinvents dance music by bringing their own unique vision to the floor.

VA – KHCC001 [KHCC001]

June 23, 2015October 9, 2023 hipodromebeau wanzer, cassette, experimental, industrial, knekelhuis, maekkot, parrish smith, sge bythos, techno, volition immanentLeave a comment

Knekelhuis presents a cassette featuring a selection of six industrial/EBM tracks from Beau Wanzer, Parrish Smith, Maekkot, Sige Bythos and Volition Immanent. The tapes are housed in a black library case clear front black back.

Smersh – Super Heavy Solid Waste [DE090]

June 23, 2015June 12, 2024 hipodromealbum, chris shepard, dark entries records, industrial, mike mangino, smersh, technoLeave a comment

Dark Entries returns to the New Jersey basement studio to unearth another compilation cassette recordings by Smersh titled Super Heavy Solid Waste. Smersh was the duo of Mike Mangino and Chris Shepard, who began making music together in the late 70s. They were uninterested in traditional notions of songwriting or live performance. Smershs sound is a lush hybrid of techno, industrial, dance, and experimental. Sometimes easy, sometime not. Most songs revolve around driving EBM style beats, intricate industrial noise manipulation and synth melodies. The Smersh sound has so many faces it doesn’t fall into any one category. For Super Heavy Solid Waste we have selected 8 songs, focusing on the harder, harsher, rhythmic side of Smersh’s vast discography.

Alexey Volkov – Issue No Seven [JG007]

June 23, 2015February 5, 2018 hipodromealexey volkov, industrial, jealous god, technoLeave a comment

Jealous God present Issue Number 7, the latest missive from Planete Rouge regular Alexey Volkov, and a record likely to cause bouts of overwhelming paranoia in listeners of a nervous disposition. There’s something undeniably uncomfortable about the horror-fixated electronics, dystopian textures and spine-chilling freestyle vocals of “A Snake Falling To Pieces”. The more upbeat and metallic “Never” is a little less bloodcurdling, with metallic hits clustered round a modular synthesizer groove. Perhaps the standout moment – though it’s an all-round excellent excursion – is flipside “Ruins”, which adeptly combines both approaches on an undulating, skin-crawling techno thruster.

J Tijn – MOR [BDN005]

June 23, 2015February 13, 2018 hipodromebedouin records, industrial, j. tijn, jesse kuye, technoLeave a comment

Hard techno advocate J Tijn is next up to supply Bedouin with a heavy hitting package of industrially charged techno entitled MOR. Lead track “Kanon VIP” best typifies that approach, a dense bassline throbs away unpredictably like an agitated wasp as Kuye lays down the drum machine pain. The title cut seems inspired by the Rotterdam school of sewer techno whilst “Shy” is anything but with Kuye going full speed ahead on the dirty synths and raw beats.

Life’s Track – Smell Of Sanctity [BOPW002]

June 16, 2015January 10, 2024 hipodromeblack opal, industrial, life's track, opal tapes, technoLeave a comment

Five tracks-worth of low-down heavy funky sound by Life’s Track on this new 12” EP. Smell of Sanctity bounces along powerfully with thick, irresistible beats that sound like they are kept on a short leash.

VA – Events At The Fatal Party EP [CY002]

June 11, 2015December 2, 2021 hipodromeacid, contort yourself records, die form, fallbeil, i.b.m., industrial, slugbug, technoLeave a comment

FALLBEIL/DIE FORM/SLUGBUG - Events At The Fatal Party EP

Contort Yourself returns with “Events at the Fatal Party” which comes over more as a description than a title, brimming with a bubbling sense of tension and fear. Hamburg duo Fallbeil kick things off in impressive style with a crunchy acid monster which twists and turns followed by two killer proto-techno cuts from legendary French industrial band Die Form from their 1985 tape Hurt. Here we find ourselves in a unsettling scenario with metallic voices scowling over clanging machines and guitar feedback in an unhinged way. The mysterious Slugbug starts the flip with “Goback”, a creeping acidic beast moving unstoppably forward as a reverberating voice ripples throughout. Any calm is then shattered by IBM a.k.a. Jamal Moss whose remix of Die Form hammers home a tough seven minutes of mangled synths, bubbling acid and thundering drums.

Unknown – Wargames 122 [WAR122]

June 1, 2015May 29, 2015 hipodromeindustrial, techno, unknown artist, wargamesLeave a comment

New release from Wargames with 3 tracks of wonked out techno electronics.

The KVB – Mirror Being [INV147]

May 26, 2015June 16, 2025 hipodromealbum, cold wave, dark wave, industrial, invada records, kat day, nicholas wood, post punk, psychedelic, the kvbLeave a comment

Now Berlin-based duo The KVB land on Geoff Barrow’s Invada label for the first in a series of releases. Mirror Being differs from most releases from The KVB as the pair’s deep set vocals, a key component of their sound, are largely absent from the 10 tracks but their reverb soaked mastery of guitars and analogue gear is still very much evident throughout.

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No More – A Rose Is A Rose [DE084]

May 21, 2015November 24, 2021 hipodromealbum, cold wave, dark entries records, industrial, no more, post punk, re-release, reissueLeave a comment

NO MORE - A Rose Is A Rose

No More are a band from Kiel, Germany, founded in the summer of 1979. Their music is rooted in early Post Punk / No Wave. No More began as a quartet with Andy A. Schwarz (vocals, guitar, bass), Tina Sanudakura (synthesizers), Christian Darc (drums, vocals) and Thomas Welz (bass, vocals). In 1982 No More released the mini-album “A Rose Is A Rose’ on 10′. Songs on this mini-LP convey the desolate and bleak attitude of German youth in the early 1980s. This reissue compiles all 8 tracks from the mini-LP, both tracks from the Suicide Commando’ 7′ plus 3 demos from 1982.

Carlos Peron – Dirty Songs [DE092]

May 21, 2015November 8, 2017 hipodromecarlos peron, dark entries records, industrial, techno, yelloLeave a comment

4-track EP by Swiss musician Carlos Peron, founding member of Yello. ‘Dirty Songs’ is a collection of songs from Carlos Peron recorded between 1980 and 1986. The recordings were made with the core set up of an ARP 2600, Rolands Drumatix, TB-303 and TR-808.

Musumeci – Harry Batasuna (An-I edit) [MNQ066]

May 21, 2015July 19, 2023 hipodromean-i, doug lee, edits, industrial, lee douglas, mannequin records, minimal synth, musumeciLeave a comment

Mannequin continue to deliver the brutal sound of the Italian industrial/ebm electronic band Musumeci, this time with 2 killer edits from Lee Douglas / An-i.