De Fabriek – Music For Hippies [PLA043]

December 14, 2022December 13, 2022 hipodromecold wave, de fabriek, dunkeltier, khidja, minimal synth, platform 23, synth popLeave a comment

Platform 23 again explores to the dense voids, this time with a touch of the funk, with a reissue of Dutch experimentalists De Fabriek and two tracks from their “Music For” cassette series, this time calling all Hippies. Featuring both original and reinterpretations from modern-day heads, Dunkeltier and Khidja, this double-pack is something of an oddity, showcasing the bands’ expansive range, moving away from the noise, drone and industrial soundscape releases they had become known for and crafting here, free flowing, groovy longform jams.

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VA – Sheva [MTX001]

October 4, 2022October 3, 2022 hipodromebenedikt frey, compilation, disco, experimental, house, khidja, malka tuti, manfredas, plazmot, red axes, vactrol park, xen, yovavLeave a comment

2XLP celebrating Malka Tuti’s 7 years of Existence. The Sheva (Seven in Hebrew) compilation represents a large chunk of the sonic spectrum that is the Malka Tuti multiverse to date. From tribal to punk and from house to leftfield bits. All tracks on the compilation were meticulously chosen throughout the past few years and slowly stitched together to comprise what is now SHEVA.

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Khidja – Something In The Water EP [HVN061]

October 4, 2022October 3, 2022 hipodromeazu tiwaline, experimental, hivern discs, house, khidja, romanianLeave a comment

Khidja continue to develop their tripped out vision with their first full EP for Hivern since 2019’s ‘Impossible Holiday’. In ‘Something In The Water’ the Romanian duo presents three new tracks that drift between genres and moods through open minded studio experimentation. “The Future Has Disappeared” and “Back To Vid” rely on contrasting sound palettes and a smart use of the stereo field to build up tension while ‘Science of Ghosts’ is an expansive number of galactic electro-funk. The 12″ features a stripped out mystical remix by Azu Tiwaline while the digital release includes two extra oddball dancefloor cuts.

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Best Romanian Electronic Music in 2021

August 30, 2022October 17, 2022 hipodromeandrew red hand, ardb, articulat, bogdan ardeleanu, borusiade, cosmin trg, șerb, filipp, karpov not kasparov, khidja, kosmogonik, ovidiu stanciu, romanian, sergiu juravle, the hipodrome of music, virgil, weithLeave a comment

With a long overdue, we finally managed to find the time to compile this list, so with no further comments here is the best electronic music created by Romanian artists in 2021, according to our opinion.

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VA – WhyPeopleWar – Fundraiser for Ukraine

March 8, 2022March 7, 2022 hipodromeadrian marth, ambient, anatolian weapons, benoit b, borusiade, compilation, core, credit 00, curses, das ding, david j bull, disco, dj kaos, e-bony, electro, eva geist, facets, free range, interstellar funk, juanpablo, khidja, kito jempere, lipelis, man2.0, massimiliano pagliara, mehmet aslan, mirror slave, mule driver, mushrooms project, neud photo, nixxon, past futura, poperttelli, que sakamot, rapha, rebolledo, red axes, rouge mecanique, sacha mambo, shmlss, simple symmetry, sofa, stiletti-ana, synth wave, tapan, tassilo vanhoefen, teatre, techno, thomass jackson, trenton chase, velvet thunder, why people danceLeave a comment

“Over one hundred artists from all over the world and various disciplines joined forces to raise funds for Red Cross Ukraine and help the innocent. After three days of no sleep, we are proud to present you WhyPeopleWar Vol. 1 and 2. fundraisers with more than 100 tracks! We want to thank all artists who participated and the studios that helped us master the tracks in record time! Let this symbol be the message we send out there with this fundraising compilation. Let this music uplift the human condition and do its part in dragging us out of this situation. From Lithuania with love! Slava Ukraini, Heroyam Slava!

Absolutely all proceedings will be donated to redcross.org.ua/en“

Marius Georgescu b2b Khidja – PARAXOLAR @ Sameheads (Berlin) 04.09.2021

January 4, 2022January 3, 2022 hipodromedisco, electro, house, khidja, marius georgescu, minimal synth, paraxolar, romanian, sameheadsLeave a comment

VA – Höga Nord 100 – The Effect Will Last Forever [HNRBOX004]

July 12, 2021July 12, 2021 hipodromeacid, birds, birds of paradise, compilation, dark strands, disco, electro, electronics, experimental, fontan, frak, high boys, hoga nord rekords, jamie paton, khidja, mythologen, red axes, synth wave, timothy j fairplay, vox lowLeave a comment

VARIOUS - Hoga Nord 100: The Effect Will Last Forever

What better way to celebrate 100 releases than with a handmade box containing soul expanding music!? Höga Nord Rekords have reached an important goal and releases a rare box set containing all 12” from the HNRUK-series plus a new record from Birds, unique for this box. Except Birds, this compilation includes Dark Strands, High Boys, Vox Low, Timothy J. Fairplay, Fontän, Bird Of Paradise, Mythologen, Jamie Paton and Frak. This exclusive handmade box made in Norrmalms kartongfabrik in Stockholm, is a celebration to the Scandinavian Bronze age. You’ll find rock carvings like those on the artwork scattered over the land but mostly near Gothenburg, home of Höga Nord Rekords on the Swedish west coast. Archaeological evidence proves similarities in ornaments and pictures between the Nordic and European Bronze age, just like you find common features in the music released on our label. Though the acts in this compilation box come from all over Europe and beyond, they stem from an obscured and mysterious common source of escapism, purity and creativity.

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VA – DB12 006 [DB12006]

March 25, 2021April 5, 2021 hipodromecasinoboy, duca bianco, khidja, rune lindbaek1 Comment

CASINOBOY/RUNE LINDBAEK/KHIDJA - DB12 006

Duca un rotolo. Les star tape edit. Equipaggi.Casinoboy returns after a decade in hiding. Young Sex. Slow Sex. Mr Sexy. Then the grande secret. The Unknown. Nuova. Acid. Jack. Geile. Bang. Hehe, Hoho. He is Rune. A legend. Mumble-grumble. Lindbaek knows the score. Disco, disco, disco. Cut, edit, splice, dice. Pumper. Finale Campioni. Chuncho. Khidja edit v dub v techno. Who wins?

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VA – AVI 001 [AVI001]

March 8, 2021August 24, 2022 hipodrome84pc, a strange wedding, avidya, datasal, disco, house, iro aka, khidja, new beatLeave a comment

A STRANGE WEDDING/DATASAL/84PC/IRO AKA - AVI 001 (feat Khidja remix)

The first Avidya release. Starting with The Proposal by A Strange Wedding, this Lyon based producer, builds on their “modern style” slow trance to create a label anthem, a template. Stretched Arp, hypnotic bass and searing melody, underpinned by ocean wide kick. Datasal are next, as this Gothenburg’s trio’s debut arrives. Acoustics (Miyazawa flute / Fender bass) and electronics (Roland RS-09 / Korg Mono) collide; prog rock meets post punk meets dance; outside organised compositions to improvise to the beat. Side two leads back to the origin. 84PC, the dormant Tel Aviv collective (featuring Katzele, Naduve, Asaf and Yovav), return with a previously unreleased remix from Khidja. Their “Welcome To The Pleasuredome” moment is peak time perfection. To close Barcelona’s Iro Aka arrive with another debut. Their bubbling 303 is a tender dreamtime finale that points ahead.

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Romanian Artists to Watch in 2021

February 15, 2021March 17, 2021 hipodromeadda kaleh, alina kalancea, andrew red hand, ardb, articulat, borusiade, cosmin trg, dyl, șerb, filipp, fizic, hipodrome, khidja, kosmogonik, lisiere collectif, ondes hxcx, romanian, romansoff, the hipodrome of music, virgilLeave a comment

2020 was a tough year for almost everyone and definitely a year to forget for our scene. Events and gigs canceled, venues closed, artists lacking a way to earn a decent living and club culture facing a threat like never before. Without the interaction on the dancefloor all this seems pointless, but we have to stay resilient and hope for the better.

Looking at the local scene in Romania, during these times of hardship with movement restriction and curfew for almost the entire part of the year, with people fears and anxiety, there was almost to nothing happening in terms of events. But, the Romanian artists proved to be fairly active in the studio. We have here a summary of releases from Romanian artists that caught our attention in 2020 and a sneakpeek in what’s to come in the first part of 2021.

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VA – Hallucinating Heights [OND02]

November 1, 2020August 30, 2022 hipodromeadmina, ambient, compilation, deathbycoconut, electronics, experimental, khidja, ondes hxcx, romanian, simina oprescu, somnoroase pasarele, virgilLeave a comment

The second release on Ondes HXCX brings together a selection of emerging, as well as more established artists from Romania. The tape presents a collage of all the tracks brought together via an array of sound-pieces which act as binding interludes.

Khidja @ HÖR (Berlin) 14.08.2020

August 17, 2020November 2, 2020 hipodromeandrei rusu, electro, florentin tudor, hor berlin, khidja, romanian, technoLeave a comment

Romanian Artists to Watch in 2020

January 16, 2020February 4, 2021 hipodromealeksa alaska, andrew red hand, articulat, bogdan orbita, bogman, chlorys, cosmin trg, dyl, filipp, hipodrome, khidja, kosmogonik, lektronikumuz, lisiere collectif, marius georgescu, pressure nights, rodion g.a., romanian, romansoff, the hipodrome of music, virgilLeave a comment

The last few years were quite good for the electronic music world and again in 2019 there was a lot a quality music coming out and revitalization of electro, broken beat, new beat and EBM continued. Looking at the situation locally, unfortunately 2019 feels like a step back for the Romanian scene after three years of growth and development. The three pillars of the Romanian electronic music are the same Borusiade, Cosmin TRG and Khidja and very little besides them.

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2019 Top 3 – Readers List

December 23, 2019December 18, 2019 hipodromeandrew red hand, barba records, blue note, comet records, concentric circles, cosmin trg, dark entries records, dfa records, ebo taylor, exhausted modern, highlife edits, interstellar funk, jazzman records, john di stefano, khidja, light in the attic, light sounds dark, lisiere collectif, lsr, nonplus records, pat thomas, patrick cowley, phormix, retina.it, rocco siffredi, space dimension controller, sportiv1 Comment

2019 is coming to the end so it’s that time of the year when we look back and see what caught our attention the most. As the tradition is on our side, we look first at the preferences of our readers and this is a top 3 of the most appreciated albums, compilations, mixes and other stuff.

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Khidja / Lena Willikens @ Guesthouse (Bucharest) 21.12.2019

December 18, 2019December 18, 2019 hipodromeguesthouse, khidja, lena willikensLeave a comment

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Dekmantel Selectors 2019 Mixes

November 25, 2019November 25, 2019 hipodromedekmantel selectors, intergalactic gary, jeff solo, khidja, mick wills, ofra, pasiphae, solar, tisnoLeave a comment

Here are some recordings from this year’s Dekmantel Selectors festival.

The highlights for us were Mick Wills, who opened the festival for us on Thursday, Solar, who we are really happy to finally hear live for the first time and the b2b between Intergalactic Gary & Pasiphae which marked the closing of festival for us on Monday. Another premiere for us was listening for the first time live the Romanian duo Khidja. They really rocked the place and the chilling rain made it even more memorable. Also Rabih Beaini‘s three hours ritualistic performance at sunset was one of the best performances from the festival.
One of the highlights of the festival was the IFM Boat Party with Identified Patient & Pasiphae, Intergalactic Gary. There is a special vibe on these boat parties and IFM one was one of the best so far. Unfortunately there are no recordings from this party, yet.

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Dekmantel Selectors 2019

August 28, 2019August 28, 2019 hipodromedekmantel selectors, identified patient, intergalactic gary, khidja, mick wills, pasiphae, rabih beaini, solar, tisnoLeave a comment

Dekmantel Selectors is now over, we are back to our usual life, or we are trying to, but the vibe of the festival is still buzzing through our vines. The turquoise waters of Tisno, the shade from the pine forest, the rocky coastline, the incredible sound of the cicadas that is worth of a representation in one of Rabih Beaini’s mesmerizing ritualistic performances, the music that was filling every space, will stay with us for days.

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Dekmantel Selectors 2019

August 3, 2019July 31, 2019 hipodromealbion, andy votel, chee shimizu, dekmantel festival, dekmantel records, dekmantel selectors, donato dozzy, francois kevorkian, identified patient, intergalactic gary, jonny rock, khidja, lena willikens, mark knekelhuis, mark seven, max abysmal, mick wills, palms trax, pasiphae, peaking lights, rabih beaini, robert bergman, sacha mambo, solar, tako, the garden, vladimir ivkovic, young marco, zozoLeave a comment

Dekmantel Selectors is an intimate festival, limited to a capacity of 2000, to keep the vibe pure throughout the whole week and this can be seen once you get to the bay from The Garden, next to the small fishing village of Tisno.

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Khidja @ Boiler Room X Plisskën Festival 26.06.2019

July 1, 2019November 2, 2020 hipodromeandrei rusu, boiler room tv, disco, electro, florentin tudor, house, khidja, plissken festival, romanianLeave a comment

www.plisskenfestival.gr / www.boilerroom.tv

Cooper Saver – Pacifico [bio036]

June 18, 2019June 14, 2019 hipodromeabstraxion, biologic records, cooper saver, disco, house, khidjaLeave a comment

Biologic Records welcomes Cooper Saver to the label with two stunning remixes from Khidja and Abstraxion.

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De Fabriek – Music For Hippies [PLA043]

VA – Sheva [MTX001]

Khidja – Something In The Water EP [HVN061]

Best Romanian Electronic Music in 2021

VA – WhyPeopleWar – Fundraiser for Ukraine

Marius Georgescu b2b Khidja – PARAXOLAR @ Sameheads (Berlin) 04.09.2021

VA – Höga Nord 100 – The Effect Will Last Forever [HNRBOX004]

VA – DB12 006 [DB12006]

VA – AVI 001 [AVI001]

Romanian Artists to Watch in 2021

VA – Hallucinating Heights [OND02]

Khidja @ HÖR (Berlin) 14.08.2020

Romanian Artists to Watch in 2020

2019 Top 3 – Readers List

Khidja / Lena Willikens @ Guesthouse (Bucharest) 21.12.2019

Dekmantel Selectors 2019 Mixes

Dekmantel Selectors 2019

Dekmantel Selectors 2019

Khidja @ Boiler Room X Plisskën Festival 26.06.2019

Cooper Saver – Pacifico [bio036]

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