Drvg Cvltvre – Telepathic Warfare [COSMOS003]

February 20, 2015December 14, 2021 hipodromeacid, cos_mos, drvg cvltvre, m>o>s recordings, techno, vincent koremanLeave a comment

DRVG CVLTYRE - Telepathic Warfare

Drvg Cvltvre is now back with a full EP of his own on Dutch label COS_MOS. Since 2009, Vincent Koreman a.k.a. Drvg Cvltvre has been churning out his own acid, no wave and experimental house and now kicks off the new year in style with three more inventive offerings. ‘New Earth Army’ is a slow, heavyweight and coarse track with rattling chords, angry percussion and elastic drums that manages to be physical and tough yet groovy and playful at the same time. ‘We Have Become The Filth of the Universe’ is a big, fat, heavy wedge of slow motion techno with monstrous drums and wild acid lines all spraying about wildly for the duration. It’s a warehouse sized track that will reduce the ‘floor to a writhing mess and finally ‘Possessed’ is a sci-fi riddled track with lots of spacey synths, filtered analogue lines and paranoid sirens all making for a turbulent brew of dark and otherworldly energy.

2AM/FM – Starfist Lazerbeam / Passion Of A Nigh [VOS01/MOSDEEP022]

December 8, 2014December 14, 2021 hipodrome2amfm, chicago house, creme organization, d'marc cantu, jtc, m>o>s deep, m>o>s recordings, tadd mullinix, valley of shadowsLeave a comment

2 AM/FM - Starfist Lazerbeam

Interesting collaborative release between powerhouse labels MOS Deep and Creme Organization. The artists behind the two tracks are Michigan duo 2 AM/FM aka JTC & D’Marc Cantu. ‘Starfist Lazerbeam’ is the first cut and is a slow, purposeful house track run through with a slithering, laser like synth that constantly changes shape. Muffled, filtered vocals are hidden behind and the arpeggiated line eventually lets up and gets a little funky as the icy percussion ticks on. Its a real pressure-building track with curveball melodies that are as beautiful as they are weird. On the flip, ‘Passion’ has raw analogue drums, ticking his and trippy melodies all dancing round each other in old school Chicago fashion. A nimble bassline also dances around the mix, bring with it lots of energy, stylish funk and a real sense of playfulness.

Gerstaffelen – Night Flowing North & South [MOSDEEP021]

November 17, 2014December 14, 2021 hipodromegerstaffelen, house, m>o>s deep, m>o>s recordings, technoLeave a comment

GERSTAFFELEN - Night Flowing North & South

Still no one knows who Gerstaffelen is, but with this release the producer becomes a regular on the MOS Deep label and is now back with four more of the rawest cuts you could imagine. Wasting no time in getting gritty, ‘Bombara’ is a frazzled and gauzy deep techno cut with muffled voices, beams of melodic light and lots of percussive hustle. ‘Invisible Ghosts’ is a less urgent but equally monstrous track with dark groaning bass, prickly hi hat patterns and frenzied synth lines. ‘Night Flowing North’ actually offers a slightly lighter sound, with celestial and heartfelt melodies darting about between ping ponging drums and percussive hits before ‘Night Flowing South’ comes over like a classic jack track from Chicago, with a quick baseline riding up and down the scale and propping the whole track up

Ike Release – Noir [MOSLP003]

November 13, 2014December 14, 2021 hipodromeacid, album, chicago, house, ike release, ike velez, m>o>s recordings, technoLeave a comment

IKE RELEASE - Noir

Debut solo full length from Chicagos Ike Release. Ike is an accomplished solo producer as well as being one half of acclaimed duo Innerspace Halflife with Hakim Murphy, and has a long and fruitful relationship with MOS Recordings. For the last five years or so, Ike has been releasing a mind-expanding brand of analogue rich music that continues in his native Chicago’s fine traditions without resting on the usual tired tropes. Labels like MOS, Machining Dreams and his own Episodes have released it to date and now this full length, Noir, comes as a fully formed artistic statement that lays out his sound in all its glory.

Life’s Track – Velocity [COSMOS002]

November 1, 2014December 14, 2021 hipodromecos_mos, house, life's track, m>o>s recordings, technoLeave a comment

LIFES TRACK - Velocity

Italian duo Life’s Track with raw, analogue house sounds that is physical as well as emotive. The first track here is ‘Stone’, a hurried house jam with raw and splintered hi hats racing over broken sounding drums as urgent synth stabs fill in the spaces left behind. It’s live sounding and loose, ghetto in texture and truly arresting in nature. The b-side starts with ‘Velocity’, another over-driven bit of house with non-stop claps chattering over slower, purposeful kick drums deep down below. Nagging synths slowly shape shift and draw you attention away from the physical percussion, making for a nice duality to the track. Lastly, ‘Invisible Symphony’ is a stripped back techno banger with heavy kicks, a great little hook at its heart and turbo charged synths slicing through it like lasers.

Stephen Lopkin – The Haggis Trap [MOSDEEP020]

August 28, 2014December 14, 2021 hipodromedetroit, house, m>o>s deep, m>o>s recordings, stephen lopkin, technoLeave a comment

LOPKIN, Stephen - The Haggis Trap

Next up to join the MOS Deep cannon is Stephen Lopkin, who serves up four new cuts on his The Haggis Trap EP. Lopkin is still something of an emerging talent having only started releasing in the last couple of years. The Glasgow based producer operates in the worlds of house and techno with a unique futuristic perspective. Combining elements of all the techno greats from Juan Atkins to Derrick May, this is an EP that surely announces the arrival proper of a very real new talent.

Aroy Dee – Sketches [MOSLP002]

May 30, 2014December 14, 2021 hipodromealbum, aroy dee, house, m>o>s recordings, technoLeave a comment

DEE, Aroy - Sketches

After more than a decade of releasing raw and emotional house music, Dutch producer and architect Aroy Dee is about to drop his debut album on his own M>O>S label. The man has established himself as someone who creates misty analogue music that nods to a Chicago heyday at the same time as coming imbued with plenty of its own deep emotions, mystic melodies and jacking beats. His M>O>S label has become a go-to outlet for fans of no nonsense house and that tradition continues on this full-length album. Incidentally, M>O>S stands for Muziek Over Steden – Dutch for ‘music about cities’ – because Dee has a close tie to buildings: during the day he works as an architect so has an unrivalled grasp of space, structure and urban environments that surely translates into his well built house music, and more specifically into this debut album. Made with the same hardware that defines the rest of his discography, including his first synth, the Poly 800, which he bought from his friend NWAQ, Sketches is a truly idiosyncratic project.

“For me, my musical output and development feels like an on going history of my life. In this perspective I worked steadily over the last two years on my first full-length album, Sketches. It’s a very personal document, not intended to make anybody happy but myself, which is why it has taken so long. It’s like a diary or ghost-script written about a part of my life and my fascinations, honoring my biggest musical inspirations.”

D’Marc Cantu – Long Weekend [MOSDEEP019]

March 26, 2014December 14, 2021 hipodromeacid, chicago, d'marc cantu, house, m>o>s deep, m>o>s recordings, technoLeave a comment

D'MARC CANTU - Long Weekend

This new EP from D’Marc Cantu, Long Weekend, features three new tracks of fully formed house and techno with more than a touch of acid along the way. The title track opens the EP with a lively house jam that has proud kick drums, plenty of muffled and deeply buried chords and a busy bassline that darts about like a kangaroo on hot rocks. It’s propulsive and emotive as it surges along, taking you with it every step of the way. Next up, ‘1Lb Of Flesh’ is a much more jagged and serrated track, mainly because of the manic acid squiggle that runs right through the heart of the slapping snares and icy cold hi hats. Full throttle and as ever delightfully frayed and analogue sounding, it’s a real face melter. Last but by no means least, ‘Acid Test’ is the quickest of the lot, coming over like a slick, powerful fusion of electro and techno that whips and snaps as Dance Mania style snares flap about above a grilling bassline and acid wiggles in and out. It’s a busy, fulsome track but never feels cluttered and rounds out another exceptional EP from both MOS and main man D’Marc Cantu.

Clendon Toblerone – It Is Within [COSMOS001]

March 17, 2014December 14, 2021 hipodromeclendon toblerone, cos_mos, danny wolfers, house, legowelt, m>o>s recordingsLeave a comment

CLENDON TOBLERONE - It Is Within

Second release on the Cos_Mos label, with 3 ritual dark house tracks by this ‘mystery’ artist. Danny Wolfers all the way!

Aroy Dee – Digital Tsunami 020

March 8, 2014March 6, 2014 hipodromearoy dee, digital tsunami, house, m>o>s recordings, podcast, technoLeave a comment

ASOK – Poltergeist [MOSDEEP018]

January 23, 2014December 14, 2021 hipodromeasok, house, m>o>s deep, m>o>s recordings, stu robinson, technoLeave a comment

ASOK - Poltergeist

Asok is the man behind burgeoning house and techno label Scenery Records, and has released on Deep Space Orchestras Use of Weapons and, though he has firm roots in d&b, has proven himself adept at crafting raw analogue jams that fuse house and techno together the jacking way.

John Heckle – Baiyun Mountain EP [MOS020]

November 20, 2013December 14, 2021 hipodromeacid house, chicago house, john heckle, m>o>s recordingsLeave a comment

HECKLE, John - Baiyun Mountain

The Baiyun Mountain EP is John Heckle’s debut appearance on MOS Recordings. Brit Heckle has more than established himself as a lone sonic explorer thanks to LPs and EPs on labels like Chicago’s Mathematics and Holland’s Creme Organization. Across three more tracks here, he lays out his dense and textured vision of house music once more. Opener ‘Cactus Jack’ is a writhing thing with coarse snares, wild acid gurgles and plenty of paranoid synth lines. ‘Birds With Vertigo’ is another gauzy affair where every bit of sound is filled with fuzz, analogue rawness or splintered percussion. It’s intense and intriguing at the same time before final and title track ‘Baiyun Mountain’ goes a little deeper, with springy metallic synths, ticking percussion and a supple bassline all wrapping around each other into a controlled cacophony of sound.

Gerstaffelen – The Old Villagers [MOSDEEP017]

August 23, 2013December 14, 2021 hipodromechicago, gerstaffelen, house, m>o>s deep, m>o>s recordings, technoLeave a comment

GERSTAFFELEN - The Old Villagers

Mysterious producer Gerstaffelen here debuts on Dutch label MOS Deep with The Old Villagers, a four track EP of grainy analogue house. The title track opens things up at a mid tempo house pace. It’s a dense, multi-layered track with plenty of squiggly synths, bobbling analogue basslines and radiant pads. ‘Game On Major’ is slightly more frenzied, with dusty hi hats looping over fairly frenzied synth sounds and some hints of acid are buried deep within this hazy sound world. ‘Little Green Munchkin Men’ gets even more unhinged and techno leaning with the sounds of various analogue machines all meshing together into a nebulous brew of off killer melody and curious metal hooks, before last track ‘When The Mind Stops’ brings a bit of raw old school house flavour to the table. The beats jack, some muffled vocals add an important human element and like everything on the EP the track invites you to lose your shit in the most beguiling of ways.

Spaventi Dazzurro – Lonely [COSMOS000]

August 14, 2013December 14, 2021 hipodromecos_mos, house, m>o>s recordings, spaventi d'azurro, spaventi dazzurroLeave a comment

DAZZURRO, Spaventi - Lonely

Summer surprises don’t come better than this.. 2 versions of a new track from this Amsterdam based studio don… refreshing house cocktails with a twists of acid.

R-A-G – Vacuum [MOSDEEP016]

June 12, 2013December 14, 2021 hipodromearoy dee, g-string, house, m>o>s deep, m>o>s recordings, marco antonio spaventi, r-a-g, technoLeave a comment

RAG - Vacuum EP

R-A-G is MOS boss Aroy Dee in partnership with Marco Spaventi and G String. Together they make frayed and analogue house music that joins the dots between 80s Chicago and the modern day. This new EP does just that once more, opening with the dense sci-fi stomper that is Vacuum. With coarse synths and plenty of sonic scuzz it fires your every synapse. On the flip side, Plenum (Outer Mix) is a beat less ambient affair with lost synths ringing out in vast chambers of fine grain sound, before the Inner Mix slowly courses on raw kick drums. Whole ecosystems of synths spiral around like galaxies in the distance to make for truly filmic deep house listening.

Vernon Felicity – Dawning EP [MOS019]

May 3, 2013December 14, 2021 hipodromeboris bunnik, detroit, house, m>o>s recordings, vernon felicityLeave a comment

FELICITY, Vernon - Dawning

The unstoppable Boris Bunnik is back once again, this time as Vernon Felicity with a four track EP for MOS Recordings. The tracks see him explore his usual analogue heavy sound, but there is a little more space in his arrangements, a more rueful mood. The title track ‘Dawning’ is slow and purposeful, with acid pricks and twitches peppering a churning groove. Next, ‘Breaking Silence’ is more kinetic, with claps, hits and squiggly melodies all bouncing off each other as pronounced basslines strike a melancholic note below. On the flip, ‘Wrong Notion’ has plenty of height to it, again with eco systems of analogue lines and acid belches all weaving their way around each other and the raw, splintered beats below, before last track ‘3’ explores wide open cosmic synth spaces with lingering pads, mournful Blade Runner style synth lines and gently churning rhythms all soothing your brain and body in equal measure.

Ike Release – Dream Sequencer EP [MOSDEEP015]

April 4, 2013December 14, 2021 hipodromechicago, house, ike release, ike velez, m>o>s deep, m>o>s recordings, technoLeave a comment

IKE RELEASE - Dream Sequencer EP

Following on from his increasingly essential work as Innerspace Halflife, Ike Release steps out on his own for a new three tracker on MOS Deep that finds the Chicago producer in a bullish mood. Opener ‘Cosmic Supreme’ is a moody march across the surface of a planet far from here – typically raw, bobbling drums set the tone as a frazzled and drawn out synth line winds right through its core from start to finish. ‘Spells’ is backlit with an ethereal synthy glow as another thick analogue line takes the main focus of the track, all the while as nebulous percussion floats about like a cloud of dust in the background. Finally, ‘Westview’ is a little more propulsive, driven as it is by a lashing, rubberised bassline that sprays about freely, contained only by the itchy and more regimented hi-hats that slice up and down around it. Despite there being a sonic denseness to all three tracks here, a certain emotional gravitas always lurks with in: be it one of introspection or reflection, they are difficult to ignore.

Perseus Traxx – Tales From The Night Sky Part 1 [MOS018]

February 5, 2013December 14, 2021 hipodromeacid house, chicago house, m>o>s recordings, nigel rogers, perseus traxxLeave a comment

PERSEUS TRAXX - Tales From The Night Sky Part 1

After his excellent and well-received Coded Emotion EP on the MOS label in late 2011, analogue fetishist Perseus Traxx returns for another MOS outing. It finds the producer in similarly classic mode, exploring the deep down depths of house and techno in his own fuzzy and hugely atmospheric way. ‘Gorgon’ has widescreen synths, tightly coiled synth lines and jagged beats all tussling with each other, whilst ‘Poseidon’s Monster’ is about chattering claps hanging above a synth line that twists and turns, implodes and explodes at whim. It’s focused and forceful at the same time as sounding some how human. On the flip, ‘Return To Seriphos’ is another dense soundscape, but one that invites you into its core thanks to the freeform analogue lines, contrast of rough with smooth and generally classy Chicago vibes. ‘Stranger Shores’ is less troubled and more reflective with bright melodic chords glowing from the centre of the track as warbling, swollen sub undulates all around them.

G String – MOS Deep Essentials Vol.1

January 29, 2013July 28, 2014 hipodromechicago house, g-string, gijs poortman, m>o>s deep, m>o>s recordingsLeave a comment

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Hipodrome’s 2012 Review (Part III)

January 7, 2013February 17, 2025 hipodromealan hurst, asso, automatic tasty, axis records, baz reznik, bunker records, cititrax, claro intelecto, clone records, creme organization, cyril, d'marc cantu, dark entries records, degada saf, delano smith, delsin records, delta funktionen, dino sabatini, do it yourself fuck the rest records, downwards records, echospace, elitechnique, emotional response, fachwerk, frustrated funk, fxhe records, hard corps, hospital productions, indigo aera, innergaze, iron curtis, jacob korn, jahiliyya fields, jeff mills, karriem riggins, l.i.e.s., legowelt, linea aspera, lives of angels, louis haiman, luke hess, m>o>s recordings, makam, mantra, mike dehnert, minimal wave records, mirau musik, mote evolver, music man records, nick anthony simoncino, orgue electronique, oscar mulero, peoples potential unlimited, peter van hoesen, photodementia, private records, prologue, prplx, red cavity records, regis, robert hood, shifted, silent servant, soviet soviet, stones throw, stress, sushitech records, tanz ohne muzik, tempo, thug records, time to express, type, uncanny valley, vatican shadow, versalife, warm up recordings, wil-ru records2 Comments

Finally we are at the last part of the 2012 review. In the first part of our review, the preferences of our followers are shown, according to the number of click and stars. Top 3 albums of the years, top 3 EPs, compilations and mixes loved by our followers can be seen here.

In the second part, I presented some of my favorite events and performances from last year. For more details go here.

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