Anthony Scott MacKinnon aka Percy X arrives on Rawax under his Mion alias. Miori EP war originally released on legendary Music Man Records from Belgium in 1997.
Mion aka Percy X – Miori EP [RMCE026]
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VA – Boccaccio Life 1987-1993 [MM183]
Belgian label Music Man Records presents Boccaccio Life 1987-1993, a new compilation offering a fresh perspective on the legacy of the iconic Belgian club Boccaccio – often associated with the short-lived New Beat movement. The 38-track compilation highlights the raw and futuristic early house and techno sounds that were heard in the pioneering club. Located in rural Destelbergen (Belgium), just a stone’s throw from Ghent, Boccaccio has secured its place among legendary venues like Paradise Garage in New York and The Hacçinda in Manchester. Its bold fusion of emerging electronic genres such as New Beat, Acid, House, and Techno was way ahead of its time, drawing music lovers and clubbers from across Belgium and beyond. Sundays at Boccaccio were unlike anywhere else—offering sounds you couldn’t hear anywhere else. Boccaccio Life 1987-1993 is carefully curated by resident DJ Olivier Pieters and club regular Stefaan Vandenberghe, standing as the ultimate testament to a club that was more than just a venue. For those who experienced it, it was a community — a way of life. Hence the club’s full name: Boccaccio Life.
Parralel 9 – Dominus [MM117]
Petar Dundov – Sailing Off The Grid [MMLP039]
Petar Dundov runs his own ‘Neumatik’ studio in Zagreb where he works as a sound engineer as well as producing his own take on techno, ambient and electronica. Petar’s third LP, Sailing Off The Grid, expands on the lush, intricate synth explorations of his previous two releases, but sees him delve further still into those realms, invoking the spirit of classic ambient and synth-based music of decades gone by. While the album spans just eight tracks, each track clocks in over seven minutes, and some almost double that length. Each is slow-burning, expansive, gradually unfolding to reveal more of itself and to develop its motifs and sentiments without the often hurried constraints of the dancefloor (or even more so, the radio).
Robert Hood – Black Technician [MM167]
Music Man presents the third single from Robert Hoods’s ‘Motor: Nighttime World 3′ – ’Black Technician’. It includes 2 remixes from the Underground Resistance crew, the ‘UR Mad Mike Remix’ features founding UR member Mike Banks with edits by Skurge & Ray 7. On the ‘DirtTech UR Remix’ Mad Mike collaborated with Waajeed.
Robert Hood – Drive (The Age Of Automation) [MM165]
Music Man presents the second single ‘Drive (The Age Of Automation)’ on Music Man with remixes from Ø [Phase]. There are two different versions from Ø [Phase] for you to check out. Some good news too for the people that couldn’t get a hold of the ‘Nighttime World’ 3LP too; the original is also included and gets a full side.
Hipodrome’s 2012 Review (Part III)
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.
Robert Hood – Motor: Nighttime World 3 [MMLP038]
After the legendary “Nighttime World Volume 1” and “Nighttime World Volume 2”, Robert Hood returns with the long awaited “Motor: Nighttime World 3” on Music Man. With this, Robert Hood returns to the project he first started on Austria’s Cheap label back in 1995 and subsequently continued in 2000 on M-Plant. Fusing his trademark minimal techno into jazz inspired moods and inflections, Hood emerges from the smoke-lit shadows of a downbeat, but not beaten, Motor City metropolis. Inspired by Julien Temple’s documentary ‘Requiem For Detroit?’ Robert Hood examines the life, history and future of Detroit’s motor industry and its workforce, set against a backdrop of decay, despair, hope and re-birth.
Petar Dundov – Lily Wasp / Triton [MM162]
Petar Dundov is back with a new 2-tracker on Music Man. Deep melodic techno, from the past to the future and back again onto today’s dance floors.
Robert Hood – Torque One / Movement [MM161]
As a first taster of the upcoming Nighttime World 3 album by Robert Hood, Music Man presents Torque One (taken from the album) and an exclusive & vinyl-only track to this 12”, called Movement. As a first taster of the album we now present to you ‘Torque One’ (taken from the album) and an exclusive & vinyl-only track to this 12”, called ‘Movement’. With this release, mister Hood delivers 2 timeless pieces of electronic music inspired by a jazzy, dreamy ‘Nighttime World’. Quality.
Parallel 9 – Magnetic Reversal [MM160]
Parallel 9 is one of Steve Rachmad’s monikers, under which he crafts deep and slightly dubby techno. This is the first Parallel 9 release after 7 years. Three full tracks and three tools, on one fine double pack. From Music Man, with love.
Marcel Dettmann – Landscape [MM157]
Music Man just released ‘Conducted’, Marcel Dettmann’s new mix-cd.The track here is exclusive and comes with a remix by Answer Code Request aka Patrick Gräser.
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