Mick Clarke – Play Time [FRV025]

July 13, 2017September 12, 2023 hipodromeelectro, electronics, frigio records, heinrich dressel, juanpablo, mick clarke, technoLeave a comment

CLARKE, Mike - Play Time

Frigio Records is going back in time for its latest release, some 38 years into the past. Back then a young Newcastle man was experimenting with early electronic instruments and synths. Mick Clarke is his name and nearly forty years later he is still at it. Two tracks have been borrowed from Clarke’s seminal Games LP, each given a bit of modern boot polish from MinimalRome’s Heinrich Dressel and Frigio father Juanpablo. “Walls of the Night” is a blissed out work of ambient prog rock abstraction. Think rumbling horror score and soaring guitar strings. Heinrich Dressel offers a giallo dipped remix. The building bars of the original are maintained, beats added for ballast and darkened organ keys for a remake etched with murderous intent. The flip is introduced by the dreamy “Time Is Now.” Slender synthlines intertwine with gentle strings in a cerebral work. Juanpablo tweaks the 1979 material. Syrupy acid lines swim in meandering currents, a thick beat keeping time in murky waters of modulations and undulations.

VA – Act II [PROPAGANDAM002]

July 12, 2017July 19, 2022 hipodromeaiken, andre kronert, conforce, jeroen search, propaganda club, propaganda moscow, technoLeave a comment

The legendary Moscow club Propaganda celebrates its 20th Anniversary in April 2017 and launches a brand new record label. The label will cover different styles of intelligent electronic music, focusing on techno in the first year. At the beginning there will be released music by great artists who had performances at Propaganda club in past. More artists will be involved and more excellent music will be released over time.

Alderaan – Retina EP [WU049]

July 12, 2017May 21, 2024 hipodromealderaan, minimal techno, oscar mulero, techno, warm up recordingsLeave a comment

The argentinian Alderaan makes his debut on Warm-Up Recordings. He offers three slices of modern techno, heavy percussive based but whit a lot of intelligent elements inside. Oscar Mulero remixes one track, getting rid of the textures and focusing in rhythm and repetition in a minimalistic remake.

Johannes Heil – Exile 008 [EXILE008]

July 12, 2017July 12, 2017 hipodromeexile, johannes heil, technoLeave a comment

With no track names, minimalist artwork and a matter-or-fact EP title (simply the record’s catalogue number), it would be fair to assume that Johannes Heil’s latest EP is a forthright, no-nonsense affair. Predictably, it is, with the long serving German producer dishing up a quartet of throbbing techno box jams. While each track is a loopy, rhythm-based trip, there’s still variety across the EP. Contrast, for example, the fluttering, alien-sounding synth loops and crunchy snare hits of “Track 2” with the buzzing, industrial-tinged intensity of “Track 3”. Or, for that matter, the jacking drum machine percussion and heavy bass of “Track 4”, and the clandestine creepiness of standout cut “Track 1”.

Rag Dabons – Boite De 4 [CCRT7AM004]

July 11, 2017October 20, 2022 hipodromeconcrete, concrete music, electro, house, rag dabons, technoLeave a comment

Deep acidic club tracks. It’s all about Jesus and Denver, the last dinosaur.

VA – Plaza 001 [PLAZA001]

July 10, 2017July 10, 2017 hipodromeatripat, consulate, electro, lanngman, mike midnight, technoLeave a comment

Plaza’s first physical release features 4 tracks from an all local lineup of Atripat, Consulate, Lanngman and Mike Midnight. This one comes from a special place, a place where raw electronic excursions go head to head with heavy machine fuelled jams. Conceived in the North Western Coast and commemorated from the depths of the City.

Ekman – Sturm Und Drang [SHIP051]

July 10, 2017December 14, 2022 hipodromeekman, electro, industrial, roel dijcks, shipwrec records, technoLeave a comment

Roel Dijcks, better known as Ekman, is no stranger to Shipwrec. Following his Heimwee EP and Synaptic Feedback Loops comes a two tracker of serious proportions. “Sturm un Drang” gets the ball rolling. A rasping beat cuts into thick bass. A pool of liquified notes shimmers as an isolated world unfolds, a tactile world of arcing strings and clean complexity. If “Sturm un Drang” is a glimpse into an alien realm, “First Mover” is surely the beast that inhabits it. Bulbous bars trudge through a swamp of static, distortion drips from cymbals leaving melodies buried in the marshland.

Outermost – Intruder EP [EVR025]

July 7, 2017July 6, 2017 hipodromeechovolt records, electro, house, miltiades, outermost, techno, venus volcanismLeave a comment

When the derangement has reached the limitless limits. Like the sound of a light-beam reaching the immense gravitational waves of a black hole. Is there sound in nothingness This is your Outermost reality.

Black Merlin @ Strange Sounds From Beyond (Amsterdam) 25.06.2017

July 6, 2017July 5, 2017 hipodromeblack merlin, george thompson, industrial, strange sounds from beyond, technoLeave a comment

Bill Converse – The Shape Of Things To Come [DE158]

July 6, 2017July 17, 2024 hipodromeacid, album, bill converse, chicago house, dark entries records, technoLeave a comment

Dark Entries present the sophomore album from Austin, Texas analogue hardware enthusiast Bill Converse. Immersed in the early days of the 90s midwest rave scene, Bill began DJing at a young age in Lansing, Michigan. Luminaries such as Claude Young, Traxx, and Derrick May were key early influences. Techno, noise, ambient and tape processing are all part of his uncanny sound palette. ‘The Shape Of Things To Come’ is a 70 minute journey spread across two pieces of vinyl. It’s comprised of seven tracks recorded directly to tape with no overdubs, made at Converse’s home studio. At the time of recording, Bill was sending this material to Josh Vance (Josua Dorje Ngodup) for feedback. Most of the time Josh would respond in the form of artwork, and then Bill would create another track inspired by this feedback chain. Converse has dedicated this series of tracks to him. The songs on this album reveal a sublime influence from Detroit techno, early Chicago house, and Acid. For this album Converse slightly bumped up the tempos geared for dancefloor energy. Built around vintage synthesizer lines and gritty drum machine percussion, the tracks evoke how things have changed and how they have come to be.

ADMX-71 – Melted Fuel [LIES097]

July 6, 2017November 19, 2018 hipodromeadam mitchell, adam x, admx-71, industrial, l.i.e.s., long island electrical systems, technoLeave a comment

Techno veteran Adam-X dons his ADMX-71 moniker with three tracks of subterranean, cyborb, body music influenced slow grinding techno. Tense, textured, and ready to explode all three tracks explore the dark present and future we are heading towards, with track titles like Nuclear Hysterics and Dire Situation the music goes hand in hand with the modern day chaos unfolding daily. Properly heavy and dense there is still air letting the tracks breathe and develop as they slowly boil over scorching everything in their path.

Cardopusher – Nothing Left To Believe In EP [ZONE029]

July 6, 2017April 11, 2018 hipodromeacid house, cardopusher, electro, techno, zone recordsLeave a comment

Zone Records welcomes Cardopusher for their next EP, a five track affair that is arresting from the off. Venezuelan born Cardopusher is now based in Barcelona and co-founded the Classicworks label. His diverse and experimental sound takes him from techno to electro to acid to rave to house, all with his own singular perspective. Kicking things off is the raw and raucous ‘Nothing Left to Believe In.’ It is a macho tune with fractured vocals, wild synths and slap funk drums all sounding industrial and tortured. Then comes ‘Blast Cut’, a more dynamic and stripped back electro groove with a corrugated bassline and metallic synth stabs all sounding informed by the past but looking to a distant future.

Interstellar Funk @ Strange Sounds From Beyond (Amsterdam) 25.06.2017

July 5, 2017July 3, 2017 hipodromeelectro, industrial, interstellar funk, minimal synth, olf van elden, strange sounds from beyond, synth wave, technoLeave a comment

Mor Elian – Cymatic Ring [FAM001]

July 5, 2017October 30, 2017 hipodromeelectro, fever am, house, mor elian, technoLeave a comment

Fever AM comes from a Berlin connection between a pair of artists with roots on either side of the Mediterranean Sea and on both sides of the Atlantic. Label founders Mor Elian and Rhyw (one half of Cassegrain) share many musical reference points reaching back to early childhood right up to the present including the deeper, darker reaches of electronic music. The label is the pair s rawest and truest realisation of these influences. The first EP will be from Elian, a sublime 4 tracker that has matured after a winter in the studio and is now ready for club play – from heating up peak time dance floors to trippier after hours moments. Sprinkling her trademark stripped back sound with electro and breakbeats the release sets out the label s stall to release vibrant, challenging dance floor music.

Annanan & Maroje T. – The Brooklyn Sessions [PNKMN020]

July 5, 2017November 24, 2023 hipodromeacid, annanan, electro, maroje t., pinkman records, technoLeave a comment

The Brooklyn Sessions bring together old and new Pinkman friends. Annanan returns, this time with Maroje T, for three pieces of NY darkness. Acid tainted torment opens the 12″, pain and rejection catalogued in the barren “Confrontations in Terms of Sexuality.” “I Saw You” maintains that cold edge. Militaristic percussion is dipped in industrial grease, lost samples circling in a haze of distortion. The pair explore reduction with tracks being boiled down to leave only distilled dread behind. The breathy vocals of “I Am” close, drum patterns looped into machine groan and the aching abyss.

DJ Nephil LIVE @ Mechatronica, Griessmühle (Berlin) 10.06.2017

July 3, 2017June 29, 2017 hipodromeacid, dj nephil, electro, gravitational waves, griessmühle, live act, mechatronica music, technoLeave a comment

Dj Overdose – Feeding The Fad [UTTU074]

July 3, 2017April 7, 2022 hipodromedj overdose, electro, jeroen warmenhoven, techno, unknown to the unknownLeave a comment

Label-hopping Dutchman DJ Overdose can usually be relied upon to bring the goods. Happily, he’s in fine form on this first solo Unknown to the Unknown appearance since 2015’s fantastic Housejam Freaker. Wisely, he’s decided to steer clear of well-worn retro-futurist cliches (jungle breaks, hardcore revivalism and so on), instead delivering a trio of raw cuts that blend elements of electro, 1990 style European techno and blistering acid house. Flipside “Probably Too Commercial”, a rough-and-ready dose of distorted, high octane electro smothered in alien electronics, is probably the pick of the bunch, though sweaty, stab-tastic opener “Feeding The Fad” – all razor-sharp electronic riffs, wayward drum machine beats and old school vocal samples – also impresses.

Justin Cudmore – Acid Series Vol.2 [IT039]

June 30, 2017April 24, 2024 hipodromeacid house, interdimensional transmissions, justin cudmore, technoLeave a comment

To celebrate 10 years of No Way Back (a regular party in Detroit…and beyond), the label is launching the Acid Series, a series of records on Interdimensional Transmissions inspired by the No Way Back parties. The second release in the series comes from Justin Cudmore. He is the latest in the line of midwesterners to emerge from the Brooklyn music scene, hailing originally from Illinois. And you can hear it in his music, that mesmerizing midwestern groove and deep heady thoughtfulness.

Crystal Maze – Mind Process Controller [EIDE003]

June 30, 2017December 14, 2021 hipodromebrokntoys, crystal maze, eidetic, g string, gijs poortman, house, marco antonio spaventi, technoLeave a comment

CRYSTAL MAZE - Mind Process Controller

Brokntoys techno series detic continues with Crystal Maze. Gijs Poortman & Marco Spaventi form Crystal Maze, a sporadic project when they both get the time away from their busy solo projects. Here they present 4 tracks cutting between rolling techno, deep jacking grooves and beatless excursions.

Villa Åbo – Brain Charter Disco [BSR012]

June 27, 2017December 29, 2025 hipodromebutter sessions, duo j, house, jan svensson, techno, villa aboLeave a comment

Since ’87 a 13 year old Jan Svensson AKA Villa Abo has been the back bone of Swedish electronic experimentalist group Frak and behind one of the biggest inspirations for Butter Sessions, Borft Records. As always, Jan keeps pushing the boundaries on this 4 tracker.