D’Marc Cantu – Hypnopompic [ENDILL010]

March 6, 2017April 18, 2018 hipodromed'marc cantu, electro, endless illusion, jakbeat, technoLeave a comment

As the world collapses, dragging its unwilling inhabitants into insanity, a few things, fortunately, remain true. The man who’s contributed to the development of the JAK sound on behalf of the Nation community from Lake Michigan to the Dutch west coast, where he became well known for several EPs released on Creme Organization Records, is back. After two full-length albums, dozens of EPs and action in the 2AM/FM project, D’Marc Cantu has gained well-earned respect as an underground artist. We are very pleased to bring this little return to the JAK beat style.

Tracey – Skyfall [VD027]

March 6, 2017June 18, 2024 hipodromedeniro, house, rush hour, techno, tom ruijg, tracey, voyage directLeave a comment

Amongst those on the Amsterdam club scene, Tom Ruijg is highly regarded as a DJ and producer. “Skyfall” is his first 12” for Voyage Direct, following a fine contribution to the First Mission compilation back in 2015. More pertinently, the EP marks the first time he’s used the Tracey moniker for a release. Perfect balance between head-in-the-clouds melodiousness – delivered via cascading, new age influenced synthesiser motifs, starry electronics and crystalline lead lines – and serious dancefloor grunt.

Mick Wills – Endless Illusion Podcast #19

March 3, 2017March 15, 2017 hipodromeendless illusion, mick wills, minimal synth, podcast, suicide circus, technoLeave a comment

Recorded live @ Suicide Circus (Berlin) 06.01.2017

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VA – Nightfall & Other Stories [RS025]

March 3, 2017September 12, 2023 hipodromedetroit house, reggie dokes, release sustain, simoncino, techno, vakula, vincent floydLeave a comment

London/Lisbon label Release/Sustain start the year as they mean to go on. Presenting a 4 track various artists 12” titled “Nightfall & Other Stories”. Opening proceedings on A1 is Vakula, a regular at the Release/Sustain ‘Conclave’ parties and part of the RS family. His offering, “809”, is a percussive drum tool trip of a track, with sporadic raw percussion shooting shining across a positively minimalist backing. For A2, we see Italian stalwart of underground dance music Simoncino. Obscure sample work, and a repeating line ‘I can use a friend’, twist and turn over rugged, thumping, functional drums and bass. Furthering the quality of this standout 12” is Chicago house music pioneer Vincent Floyd. Rich in melody and familiar classic house sounds, Reggie’s soft jacking house sound bring a silky smooth, North American touch to a previously rugged, European 12 slab of wax.

John Heckle – Aggro EP [CHIWAX025]

March 3, 2017April 19, 2023 hipodromeacid house, chiwax, john heckle, rawax, technoLeave a comment

DJ/Producer from Merseyside UK, John Heckle has produced records for Mathematics Recordings, Tabernacle Records, Crème Organization, Lunar Disko and more. His releases include two full length studio albums, The Second Son and Desolate Figures (as well as The Last Magic Maker mini-album), plus multiple singles, remixes and EPs. Now he makes his debut on Chiwax with some more machine jacking house tracks.

Villa Åbo – Duophonic Mind EP [MOW002]

March 3, 2017July 9, 2024 hipodromedaniel wendler, estrato aurora, jan svensson, memories on wax, techno, villa aboLeave a comment

The second Memories On Wax release comes from Jan Svenson AKA VILLA ÅBO, one of the members of Frak, and the man behind Börft records and other projects such as Zwarre. Duophonic Mind is a 4 track release with 3 slow and heavy analog techno and a powerful remix by the emerging talent, Estrato Aurora.

Alessandro Adriani – BIS Radio Show #874

March 2, 2017March 1, 2017 hipodromealessandro adriani, beats in space, electro, mannequin records, minimal synth, podcast, technoLeave a comment

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VA – Internal Affairs: The Remixes [777-10]

February 28, 2017July 12, 2022 hipodrome777 recordings, brighton, glyn, house, leaves, orson wells, pablo mateo, roger 23, technoLeave a comment

Ron Wilson’s 777 serves up more raw and rusty house jams on a new various artists sampler entitled Internal Affairs: this is serious! On the A side is newcomer Brighton with “Tesla” (Leaves Remix), while Frankfurt’s Orson Wells gives us “Ratio” where Saarbruckens finest: Roger 23 gets on the remix and delivers a lush deep acid rendition this side of Tin Man. On the flip, Leaves returns with the impressive “Third Floor” getting an awesome remix by Pablo Mateo; working those drum computers to impressive effect as always. Finally, Orson Wells stays on too; working the nightshift on his remix for Glyn’s “Kevin Lomax” and giving it a lo-fi, neon lit makeover that will appeal to retroverts dancing well into the morning at Robert Johnson next Sunday morning.

Dona – The V.G.P. Sessions [CR1293]

February 28, 2017February 19, 2025 hipodromecreme organization, dj plant texture, dona, electro, house, technoLeave a comment

After an EP on Creme Organization off-shoot Jericho One as DJ Plant Texture, Dona Basile now assumes his Dona alias for a new EP on the main label. Entitled The V.G.P Sessions, it features four new cuts from the Italian. Up first is a live cut version of ‘Energia’, a bristling electro track with globular bass and coarse hits. Turbulent but full of synth based serenity, it is a fine start. ‘Cigarettes’ is rugged and broken, with glossy IDM synths and corrugated drums all loosely arranged into something prickly and unsettling. ‘The Deads At Twelve’ then gets even more fucked up, with rusty synths and blown out drums making for a dystopian house groove that will likely soundtrack the apocalypse. Last but not least, ‘Nr. 13’ mixes up Detroit synths, wild acid, heavenly chords and chopped up, buried deep vocal samples into something that will fire every synapse in your body. This is outlier stuff from Dona that sounds like little else.

Unfinished Portraits – Memory Lake [LT031]

February 28, 2017December 25, 2017 hipodromeelectro, house, lobster theremin, techno, unfinished portraitsLeave a comment

Lobster Theremin is back and rolling and bringing more snappy electro through the Theremin caverns with this indelible EP from Unfinished Portraits.

Juanpablo @ Acido Royale, Winterthur (Switzerland) 16.12.2016

February 27, 2017February 27, 2017 hipodromeacid, acido royale, electro, frigio records, juanpablo, minimal synth, technoLeave a comment

Timothy J. Fairplay – Where Is The Champion? [CHAR-LP01]

February 27, 2017November 24, 2023 hipodromealbum, charlois records, disco, electro, house, pinkman records, techno, timothy j fairplayLeave a comment

Charlois present “Where is the Champion?”, Timothy J. Fairplay’s first full length solo album. Twelve shifting, shuffling and shimmering tracks make up this debut. Cruising the highways and byways between proto-techno, horror disco and forlorn wave, Fairplay conjures up his creations from metal and smoke. Saturated snares, clipped claps and warbling chords are dusted with distortion. And this idea of distortion, manipulation and the blurred line is omnipresent. Innocent and sinister, cruel and playful, accepted boundaries are brazenly ignored as engines growl and synthlines soar.

Steinzeit – Wahrheit [MRT008]

February 27, 2017December 22, 2023 hipodromeacid, bjorn magnusson, electro, hansruedi schnüriger, house, lux rec, mrt, steinzeit, technoLeave a comment

STEINZEIT - Wahrheit

Steinzeit concludes the MRT grey series. The duo is comprised of Hansruedi Schnriger, one half of Echo 106, and Bjorn Magnusson. They recorded these three tracks in a weekend’s time inside Magnusson studio, which is an abandoned factory in the middle of nowhere, in Switzerland, using bare concrete walls as an echo chamber. The pace is slow, atmosphere is bleak, tone is melancholic, drums are evil. It reflects how Switzerland feels in winter. Lonely, and this is true, like the name of the tracks.

Matrixxman – Sector II: Acid [DKMNTL045]

February 27, 2017February 7, 2018 hipodromeacid house, charles duff, dekmantel records, matrixxman, technoLeave a comment

Matrixxman has been a Dekmantel regular for a couple of years now. The San Francisco producer continues to impress with a new triptych for Dekmantel Records. Over the course of three EP’s (Rhythm, Acid, Polyphony), Charles McCloud Duff displays his versatile and original take on house and techno. The concept of the triptych is to explore the range within the confines of a particular limitation.

Expropriation – #005 [VNL005]

February 27, 2017May 16, 2018 hipodromeexpropriation, techno, vanilaLeave a comment

For the fifth release Vanila goes Vanilla, this time with the debut EP from the Athenian artist Expropriation. ”Expropriate While U Can” and ”Poza Putana” are two long and slow trips, that perfectly fit in the current filthy mood of the greek capital.

VA – 10.VI [SEM010VI]

February 25, 2017March 13, 2023 hipodromeandreas tilliander, eduardo de la calle, iori, semantica records, svreca, techno, vrilLeave a comment

Sixth installment on the 10 years series featuring tracks by Vril, Iori, Eduardo de la Calle and a special collaboration from Andreas Tilliander and Svreca.

Kaelan – First Attitude EP [OWR008]

February 25, 2017December 13, 2017 hipodromefundamental interaction, kaelan, nico campanella, overdraw records, p.e.a.r.l., technoLeave a comment

Overdraw is back this time with Kaelan. The artist in charge offering two original driving techno cuts with some remixes from P.E.A.R.L. and Fundamental Interaction.

VA – U/V [SUBREC01140]

February 24, 2017October 10, 2017 hipodromeblackmoon77, electro, experimental, kimmo rapatti, le chocolat noir, luke eargoggle, melodies souterraines, russell alderton, techno, tryphèmeLeave a comment

Music from Le Chocolat Noir, Tryphème, Russell Alderton, Luke Eargoggle, BLΔCKMOON77 and Kimmo Rapatti for your emotional sorrows, choose for now,the energy transmission , take and congregate. The breakable experience of an unconventional trip, but not so modern as that.

VA – Emerald City [VR001.1]

February 23, 2017December 6, 2021 hipodromehouse, john shima, leigh dickson, mihail p, plant43, techno, verdant recordingsLeave a comment

SHIMA, John/PLANT43/MIHAIL P/LEIGH DICKSON - Emerald City

Emerald City is the first release of Verdant Recordings, a new label to present carefully curated deep music across the electronic spectrum. On this EP are 3 highly respected producers from the UK; Leigh Dickson, John Shima and Plant43 (Emile Facey) and a 4th debut track from a disciple of the halcyon days of emotive music Mihail Petrovski. Musically this EP is all about deep techno; the exquisite sounds and characteristic style of each producer is unmistakeable. Emerald City was first released as limited edition of lathe cuts but interest in the project completely overwhelmed its availability.

Lost Trax – Reflections [EE0002]

February 23, 2017September 29, 2022 hipodromeemotions electric, lost trax, subwax bcn, technoLeave a comment

Lost Trax drops the first release of 2017 on Subwax label “Emotions Electric”, 3 fiercesome Detroit tracks of the highest order.