Chris Carrier – Sound Carrier #6 [SC006Y]

March 9, 2016October 6, 2020 hipodromeadult only, chris carrier, house, sound carrier, technoLeave a comment

CARRIER, Chris - Sound Carrier #6

Chris Carrier delivers a box of steaming fresh hot techno jams with the latest release from his trusty Adult Only sub-label, Sound Carrier. The sounds here are a little more entrenched in the techno sound ethic. ‘Cosmic Road’ is the first of four that take us on a journey out into space, the final frontier… As the name suggests, we’re propelled up into the stars, encouraged to let go of our Earth-bound outlook and travel far away beyond Saturn’s rings. Smooth pads form a cosmic choir with bright flecks of synth, dancing around a jaunty bassline. Amazing. ‘Space Nation’ then strips things back, coming through with that minimal vibe. The rhythm is steppy, chugging along with mysterious intent. On the other side we take ‘Refuge On Earth’ with a 303-led trip back to our home planet. Here we are comforted by the familiar sound of that Roland machine, while the percussion slaps and claps away like the firecracker sound of a machine gun. Last up, ‘Holidays On Mars’ drifts in with an bright, optimistic feeling permeating throughout.

Chupacabras / Brother Y – Falling Away / Phage [TUT001]

March 9, 2016December 5, 2025 hipodromebrother y, chupacabras, house, jeremy d rodriguez, techno, tutamenLeave a comment

CHUPACABRAS/BROTHER Y - Falling Away

Chupacabras and Brother Y join forces to form the debut vinyl release from Tutamen. Brooklyn resident and elusive production talent Chupacabras offers up two machine-powered cosmic cuts, expanding upon the territory explored with his contributions to the Tutamen tape series and last years EP for Go Finger. The as-yet unknown Brother Y makes a first appearance with two hypnotic numbers on the B- side.

Lake Haze – Natural Insight EP [CR1289]

March 9, 2016October 19, 2023 hipodromecreme organization, electro, goncalo salgado, house, lake haze, technoLeave a comment

Creme Organization look to Portugal’s fast rising Lake Haze for a new three track EP. Solar Flames opens the release with a grand sense of sadness. Vast kicks pound below as eerie pads make for an unsettling atmosphere. When a slitting acid line comes in, the 909 pings really kick into action and the track takes off. Sinister Strike is just that, a driving and dark track with elastic bass and ravey stabs that make for physical listening. Lastly, Geisterbahnhofe is a broken beat affair that is rueful and zoned out. Full of sombre, reflective open spaces and distant electro stylings, it rounds out a varied and vital EP.

R-Zone – R-Zone 16 [RZONE016]

March 9, 2016September 9, 2025 hipodromecreme organization, global darkness, house, r-zone, technoLeave a comment

The R-Zone series excels at raw, inventive, off kilter club music from a range of mysterious artists. That fine tradition continues once more here with another four cuts of inventive music that takes cues from techno, IDM, acid and house. Lumidei is all wonky drums and out of time hits and is a brilliantly weird cut full of spacious atmospherics. Mynheer is built on a bed of broken beats, knocking hits and metallic textures that all tumble and fall around loosely and invitingly.

Jordan GCZ – Fission Transmission [OMR008]

March 9, 2016August 1, 2018 hipodromehouse, jordan czamanski, jordan gcz, off minor recordings, technoLeave a comment

The notorious Jordan GCZ is back on his own label. This time he switches the arpeggiators to ‘Body’ and it’s all go… for a while. Two more tool type versions on the flip..for the DJs.

Kerridge – Fatal Light Attraction [DNSKER002]

March 5, 2016December 13, 2019 hipodromealbum, downwards records, industrial, samuel kerridge, technoLeave a comment

Kerridge’s 3rd long player marks a more fluid, or effluent, refinement of his sound, blurring the boundaries between organic audio sources and custom-constructed synths to flooding the senses with waves of bristling, oxidising industrial tones and coruscating texturhythm seemingly intent on separating flesh from bone. It’s evil stuff, all seven tracks of it, forming a closed feedback system of guttural, choking frequencies and cardiac arrhythymatics.

The Transhumans – Beast Like State EP [MORD025]

March 5, 2016February 5, 2026 hipodromemord records, techno, the transhumansLeave a comment

Snakes are Poor Denizens of Hell
Have come surreptitioning
Through the tall grass
To face the pool of clear frogs

Positive Centre – Vorticist [SNTS008]

March 5, 2016March 3, 2016 hipodromeindustrial, mike jefford, positive centre, snts records, technoLeave a comment

SNTS Records expands its reach with solo Positive Centre, who has released on Our Circula Sound and Stroboscopic Artefacts. This EP, with the intriguing title of Vorticist, shows the artist’s most visceral and raw side.

Phase Fatale – Jealous God 10 [JEL010]

March 5, 2016February 5, 2025 hipodromehayden payne, industrial, jealous god, phase fatale, technoLeave a comment

Jealous God arrive at their tenth issue and it’s yet another label debut, with Berlin-based New Yorker Hayden Payne getting his most high profile release to date under the Phase Fatale name. Once heavily involved in New York’s cold wave scene, Payne’s move to Berlin and the adoption of Phase Fatale has seen him develop an EBM flavoured style of techno that is eminently suited to the Jealous God cause. Lead cut “Steel” sounds like Silent Servant hocked up on steroids, contrasting nicely with the stealthier pump of “SOL740”. On the flip, the rhythmic construction of “Cut” is reminiscent of Jam City reworking Front 242, whilst “Castor” is pure sonic brutality.

Numonika – Knoe 4/1 [KNOE4/1]

March 4, 2016March 23, 2018 hipodromeboe recordings, for those that knoe, house, numonika, technoLeave a comment

For Those That Knoe present some of the freshest and timeless sounds the UK has to offer from Numonika, sounding as good now as they would have done when recorded ten years ago. Three tracks from the original demo CD have been selected, compiled, re-mastered and pressed by For Those That Knoe onto a special 12″ for collectors and club DJs alike.

99Letters – Drawing Days [THNS005]

March 3, 2016March 3, 2016 hipodrome99letters, album, cassegrain, house, techno, THRHNDRDSVNTNNLeave a comment

99LETTERS steps up on THRHNDRDSVNTNN with a collection of chugging, otherworldly house and techno excursions. Tape saturated machines groan under ghostly synth pads and layers of static, whilst over driven percussion pounds overhead.

Bintus – Reincarnated Savage [BDN009]

March 3, 2016November 21, 2019 hipodromebedouin records, bintus, electro, milo smee, technoLeave a comment

Having previously kept his pet project Bintus on the Power Vacuum homestead, Milo Smee aligns with UAE label Bedouin for the superbly named Reincarnated Savage EP. While there can often be a slightly scary amount of distortion shaping out the Bintus sound, the lead track on the record is finely honed, pummelling electro of the highest order, albeit with plenty of unhinged noises zipping around in the mix. Fear not red-line lovers, for there’s still ample room for overloaded madness on the flipside by way of balancing out the release.

Frak – Sudden Haircut EP [DE109]

March 3, 2016July 17, 2024 hipodromeacid, bjorn isgren, dark entries records, electro, frak, house, jan svensson, johan sturesson, technoLeave a comment

Frak are Björn Isgren, Johan Sturesson and Jan Svensson, a trio of synthesizer lovers from Sweden. The band was formed when Svensson and Isgren’s older sisters were best friends and they introduced their little brothers to each other. Inspired by Severed Heads, DAF, Human League, Devo, Skinny Puppy, the boys began collecting analog equipment and started Studio Styrka. While the band were still in their early teens they released the first FRAK cassette album in 1987 on their own record label Börft. Almost 30 years later, FRAK continue to release their bizarre brand of Scandinavian techno with their debut release on Dark Entries.

Interr-Ference (I-F) – TRAX.172

March 2, 2016March 1, 2016 hipodromeelectro, i-f, intergalactic fm, interr-ference, podcast, techno, trax magazineLeave a comment

Mono Junk vs Mesak – Deep In My Mind [DUM034]

March 2, 2016February 17, 2025 hipodromeacid, dum records, electro, kimmo rapatti, mesak, mono junk, tatu metsätähti, technoLeave a comment

Mono Junk’s DUM Records has been dictating trends in the world of minimalistic techno since the 1990s, and its 34th release is as special as any. This one comes from label boss Kimmo Rapatti aka Mono Junk vs Mesak, who is better known as fellow Finn, Tatu Metsätähti, aka one half of Mr Velcto Fastener. Together the pair serve up three mixes of their jam and an additional track

VA – Few Tricks For Nervous Dealbreakers EP [CY004]

March 2, 2016December 25, 2017 hipodromecontort yourself records, electro, industrial, mark forshaw, mark van de maat, parrish smith, svengalisghost, techno, volition immanent, zombies under stresLeave a comment

Contort Yourself with 4 strong outings for its fourth EP ! To begin with we have the grimacing visage of Volition Immanent, an intense live act made up of Parrish Smith and Mark Van de Maat (Knekelhuis). Nastiness is taken up a notch as noise ne’er-do-wells Zombies Under Stress take over. Static is bent and doubled across thick chords and collapsed clap in the 1986 ”Maan Zal Zijn” before the raw and raging battery of ”In Onze Tijd.” L.I.E.S. regular Svengalisghost grapples with ”Maan Zal Zijn, channelling the original’s rage into a mechanical monster. The 12” is bookended with bite as Mark Forshaw (Tabernacle/Berceuse Heroique) closes with the tortured and torrential thump of ”Submission.”

Space Knight – Space Alert / Starline [DP015]

March 2, 2016March 1, 2016 hipodromedjuring phonogram, electro, milo allezo, space knight, stefan horscht, technoLeave a comment

New ruff kinda Electro, hard to place, produced by Stefan Horscht & Milo Allezo.

Cosmin TRG – Invite’s Choice Podcast 348

March 1, 2016February 24, 2017 hipodromecosmin trg, invite's choise, podcast, romanian, technoLeave a comment

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VA – Strange Science EP [ICR003]

March 1, 2016July 19, 2022 hipodromeadam craft, endlec, invite's choise, invite's choise records, jeroen search, minimal techno, techno, tntusLeave a comment

Invite’s Choice Records starts 2016 with a bang and releases another 4-track EP with 4 different tracks by 4 great artists. Jeroen Search has the honour of opening the EP with a four to the floor track which gets you with it’s sporadic melodramatic sting. Perfect for switching between the more deeper and more straightforward parts of your set. Adam Craft continues with a loop-track which is built around it’s powerful and deep bass. Thessaloniki based Endlec is responsible for the first track of the B-side and comes up with a track dominated by it’s percussive yet simple drive and a synthy vibe which, together with it’s short length, draws you in and sends you off in another direction quite soon. TNTUS closes the EP with a track that fits Invite’s style quite well; a drumcomputer-driven track complimented with a chaotic, repetitive synth: madness guaranteed!

Peter van Hoesen – Stealth 3/3 [T2XS303]

March 1, 2016July 24, 2019 hipodromepeter van hoesen, techno, time to expressLeave a comment

The last instalment of the ‘Stealth’ vinyls focuses on the productions of the Time To Express founder. Reflecting the themes of the series, Van Hoesen offers his own vision of hypnotic techno on ‘Shadows & Concern’, a powerful and expansive piece. The series is completed in appropriate fashion with ‘Unicorn’, an emotive track that displays Van Hoesen’s more melodic side.