Manuel Tur – Es Cub [FRLP033]

May 19, 2014April 4, 2024 hipodromealbum, freerange records, house, manuel tur, technoLeave a comment

Spontaneity, simplicity and playfulness, combined with the warmth and solitude of an Ibizan hideaway, not to mention the cold, industrial minimalism of Manuels Ruhr Valley Essen roots all make for an interesting fusion on Es Cub. Take opener Ara Anam for example, we could just as easily be on the Space Terrace as we could at Panarama Bar. Tracks such as Werk and Flux combine hints of clipped minimalism with the driving, analogue synth sounds of say Ame or Baikal whilst About To Fall and El Soplo contain both depth and a certain majestic beauty gained from the simple, stripped back, rolling beats and flowing pads. Far from being the throwaway sketches that Manuel modestly implies, we hear strong melodic motifs and hooky samples appearing throughout the entire LP which brings a unique identity to each track as well as adding a cohesive gel to Es Cub.

Jackmate – Halios EP [TURDJR005]

May 19, 2014November 25, 2020 hipodromehouse, jackmate, michel baumann, techno, treat your dj rightLeave a comment

JACKMATE - Halios EP

The Stuttgart papi Michel Baumann alias Soulphiction aka Jackmate presents three new power generators on – Treat Your Dj Right’ equipped with the right measure of steam and courage. On Halios EP he’s getting the juices flowing, however manifested as a compulsion to move. Beyblade’ is a glossily illuminated, sensory-enhanced modern club production which shows that Chicago and Detroit could be sister cities, in the heart of Trollinger-Town! Juan is soaked with pure chi-town pads, and applied, frenetic subterranean bass. Through a fully conscious, shifting rhythm and hi-hat that whispers as if a drum is being stroked with a brush, it manages a compelling groove. Length doesn’t play a role here, answering the question of why anything should be extended when the moment of euphoria has been reached. Sunbeams demonstrates how a ‘whitey’ can produce the same velvety, soulful sound of black music, and with the same understanding to boot.

Abdulla Rashim – Unanimity [NE010]

May 18, 2014June 8, 2023 hipodromeabdulla rashim, album, experimental, industrial, northern electronics, technoLeave a comment

Defeating apathy by creating his own world, Abdulla Rashims music thinks before it speaks. Untangled energy and drive breathes life into the rigid rhythmic structures, where the wild, almost primal, core illuminates the heartfelt and soulful layers within in his music. This musical contradiction between thought and letting go, acts as the base foundation in Abdulla Rashim’s music. As a celebration and as a aural development, Abdulla Rashim releases his ‘Unanimity’ LP on Northern Electronics.

Covered In Sand – Crescent Shapes Scars [MIRA008]

May 18, 2014January 26, 2024 hipodromeavian music, covered in sand, guy brewer, industrial, leftfield, mira, shifted, technoLeave a comment

The release features three abrasive noise workouts. Thud of drums and ritualistic rhythms define the opener Luarica on the A-side alongside a near-melodic whine that stays present throughout the tracks. Orapa (An Interview) on the flip swallows and evokes scuffed voices of a conversation, striving into isolation, while Venetia resumes the haunting rhythm and layers of distortion.

The Exaltics – Some Other Place Vol. 2 [CWCS008.2]

May 16, 2014April 19, 2023 hipodromeclone records, clone west coast series, electro, techno, the exalticsLeave a comment

Volume 2 in The Exaltics’ Some Other Place tryptich for Clone West Coast Series.

Lory D – MT100 [SR003]

May 15, 2014May 14, 2014 hipodromeelectro, lorenzo d'angelo, lory d, soul research, technoLeave a comment

A legendary name in techno, Lory D is back and as strong as when his vinyls were cherished all over the world as his SNS (Sound Never Seen) was printed by Rephlex of Aphex Twin. MT100 is a timeless and genre-free track: it’s just music. The melody is sound-track material for a high profile film with a rhythm which however recall the first drum machines of the eighties.

Rhythm Factory – Thistle EP [RAWAX004LTD]

May 15, 2014July 19, 2023 hipodromeeinzelkind, rawax, rawax limited, rhythm factory, robin scholz, technoLeave a comment

Rawax welcomes 2 friends to the family – Rhythm Factory aka Arno Völker aka Einzelkind & Robin Scholz.

Aroy Dee & G-String @ These Guys Kingsday, NSDSM Treehouse (Amsterdam) 26.04.2014

May 14, 2014July 28, 2014 hipodromearoy dee, g string, gijs poortman, house, techno, these guysLeave a comment

Unknown Artist – Wargames #1 [WAR001]

May 14, 2014May 13, 2014 hipodromeindustrial, techno, unknown artist, wargamesLeave a comment

Mysterious, dark & distorted heavy hitters on 7”. Definitely not for everyone. Limited press which won’t last. ”Shout out to Matilda & the Paris regiment.”

Robert Crash – Under Party [DIN001]

May 14, 2014March 12, 2024 hipodromedog in the night records, francesco schito, house, robert crash, technoLeave a comment

Like a noisy hound in your neighborhood – keeping you awake.. awesome stuff on this fresh U.S. house label! Jackin beat tracks and psychedelic discofied mixers from Robert Crash. Beatin’, jackin’ and rockin’ the house.

VA – Nonnative 06 [SEMNNN006]

May 9, 2014November 20, 2024 hipodromeadriana lopez, etapp kyle, israel vines, nonnative, par grindvik, semantica records, technoLeave a comment

Part six of the Nonnative Series featuring Par Grindvik, Adriana Lopez, Etapp Kyle & Israel Vines.

Aiken – Looking Inward [SEM062]

May 9, 2014November 20, 2024 hipodromeaiken, juho kusti, semantica records, technoLeave a comment

Second Aiken 12” for Semantica. Four excellent subtle yet powerful & hypnotic techno cuts.

Francois X – Suspended In A Stasis Field [DM3D008]

May 9, 2014May 7, 2014 hipodromedement3d records, francois x, technoLeave a comment

The long awaited debut EP of Francois X on DEMENT3D. Much like hundreds of techno records that we love, Francois subtly weaves a canvas of very personal links between sound treatments and life events, time decay and society, spatialization and science-fiction, rumble and voodoo tribe rituals, and delivers some very powerful moments of raw and gritty music.

Transformation – Sketch I [LIES-BLK005]

May 8, 2014July 5, 2023 hipodromedieter flegel, house, l.i.e.s., l.i.e.s. black, long island electrical systems, techno, transformation, traxxLeave a comment

Deutsche trio killing it on a new LIES BLK. Sandro Stebnitz, Manito Rotschild, and Dieter Flegel met in the late-nineties in Oldenburg Germany while working on the loading dock of the Leifheit Housewares shipping division. Through their monotonous days of shrink wrapping ovens and loading palettes of stainless steel cookware onto tractor trailers, the trio would often relay tall tales to each other simply to pass the time. One such delusional fantasy was that the trio would one day ditch their warehouse jobs and start a band not unlike their mutual hero, Gary Numan. Their fantasy became somewhat of a reality when Dieter gained access to various pieces of musical equipment when his uncle Hans came upon a sudden and untimely death. Unphased by this tragic event, Dieter rallied up his small group and hit the garage, practicing and recording every evening in hopes of making it, just like Gary did. Here we have on record, the only document of their time in the makeshift studio, a 15 minute electronic jam simply titled “Sketch 1”.

Person of Interest – LIES 020.5 [LIES020.5]

May 8, 2014August 11, 2017 hipodromehouse, l.i.e.s., long island electrical systems, person of interest, technoLeave a comment

Person of Interest, highly sought after and could be lurking in the shady corners under Brooklyn’s JMZ line. On his L.I.E.S. debut we get soupy remnants of what could be called garage house, pieces of high octane techno, and one slow burning grisled tooth number to close this three track EP out. A strong showing and undoubtedly one to keep your eyes on.

Mark Forshaw – Tools Of The Unexpected [MATH075]

May 8, 2014July 2, 2019 hipodromechicago house, mark forshaw, mathematics recordings, technoLeave a comment

For their latest trip into the analogue unknown, Jamal Moss’s Mathematics imprint has turned to John Heckle cohort and occasional Tabernacle type Mark Forshaw. The producer duly delivers an impressively varied and superbly imagined quartet of cuts, heavy on snappy analogue percussion, stargazing synths and icy, out-there atmospherics. There’s some deep but driving underwater techno in the shape of the claustrophobic “Sessions”, a clanking exercise in drum machine love (the intense but woozy “Tolls of the Unexpected”), a deeper, slower tempo trip into melodic analogue deep house territory (“Analog Kicks”), and a acid-flecked jack-track with distinct Detroit techno overtones (“Neptanus”).

VA – Underground Sounds Volume 2 [PBR037]

May 8, 2014June 26, 2019 hipodromedaikini9, dj spider, hakim murphy, house, phil moffa, plan b recordings, technoLeave a comment

Underground Sounds Volume 2 from PLan B Recordings, featuring four tracks by DJ Spider, Phil Moffa, Daikini9 and Hakim Murphy.

Gesloten Cirkel – Submit X [M-X]

May 6, 2014October 19, 2017 hipodromealbum, electro, gesloten cirkel, murder capital, techno, viewlexxLeave a comment

Returning to Viewlexx sub-label Murder Capital, Gesloten Cirkel is ready to serve up a full-length album, Submit X. Russian mystery man Gesloten Cirkel has caused quite a stir with his releases on this label as well as Moustache Techno Series and Berceuse Heroique – it is often weird, twisted music that fuses acid and techno and electro into brave new forms. This new album continues in that tradition across ten new cuts. Right from the off Gesloten Circkel spits out the jams – opener ‘Zombiemachine Acid’ is built on a corrugated bed of beats, has slapping percussion and a sharp acid line. After the same track without the acid line comes ‘Submit X’ with its into fractured, loopy sounds and layered up vocal snippets. For unsettling, dark and droning ambient check ‘Stakapella’, or the same sketch with a distant electro beat on ‘Stakan’. ‘Chatters’ is then a grimy post punk electronic track with whirring melodies, malfunctioning synths and plenty of dirt in its make-up and the latter part of the album touches on more paranoid electro, nagging and unsettling techno and whip-snapping acid tracks. Truly unique, esoteric and idiosyncratic, this album is as unpredictable as you would expect from someone like the enigmatic Gesloten Cirkel.

Conforce @ Six D.O.G.S. (Athens) 14.03.2014

May 5, 2014May 5, 2014 hipodromeboris bunnik, conforce, dimensions festival, house, six dogs, technoLeave a comment

Kabale und Liebe – Sammy Hoboken EP [SWS018]

May 5, 2014May 5, 2014 hipodromekabale und liebe, liron van daalen, soweso records, technoLeave a comment

As a precursor to Kabale Und Liebe’s debut album, Soweso Records releases the ‘Sammy Hoboken EP’ as a teaser of what’s to come. 2014 marks an important phase in Liron’s career as he prepares to unveil his debut album, ‘Realitivity’, which delves deeper into his musical persona and sees the Dutchman go back to basics. The ‘Sammy Hoboken EP’ features 3 cuts from the forthcoming album and with lengths running from 8 to 10 minutes, these tracks are designed to get you into the groove and keep you there. Opening with the deep, percussive workout of the title track which gradually builds its electronic melody, via the funked up techno of ‘The Hunter’ with it’s shuffling beat and dappled synths, to the final production, ‘Too Many Circuses, Not Enough Freaks’ which pounds straight in with its powerful bassline, before the claps take hold on this intense beast.