Current bobbins

just a lil warm bath to start it off, sofia kourtesis, "la perla"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY1bZjXKKWA

That came out last year!

But! Sofia Kourtesis has actually released a song this week that samples Manu Chao of all people:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4LNA-JZQeo

I love that, very Four Tet-ish.

It's possible that one of you all recommended this, but this comp is full of good stuff: https://organicsociety.bandcamp.com/album/organic-society-two-years-anniversary

xxp so good!

whoa, one bobbins thread for the rest of forever

Some recent orders

Sweely - ChatBoulette, on Limousine Dream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3H30yawOyzM

Valen - skyscraper, on Joule
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zZQUzRcEyg

Silat Beksi - Catchy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZN8Tiefl8aE

Lou Karsh, Ataraxia, on x-kalay
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVwYW7xvUCA

Not on YouTube, but loving this one by Ourra, “Night Glider”

https://starcreatureuniversalvibrations.com/track/night-glider

A very solid set of track there ed.b ^

Raw bangers, I presume this is an alias of SWAP MEET (who does those great retro-jungle releases)?
https://swapmeetdj.bandcamp.com/album/change-of-plans

Some good stuff on this: https://cheekymusicgroup.bandcamp.com/album/falling-in-love

Just received the vinyl, and String Energy is the shit. You can hear it about 43 minutes into this mix I did over the weekend:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc_Mtxyk8cM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxDg0wNwTbU

Mr. Ho - 000Baby (Alternative Mix)

Yessssss

and this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vomYarQQ-UU

Mr. Ho - Bail​-​E (Real Mix)

whole LP is sick

absolutely flipping out over the new-ish dj python EP, how fucking lush is this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_pNK510iPY

was trying to do some work in the garden listening to that and i had to keep sitting down to steady my head

third listen in a row and i still feel like i'm going to pass out when the chimes hit

very good stuff itt thx all

cool setup DJI

Thanks! It's been keeping me sane in my isolation.

too ambient for bobbins, but its another one by python so i'm posting it here. very afx-esque imo, reminds me of SAWII

http://prioricamp.bandcamp.com/album/your-own-power-remixes

looking forward to hearing the rest of the remixes. NAFF has 100% hit rate from what i've heard

http://maara.bandcamp.com/album/ultimate-reward

love this early 2021 EP from them that i didn't hear until a few weeks ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfXtif-UN4U

OMAR S & DESIRE "54321" (12 Inch)

omar s on italians do it better :O

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bf7Dr7CzmM

Morris Mobley - Glamour Profession

A big hello to all the steely dan coverers out there

I heard that on chewshabadoo's radio show once, it's great!

Something to pair with the Omar S/Desire collab perhaps, the extraordinary Solitude EP from Hypnotique on Bordello A Parigi -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DECUxEtkn18

(this might also be stretching the bobbins category a bit)

I heard that on chewshabadoo's radio show once, it's great!

Yes, took me by surprise this one. A big task to take on, never mind pull off so well!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW2UsL6vVro

Phil Evans - Smoovin

Airy light relief from Phil Evans, in this gut-wrenching week where I haven't felt much in the mood for music

Enjoying everything off Cesare Muraca's Uncertain Times EP but 'Phase' is hitting the spot in a "Plone go Bobbins" way

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PJIn-2q4U8

I mentioned this before, but now it's out on digital. Track of the year, imo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qku4GQh5FcY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUpMTuiqng8

Melchior Productions LTD - Ascending To Our Solitude

Off the new album, hitting home already

Melchior huh? I wonder if that's a Chrono Trigger reference

Ah no not likely. It's the only way I know that name but it's a thing outside of that

melchior is one of most distinct producers from that era of minimal, i still have a lot of affection for his sound. curious to hear his new album

Melchior Productions "The Blessing" is nearly a decade old and it's still one of my favourite pieces of dance music ever

good stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dz3N4AE_dVY
Leon Vynehall • Sugar Slip (The Lick)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnq53ZR9v-w

"Vocoder" - via Jordan in the Floating Points thread

The Les Yeux Orange channel on YouTube tips me off to a load of great stuff.

Case in point: Xiaolin - Dance Of The Jungle Moon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6HCifH03xE

I heard that on chewshabadoo's radio show once, it's great!

Thanks Nick, always good to know we have at least one listener sometimes :D

I’m going to be forward now and plug that I’m on the radio with my co-presenter Clara from 8-10pm UK time. Twitter link to info

Possibly a monstrous question to ask but: what's the likelihood of the new Melchior getting some form of digital/CD release? I can't find any reference to this anywhere yet but may be looking in all the wrong places

If it’s Perlon they don’t do digital but the albums generally get a CD release

Although since the vinyl came out last month maybe not in this case? The 3lp might be too long for a single cd. Just speculating here

It is - I got the last on CD a few years after release; not sure whether to expect a CD release for this one in the next 6 months or so? The vinyl is apparently out now but I'm trying resist re finances

there will be a rip on slsk eventually if you're a degenerate like me

I feel you technopolis. I spent too much time trying to figure it out. It appears Perlon doesn’t always release their albums on CD (including their last album release, for bruno pronsato) and typically release the cd and LP at once. Ordering a 3LP when shipping costs are fast inflating is no small sacrifice…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-thfIs34WA

Operate - Sweet Talk, from 2020 but under the new rules I think it counts? VAR on the case

Digital only, but this is a very solid EP: https://humandiseasenetwork.bandcamp.com/album/leo-spasit-nuit-tranquille

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGAoaxhjIQo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH-J-77vdek

Soul Mass Transit System - Heart Sing (Passion Mix)

No frills Allardici 4-4-2 style from Leeds

loving these

machina - trusted

https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/Ybgq9AFCB7w52s6dA

New Tony Price album is very good

In late 2020, Tony Price found himself stuck in Los Angeles, unable to fly back to his native Toronto because of Covid-19 restrictions. But he found another way. A former radio DJ Price knew was selling their 1981 Lincoln Continental Mark VI, so he bought the car, intending to drive back to Canada in style. He found a bag of cassette tapes—homemade mixes and radio show recordings from the late '80s replete with motorik Detroit techno, thumping Chicago house and advertisements for products that only exist in memory—stashed in the trunk. The tapes and the old car made a perfect match, and Price played the cassettes constantly during the long drive from California to Ontario.

After his road trip, Price scoured the tapes for samples, pulling together what would become his new album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIJ6W7JygTQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2uTIma4nx8

digging this sim fossil ep, which neatly occupies the interzone of early house/new beat/italo

https://mistertedits.bandcamp.com/album/body-contact-ep-2

hah

I have now checked out that article. I'm getting a strong "no dancing, just vibes" mood here, but the vibes... are very understated bordering on nonexistent. Looks like there's a lot of money involved

I’m sure it was posted here at some point but someone independent wrote/posted a long article about scenes that get ignored by writers as unserious, with the implication there were some underlying issues of class involved. This would have been the period right before 2020, and a lot of writers were called out. I remember it specifically mentioning the nightclub police raids in the UK, and how those places hosted some of the artists/djs mentioned.

I mean, I’d probably opt for a club with Detroit techno guys playing over Sasha/Digweed, but I’d probably have a good time at either? I’ve

Interesting, because part of what the RA article was about was how these DJ-producers make a lot of money and the crowds they attract also make a lot of money.

I found the article interesting but I do wish (this is more a general plea than an issue I have with the article generally) that there were more attempts to place this kind of phenomena within some kind of broader sociohistorical context. A lot of the time what writers are attempting to describe is a manifestation within a musical context of broader social trends, and while identifying the specific symptom can be useful, examining it in isolation too-strictly can also be distorting.

It seems just self-evident to me that the two greatest shapers of the current "state" of dance music as a social phenomenon (if we're going to abstract away from specific, lived reality long enough in order to describe it as a single thing in vaguely disapproving terms) are the encroachment of social media and the experience of the pandemic, with certain aspects of the latter turbocharging dynamics that were already being stimulated by the former.

Pre-COVID I don't think I'd ever experienced going over to someone's house and them playing a DJ set on a large TV in the background. It hardly needs spelling out why this became a big thing during those periods where you couldn't go out. Obviously we don't need to find or maintain homebound solutions these days, but this is still a big thing for a lot of people, I think because (to pick up on the above point) - a big part of a lot of people's enjoyment of dance music is wrapped up in good life projection; not just literally instagram-ready but also instagram in its underlying vibe and sensibility.

is there a reason why RA pared down its coverage?

back to music, Shawn rec'd the new Hodge record, I like this preview track.

https://hodgebristol.bandcamp.com/album/hodge-marsh-lane-ep

xpost fairly recent new editorial team, probably coupled with the fact that reviews aren't as necessary in 2025 when listeners can judge for themselves instantly via Spotify and Soundcloud

With most music available to listen to on the internet reviews are as important as ever. There's an ocean of music released every week and it'd be good to know 1. That it exists and 2. If it's worth checking out.

The recent discussion is about how whole scenes can pass us by. There's record labels with huge catalogues that I've stumbled across almost by accident- Exalt Records, one of my favourite techno/electro labels from the last decade, I only found from a track someone randomly posted on a forum.

There's a need for more places doing reviews, as each place that does them (Bandcamp or Quietus or whatever) have their own tastes and while they're valuable for highlighting what those reviewers are into, they miss out on a majority of the music pouring into the world. I know in my heart that there's music out there just waiting for me to discover it, my new favourite record just needs someone to tell me it exists.

Oh I don't disagree - I'd love to see more reviews in general, because there's so much stuff that isn't covered out there, and also I just enjoy reading the ways that a critic does (or doesn't) connect to a piece of work. But you can see the argument why reviews aren't the focus of any publication's editorial in 2025. Equally I'm not desperate for a return to the days of 150 word "this is good for DJs and very functional, certified banger" paragraph summaries that plague dance music writing.

I've actually really enjoyed the RA Mix Of The Day series - not every single one is good or even appealing, but there's always enough to keep me going through an afternoon working from home.

Absolutely!

Maybe I’m a snob but I typically didn’t think much of RA’s reviews - conversely, I found their end of year round ups essential reading.

Perhaps it’s because RA’s day to day coverage of stuff is pretty functional, so when they “speak to history” it feels more notable and persuasive - as compared to more highbrow publications who always feel like they’re trying to speak to history and end up cheapening the currency.

I didn’t think much of the reviews either, but I’m with Spandex— there’s way too much music being released, and no one is sorting it in the way that RA used to. It was a genuine service, and one that I appreciated.

(I also like the dumb little paragraph summaries but that’s because I like reading reviews and always have, no matter the genre)

My sense is that RA’s editorial output has, for years now, been secondary to its ticket selling services, which I imagine is where the actual money is. Which may also explain why their editorial content skews a lot to news and reporting about festivals and big events. I can’t resist rolling my eyes whenever they publish anything about the “clubbing community” or festival circuit (though at least it’s no longer just idealized paeans) but ai believe that’s what they’re selling, rather than discourse on individual releases.

To tim’s OTM post, I’d just add the rise of corporate mega-festivals inching out other kind of events, and the influence of private equity overseeing promoters, with an eye to risk assessment more than quality.

I hadn't heard of Keinemusik until the savage read in this No Tags podcast (13 min in):
https://notagspodcast.substack.com/p/47-free-party-grace-sands

i support ra's keinemusik takedown. if we have no time for making fun of the rich dorks' idea of what is cool then music crit is really dead

After reading the discussion above, I was interested to read the linked RA article. I thought I'd never heard of Keinemusik, but as I started reading the description at the beginning of the article of the music and people into it thought: 'that sounds like that Adam Port track I heard last year'. And lo and behold Keinemusik is Adam Port and several other people! Last year I heard 'Move' as part of a Soundcloud mix and had to find out what it was. The thing is, I think it is very good -- very catchy and well produced. BUT there was also something about it I didn't like, a blandness, I suppose.

Maybe I’m a snob but I typically didn’t think much of RA’s reviews

i don’t remember if they had reviews or scores (maybe just a generic one sentence blurb like “the copengahen based duo’s first single on verklenkt brings buzzsaw synths and bubbling baselines, landing somewhere between after-hours hypnosis and peak-time tension”) but at one point they had a section called ‘tracks’ that i found useful for keeping up with stuff. it had like 5-6 songs a day

Sorry for the half thought-through note I posted over the weekend. I honestly had the thought as I was walking out the door, “I bet Tim F would have a much better take here” and I’m glad he’s posted.

I get where dubmill is coming from in that I don’t hate that individual track, now that I’ve heard it, but it does have a blandness and the idea that it’s a standout that’s making people raise their phones to record a dj playing a song is kind of depressing

minor science - mortals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Y_Qd7a8Kpg

that’s sick, thanks

Not sure if it is emo pretending to be dance music or dance music pretending to be emo but thumbs up either way

I get the impression I've missed a lot of good AD 93 stuff this year

This sounds interesting and fun

KW - A Strange Child EP 1 : https://konradwehrmeister1kw.bandcamp.com/album/asc-ep1

Also intrigued by the Paul St Hilaire album with its frankly stellar lineup of producers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op9oLhY5kX8

Nthing - Untitled from Nothing Unptofessional

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0l4cUQoFokw C K - I can’t live without your love

^ hats off, garden reached, hats back on

Love that Nthng, thanks micarl

If anyone wants some absolute bangers that no one else will have, an acquaintance of mine made these:
https://deathoverboard.bandcamp.com/album/135

Did we know Call Super was releasing a new album today? I mean it’s credited to a bunch of names but they’re all pseudonyms. Very dancefloor focused - some of it is a bit “2006 Trentemoller called and wants his sound palette back” but the harder tracks are generally amazing - especially “Limelight”.

There something in one of the first tracks (I've been listening to the mixed version) that reminds me of Minimoonstar-era Villalobos.

ears perked up, will have to check out

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2NHyFpxwKg

Enzo Siragusa - Odyssey

business end of the season

https://luckybag.bandcamp.com/album/jostle-01

this ep's a heater

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Just here to thumbs up this rec. Really good.

Listened to the mixed version of the Call Super record on Bandcamp, really really good. I agree that it has an '00s feel, love the glitchy dubbiness/live mixing feel.

"Waterways" is a standout on the Call Super album, one of my tracks of the year so far

In chatting to Ivy about the album I perhaps meanly described the first few tracks as Rerecordo Villalobos, but in the continuous mix version the build to the more hectic material is truly magnificent.

It reminds me a bit of M.A.N.D.Y.’s ‘Body Language’ (over 20 years old! My gosh). I think it was Matt DC who described that mix as containing “hidden shallows”.

Its unabashed grandiosity also reminds me of Wighnomy Bros’ Metawuffmischfelge.

this garagey thing caught my ear when it popped up on my bandcamp feed...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0dIW8FLfCo
miido - Colourblind

love that

Its unabashed grandiosity also reminds me of Wighnomy Bros’ Metawuffmischfelge.

still among one of the best live sets i have ever seen, truly incredible

the whole album is pretty amazing imho, but "WTF" from the new Blawan has a massive sound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHtjeiLeeNM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BF4zceGKAyc

Jacy - Feel The G

The other Jacy records passed me by but this one from the new one has stuck

This has enough four-on-the-floor to warrant posting here, but also some real wonky bangers

Mezey - 777
https://futuretimes.bandcamp.com/album/777

https://offen.bandcamp.com/track/a-pretty-big-stretch

great trippy track with a little sample for the bendaly family heads out there

this is such an earworm...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dIgcHwmxvs
A Sagittariun - Microdreaming

also been enjoying this, kind of a psychedelic twist on garage...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovxyNHjYzlQ
Mella Dee - London Flavour

and lastly this is some good times chuggy weirdo shit from scotland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPunwHE70uc
Acolyte - The Blue Dark (Eyes Of Others Remix)

love that last one

have only recently cottoned on to Eyes Of Others, this one from a couple of years back is really good too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51sTTMqhVcM
Eyes Of Others - Ego Hit

Just when I try to cut down the new bobbins purchases, another Priori + Cousin release comes out: https://naffrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/fly-in-amber