Techno/House Bobbins 2010

vinyl only has hit me quite a bit this year, ended up buying quite a few records even though i don't have decks or a record player, then had to get them digitized elsewhere. That said, totally understand the financial reasoning behind vinyl only releases (though I have basically no desire to get into that particular debate)

Haven't been able to afford much vinyl this year, but I did buy that Bakey Ustl the first time I heard it. Very fine.

I'm kind of surprised how little Glass Eights talk there is on ILM. In any case, I'm 1.2 listens into it and it's reeeeeal purdy.

'glass eights' is very nice! john roberts is playing here with omar-s and d'julz next weekend, i'm excited to hear him live.

A-side tracks of this: http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=8436

if the ep had only been the a-side, might have snuck into my top 10 for 2010

I hope it's alright to revive a past year's Techno Bobbins, as I wasn't sure where else to post this, but... I picked up The Traveller by Shed a few weeks ago, and it has grown to become something I listen to almost every day. It's really sublime, really creative without being ostentatious about it, it sounds great, it displays restraint and lays ideas bare without being "minimal," it feels gently enigmatic like lots of my favorite techno does.

Side question: how much digging into past year's techno/house do you guys tend to do? The scenes move fast, and given that I didn't buy much new music at all (relatively speaking) for the past few years, I'm playing catchup on '09 and '10 (and discovering lots!).

lots!!!

i actually spend much more time digging than checking new stuff.

i feel like when an album sounds "current" and it's from this year big fucking deal

but when i dig up something from 06 or 08 that sounds fresher than it did at the time, it's like a buried treasure rush

now that i think about that, maybe it's because i tend to hear one track, learn about a new label, and then sort of relentlessly track down their whole back catalogue if i like it enough

last year i found out about artless / mojuba

I have so, so far to go in exploring techno, but the ravenously-explore-label approach seems pretty sound... I suppose the labels I'm really starting to dig into at this point are Rush Hour, Delsin (mainly because of that Morphosis record from this year), and Ostgut Ton...

now that i think about that, maybe it's because i tend to hear one track, learn about a new label, and then sort of relentlessly track down their whole back catalogue if i like it enough

otm, I do this with artists or related artists

Honestly, fuck staying current. Not that I don't follow new stuff with very much enjoyment, to have the question "did it come out in the last year" define your listening tastes is myopic, counterproductive, and just silly. (This is why, for instance, I would welcome '10 or even '09 stuff in the 2011 thread. Better it be spoken there than have nowhere to go).

the nuum only moves forward iirc

sometimes doesn't bother to even look backward, or sideways