House & Techno Bobbins 2017

The guy that used to write for the Chronicle would always tip me off to new records but the paper cut his budget so I just wing it now

http://www.northwaleschronicle.co.uk/

very good hardwax take on 24 k magic:

Effective cut-up funk and electro floor-filler.

it seems somewhat unnatural when there's product info in the review, kind of disjoint:

Stunning 2nd chapter of AC travels into puristic, tonal sound synthesis - Highly Recommended! (comes w/ download code)

The new Module Werk record is great, particularly the first track, very assured for a new artist

https://soundcloud.com/helena_label/module-werk-secrets-of-the-utopian-mind-ep

awwww yeah this is long and simmering, i'm into it https://thump.vice.com/en_us/article/superpitcher-kompakt-interview-new-album

"Tell us a little about what its like to work with the Hippie Dance crew." is a pretty weird question to ask Superpitcher

This is good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfZlk3XLylo

new Octa Octa LP has some decent tracks on it but this one's my favorite rn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM4ssluYUtc

https://soundcloud.com/user-30850277/a1-the-ancient-ways-preview

New label, Shadow Play...definitely no deckchairs in this one

More from the GOSU lads

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzjk6PbBsMA

I'm not sure where to put this, a short mix of artist-only selections from a new artist, Neksha. Only one release so far with dj spider which was ok this stuff a lot better

https://soundcloud.com/spinning-plates-records/nekhsa-spinning-plates-mix-vol-1

Hopefully some of this comes out later this year

It would help if i got their name right!

Nekhsa

wow somewhere between dopplereffekt and sleeparchive

Some lovely moments on the Mr YT comp "Brand New Day". Mr YT is Japanese producer Yuji Technouchi apparently - not on my radar at all. This is a compilation of ep's that originally came out 97-98. Class.

https://soundcloud.com/apollo-records/mr-yt-brand-new-day

Plenty of Mr YT on the bobbins of the past thread!

Ah ok must have missed it. Glad to hear there's been some bobbins recognition.

I can't find the Superpitcher thread, but his third 12'' is great as well. This album is shaping up to be a favorite.

The One and Only Superpitcher Thread

Yeah I've loved every Golden Ravedays 12" released so far. Perfect nocturnal listening.

I thought Markus Sommer's record was possibly the best record of last year (other than And.rea's). Nothing else has really touched that but I've got time for his remix on Syntax Society's release

https://soundcloud.com/colt-madrid/a2-syntax-society-visions?in=colt-madrid/sets/colt004-syntax-society-visions-ep-incl-markus-sommer-remix

this is good too, Jackie, on Dreamers. Artist and label both new to me!

https://soundcloud.com/user-309377431/a-jackie-underwater

I guess that because both are new, not released till June

shall we have 3, because this Doublet record is phenomenal, post-deckchair canalside vibes, got a sailors hat on for good luck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEatKCD8IQY

Its actually from 2015, don't tell the rozzers

ILM's 2017 Rolling House and Techno Thread Spotify Playlist

new anthony parasole not really doing it for me :-(

at least jus-ed and fred p came through

http://www.juno.co.uk/products/dj-jus-ed-transition/629790-01/

http://www.juno.co.uk/products/captain-p-the-incredible-adventures-of-captain/641236-01/

Kinda spacey and nice ep

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

Will Martin (of "John Barera and..." fame) killing it, as usual: https://soundcloud.com/discoveryparty/sets/will-martin-cloud-city

Move D, Jonah Sharp, Juju & Jordash announce album as The Mulholland Free Clinic: https://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=38720
Based on their 3 hour performance at a German festival last summer. The snippet of "Vital Signs" sounds fantastic & spacey

Monsieur Blue is Mulen presumably? Raresh plays that one a lot, I prefer the other side but its not a buy

Fred and Ed records I liked but not enough to buy, though I'll come back to them probably. Its been a while since a Fred P record really grabbed me though

Ricky Montanari (of Riviera Traxx fame). I don't know if this a long lost track issue for first time or a new recording, but its a new release

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5jQqtbX2Nc

First release on Referenz, tracks from Markus Sommer & Phil Evans, Yakine, Avos and Alex Picone

https://soundcloud.com/user-831748201/rfz1-snippets

the MSPE and Yakine tracks are both bucolic treats, MS has been doing great in that number 10 role for a while now

and a double LP from the hard work soft drink lot. snippets here, theres one track on here that sounds like miami vice fell down the back of the sofa.

https://soundcloud.com/hard-work-soft-drink/hwsd010-lalbum

Liking a lot more tracks from this thread this year than I did last year, and trying to figure out why (me? changes in musical trends? changes in who is posting what?), but I'm happy about it. Are the cognoscenti feeling this is an especially good year for house, or not really?

not particularly

Depends what it is that you like?

I don't think its an especially good year for house records at all! though there have been some stellar mixes which have put a spring in a step and a hope in a heart, but a lot of those records I don't know what they are - they might be old they might be new.

A lot of the good records from other years have had more time to emerge from the undergrowth! Not every one is out on the beach waving their ice cones around on day one

It could just be that I'm more receptive to it.

I don't feel too confident talking about the finer genre distinctions within house. I know I don't care for most jackin house. I'm sort of UK garage-centric but like a lot of deep house (but that also leaves a lot I don't like).

I dont know anything about genre distinctions and never talk about them, I only like records and also feeling genial

I'm being somewhat disingenuous - there are a couple of genre distinctions i adhere to. there are miscreants, but not all miscreants are the same, some are proper meat pie and others are more smoking behind the bikesheds. Those share some dna with cabin in the woods records but those have to be used sparingly, same as with canal dredgers - a little goes a long way. Then there are the convivial cap doffers, meadow vibes, you can play them over the tannoy at boundary park still today. and some records are just proper deckchair. Just a matter of time before bank holiday bill and the charnock richard boys turn up. this is what my record bag looks like

generally a mix of deckchair and miscreant is good but dont overthink it or you might miss your stop!

That said unfortunately most records are none of these things and are exercises in drudgery or a painful attack on the senses from people who would have been better off bullying children

Kettenkarussell second album announced. Giegling LP6 https://www.discogs.com/Kettenkarussell-Insecurity-Guard/release/10204408

Snippets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6q6FbbP13M

2017 is good year for House / Techno, this e.p. is pressing my buttons; https://soundcloud.com/blankstatemusic/blank001-phil-evans-qatch-ep

https://soundcloud.com/slowdymowdy/ian-sm001 and https://soundcloud.com/entitylondon/entity-002-shai-spooner-jordan-dessar-fabe-remix

Both recent hits in my town. Having said that there is plenty to avoid! Had the displeasure of seeing Jackmaster at Fabric this morning...

I'm not big on the idea of a year being good or bad for music. Seems like it has everything to do with what you happen to be exposed to, in relation to your tastes, and your tastes in relation to external factors like music discourse and age, and very little to do with the year itself. I realize this is implicit, but I still think it's annoying when people complain about the year when it's like, don't blame the calendar for your inability to find good records.

This is technically 2016, but from the last 12 months. It's a really nice ep: https://soundcloud.com/helena_label/sets/aleks-future-dialect-ep

[/2017 is good year for House / Techno, this e.p. is pressing my buttons; https://soundcloud.com/blankstatemusic/blank001-phil-evans-qatch-ep

I like a lot of the stuff coming out of Frankfurt the last couple of years, and while I like Phil Evans is it just me or are his records always out of tune! Does feel like a scene on the upswing though!

Had the displeasure of seeing Jackmaster at Fabric this morning...

Jesus man, what possessed you?

were you there for Mathew Jonson / Voigtmann?

What was the issue with Jackmaster at Fabric? Never seen him live but I didn't think he was bad?

This release is my top purchase from April http://www.juno.co.uk/products/blake-baxter-santonio-echols-eddie-fowlkes-four313/639875-01/

(For the perceptibly many of us without the vinyl) is it a generally known thing that Prince of Denmark's "8" is on Spotify and Tidal?

If not, it's there. There there. Both theres.

FWIW, "8" sounds like a needle drop on both services.

just read there is a new Terrence Dixon album in July. I'm really up for that.

weirdly it is a concept album of all like 2-3 minute tracks, right?