House & Techno Bobbins 2017

was the RA discussion about the black madonna's name? have long thought it was a dubious choice. i remember when i first heard of her squinting at photos thinking "well...maybe she's just very light-skinned...?"

has an ra comment thread ever been that progressive, ime the discourse is usually at the level of a shitty subreddit

some of the discussion was about her name, some of it was about whether she was an obnoxious person (i.e. is she too poltiical for her own good) and some of it was along the lines of this thread (are her tracks good pastiche or bad pastiche)

not sure why the thread was locked actually since it seemed pretty tame, i imagine there must have been some more offensive comments that got deleted

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Madonna

according to a professor of medieval art history i know (my sister) the question of whether the black madonna actually represents a black person has been in active debate for more than 500 years

so i guess i am willing to give her a pass?

why does black metal have so few black people

has an ra comment thread ever been that progressive, ime the discourse is usually at the level of a shitty subreddit

― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Monday, January 23, 2017 1:48 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I was going to make an attempt to describe the discussion level, and this is pretty much perfect

the comments griping about chicago having better djs that aren't booked, etc, always straddles the line between a possible real complaint and people just making random accusations

it's like, is the commenter actually part of this scene or a dj and has failed to get booked at smart bar, or do they know someone who has been rejected, or are they just pissed because the black madonna gets booked other places instead of whatever dj they want to see

it reminds me of the classic complaints on local places where someone would ask "why are you booking this local guy again and not <insert international superstar dj>??"

like some street festival a decade ago booked talent from outside town using whatever ad money they got from the local scion car dealership and someone is asking why they didn't get tiesto

LOL was it omar-s? he was sponsored by scion for a minute

oh, most definitely not

this wasn't a festival sponsored by scion, this was a festival sponsored by *the local scion dealership*

I'll give them credit, they did get some reasonable names over the years, but there was a hard pivot from "90s d&b hangover" to "edm enthusiast" in their target audience

Never heard of this producer before, but came across Folamour's Chapeau Rouge the other day. LOVING this whole album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3hVhiag4S0

The fourth track on the regelbau record is really good too!

this sander baan record is quite charming, enjoying the table tennis feel!

https://soundcloud.com/veniceberg-records/every-light?

Ricardo Villalobos plays this one constantly, got a 4/5 on residentadvisor and he is actually a good friend of mine and he's releasing this one on Raum now so I have to share:

Sakro - no time to explain
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bnbj3fxoQwI

nice! congrats to your friend

sakro is dope

particularly enjoyed his houseworx releases

took its time but the alex & digby record is now out, its a bit of a spindly lad

https://soundcloud.com/hello-repeat-records/alex-digby-mink-hello027-preview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QumcUA1M8hE

Loving this and the whole comp, but especially this.

whoa

https://soundcloud.com/comeme/nasty-woman

man, i want to feel that, but slam poetry cadence is just

apparently a sample of an actual speech from the women's march?

I can imagine it *really* working in a club

this fjaak album is really good.

four on the floor at 160 bpm <3

https://soundcloud.com/glacial-industries/liquid-city-motors-current-source#t=0:00

The bar stuff in the Navigation are always putting Mulen records on, can't really argue, he's a relentless lad though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc2FnNE1KaQ

The first two track from the And.rea record were my favourites of last year, but the rest of it tailed off. Hoping the new one has some magic too!

https://www.discogs.com/Andrea-Less-Talking-More-Walking/release/9775260

I've been really digging the new Fennec record:
https://fennecsound.bandcamp.com/

New STL records soiunds exactly like a STL record, second track is reminiscent of something else though

https://soundcloud.com/smallville-records/smallville51-a2-stl-fade-the

did i ever mention that the porter ricks release from late last year, shadow boat, is pretty good?

It was referenced on this thread

Best track from the 2016 ILM EOY tracks poll that received only ONE top 3 weighted vote

I'll come back to that one, it sounded a bit manic (in context) when I played it the other day

porter ricks sounding manic! wonders never cease

New Carsten Jost album on Dial sounding nice on first listen.

Also, on the rougher side, this new Turinn release on Modern Love sounds promising. https://soundcloud.com/modernlove/turinn-18-12-minute-gaps

this is from last year but I am SO into this London-based Iranian producer Kasra V

https://soundcloud.com/kasra-v/sets/kasra-v-the-window-ep-fling001

the persian prince ep from 2015 is his best imo

https://soundcloud.com/doldrumss/most-gross-1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo9wCseVBLc

'no time to explain' seems to be the popular one but i thought this the killa kut myself

https://www.residentadvisor.net/tracks/839625
https://soundcloud.com/blorpmusic/blorp004-deepspace-untitled-ep-out-soon

feeling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ySzxO9_wI8

vintage bruka bruka

I'm a little on the fence about TC80 records, but the new one is growing on me

https://soundcloud.com/sequalog/sequalog001-b2-tc80-inertia

https://soundcloud.com/uncanny-valley-dresden/lake-people-september

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Sadly Planet Giegling didn't visit my town, but there are a couple of radio shows they've done while on tour, incl. a spot on Dublab and RBMA radio (the file for the latter mix isn't online on their site yet).

No tracklist for this one, but the RBMA appears to have lots of unreleased (upcoming?) things on it so I'm hopeful the same goes for Dublab.

http://dublab.com/giegling-dublab-session-02-12-17/
https://www.rbmaradio.com/shows/bunker-ny/episodes/dj-dustin

The first And.rea record was my favourite of last year, and didn't realize had only just turned 19!

the new one falls some way short, based on soundcloud snippet, but its growing a little

https://soundcloud.com/lowmoneymusiclove/sets/andrea-less-talking-more-walking-ep

i'm putting this in here not bcuz it's my boyfriend's song but bcuz it's really catchy & i listen to it all the time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2SpdFTgReg

This is so good: https://soundcloud.com/numb-magazine/rave-enka-numb-mixtape

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

mick, erykah..

great EP, very spare & restrained
https://closeupoftheserene.bandcamp.com/album/quicksand-ep-closeup007

lookin forward to this LP
https://soundcloud.com/nummer/second-sight-good10p

The return of Binaural, on Undersound London, LP out next month. A bit of a mixed bag, but this one is really good

https://soundcloud.com/undersoundlondon/d2-odd

thumbs up

was just thinking about perc today

listening to this bad trip from 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mz5gceWiNE&list=RD9Mz5gceWiNE

Seeing him tonight!

guess that link is bad

try agane

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mz5gceWiNE

there's a bit more of that Hodge remix on his RA podcast
https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=581

No headphones and I am working in a cabin so there are only laptop speakers but its sounding good, from Cap

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUK8JwfTwlQ

love to listen to perc tbh

Glad to see the newest LOFT release getting well-deserved love from RA:
https://www.residentadvisor.net/reviews/21790

I haven't been that keen on what I've heard of Triptil but this has a throwaway charm, records that mention the moon have a slight head start too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi0ZiK5mF9g

Kaelan - Meandering Rivers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyissGCbR3g

https://soundcloud.com/placenoblame/sets/michael-ferragosto-its-real-this-way

This is consistently the least spotify friendly thread but for those compiling your year-end lists, this playlist includes all the available tracks on this thread, organized roughly chronologically in order of mention:

ILM's 2017 Rolling Electronic Music Thread Spotify Playlist

welp, going to be another winter of home listening for me. not complaining when it's as gorgeous as this:

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

I heard this serene record from Takecha drifting across from the away end, what a charming crows they were

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

as well they might be, 2-0 up they are, with this one shimmied in right after it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bmWgLjtj0k

i got that first takecha on vinyl earlier this year

SO DOPE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kazIV4fvmU

i like heckle

also i like that label in theory though it always sells out by the time i get around to it

i'm a big fan of heckle's "voices and visions" and "trema" EPs

has dj different - manhattan drive been posted yet? it's a stunner

Maybe just for the first part:

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