House & Techno Bobbins 2017

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?

actually that's wrong, I thought it was 21 tracks 50 minutes, but it's 21 tracks 80 minutes. wonder if they will vary a lot in length and structure or if it will be 21 4-minute monotone bangers

his tresor album of monotone bangers from 2012 still gets played round these parts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnT5nmrD6VU

The sample track I'm listening to is 6 mins+ and pretty good.

Willie Dixon, Bill Dixon, Dixon's Ice Cream

The name always delivers for me.

xp kinda like gas imo but not boring

where is the sample track?

https://soundcloud.com/out_electronic_recording/terrence-dixon-inside-radio-room-12000-milesoftwilight-lp

got it. the NASA samples are very 90s. killer track.

just read that he did a digital album last year that i didn't know about.

is that any good?

well looky here its harry mccanna, didnt realize this was now on youtube but here it is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ugcg9bGW7pc

Uploaded over a year ago

By me as well! sorry everyone!

i mean, i linked the soundcloud of it on last years thread oops i forgot

That Kettenkarussell is sounding pretty good to me.

I like that Slowdy Mowdy. (I just wanted to say that, but I do like it.)

sorry for the diversion, but what's the most recent thread for idm-ish music?

probably the rolling techno albums thread for people who are doing it wrong or w/e

Rolling techno* albums thread for people who are clearly doing it wrong

Look! its a new Sir Lord Commix record

https://soundcloud.com/that-place-records/sir-lord-comixx-moment-of-certainty-tpl007

Many vibes, around 5 of them

They are old tracks from DAT. Perhaps they could go on the bobbins of the past thread, but its a real logjam in there, my ISP said no mate

Takes me back...

Played by Cap at SW21

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMSFmzui8I0

That Sir Lord Commix just lifted my shite morning by several notches. Love it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZYsoI9DT98

I have that person of interest record and I enjoy it

Its massively reminiscent of something and I just can't place it. Something well known as well

3rd track (5:22) on this has been floating round for a while, release in June

https://soundcloud.com/dbh-music/mmnt005-petre-vali-from-inside

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

― millmeister, Tuesday, 4 April 2017 14:50 (one month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this is so good! Really lush uplifting ambient house.

dude's name has "techno" in it, how could it not be good

intriguing proposition in act nomenclature you have there

B1 of this is nice https://soundcloud.com/privatepersons/privatepersons003

I'm converted by the other side of the Moi record now after hearing it in convivial context at the weekend

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

I'm happy to see the classic Dygas opener by Villalobos released for real. Widodo (fka Rari Lim):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ici91ErkVs4

https://www.discogs.com/Ricardo-Villalobos-Empirical-House-LP/release/10258232

Empirical House is a good record -- if you like RV, I think you'll like this.