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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T4snAJdaD4

Little House Hippie - Groovah

Seasonal return from Sacramento's David X

https://prinsthomasmusikk.bandcamp.com/album/linger

haha

omg

Would have nominated and voted this high up on my tracks of the year if I had heard it in time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NYnm5Kmrpg

new Shackleton sounding exactly like one would expect— fucking weird and weirdly groovy.

https://samshackleton.bandcamp.com/album/euphoria-bound

Also the new Picture full slab sounding really good
https://pppicture.bandcamp.com/album/eeeeeeee

Yeah, I checked out the Picture samples this morning and was about to buy the vinyl--album sounded great--but with shipping to the states it was going to be over $60.

really liking this Picture, cheers T

Paul, boomkat and juno both have it w/ significantly fewer shipping fees

I usually check Boomkat (I'm on their mailing list) but I always forget to check Juno. Thanks!

after downloading and enjoying the Timedance comp from last year— featuring track #9 from the 77, Minor Science’s “Mortals”— i decided to do more sampling of comps in 2026.

this monster from Heads Know is a little heavy on the PR hyperbole— “everyone knows club music originated in Baltimore” like lmfao— but still, listened to about half of it on a run just now and there are some certifiable bangers on this piece .

https://headsknow.bandcamp.com/album/us-club

Is it just me or is the last record in Phil's newsletter reliably a banger

https://kynantrecords.bandcamp.com/album/priori-9

Caldera - Music from the Fourth Swamp (for fans of Cousin)

https://spacelab.bandcamp.com/album/music-from-the-fourth-swamp

https://kareemali19.bandcamp.com/album/the-essence

doesn't seem like he can do any wrong

I avoided that priori release when I first saw it bc I was afraid it would override my efforts to hold off on buying new records and I was right. No regrets tho.

I avoided that priori release when I first saw it bc I was afraid it would override my efforts to hold off on buying new records and I was right. No regrets tho.

Think about this every day

A man's reach must exceed his grasp or what's a heaven for, I guess

jeff mills, ken ishii & joey beltram last night…the caviar of techno, sublime

— frankie (@frankiefatgold) March 15, 2026

Miles J Paralysis has been putting out some really great grubby and dubby techno of late, his remix on the new Rootsman is no exception...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr7j_gfEPJg
The Rootsman - When The Eye Opens (Miles J. Paralysis 'Eyes Closed' Remix)

Whenever I see the word 'bobbins' now, I am inevitably reminded of Frank Sidebottom.

Oh yes I am, I really am.

Really enjoying the Glob EP on Naff too, beautiful airy deep house stuff...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8QKhQkkvic
Glob Deejay - Clowns

and new Parris is always good news:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_uXSYht5F0
Parris - Drippin'

My old friend Scotia— we went to summer camp together when we were teenagers!!— released this today. Old school dark acid heaters.
https://scotia.bandcamp.com/album/take-release-the-bunker-new-york-052

Especially fond of "I Drink Your Milkshake":
https://scotia.bandcamp.com/track/i-drink-your-milkshake

I'll be seeing her late July at Supernature 7. Will be my 4th time going to my friends capital district farm barn disco party weekend and she's a regular.

nice

My favourite recent house and techno tracks:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3sxLhgfT8bPhIumWFYDcHt?si=ZzDi_tJ5Ti6pw0CbPD_HHg&pi=EwaEWC4XR2qW7

thanks Tim, loving this! +suitably ambient for relaxing to

Thanks Paul!

The first track (Spooky’s “Bioform” - yes Spooky of “Little Bullet” fame) might be my favourite example of fake melodic Detroit techno since… Closer Musik’s “Departures”, maybe?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGvLpHJ3Ttg

Nowhere People - Separate

heard on a recent Bernardo Silva mix

loving this filth on Mark Grusane's Polytechnic label:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vP7S2vC-2A
DJ Slush - Brown Acid

Overmono are back: new single Lockup and Album Pure Devotion, arriving 7th August

Overmono have announced their highly anticipated upcoming album 'Pure Devotion', arriving 7th August 🐾⁰⁰The album's first single 'Lockup' is out now everywhere.⁰⁰"for us, making music has always been about having fun. being in the studio together, having a laugh. a never… pic.twitter.com/Qe5twl4bhO

— XL RECORDINGS (@XLRECORDINGS) May 12, 2026

Youtube: Overmono - Lockup

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYMK6xJOCvI

New Max Cooper album is fantastic, just a real masterclass in "I can do any style I turn my mind to, here, let me show you". Has Scott listened to it yet??

it's this one? https://maxcooper.bandcamp.com/album/feeling-is-structure

because i'm listening now and it's gorgeous

Yep. He has a lot of albums but this is the most explicitly dancefloor focused of which I'm aware (last year's 'On Being' is also a great album though).

i know some of you have already purchased tickets— i certainly have, did so on the day they went on sale— but Making Time is going to be absolutely bonkers this year. This performer list is just mindfucking.

https://makingtimeisrad.com/

possessed by this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caX5U80G4fk
Eden Samara - Punish Me (Hodge Remix)

uuuuuuuu vs eeeeeeee

this never got posted but one of the tunes of the year for sure...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5q0nSp99V0
Will Hofbauer - Glepp

One for the “sounds like Earthbound” thread. Just apend 15 mins at the shop debating getting it; i.e. debating whether I like it or just can’t get it out of my head. I think I like it in the way I “like” scratching mosquito bites.

It is kind of annoying but i guess that goes with the territory if youre making an earwormy tune that would stand out in a mix. But does it make me want to dance? fuck yes

skeptical of this at first but i really think it pretty extraordinary after a few listens

https://beatricem.bandcamp.com/album/sinking

that Hodge remix of Eden Samara is so incredible, between this and "Smoke Screen" I want Hodge to find a willing diva and do a full collaborative release because it's a style that particularly suits

Hodge is really great, one of his originals made my best tracks list last year.

really been loving the new Yushh EP this past week, too. "The OCC" is the one imho, slippery and woozy.

https://yushh.bandcamp.com/album/full-body-axy

i am definitely not a fan of "Glepp," a certain amount of "annoying" sounds in a track can really work but jfc that main melodic line just makes me think of Mario bros on speed, unpleasant in the extreme imho.

Lol, I ended up going back to the shop and, after another 15 minutes, bought Glepp. But because it makes me think of Earthbound, so I’m endeared to the unpleasantness.

Maybe the first record I’ve bought for how annoying it is (can’t say I ever bought Gehts Noch or Heater). Wait no, Anaconda by Untold, maybe?

Glepp sounds like GTA San Andreas Theme if it was the soundtrack to a pencil

For me Glepp is just as much about the little rhythmic shift creating that energy bump, again keeping it simple but effective.

Lol, I ended up going back to the shop and, after another 15 minutes, bought Glepp. But because it makes me think of Earthbound, so I’m endeared to the unpleasantness.

the B2 also uses the same pallette but perhaps has a bit more longevity (ie Ben UFO hasn't been playing it all year)

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

Mahkina - God, How Do I Handle This

A friendly wave from Mexico

DJ Popup - Discovery (Central remix)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ0sc3naUZA