Feltware — A Puppetcore Complication
A festival-night concept album where tech-trance, EDM, and “felt & steel” storytelling collide: puppet personas on the decks, real-world crew life in the lyrics.
Feltware is Bobku’s debut concept album: a reimagined puppet-show variety troupe reborn as a fictional 12-hour festival (4pm–4am) where every track is a scene inside the event. The music is festival-grade on the outside—big kicks, bright leads, hard builds—but the words are about what’s usually invisible: show callers, FOH, runners, ground ops, security, med teams, and the nervous newbies who still hit “render” anyway.
Almost every song comes with two anchors: a short narrative intro (timecode + location + what’s happening on the ground) and a dedication that connects the scene back to real people and roles. You can listen like normal… or follow the run-of-show and treat it like a story.
What This Album Is Doing
The simplest way to describe Feltware is: music about making music. Not in a “studio flex” way—more like a love letter to the ecosystem that makes the night possible. The album treats technical details as story props: showfiles, logs, protocols, weird bugs, and the tiny “failure points” that become heroic saves when someone competent is awake at 3am.
If you want the full in-universe context (zones, stages, timeline rules, and why this is all puppet-run), the lore page goes deeper without requiring you to memorize anything.
Tracklist
Sixteen tracks, one night. Genres flex to match the narrative and the moment—tech-trance at the command center, chaos where chaos lives, and sunrise music when the field finally exhales.
| # | Title | Subtitle | BPM | Genres | Length | Camelot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Render_Anyway.mcor | The Amateur Anthem | 138 | euro-trance, tech-dance | 5:57 | 5B |
| 2 | Showfile.cfg | Scooter’s Run-of-Show | 146 | tech-trance, electronic, synthpop, chiptune | 4:17 | 4A |
| 3 | Chaos_Controller.exe | The Zany Compiler | 155 | tech-trance, happy hardcore, hard trance | 5:55 | 6A |
| 4 | Safety Goggles | Meepwave Protocol | 145 | tech-trance, chiptune | 3:45 | 8A |
| 5 | Sunset Sequencer | The Bird’s Big Nest | 138 | progressive trance, uplifting trance, vocal trance | 6:47 | 11B |
| 6 | Googly-Eye Overclock | Patch Notes v2.1 | 141 | tech-trance, chiptune | 4:05 | 6A |
| 7 | Admin Panic.log | The System Stress Test | 142 | tech-trance, EDM, electronic | 4:25 | 11B |
| 8 | The Heckler Algorith | Timing IS Every… THING | 140 | tech-trance, pop, EDM | 4:45 | 9A |
| 9 | Spicy_Feedback.tap | The Prawn Protocol | 144 | tech-trance, latin, flamenco | 5:03 | 10A |
| 10 | Chainbreak.sh | The Animal Engine | 88/176 | tech trance, drum and bass | 4:06 | 7A |
| 11 | Blue Comet.exe | Gonzo Overdrive | 140 | tech-trance, uplifting trance | 5:22 | 6A |
| 12 | Hiya.ha | The Diva-DDoS Protocol | 140 | tech-trance, uplifting trance | 4:20 | 7A |
| 13 | Nom Nom Wub Wub | The Snack Drop | 74/148 | tech-trance (nursery-rhyme fusion?), dubstep, brostep | 4:01 | 9A |
| 14 | Boem_Kip.wav | The Squeaky Groove | 128 | Dutch house, electro house, experimental | 3:35 | 8B |
| 15 | FELTWARE 1.0 | Reboot the Moon | 138 | tech-trance, chiptune, club | 3:35 | 10A |
| 16 | Color Threads | Across the Sky | 74 → 148 | uplifting trance, folktronica, EDM | 4:59 | 9B |
Want the “episode guide” version with timecodes and locations? Follow the festival schedule →
“Music About Making Music” — and the Unseen Labor
A lot of electronic music is written from the spotlight. Feltware is written from the edges: the booth, the comms, the gate line, the cleanup rush, the moment where something almost breaks and someone quietly saves it. The dedications are intentional—because the most important work at a festival is often the work you never notice.
If you want the “why” behind each song (and who it’s for), start here: Track Dedications →
Where to Go Next
Browse songs & lyrics
See the full run-of-show / festival schedule
Read the lore (without homework)
Production approach & tools