Festival — Further Complications
Bobku’s second concept album: a continuation of Feltware, woven into the run-of-show to play like one big set—from gates to sunrise.
Festival pushes deeper into the “invisible labor” side of the Feltware world: the people and roles you usually only notice when something goes wrong. The twist is genre: each track chases a sound that fits its subject—because a merch booth, a med tent, and a pit crew don’t feel the same… so they shouldn’t sound the same.
Story-first writing, narrative intros, and track dedications are part of the album’s DNA. You can listen like normal—or follow the schedule and treat it like a 12-hour episode.
Album Overview
In-universe: the Feltware Festival is a puppet-run, 4pm–4am EDM marathon where every song is pinned to a time, a place, and a point of view. Festival continues that timeline, slotting these tracks into the same night so the whole album can function as a continuous DJ-friendly run.
Most tracks include a short narrative intro + a real-world dedication connecting the scene back to the people who quietly make shows possible.
If Feltware was the “proof this concept can work,” Festival is the escalation: more roles, more corners of the site, and more musical range—without losing the trance backbone.
Tracklist
Keys not finalized yet are shown as “-”.
| # | Title | Subtitle | BPM | Genres | Length | Key |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SwitchFlip.cmd | Felt ∩ Steel | 130 | big-room house, eurodance | 3:35 | 11A |
| 2 | Feet_Beat.pdf | But My Rider Says | 126 | tech house, minimal tech | 6:03 | 6A |
| 3 | Trace_Rules.docx | Interrupted Edition | 138 | trance, chaos, drum and bass | 5:09 | - |
| 4 | All Stems In | Master Bus Family | 150 | hard trance, festival anthem, EDM | 5:06 | 1A |
| 5 | Cable_Fault.irq | The Tripline Protocol | 130 | EDM, techno, trance | 4:53 | - |
| 6 | Cotter.prt | Is This Pin Important | 140 | progressive trance, cinematic, void-core | 7:10 | 2B |
| 7 | Wanna Buy a Pin | Merch Booth Mixdown | 123 | nu-disco, funky house, electro-pop | 4:49 | 8A |
| 8 | Funky_Trance.dll | Beats Need Groove | 132 | tech-trance, electro funk, french house | 3:46 | 11A |
| 9 | Pyrofame.fin | Did Someone Say Explosion | 156 | acid, hardcore | 3:50 | 10A |
| 10 | Sweetums.sys | Guardian of the Gate | 77 | trip hop, downtempo | 3:49 | 4A |
| 11 | Feathers_Up.egg | Hands-up Henhouse | 145 | hands up, eurodance, trance | 3:53 | 12B |
| 12 | Starlight & Gasoline | The Supply Line Song | 130 | trance, folk, electronic | 6:04 | 4A |
| 13 | Hiya.ha | The Diva-DDoS Devastation | 130 | big room, anthem house, EDM | 5:15 | 2B |
| 14 | Ticket_Storm.err | Boomarang Tray Bounce | 176 | gabber, uptemp hardcore | 3:59 | 8A |
| 15 | Hold_Space.om | Bad Trip to a Good Space | 86 | psybient, downtempo, chill club | 6:09 | 11A |
| 16 | FELTWARE 1.7 | The Dance Machine | 174 | eurodance, happy hardcore, pop | 4:22 | 11B |
| 17 | Ground_Ops.dmp | Night Pit Crew | 138 | tech-trance, funky tech house, breakbeat | 4:10 | 3B |
| 18 | Vitals_Stable.rpt | Boredom Is Victory | 125 | progressive house, ambient trance | 6:24 | - |
How It Fits the Festival Schedule
This album is designed to work two ways:
- Standalone: pick any track and it functions as its own genre snapshot and character scene.
- As one long set: follow the run-of-show and you’ll hear how the pacing and energy are meant to move across the night.
If you want the “episode guide” version, start with the Festival Schedule. If you want the human side, start with Track Dedications.
Why the Genre Swings
A big theme in Festival is that roles have different textures: security feels different than concessions, a comms panic doesn’t sound like a calm medical tent, and a merch booth doesn’t move like a main-stage drop. So the album lets the genre shift with the job—while keeping the same story-first, festival-built intent underneath.