This week's PBS Feature Album is Bobby Business, the new sophomore album by organist and synthesist E. Bobby G.
Bobby Business is primarily centered around the 1982 Kawai DX900 organ, but it masterfully explores more genres than his debut, Giving You M.O.R.E. Recorded in 2022, Bobby Business developed after E. Bobby G. received an eviction notice from his beloved sharehouse of 12 years. After moving out, he stored the organ at his workplace, Bakehouse Studios, where his boss let him use the space overnight to record until the early hours.
The first track, 'Ha-Ha', is as meditative as it is glittery, with floating sustained chords. 'Big Boy' and 'Disco Shift' bring back a slightly more polished E. Bobby G. sound—lo-fi library music with bright tones that will appeal to fans of proto-electronic icons like Brian Bennett. Tracks like 'Lucky Strike' and 'Tropical Dino Ride' are video game music dreams, featuring West Coast lead lines and strutting percussion. The second half of the album explores spaced-out '90s downtempo and dub elements, with a distinctive refinement that hides the fact it was created primarily using the Kawai DX900.
Bobby Business closes with 'Lillian', a sonic dedication to the artist’s Grandmother, with a more traditional song structure that hints at what Bobby has planned next.
Tune in all this week to hear tracks from Bobby Business, and PBS Members have the chance to win a copy of the album on vinyl: simply email your name and membership number to before midnight Sunday December 8. Please note vinyl giveaways must be picked up from the station in Collingwood.
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TOP TRACKS WE'RE LOVING THIS WEEK
Djrum - 'Codex'
Vril - 'Batumi Stranding'
Annahstasia - 'Sunday'
Close Counters - 'Feeling Takes Over Me' feat. Lyric Jones
Jake Amy - 'Graze'
Sade - 'Young Lion'
Intermood - 'Hypnagogic'
Or:la - 'Chant' (Pearson Sound Edit)
Helena Hauff - 'Punks In The Gym'
