A Yorkshire Producer’s Quietly Relentless Output Hits a New Peak on Sidings

The first quarter of 2026 was a deluge. A lot of it deserved to be forgotten. Some of it didn’t. In the electronic space, the releases that actually landed were the ones that understood restraint and structure as something more than just a production trick.

One record that kept surfacing was Sidings. It comes from a Yorkshire producer who has been steadily releasing music since 2017. The output has been consistent. Not flashy. Just there, year after year, quietly building a language. Sidings feels like a culmination of that patience. The motorik pulse is front and center, but it’s not a retro move. It’s something more physical. The rhythms lock in and stay there, and the details shift around them in ways that reward attention.

The Krautrock influence is obvious. But it’s not worn like a costume. It’s more like the producer internalized the logic of those old records and then rebuilt it with their own toolkit. The basslines move with real momentum. The synth lines don’t wander. Everything feels placed, not improvised. That’s harder to do than it sounds.

In a season packed with overproduced, overhyped electronic projects, Sidings stood out precisely because it didn’t try to. It’s the kind of record that will likely get overlooked in broader end of year lists. That’s a shame. But it also feels like part of the deal. Some music is built to last longer than a news cycle. This is one of those.