Good music feels like it has a bit of a relentless surge at the moment. Too too much good good stuff (not a complaint by the way), so here’s a quartet of choice morsels to have landed in the inbox of doom over the last few weeks, mostly dancefloor tackle landing in and around the incoming long weekend.

First up, it's new (debut?) from Wild Forts, a.k.a. Manchester based producer Michael Wild. This one popped up on the radar thanks to Piccadilly Records’ evergreen Italo magnate, Matt Ward. The four tracks here are put together using mostly analogue gear, and you can feel the organic nature that approach brings to the sound. Earthy, a little raw, slightly spiritual and definitely spaced out. Every track has a bit of something different about it, definitely worth deeper investigation and ready for deployment out and about. There’s the trancey licks of ‘Through the Stars’, peak time pump of ‘The walk through’ just pitch it up a little for extra bump. ‘Same Again’ uses a metalicised vocal for some extra flair and ‘There Goes The Sun’ brings it home with some sunrise specialness.

Up now on Bandcamp.

Keeping the Manc connection going is Bobby Thorpe, who’s teamed up with Stretford’s own astral traveller, Psychederek, for some more chug inflected offerings on the Jupiter label for the ‘A Little Emotion’ EP. The title track has just that, a simple vocal over a shimmering backing that ebbs, flows and has a bit of an anthemic feel at its height. ‘Let’s Go To The Disco’ is a mid tempo groover that amps up the robot effects over an infectious electro lick. ‘Orange Dream’ pitches down again into a more leisurely downtempo moment, stripping back proceeding,s but with a healthy dose of low slung bass. ‘Strobes’ takes inspiration from that most affecting of dancefloor lighting, flickering out of the shadows and doing something different with an angular keyboard line, dirty kick and synth washes.

Out 3 April Pre-orders up now on Bandcamp.

More Manchester linkage is present and correct with Sprechen’s new one by the only Viper Patrol with the aptly named ‘Tales of Acid Fellowship’ . He’s not really messing about here, ‘Space Hammer’ careens into view with a deep-as bass line and throbbing drum track, replete with disco lasers and chunky synth line for added depth. ‘Hunting a Snark’ drops the tempo into a more ethereal space. It’s a slowed down acid track that doesn’t hold back on the grind. Last up ‘Hang Boat’ is more of a party vibe, of course assuming said party was in a very dark room with nothing more than a red light for company. The usual heavyweight acidity, no less than you’d expect from Mr Mciver.

Available 7 April pre-order via Beatport.

Last up there’s a tasty little drop from Johannes Klingebie, this one is called Dolce, and yes it's pretty sweetll. Based in Berlin he brings his jazz drumming background into play on this 4 tracker on Claptrap. ‘Dolce’ is pretty sweet as KOs go. Playful and a little infectious keyboard line runs through it that kind of just gets stuck in the ear. ‘Follow the Line’ has a little more of an acid tinge and eastern wobble. ‘Pink Forest’ kicks more in a off kilter, electro paced direction with a killer mid section of battling synth pads. Sun Damage remix FTL into a tougher, tracky style that rips up the script a bit with the original as all good mixes should.

Available now via Bandcamp.