When the sleeve is no longer enough
You know a track is somewhere in your crate, but you cannot remember which side it is on. The sleeve comes to mind more readily than the title. A listening log helps shorten that search: one line for each track you want to keep in mind, precise enough to find the record and personal enough to remind you what caught your ear.
Take two FKY records: Rébus 08, listed under Tribal and Freetekno at Teknoboutik, and RPS 19, listed under Freetekno. Their official releases and shop listings provide the information for the factual part of the log. Your impressions and mixing ideas are still yours to develop during your own listening.
Keep the reference separate from the memory
On paper or in a digital note, set aside a first area for the details that identify the track: record reference, artist, position and title. Add the link you used and the date you consulted it. This area lets you return to the source if a spelling or position leaves you unsure.
Keep another area for three personal pointers: the element that catches your attention, a passage to find again and a pairing to try. One question is enough to begin with: ‘Which record could this go with?’ An empty box is useful too: it identifies your next listening task without imposing a description you found elsewhere.
Rébus 08: three tracks, three possible entries
The official Rébus 08 page lists Aera 51 as A1, TapeX as A2 and Labo 1604 Rec 19 as B1, alongside a 12-inch vinyl edition. The Teknoboutik listing spells the first track Area 51 and labels the last one B. Keeping both links with these variations lets you pick up the search again without losing the track over a letter or a number.
For your entry, use ‘Rébus 08 — FKY — A2 — TapeX’, for example. Leave the three listening pointers beside it open. If you also want to keep track of the B-side track, give it its own line: a general impression of the record is less practical than a note that leads you straight to the right side.
RPS 19: finding one track among four
For RPS 19, the official release and the vinyl listing agree on four positions: A1 Tekno Tree, A2 My Personal Corruption, B1 Troll and B2 Aye Tout Perché. The same artist name appears throughout the record. Writing only ‘FKY, side B’ therefore does not distinguish between the two tracks on that side.
Try a focused entry: ‘RPS 19 — FKY — B1 — Troll; hook: to note; passage: to locate; pairing: to try.’ The last three fields describe work still to do. Fill them in with what you hear, then see whether the note is enough to help you find the track among the four a few days later.
A listening pointer needs to be findable again
‘Energetic’ or ‘good for the end’ may mean something to you at the time, then become too vague when several entries look alike. Look for a detail you can recognise: a motif, a voice, a percussion sound or a structural change, depending on what is actually there. Then note what you want to do at that point, such as listen to the transition again or try another record alongside it.
If you use a timestamp, indicate its source: official player, shop excerpt or playback of your own copy. A time measured from the start of an excerpt may not point to the same place in the full track. A short description of the passage helps you find it when you change listening formats. For a pairing between two records, keep both track positions and the result of your experiment.
Keep the log short enough to use
Start with the tracks you want to find again, without trying to catalogue the whole crate in one evening. Next time you listen, open the note first, find the track, then correct anything missing. You can keep two distinct uses in mind: records to explore and tracks where you already know a useful passage. The log improves as you revisit it, rather than through the number of boxes you fill in.
The two references cited here are documented examples, with no ranking between them. The links below lead to their exact listings at Teknoboutik, the shop associated with LienTekno. Consult those pages for the current edition and availability; the log preserves your listening pointers, not a fixed price or stock status.
Listen to the records
Teknoboutik product pages bring together available previews, edition details, prices and stock.
View Rébus 08 — FKYContinue on the Teknoboutik shop.Records mentioned
Sources & documentation
- FKY: official Rébus 08 release Accessed on 3 November 2026.Titles and positions A1, A2 and B1; 12-inch vinyl edition. The artist’s page spells the title Aera 51.
- Teknoboutik: Rébus 08 vinyl listing Accessed on 3 November 2026.Reference, artist, format and styles. The shop spells the title Area 51 and labels the last track B; these variations are noted in the text.
- FKY: official RPS 19 release Accessed on 3 November 2026.Four titles with positions A1, A2, B1 and B2; 12-inch vinyl offering. No listening impressions attributed to the editorial team.
- Teknoboutik: RPS 19 vinyl listing Accessed on 3 November 2026.RPS 19 reference, FKY, 12-inch format and four matching tracks. Consult the current listing for price and stock status.