Electro
SEE: Sneaks – ‘Mars In Virgo’: lofi astrological rave rhyming
LET there be no doubt: Sneaks, known to friends and family as Eva Moolchan, is COOL. Last year’s Highway Hypnosis album for Merge wended through seductive, deconstructed electro; leftfield, whispered lofi soul with an eerie undertow; almost nursery-rhyme incantations, stripped back grooves. I mean, she wears yellow Cons too. This a woman you can trust …
SEE: Tiga & Hudson Mohawke – ‘Love Minus Zero’: transatlantic dance pop euphoria
THE SPHERE of dance music is one of constant, healthy cross-fertilisation and contrast, of new sounds arising. But when Warp’s leftfield hiphop and breaks reinventor Hudson Mohawke began working with Canadian electroclash hit-scorer Tiga, even the latter had to admit it looked a stretch. He said that it “seems kind of unlikely on paper, but …
Track: KIDSØ – Childhood
Out right now is the new single from live-electro duo KIDSØ, out via Springstoff. It’s the title track of the German duo’s forthcoming album, out later in the year, and features African rhythms and a childrens choir. The band shared a little about the journey behind creating the track, saying: “The single ‘Childhood’ is the …
See: Arca releases new video for ‘Time’
Venezuelan artist, singer, DJ, performer and composer Arca has returned with anew album KiCk i, out via XL Recordings on June 26th. She’s roped in stellar collaborators for the album including Björk, Rosalia, Shygirl and SOPHIE, But don’t expect an album that follows one path – “I don’t want to be tied to one genre,” Arca explains. …
Premiere: KARMA SHE releases new video for MAKE ME KITTENS
Berlin- based multi-disciplinary artist Carmel Michaeli aka KARMA SHE, is gearing up for the release of her debut album MY NAKED DEVOTION on May 8th, which includes a full UK release including cassette format via Martin Hossbach, and we are delighted to premiere her new video For MAKE ME KITTENS here in Backseat Mafia this …
Track: Bassi Fox – Everything I wanted
Mt. Wolf frontman/producer Sebastian Fox (under the moniker Bassi Fox) has stepped away from that project for a while to focus in writing some slightly different stuff, as he explained to us ‘Justin Vernon playing video games with Billie Eilish and James Blake in Norway kind of vibes’, and he’s just released a cover of …
Premiere: Lucy Dreams release new video for ‘The Journey’
Vienna duo Lucy Dreams have today released their new video for The Journey, the single that came out last week on Austrian label Prueckl Beats, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia. What started out as an Audio-AI became, at least in the minds and imaginations of the …
Track: Fingerless – Sympathetic Love
You just don’t know where you are with Fingerless. One minute they are producing psychedelic shoegaze slacker rock with the odd Gregorian chant thrown in, the next thing they produce ‘Sympathetic Love’ which is unlike anything I’ve heard before. And I’ve heard a lot. But the thing is, they are brilliant enough to pull it …
Track: Oh My My – Sipping The Bottle
Sydney horror pop duo Oh My My have released a new single, Sipping the Bottle ahead of the release of their debut EP, and a handful of NSW dates. Talking of the track, Sam Thomlinson from the band says, “It’s about drinking wine in the middle of a cricket pitch,” he explains, “under a sleeping bag, at …
Premiere: Serena Foster – Game Over
“Game Over” is the first song I wrote with Cory Barker, and I am so excited the world is finally getting to hear it” says Los Angeles singer-songwriter of her new single ‘Game Over’, which we’re extremely pleased to be premiering here on Backseat Mafia today. She goes on to say, “It’s rare when you …