electronic exclusives
Premiere: Lycio release the taut electronic rock of ‘I will take over’
SELF-recorded and self-produced, I will take over is the new single from UK electronic trio Lycio, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia this morning. Genie Mendez of Lycio says:”So as you may have guessed from the hostility within the title, this song is mostly about me (and …
Premiere: Ken reveals new video for new single ‘Human Touch’
Out tomorrow (8th February) is the new single from Ken, aka Ken Billington. It’s taken from his forthcoming album ‘I’m your man’, the whole thing written and recorded in his Bristol home using just two microphones. We’re delighted to be able to premiere for the a-side Human Touch right here on Backseat Mafia today. Of …
Premiere: Keep Calm Stay Home reveal the lush electronica of ‘A Theme For…’
Keep Calm Stay Home is the current moniker of London based composer Oli Morgan, a man who’s worked with the likes of Seal, Bastille, Gregory Porter, Princess Nokia, Venom and more as a mastering specialist at Abbey Road studios. Lockdown left Morgan with plenty of time to express his own creativity, and his first EP, …
Premiere: Filippin releases the beautiful alt-pop of Disgrace feat. Runah
“There are no rules. This is how DISGRACE is born. Go against the rules or ignore the rules to innovate”, so says 21 year old Italian DJ / composer / producer Filippin (real name Lorenzo Filippin) of his new track Disgrace, which we’re delighted to be able to premiere on Backseat Mafia this morning. He’s …
Premiere: Burial Grid reveal new video for Baiting The Undertow
Burial Grid, the Massachusetts based electronic-psych producer otherwise known as Adam Kodak, has today released his new fourth full-length album, We’ve Come for Your Flesh, out via Spinal Constellation Records. We’re delighted to be able to premiere the accompanying new video for the track Bairting The Undertow right here on Backseat Mafia this morning. The …
Premiere: Lily Ward releases new single, Kalopsia
Cornwall born singer-songwriter Lily Ward has returned with a new single, Kalopsia, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. Of the track, Lily told us “The definition of kalopsia is a delusion that something is more beautiful than it actually is. It’s like when you’re in a …
Premiere: Feren Isles releases the melancholic synth pop of ‘It Finds Me’
Montreal based electropop artist Feren Isles has released a new track, and the title track from his forthcoming debut album ‘It Finds Me’, and we’re delighted to premiere the accompanying video right here today on Backseat Mafia. Of the track, a ode to anxiety and strain, he says “I wanted to share the nature of …
Premiere: Flawed God releases new video for ‘Destroyer, are you within me?’
Out as part of ‘Mansplained’, the compilation to celebrate the first anniversary of Italian tape label Commando Vanessa, is the new track from Flawed God, and we’re delighted to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia this morning. The L.A. artist has created this ambient soundscape, that has enough subtleties and movement as it gently …
Premiere: Joel Stanton reveals new video / single, Pay Me Please
Los Angeles indie / electronic artist, Joel Stanton is back with a new single, Pay Me Please, taken from his upcoming album ‘In Harmony’, and we’re delighted to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. Of the track, Joel says “The song confronts the ego-bruising nature of the creative hustle, on a bed of …
Premiere: DEATHDEATHDEATH feat. KMT – Promised Sleep
We’re delighted here at Backseat Mafia to premiere the new collaboration between Vietnamese multimedia artist Fazo, aka DEATHDEATHDEATH alongside singer, performance artist and certified speaker KMT. It’s out today (December 29th) via Numavi Records. It’s experimental trip-hop, using Fazo’s dark sound inventions and laying down this sprawling backing that is descriptively alien sounding despite its …