electronic exclusives
Premiere: Karmic – X Marks The Spot
We’re absolutely delighted to premiere Los Angeles electro-indie pop six piece Karmic new single, X Marks the Spot here on Backseat Mafia. X Marks the Spot this little bubble of positivity, the co singers Laura Baruch and Kylee Katch trading harmonies and pretty much everything else as it floats around, its smart , cool pop …
Premiere: Reindeer – Field Reports from the Western Lands EP
Taken from his debut album of the same , out now on cult Berlin label Anette Recordings, Reindeer – aka Croydon’s James Reindeer has revealed ‘Field Reports from the Western Lands remix EP’ and we are delighted to premiere it here on Backseat Mafia. The track itself is this dizzying piece of experimental hip-hop, Field …
Premiere: Harlequiin – Your Hearts Afloat
London based producer and musician Rory Simmons is a musical polymath. A veteran of sessions with the likes of Blur, Jamie Cullum, Paolo Nutini, and, in the last 18 months alone, has appeared on tracks from Labrinth, Mount Kimbie and toured with the Maccabees, and further afield in his work as a session musician. But …
Premiere: TAXES – Lost at Sea / Your Other Left (remixes)
San Franciscan six piece TAXES release their new single, Lost at Sea, backed by Your Other Left his coming Friday (November 20th) and we’re delighted to premiere remixes of both tracks by Chris Crawford from clintongore. Lost at Sea retains its form as rather a lovely little pop song that makes your heart ache a …
Premiere: Sundays and Cybele – Almost Heaven
Named after the 1962 French film directed by Serge Bourguignon, Sunday’s and Cybele are the brainchild of Tokyo multi-instrumentalist Kazuo Tsubouchi. Taken from the band’s forthcoming album Heaven, out on July 31st via Beyond Beyond is Beyond, we are very pleased to be able to premiere a new track from the cinematic four piece, Almost …
Exclusive: Backseat Mafia Podcast 005 – Web Sheldon
Web Sheldon is an electronic singer, songwriter and producer originally from Sheffield, now based in London. With a long history of acoustic singing / song writing, the music he writes has a strong emphasis on vocals and lyrics, with rhythmic flows and harmonies sung over beats and influences from hip hop and world music through …
Premiere: Death Rattle – ‘Shell’ + Interview
The first time I heard Death Rattle was just over 3 years ago in rural France when Chris (one half of the duo) played me and my band “something new me and Helen have been working on…” ‘The Dig’ turned out to be Death Rattle’s first single and a portent of things to come, a …