Electronic
Premiere: The Record Summer release the cathartic beauty of ‘Release’
Taken from his forthcoming album Lay It Bare, out on March 5th via Boden Kuma Recordings, Release is the new single from The Record Summer, aka songwriter Bret Rodysill, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere the video right here on Backseat Mafia today. it’s been a tough road to this point for Rodysill. …
Premiere: Bouquet man Max Foreman releases new single, Open Eyes
Taken from his forthcoming EP Underground, out on Match 5th, Open Eyes is the new single from Max Foreman, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. It’s the debut solo release from the Los Angeles based singer-songwriter and producer, best know as keyboard / vocalist of Bouquet, …
Anchorsong returns with the bubbling electronica of Tunis Dream
Masaaki Yoshida, the Tokyo born, London based producer who works under the name Anchorsong, is back with a a new track, ‘Tunis Dream’, out now on the much loved (particularly by us) Tru Thoughts label. Well known for his ability to weave a myriad of styles into something beat laden and satisfying, whether that be …
Premiere: I Ya Toyah releases new single, Out Of Order
Polish born, USA based industrial goth artist I Ya Toyah (which means it’s just me in Polish) today releases her new single, Out of Order. It’s taken from her sophomore EP of the same name (out March 26th on Bandcamp, June 18th on streaming services) and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right …
Premiere: Third Culture Kings release new single/video for Lucid Dreamer
Third Culture Kings are a Copenhagen/NYC duo featuring former dälek man Alap Momin plus Jan Johansen of Glorybox and Ring Them Bells. Describing what they do as Womb music, they pull in elements of psych, indie, techno and bass music. They’ve a new track ‘Lucid Dreamer’ out tomorrow (12th February) and we’re delighted to be …
Album Review: The Superceded Sounds Of…The New Obsolescents
A brand new deep space travelogue from the collective minds of DJ Food and Howlround from an Improvised live session at the Museum Of London in 2016. This album began life four years ago when the trio of Strictly Kev, Robin The Fog and Chris Weaver were tasked by Jonny Trunk with providing an all-night …
Album Review: Coma World – Coma World
The London nu-jazz/electronic scene is one ecosystem that does more than sustain itself. From the Steamdown/Trinity/Deptford/Greenwich source point to the hubbub around Hackney’s Total Refreshment Centre to the outflow from vibrant labels like Walthamstow’s Byrd Out, it’s a community that continues to create through crossovers, connections and collaborations. Cue yet more evidence of the surge, …
See: The video for Luca Yupanqui’s ‘V4.3 pt.2’, genuine womb music
MAKING history as the “first album created by a person while they were still inside the womb”, the creation of Luca Yupanqui’s music was aided by her parents – her mother the bassist of psych-rock band Psychic Ills, and her father a Lee Scratch Perry collaborator – using biosonic MIDI technology to translate the vibrations …
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 …
See: Morcheeba return with first glimpse of their upcoming new album, the video for Sounds of Blue
Legendary trip-hop band Morcheeba have announced their new, tenth studio album is out on May 14th 2021. From it they’ve released the first glimpse of what we can expect from the duo Sky Edwards and Ross Godfrey, with a video for their new single, ‘Sounds of Blue’. As with most other artists, the lockdown stripped …