Electronic
Track: Gary Numan Shares title track for new album – Intruder
Legendary Gary Numan has revealed the title track from his forthcoming 18th solo studio album, ‘Intruder’ due May 21st. Numan explains: “‘Intruder’ looks at climate change from the planet’s point of view. If Earth could speak, and feel things the way we do, what would it say? How would it feel? The songs, for the most part, attempt to …
See: Ex En Provence release new video for ‘Counting Down The Suns’
Ex en Provence is collaboration between ex Le Shark man Samuel Deschamps and Berlin based Jan Blumentrath ((Intergalactic Republic of Kongo) / Ora The Molecule / Eliot Sumner). After meeting on tour in with their previous incarnations, they started the project proper underneath a Snooker hall in Stoke Newington, on the site of a former …
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 …
Track: Real Dogs release the experimental electronics of Thinking About Art
Real Dogs have released the second single from their forthcoming Fragments III, which drops on February 5th via Don’t Be Nasty, titled Thinking About Art. These Fragments of the title combine short experimental sketches, field recordings and scraps of ideas intermingled by fully formed electronic pieces like Thinking About Art. Sitting somewhere between weird synthpop …
Track: Otzeki – Familiar Feeling
Fresh from announcing their sophomore album ‘Now is a Long Time’, subversive electronic-punk provocateurs Otzeki return with the video for their new single ‘Familiar Feeling’ which they released on 1st January to streaming services. ‘Now is a Long Time’ is set to be released on 19th March 2021 via Akira Records. Singer Mike Sharp on the song: “After seeing a modular synth band …
Album Review: Casper Clausen – Better Way
For a musician who usually takes a studious approach to making records, Casper Clausen’s new album ‘Better Way’ (available via City Slang from January 9th) could almost be seen as a rush release. As one of the core members of Efterklang, the Danish experimental pop explorers, he was last heard just over a year ago …
Track: Depeche Mode’s Martin Gore releases new track, Howler
Taken from his forthcoming 5 track instrumental EP, The Third Chimpanzee, out on January 29th, Depeche Mode stalwart and (increasingly) sonic experimenter Martin Gore has a new track out right now on Mute Records, titled Howler. Of the track, Martin says “Howler was the first track I recorded for The Third Chimpanzee EP,” Martin says. …
EP: Mylow – Voyager
Founded by the Berlin band Jazzanova, the Sonar Kollectiv label has been steadily releasing enticing music of the nu-jazz/dance/electronica blend for over 20 years now. So any new name that they sign is always worth a sneak. Cue Milo Tomasovic (a.k.a Mylow) a young DJ, producer and electronic musician from Amsterdam who releases his EP …
Track: Bonobo & Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Heartbreak (Kerri Chandler Remix)
If it wasn’t enough that electronic heavyweights Bonobo and Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (TEED) got together to make new track Heartbreak, well maybe sit down before we tell you Kerri Chandler has now remixed it (not that its too much of a surprise given it says so in the title). Of the project, Kerri says, …