Electronic
Album Review : Automelodi’s ‘Mirages au futur verre-brisé’
Montreal’s Automelodi is the brain child of singer/producer Xavier Paradis, a master of sound design, melody-driven song structure, and an enthusiast of hardware-driven song building. Having a rich musical history that started back in his teens and building a strong following with his ability to create dark and passionate electronic music dating back to the …
Track: Sarasara – Blood Brothers
Paris born, Margate based producer Sarasara returns with a new album, Orgone, out on July 5th via One Little Indian, and ahead of that has released a brooding new single, Bad Brothers. Co-produced with Liam Howe of label-mates Sneaker Pimps, the track has this nod towards trip-hop with its foreboding, almost sufficating production. Over the …
Track: BABii – Carniivore
Margate singer-songwriter BABii has released a new track, Carniivore, ahead of her debut album Hiide (you see the double ii thing going on, right?) which comes out on July 5th via Deathwaltz Originals. Produced by uber-producer Adrian Sherwood, BABii makes this sort of smoky electronic pop/R&B, Sherwood does a shine and polish job on the …
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 …
Album Review: Stuart A Staples – Music for Claire Danis’ High Life
Out on its physical formats on May 3rd via City Slang is Tindersticks’ Stuart A Staples soundtrack for Claire Denis’ first English language film, High Life. In the gaps between Tindersticks records / haitus’, Staples has worked extensively with Davis, and this feature, focusing on a group of criminals who are tricked into believing they will …
Album Review: Gang Of Four – Happy Now
Although more of a solo project for Andy Gill who, following the departure of Jon King is now the only original member, there’s still enough of Gang of Four in this gang of one (yeah, I couldn’t pass it up…) to make it a worthwhile listen. Anyone expecting a record bathed in the searing angular …
Track: Tycho – Easy
San Francisco’s Tycho have just released a new single ‘Easy’ on Mom + Pop X Ninja Tune, and comes ahead of a new album, due out later in the year. With a CV that boasts over 1.3 million sales and a Grammy Nomination, Tycho – essentially the project of Scott Hansen, knows what he’s doing, …
Track: God is 7 – 7 INC (Creeping Death Version)
Hull-based minimal electronic music producer Dom Sith is the master of immersion. His latest release ‘7 INC (Creeping Death Version)’ is a bold step in a new sonic direction cloaked beneath the guise of God is 7. It’s inky and insidious, casting a shadow which looms all the larger for its unmistakable grime influences. “I …
Album Review: Battery Operated Orchestra – Snare
Battery Operated Orchestra might hail from Brighton but, in a previous incarnation as Katsen, they emerged on Thee Sheffield Phonographic Corporation. Which seemed very appropriate even then given the quality of their Kraftwerk-inspired synthpop, which would never have been out of place in the Steel City at any time over the last 30-odd years. Now …
See: TVAM release new video for ‘These are not your Memories’, plus album and tour news
From behind his TVAM moniker, producer Joe Oxley reappears with his debut album ‘Psychic Data’ which will be released on Friday 19th October 2018. The first single from the upcoming album is ‘These Are Not Your Memories’, a crushing yet soft approach to synth and guitars. As if Godflesh had started a pop act. Crafting …