Electronic
Album Review: Thievery Corporation ‘Treasures from the Temple’
Thievery Corporation Treasures from the Temple (ESL Recordings) released on April 20, 2018 Rating: 7.5 Washington DC based electronic duo of Rob Garza and Eric Hilton known as Thievery Corporation’s latest release of Treasures from the Temple is a companion to their chart-topping 2017 Temple of I & I album release. The 12-track compendium includes a trove of original recordings …
News: Tears for Fears forced to cancel sold out UK & Ireland Arena Tour
Tears for Fears have been forced to postpone their forthcoming sold out UK & Ireland arena tour due to unforeseen health concerns and on doctor’s orders. The tour, due to start April 27th in Leeds, and finish May 12th in Brighton has been rescheduled for early 2019.Tears for Fears apologise to their fans and are extremely sorry for any inconvenience caused.They look …
Album Review : Rival Console’s ‘Persona’
Ryan Lee West’s music as Rival Consoles feels far more lived in and worn than many of his producing peers. He makes electronic music that sounds and feels organic. Past records like Howl, Kid Velo, and Night Melody evoked a truly emotional heft, while still drawing you into sultry grooves and heady electronic rhythms. There …
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 …
Track: Prefuse 73 – Basinkitarian
Prefuse 73, aka prolific beat-maker/producer Guillermo S. Herren has announced that his first solo album in three years, Sacrifices, will be out on May 25th via Lex Records. It’s a 17 track opus, through which Herron expresses his increasing interest in making space within his complex compositions. The track is both of the things Herron …
See: Warm Digits reveal new video for Better Friction, plus live dates
Warm Digits, aka Newcastle electronica duo Andrew Hodson and Steve Jefferis, have revealed the new video for Better Friction, taken from their recently released third album Wireless world, which dropped through the ever brilliant Memphis Industries. Of the track, Jefferis says “Better Friction” argues that no form of power or technology is without its own mythology. …
News: HQFU releases instrumental album for computer game soundtrack
HQFU provides the buzzing electro soundtrack to a post-apocalyptic future with new album ‘FOR INHUMANITY’. Soundtracks feel like they are gaining in popularity, particularly those with a retro 80s sound or those huge synthscapes – I’m thinking of Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein’s staggeringly brilliant work for ‘Stranger Things’, Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow’s haunting …
Track: Paul White – Returning
Paul White, best known for his production work for the likes of Danny Brown, Homeboy Sandman and Open Mike Eagle, has released a new single from his upcoming album Rejuvenate. Stepping away from what you might expect, its largely this arid, stoner guitar jam, with a heavy twist of psychedelia, which eventually opens out with …
Album Review: North Sea Navigator – The Memory Clears the Space for What’s Needed
Former Gravenhurst sideman Paul Nash has been trading under the name North Sea Navigator for a while now, expanding the line up from himself to a three piece and then to a four piece band recently, but its his solo eponymous album for Felt that is getting its commercial release, titled ‘The Memory Clears the …