Electronica
Premiere: Unruly Girls – Black Love (Video)
Backseat Mafia is very honoured to premiere today the phenomenal new video by Italian band Unruly Girls. ‘Black Love’ is off their recently released album ‘Epidemic’ – an album I rated a 9.1 out of 10 – and is a typically unhinged, anarchic and thundering production, yet is antithetically tinged with a sense of poignancy. …
SEE: MELTWATER – LINES IN THE SAND
A highlight of 2019 was Jon Gibson who goes under the pseudonym of Meltwater releasing his first EP – Digital Distractions. The North East electronic talent behind the project noise creator entitled Melt Water. He uses samples and live instruments to create thoughtful intelligent compositions focusing on northern life and the hardships and joy of …
Watch: Ela Minus – “they told us it was hard, but they were wrong”
Colombia-born/raised and Brooklyn-based Ela Minus has come the latest to join the revered ranks at Domino recently, with her downtempo electronic music has captured the attention not only of fans but purists alike; overjoyed Minus’ work is all hardware-based than software-based. Her debut single, “they told us it was hard, but they were wrong“, came out …
TRACK: LOW HUMMER – THE REAL THING
Hull quintet Low Hummer have shared the video for their third single via Dance to the Radio records. “The Real Thing” sees the band pressing ahead with their desire to experiment and embrace more electronics as guitarist and singer Daniel Mawer explains: “The Real Thing was a bit of experimenting in the studio with our …
Track: rincs – Locked In
rincs are LA duo Rebecca Ramirez and Bjorn Winberg and their new single ‘Locked In’ is a gorgeously unassuming delight. Ramirez’s voice is hauntingly melancholic and expressive, the instrumentation unadorned and brittle and the combination of the two delivers a beautifully evocative song: And it’s not just about the sound and rhythm – the duo, …
New Music – Foxtrott – Meditations I-II-III
Introducing: Marie-Hélène L. Delorme, aka FOXTROTT Incoming: her second LP ‘Meditations I-II-III‘, a collection of all three of the Meditation EPs. What they say: Meditations I-II-III sees the inimitable producer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist return to form, with rich, off-centre sounds, earthy beats and shimmering percussions. Each of the three self-produced EPs, which are to be …
Track: LUMP – May I Be The Light
Coinciding with the release of their debut album (eponymously titled), and fresh from the requisite ‘Later…’ performance, Lump release their third and last single from the LP. ‘May I Be The Light’ is a beguiling listen, running through three phases: the childlike plink and detached vocals of the verse, the electronic shudder that underpins the …
Album Review: Stina Stjern – Kap Herschell
Norwegian artist, Stina Stjern, has just released a gorgeous album entitled ‘Kap Herschell’ that is an enigmatic, haunting masterpiece that seems to capture the Arctic chill of the north while offering a warm enveloping refuge. The album was mixed using unusual recording techniques where the tracks were taken apart, played through old cassette tapes and …
Track: Priest, Our Time Will Come
In anticipation of the new EP “The Lost Lions” due out soon, Priest have delivered another enticing taster in the form of new single, “Our Time Will Come”, following up on the release of “White Wing Dove”, reviewed by Backseat Mafia in September. It has all the hallmarks of the elements I love about this …
Track: Anna Meredith – Calion
We’ve a lot to thank the Adult Swim singles program for, and the latest things to add to that is their latest (week 38 to be exact) release – British composer Anna Merediths new track Calion. Its a towering, beautiful electronic composition, that see’s layers of synths come wash over eachother, and entwine around eachother …