house/techno
Track: Pandreas – Den Litle Tromme, Gut
Following on from his highly regarded debut EP ‘Ras’ and follow up release ‘Rube.’, young Norwegian producer Andreas Kleven Rasmussen aka Pandreas returns with the first slice of his forthcoming ‘Slam Jam’ EP. Titled Den Litle Tromme, Gut – it has two (maybe unsurprisingly given its title) definite characteristics, the first this stripped back techno …
Playlist: Carl Cox @ Opening Party, Space Ibiza, Spain 31st May 2009
What do you get if you put together one of the worlds bet, and biggest, DJ’s with one of the best (and biggest – you get the gist) clubs. Well, unforgettable nights. While we at Backseat Mafia were’t at Space in Ibiza in 2009 for the season opening party, the pretty epic set Carl Cox …
News: Tramlines Festival 2017 announces official After Parties
Sheffield is synonymous with Tramlines, the music event of the year that has transcended above anything anyone could’ve imagined for the inner-city festival that began all those years ago. The first line-up for 2017’s festivities have already been announced, welcoming none other than The Libertines to the main stage on Friday night. They’ll be joined …
Premiere: Studio Montaigne – Believe (Tëro remix)
French producer, composer and arranger Studio Montaigne aka Martin Helleu is about to drop his latest EP, Believe – and from it we are delighted to premiere the Tëro remix of the track. Influenced by the likes of Daft Punk to Michael Jackson, Armand Van Helden to Visage, Helleu has made what is essentially a …
News: New Ibiza club Hi Ibiza announces Black Coffee as first resident DJ
If you’re heading out to the party Island this Summer, be sure to check out Hï Ibiza (Space), the brand new club by Ushuaïa Entertainment. Launching this summer, they’ve just announced Southbound African DJ and producer Black Coffee will take up a weekly Saturday night residency at the new superclub, which opens this May. South …
Track: Super Future – High Flyer
Rising producer Nick Rowland, aka Super future, has just released his new single High Flyer, via Teknofonic Records. Built on this simple synth melody, its infected with a multitude of layers and sampled sounds, and scattered with 8 bit melodies, Indian vocals and percussion, all brought home with an infectious Jersey style trap beat. More …
See: Eric Martin releases video for Be
The name Eric Martin might not, at least to the general music buying public, have the weight that his achievements deserve. Starting out as a programmer for Zomba/Jive records, he found fame as an original member of Technotronic, co-writing their classic Pump up the Jam album, and going on to sell over 14 million records …
Track: AR Ferdinand – Lately (ft. Daphne) ( Pencilvestyr remix)
Fernando Arroyo, aka AR Ferdinand, has his debut LP, Wild Fiction, due out in Match, and from it he’s currently streaming the Pencilvestyr remix of Lately. “I started to work on the idea for Lately after a vacation on my favorite place on earth, Lake Coatepeque. Having spent so much time there, I feel like …
Playlist: John Peel Show 26.6.88 tracks
Whatever John Peel show you use, compiling a complete playlist, or even an accurate one, given the breadth of the music chosen, much of it remaining in obscurity, is nigh on impossible. One of the enjoyable things though, it’s – apart from the cross genre breadth that Peel utilised meaning the music jumps from one …
Track: Mr. Tophat feat. Robyn – Trust Me
What do you get if you put Swedish house producer Mr. Tophat in a room with serial chart botherer Robyn glorious vocals and Abba’s original drummer Per Lindvall and his bassist brother? Well, if Trust Me is to be believed, what you get is a post nine minute slice of disco/house/funk with little shards of …