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Premiere: Sunday Driver release new visuals for the cool jazz/psych pop fusion of ‘Somewhere Nice’
Taken from their upcoming album Somewhere Nice, out in June, UK fusion band Sunday Driver have announced a new single, Somewhere Nice, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. It’s the bands first new music since last years Time Machine single, and the album is the follow …
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See: Global beat fusionists Black Flower preview ‘O Fogo’ from incoming album ‘Magma’.
The pronunciation might be tricky but you can’t question the discerning taste of Belgian label Sdban Ultra in the nu-jazz, funk and grooves department. More proof comes with the label’s first taster from Black Flower’s soon-to-come ‘Magma’LP (due 28th January), ‘O Fogo’. Four albums in and Black Flower have been steadily sharpening their kaleidoscopic blend …
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Track: Liv McLean delivers stellar sound with ‘New Pair of Eyes’.
Liv Mclean is a soulful jazz fusion artist , distinguished in sound by her wonderful versatile voice randing from raspy soulfulness to indie inflections. It’s no wonder that Tremorverse Records are featuring her as an artist their upcoming compilation album by showcasing her truly lush yet groovy track ‘ ‘New Pair Of Eyes’. After announcing the …
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Track: Cassowary – Moth
Cassowary, aka 25 year old multi-instrumentalist Mike Shannon, releases his self titled debut album on the Fat Possum label on April 24th. He’s just released the third single ahead of the release, in the shape of Moth. Moth is this sort of fusion-jazz, taking in these repeated patterns from the synth/rhythm section that gives it …