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Track/Video : Revered pianist/composer Neil Cowley previews ‘Ticker Tape’, a spirit raising burst from incoming album ‘Battery Life’.
From banging out hymns at his school assembly to playing Shostakovich (with Orchestra) on a South Bank Centre stage as a 10 year old to filling the keys’ seat through the nineties and noughties for the Brand New Heavies, Zero 7 and a bit later someone called Adele, Londoner Neil Cowley’s piano skills have taken …
Album Review: Quayola/Seta – Transient : an evocative debut album from these multi-media originals.
Acclaimed media artist Quayola is a visualiser who works within the confluence of sound and vision. As well as his extensive globe-trotting catalogue of solo exhibitions he has collaborated with Jamie XX, Plaid and the late, great Mira Calix, converging his imagery with their soundscapes. More recently he has paused and re-focused, taking what feels …
New Track: Multi-media originals Quayola/Seta preview their evocative debut album ‘Transient’
Sound and vision, vision and sound, acclaimed media artist Quayola is a visualiser who works with convergence and endless flow, breaking down boundaries, exploring possibilities and creating experiences. Having collaborated with Jamie XX, Plaid and the late, great Mira Calix, weaving imagery into their soundscapes, more recently he has been developing his own music-focused project, …
Premiere: Mat Andasun releases the beautifully evocative ‘Synthetic Bliss’
Taken from his forthcoming synth / spoken word album ‘Full Circuit’, out on January 21st 2022 via Pretty Decent Music, Synthetic Bliss is the new release from British composer and producer Mat Andasun, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia today. Of the album, Andasun writes “This album …
Album Review: James McVinnie – Counterpoint
What is it about the tags neo-classical or contemporary-classical that often brings out that immediate ‘not for me’ reaction in people? Too much baggage, too many connotations associated with that word to the right of the hyphon. It’s musicians like organist and sound sculptor James McVinnie who can help shift mindsets . He may be …
Premiere: Gasper Claus reveals new video for the stunningly beautiful Ô Sélénites
Taken from neo-classical Cellist Gasper Claus’ debut solo album Tancade, an ode to a particular beach where he and his friends would visit every year to celebrate life, make music and dance, is a new video for the track Ô Sélénites, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia …
Premiere: Leo Abrahams releases the haunting ‘Grain Vinyl’ from his first instrumental guitar album in 15 years
Grain Vinyl is the new single from sometime Brian Eno and Jon Hopkins collaborator and Krononaut man Leo Abrahams, and we’re absolutely delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia this morning. It’s taken from his forthcoming album, Scene Memory II, and it’s out December 3rd via figureight records. It’s the …
Premiere: Human Pyramids remix Simon Dobson’s ‘Quiet, Pls’; hear it here first
Taken from his recently released album ‘MDCNL’, composer, conductor, producer and multi-instrumentalist Simon Dobson has revealed a new single taken from the record, ‘Quiet, Pls’ and it’s been remixed by Human Pyramids – the 18 piece post-rock acoustic orchestra led by Scottish composer and producer Paul Russel. We’re delighted to be able to premiere the …
Premiere: Grasscut reveal new video for ‘Human Estuary’; see it first, here
Brighton duo Grasscut have recently followed up their 2015 album ‘Everyone Was A Bird‘, with another spoken word exploration of Britain with the mini-lp Haunts, out now on the ever brilliant Lo Recordings. From it, we’re absolutely delighted to be able to premiere the video for Human Estuary right here on Backseat Mafia today. The …
Album Review: Zoon van snooK – Se•pa•ra•ción
There’s something so emotive about the Piano as a solo instrument, and Zoon van snooK, the Bristol based, Barcelona born producer and musician has taken it and written a handful of beautifully reflective and immersive songs for his new album Se•pa•ra•ción, out via the celebrated Lo Recordings on 14th May. We’re more used to hearing …