reggae/ska
Premiere: Dojo share new video for Madiba
London Jazz / Reggae crew Dojo have just released a new video for ‘Madiba’, and we’re delighted to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia this morning. The band formed when Hammond Organ for hire Ben Cormack who recruited Robin Porter, winner of the George Murphy Trophy for Jazz Saxophone, and V-Drum World Championship finalist …
Meet: Hempolics Grippa Laybourne interview, plus new video for Get it Right
Ahead of the release of their sophomore album Kiss, Cuddle & Torture: Volume 2, out on July 3rd on their own label Zee Zee Records via Kartel Group Music, we’ve already loved the new single from Hempolics Gotta Thing, and the band have followed it up with a new video for ‘Get it Right‘, filmed …
See: Mungo’s Hi-Fi release new video for More Fyah
Glasgow based soundsystem and production band, Mungo’s Hi Fi have released a new video for More Fyah, the title track from the bands new album, out on July 19th via Scotch Bonnet Records. It also forms part of a live theatre production called KID_X, created by the combined talents of Bassline Circus, MHz and Feral, …
Track: Amber Bugs – David Dimbleby
Noisy London three piece Amber had a motto upon entering the recording studio. “If it can’t be done live, it can’t be done”. It was from this motto that their latest single ‘David Dimbleby’ was born. As lead singer Ben Kelly explains: “There’s only three of us and we want to sound not just big, …
See: Jstar releases new video for Bad Boy Stepping ft. Ranking Joe
West London-based reggae producer Jstar, apart from earning a stamp of approval from legendary tastemaker David Rodigan, has returned with a new single, ‘Bad Boy Stepping’, and he’s drafted in another legend, Jamaican MC Ranking Joe. It’s the second single to be taken from his recent ‘Stand to Order’ album, and it has Freedo, Dreadsquad …