Electronic
Track: Sonic Boom – The Way You Live
Taken from his first album in 30 years, Sonic Boom – aka Peter Kember (Spectrum, Spacemen 3) has released The Way You Live, with the album, All Things Being Equal, out on Carpark Record on June 5th. More well known recently in his role as a producer for the likes of Beach House and Panda …
Track: Bottler – Nobody Likes Me
Brooklyn duo Bottler, aka Pat Butler and Phil Shore have released the lead single from their forthcoming EP Clementine, out on May 8th via InFiné. The track is this sort of electro/indie crossover. It has this drooling bassline and synth lines that splash and dribble all over the fistfuls of synth chord that rocks forward …
Track: Ben Lukas Boysen – Clarion
Ahead of the release of his forthcoming ‘Mirage’ album, out on 1st May via the brilliant Erased Tapes label, Berlin based composer and producer Ben Lukas Boysenhas released a new single, ‘Clarion’. Of new single ‘Clarion’, Ben tells us that “this song started as a simple piano line and while listening to it on loop over …
Track: Golden Retriever & Chuck Johnson – Empty Quarter
Out on May 15th via Thrill Jockey is the new album and collaboration from Portland duo Golden Retriever and Oakland guitarist Chuck Johnson, and from it they’ve share the albums first single, ‘Empty Quarter’. It’s slow moving and experimental, the electronics layered and Johnsons guitar melodies minimal yet beautiful. Into the mixture are added pedal …
Track: Netsky – I see the future in your eyes
One of the biggest names in dance music, Netsky, has gone back to his roots with his new single ‘I see the future in your eyes’, which is out right now on Hospital Records. Not only has he moved back to producing drum & bass, but on the tenths anniverary since he first released music …
Premiere: Sail by Summer release brilliant new video for Lowlowlow
Duo Sail by Summer – Norwegian Grammy winner William Hut and his Danish collaborator Jens Kristian have released a new video for their track Lowlowlow. It comes ahead of their debut album Casual Heaven, out on May 1st via Apollon, and we’re delighted to premiere it here today on Backseat Mafia. Sail by Summer pull …
Album Review: CMON – Confusing mix of Nations
“When I moved to New York, a lot of people were making really interesting electronic music and manipulating sounds, and I was really kind of bummed—there were no songs. And I really wanted to hear songs,” says Josh Da Costa of CMON. With former Regal Degal band mate Jamen Whitelock, the two formed CMON, swapping …
See: Young Knives Reveal new video for Sheep Tick
Young Knives, brothers Henry Dartnall and The House of Lords have announced their fifth album, and first in seven years since 2013’s acclaimed Sick Octave., and ahead of it they’ve released a video for lead single Sheep Trick. A mixture of synth-pop and indie rock along with elements of post-punk and krautrock, it’s almost chanted …
Track: NZCA Lines – Pure Luxury
NZCA Lines are back with a new single, their first record in 4 years – After the laidback sunny excess of the Infinite Summer album, the new sound seems more frenzied and chaotic – seems appropriate at the moment. After all, how do you go about following up a concept album that was about the …