Adrian Barr, Author at Backseat Mafia

Album Review: Christine Ott – Only Silence Remains

Christine Ott is french composer, pianist and ondist……..a what? well a Ondes Martenot is an early electronic musical instrument invented in 1928 by Maurice Martenot with which she has played for opéras…

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Track: Murcof x Vanessa Wagner – Statea

InFiné records have released Statea by Murcof & Vanessa Wagner. TRAINSPOTTER ALERT: The title of the album is a reference (in old Italian) to scales and also the perfect balance between two…

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Album Review: LTO – The Number From Which All Things Come

Bristol based musician LTO has released his debut album ‘The Number From Which All Things Come’ the title refers to the numerology of the number 10, 10 was described by Agrippa (an…

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Track: Dr. Meaker – Dirt & Soul + exclusive Interview

Dr. Meaker are a Bristol based eight piece band, live instruments, samples, studio electronics and big voices create some heavy underground drum and bass covered in liquid deep soul. ‘Dirt & Soul’ is…

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Album Review: Various Artists – Chris Sullivan presents The Wag – 4CD remastered

David Bowie, Keith Richards and Joe Strummer were just a few of the big names to frequent Londons Hotspot club of the 80’s ‘The WAG’, a ‘haven for misfits’ that would…

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Compilation – On-U Sound presents: Sherwood At The Controls Volume 2: 1985 – 1990

Okey dokey, Adrian Sherwood is back with the follow up to the first Sherwood at the controls this time hitting from ’85 to ’90. Electro, Industrial, Noise, Hip-Hop, Afrobeat and Dub.…

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Album Review: Thylacine – Transsiberian

A concept album composed over a 5,000 mile journey between Moscow and Vladivostok, Artist William Rezé (Thylacine) sampled sounds along the way and blended them over music he created from the…

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Track: Beth Orton – Kidsticks

One of my favourite ways of discovering music is with no prior knowledge of the artist and all the usual promo bumf that comes with it. I first fell in…

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EP: Simon Shackleton – Piece of Me

Simon Shackleton, the artist formally known as ‘Elite Force’ is back with his first album in over a decade. This time we see him taking on a more soulful and lyrical…

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Album Review: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – Twisted Nerve

In 1968 a British psychological horror film called ‘Twisted Nerve’ starring Hywel Bennett, Hayley Mills and Billie Whitelaw was released. Although now long forgotten, only to be referenced now and…

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