Adrian Barr, Author at Backseat Mafia

Album Review: Beifer – Constant.Transition

Emerging artist Beifer presents his highly anticipated debut album “constant.transition”: an eclectic fusion of electronic music with strong influences from dubstep, garage and drum ‘n’ bass, enriched with captivating jazz elements. This…

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Album Review: Moritz von Oswald – Silencio

What are the differences and similarities between human and artificial sound, between oscillations generated by vocal cords and synthesizer voices, voltage amplified by speakers? On Silencio, his latest album for Tresor…

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Album Review: Arto Lindsay – I had a fever when (Edition Dur 16)

Arto Lindsay composed and recorded ‘I Had a Fever When’ with participating musicians exclusively for Edition Dur. Arthur Morgan “Arto” Lindsay (born in Virginia in 1953, raised between the US…

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EP Review: Blake Reyes – Vernacular

The ‘Axis Jazz’ series continues with Milan based Blake Reyes. The album was recorded in 3 different cities including the legendary “Officine Meccaniche“ studio in Milan (Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones,…

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Album Review: Yelka – Krieg & Ferien

*From pointed pates hats fly into the blue / All winds resound as so with muffled cries. / Steeplejacks fall from roofs and break in two / And on the…

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Album Review: Sophie Hunger – Cinéma (Edition Dur)

Celebrated Swiss musician and composer Sophie Hunger unveils her mesmerizing soundtrack for the Oscar-winning stop-motion film „Ma vie de Courgette“ and a selection of her compositions for other movies from the last…

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Album Review: X-Press 2 – Thee

‘Thee’ is the vital duo’s fifth LP release and the first on Acid Jazz. They have already dropped two singles from the album and now unveil another nine fresh cuts…

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Album Review: Tomorrow comes the harvest – Evolution

Tomorrow Comes The Harvest project started with late Tony Allen, one of the originators of AfroBeat and Jeff Mills to get together to create an improvisational type of performance. The idea…

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Album Review: Thomas Fehlmann – Umdrehen (Edition DUR)

“Turning around” is Thomas Fehlmann’s new magic word. It allows him to approach constraints and difficult topics from a new perspective, turning them into something positive. “Umdrehen” is an exploration…

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EP Review: Peix – Z.U.K.A.

With the following release ANTIMODUS presents the artist PEIX. With his dark sounds and striking appearance, he fits into the garb of the label. The beginning of the record presents…

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