Briandroid, Author at Backseat Mafia

Obituary: Jaki Liebezeit – Can’s human drum machine 1938 – 2017

Jake Leibezeit will be best remembered for his work with German avant-garde band Can. He played on some of their most memorable albums, such as ‘Ege Bamyasi’ and ‘Monster Movie’,…

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Album Review: analogue creatures living on an island – Immersion

The ambient project of Wire’s Colin Newman (along with his partner Malka Spigel from Minimal Compact) has been in existence since 1994, and after a hiatus of seventeen years, Immersion…

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Past lives: 1959 – 2016. Pete Burns – A Tribute

Liverpool singer Pete Burns died of a heart attack on Sunday. He was 57. I first encountered Pete Burns around 1978. Me and my schoolmates would catch the bus to…

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Album Review: The Wedding Present – Going, Going…

In 1994, my irrepressible* psychedelic band (*back then, rip-off promoters, total lack of press or record company interest, and poor quality drugs were seen as challenges, compared to today’s climate,…

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News: Prince Buster, An Obituary 1938 – 2016

Ska and Rocksteady pioneer Prince Buster died on the 8th of September, at his home in Miami at the age of 78. Cited as creating the ska sound when he…

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Les Ardentes Festival, Liege, Belgium. 2016 Edition

Belgium’s Les Ardentes Festival is now over ten years old, so this year it added an extra day, making it a five-day extravaganza. I’ve been to every one, and my…

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Not Forgotten: Bill Nelson – ‘Quit Dreaming and Get on the Beam’

Guitarist Bill Nelson’s trajectory has been eclectic and multi faceted – singer, guitarist, songwriter, producer, painter, video artist, writer to name but a few. After folding his 70s band ‘Be-Bop Deluxe’, he created…

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Track: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree

Between the death of and the general dearth of Rock n’ Roll icons, we should be thankful for the existence of Nick Cave. In his career he’s managed to summon…

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New Music: Rafi Bookstaber – We Can Find a Way

Rafi Bookstaber is part of the US folk/psyche scene, on NY label Woodsist (who have their own festival in Big Sur) and part of the LA P.R. roster Force Field…

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Track: The Orange Kyte – Inside Out n’ Upside Down

Vancouver’s Stevie Moonboots is on a freak-out mission, via his project The Orange Kyte. It’s an umbrella of shifting collaborators from the Canadian psych scene, which since the start of…

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