Chris Sawle, Author at Backseat Mafia

PREMIERE: Lloyd Miller – ‘Dystopia Wind Dance’: spiritual beauty from master of Persian jazz

LLOYD MILLER is a polyglot, fluent in English, French, Persian and Dari, that being the Afghani Persian tongue; getting by in German, Swedish, and a few other languages; a multi-instrumentalist,…

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Sealand Airlines – ‘Sailing Girl’: hook-laden prog-pop from Ukraine

SEALAND AIRLINES, the up ‘n’ coming Ukrainian prog quartet comprised of keyboardist Andrii Davydenko, guitarist Mykhailo Kanafotskyi; bassist and vocalist Artem Bemba, who also lends a little keyboards, flute and…

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SEE: Generation – ‘Suicidal Champagne’: first salvo from Liverpool’s new trashrock gods

JAMES and Dean Carne, the Liverpudlian ‘brothers sin’, grew up on a diet of fine funk and soul, but both had a eureka moment when they fell for the less…

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SEE: Johanna Burnheart – ‘Silence Is Golden’: where jazz meets tUnE-yArDs

JOHANNA BURNHEART is something of a rarity in the jazz sphere, as her aural device of choice is the violin. She is, you could perhaps say, sat inside a niche…

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ALBUM REVIEWS: Lucifer – ‘Black Mass’; Ataraxia – ‘The Unexplained’: spooky Moog vibes from Mort Garson, reissued

SIXTIES’ and Seventies’ electronica is a weird and eccentric world, seemingly populated by mad genii and creative mavericks with clipboards and lab coats, observing banks of machinery at sonic play.…

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TRACK: Venetian Snares remixes Vincenzo Ramaglia’s ‘La parole 2’

VENETIAN SNARES, the Canadian percussive outrider who even gives Squarepusher a run for his hyperbreaks money, has dropped a remix of “La parole 2”, by Roman electronic composer Vincenzo Ramaglia,…

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LIVE REVIEW: Richard Dawson, The Barbican, London

YOU HAVE to take your hat off to everyone at the Barbican – and, as we were told by Erland Cooper in the very first of these sessions – a…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Little Barrie and Malcolm Catto – ‘Quatermass Seven’: deep psych; turn on, compadre

IT’S FAIR to say that losing your drummer – the man who pins it down for you, keeps it ticking, grounded, makes sure the groove is strong – is a…

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NEWS: Lucinda Williams announces Lu’s Jukebox live streams series

ALT.COUNTRY royalty Lucinda Williams has announced she’s doing her bit to help the venues and promoters she’s worked with down the years with a half-dozen themed live-stream shows called Lu’s…

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PREMIERE: People Soup – ‘Rosemary’: fragrant ‘n’ wired Leeds post-punk debut

PEOPLE SOUP is a new post-punk trio outta the capital of God’s Own Country, Leeds, comprised of singer-guitarist Harry Jones, bassist Ryan Walker and drummer Joe Willis. They’ve got it…

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