John Parry, Author at Backseat Mafia

Album Review: New Age Doom & H.R.– ‘Angels Against Angels’: Metal experimentalists meet Bad Brains legend and shape one massive rock/dub prophesy.

Experimental rock duo New Age Doom, drummer Eric Breitenbach and guitarist Greg Valou, thrive on collaboration and collectivism. Since the early drone metal improv of their debut, their approach has…

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Album Review : Huw Marc Bennett – ‘Heol Las’: re-imagining bygone songs through a unique folktronica gaze.

Over the last few years producer and multi-instrumentalist Huw Marc Bennett’s solo releases has traced his deepening fascination in the music of his home-land, Wales. In 2020 the ‘Tresilian Bay’…

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Album Review: Jesse Hackett – ‘Nocturnes’ : An electro-acoustic tapestry with heart-felt depth.

Keyboardist, producer, songwriter, vocalist and sonic explorer, Jesse Hackett is a name you think you’ve seen on some record sleeve before and most likely have. An illusive but prolific genre…

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Album Review: Mammal Hands- ‘Circadia’: The inventive UK nu-jazz trio absorb change and still deliver.

Things have shifted recently for those stalwarts of the UK nu-jazz scene Mammal Hands. Since their debut album ‘Animalia’ turned heads in 2014 ,the Norwich based trio, brothers Nick and…

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Album Review: Isabel Pine – ‘Fables’: An absorbing sonic journey at one with the wilderness.

The quality and concentration of ambient/classical leaning releases these days means that musicians need to create something with a little extra substance to make more than just a ripple. Well…

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Album Review: Los Sara Fontán – ‘Consuelo’: The experimental post-rock duo’s propulsive second manifesto.

The secret of any underground music is that it stays hidden until found. Once discovered it opens windows onto a world of art making where things can just happen because…

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Album Review: Aaron Shaw – ‘And So It Is’: Tingling with raw beauty, an inspiring spiritual jazz statement.

This has to be said upfront, even before you get deep into the music this album is inspirational. Saxophonist/ flautist Aaron Shaw, one of the names to be named on…

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Album Review: Bellbird – ‘The Call’: From free jazz to post rock, a quartet that find their own trajectory.

Constellation Records have long provided a portal for the extraordinary experimental music which orbits around their Montreal home base, but here we have them opening the apertures and focusing in…

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Album Review: Christo Graham – ‘Good Covers’: An authentic singer-songwriter gem that shouldn’t get forgotten.

Besides being an actor and graphic designer Christo Graham is one of those heart and soul singer/songwriters. You can’t imagine a day when there’s not a tune or lyrical snippet…

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Album Review: Zone Null – ‘Phase 1’: Taking the bass to unknown places- epic, long form electronic improv from the Berlin-based duo.

Pounding into January with the irrepressible Ruptured Records and a debut album, ‘Phase 1’ from a new collaborative project Zone Null, featuring bassist Tony Elieh and electronic composer/performer Burkhard Beins.…

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