John Parry, Author at Backseat Mafia

Album Review: Negro Leo – ‘White Elephant’: Confrontational, complex and utterly compelling retrospective from the Brazilian experimenter.

Opening windows onto the best music that you’ve never heard, the latest reveal from Hive Miind Records is another ambitious and, in some ways, risky release. Working with Rio based…

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Album Review: boycalledcrow – ‘the sprawl’: restless folktronica which goes darker and deeper.

Time to rummage once more in former folk-singer Carl M. Knott’s curious world of sound. As boycalledcrow his latest intriguing collection ‘the sprawl’ sees him working wonders from a trove…

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Track: London-based psych-folkster Lando Manning returns with the chillingly moving ‘Veneer’.

Lando Manning has been a key component in London’s bustling alt-folk scene for a while now. Justifiably an ever present on the live circuit, whether going solo or with band,…

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Album Review: Blind Yeo – ‘The Lemoine Point’: A fresh, inventive alignment of Psych-folk, Art-rock and Kosmische energies.

Listening to Blind Yeo’s ‘The Lemoine Point’ debut is a reminder that things may come and things may go but the art-rock dance goes on forever. Steeped in the cosmic…

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Album Review: fling ii – ‘3’: Expertly guiding Krautrock towards other possibilities.

Following Rich Aucoin and Kristen Roos, Toronto curators We Are Busy Bodies cornucopia of recorded sound bubbles over once more into the joys of synth music with fling ii. The…

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Album Review: Lawrence English – ‘The Rest Is My Ghost’: An enthralling ambient discussion from a composer who continues to push onwards.

The eminent ambient musician Lawrence English’s Bandcamp bio tags him as “a philosopher of listening”. It’s a description that captures the relationship between his intricate soundscapes and applied thinking. English…

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Album Review: Hana Stretton – ‘tiarn’: An ambient folk moment that needs to be cherished.

Solitude is essential for Australian folk composer and sound collector Hana Stretton. Her debut, 2023’s, the shimmering ‘Soon’, was written during an extended stay watching over her much-missed Grandmother’s New…

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Album Review: Loma Suyo –‘Paloma’ : Latin infused folktronica which brings guaranteed refreshment and a warm glow.

Having crossed paths for a decade, Philly musicians Liz Fullerton and Ish Quintero finally committed to working together as Loma Suyo in 2019. Enticed by the possibilities of merging Fullerton’s…

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Album Review: Jad Atoui – ‘It Will Take Forever’: A challenging merger of electronics, noise and ambience from the Lebanese sound sculptor.

Beirut -based audio-artist Jad Atoui’s ‘It Will Take Forever’ takes you on a journey into the depths of sound. Experimental electronic music with the listener key to the experiment, it’s…

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Album Review: Akusmi – ‘Terra Incognita’: A lush sonic expedition into exotic rhythms and sultry sax melodies.

London based multi-instrumentalist and composer Pascal Bideau a.k.a Akusmi returns with his third Tonal Union album and if you’re a follower you’ll understand it’s not exactly going to be more…

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