John Parry, Author at Backseat Mafia

Album Review: Distant Birds – ‘Vol 01& Vol 02’: A rhythm packed instrumental journey that’s momentous and mesmeric.

You might think ‘getting into the groove’ was a pretty straight-forward proposition. Well this album from Sydney – based Distant Birds (The Necks keyboardist Chris Abrahams, Boy & Bear bass-player…

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Album Review: Momen – ‘Sympathetic Resonance’: Enthralling merger of electronic, classical and jazz from new London-based duo.

In times of turbulence, we need music that keeps us centred and able to pause. That’s exactly what ‘Sympathetic Resonance’ the enthralling debut from London based duo Momen achieves. A…

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Album Review: Ana Roxanne – ‘Poem 1’: A stunning revelation in tender, honest song by this singular ambient musician.

The beguiling voice of ambient musician Ana Roxanne has been gradually revealing itself with each release. Once bathing in a gentle flow of rippling drones and rustling field recordings on…

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Album Review: Modern Woman – ‘Johnny’s Dreamworld’: A fully fledged, opening statement from the London art-rock dynamos.

As ‘Johnny’s Dreamworld’, the debut album by London art-rockers Modern Woman, goes to show, the slow evolution of an idea often brings the finest results. The fourpiece first cut through…

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Album Review: Anenon – ‘Dream Temperature’: Enthralling, dream-state miniatures from the singular LA composer/instrumentalist.

‘Dream Temperature’, the second release on Tonal Union by saxophonist and composer Brian Allen Simon (aka Anenon), is an album of departures and returns. While 2016’s ‘Petrol’ captured the energy…

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Album Review: Naná Rizinni – ‘Epiblast’: An energetic, feisty electro-jazz fusion set from the Brazilian drummer/composer.

A go-to session drummer, vocalist and songwriter within the São Paulo scene, Naná Rizinni looks set to drive home her credentials with her new album ‘Epiblast’, released via Bridge the…

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Album Review: Charbel Haber – ‘May a soft sun bless your sky while you wait for the inevitable’: A serene ambient soundtrack of beauty and bewilderment.

From its very first notes this is an album which treads the finest line between peaceful serenity and poignant fragility. That’s a balance that only a musician of Charbel Haber’s…

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Album Review: The Melvins with Napalm Death – ‘Savage Imperial Death March’: A mind-shredding collaboration from two peerless noise rock pioneers.

The mutual admiration between these two noise/grind totems has never been disguised. The bands have toured together, their joint 2015 and 2025 expeditions coining the title for this album, and…

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Album Review: Carol Maia & Jeremy Gustin – ‘it’s nice to see a lake in your eyes’: an mpb moment to treasure from the Rio/Brooklyn partnership.

Shaped by online exchanges between Rio and Brooklyn, ‘it’s nice to see a lake in your eyes’ by Carol Maia and Jeremy Gustin leaves no doubt about their shared sense…

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Album Review : Benjamin Herman – ‘The Tokyo Sessions’ : A high energy trip to Japan with the Dutch jazz legend and his dynamic band.

Much celebrated Dutch alto-saxophonist, Benjamin Herman, sounds like the right kind of music obsessive. Not the drill-down, detail driven, relentless refiner of his craft but a musician who restlessly seeks…

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