John Parry, Author at Backseat Mafia

Track/Video: Surveying at the edges – DAAM presents ‘bivouac of the avant garde vol 2’.

Lewes/Brighton based experimental music label Difficult Art And Music (DAAM amongst friends) are certainly setting the pace with their alternative countdown to the festive season. In October, as part of…

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Album Review: Pie Eye Collective – ‘Tangential City’ : a fresh, forward thinking soundtrack for today’s metropolis.

The city of today inspires so much music. For many musicians it brings on the panoramic, where a wide-eyed trip over the urban landscape gets imagined in sweeping soundtracks. But…

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News/Track/Video: Felipe Vaz – ‘The Well Frozen Piano’: inspirational connections with the La Monte Young masterpiece.

For Difficult Art And Music’ s latest intriguing release, Brazilian sound artist Felipe Vaz presents ‘The Well Frozen Piano’. A reconnection with American experimentalist La Monte Young’s seminal sixties centrepiece…

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Track/Video : Scott Lavene releases new song ‘Prettiest Peach’ – wit, wisdom and punchy post punk.

Essex raconteur and troubadour Scott Lavene has been carving out his own niche in tight riffed, story-telling post punk for a while now. A well worn indie band hustler, it…

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Album Review: Christina Vantzou -‘No. 5’: astonishing ambient-classical story telling.

Visual artist, experimental film-maker and ambient classical composer Christina Vantzou works with a method. Following her beginnings as one half of ‘The Dead Texan’ with Adam Wiltzie (Stars of the…

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Album Review: Svaneborg Kardyb – ‘Over Tage’: Nordic magicians of the minimal and melodic.

As a fresh, crossover-jazz partnership Svaneborg Kardyb, Nikolaj Svaneborg (Wurlitzer, synth, piano) and Jonas Kardyb (drums, percussion) have taken time to bring their delicately crafted sophistication together. The two Danish…

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Album Review: Edrix Puzzle – ‘Coming Of The Moon Dogs’: Cosmic jazz that reaches further.

From Basement Jaxx to Sir Elton, Kano to Brian Ferry, Nathan ‘Tugg’ Curran defines the ‘go-to’ drummer but that’s only one dimension of this restless spirited musician. Beyond the world…

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Track: Death Grips delivers ‘Life is an experiment’ from ‘Remix The Universe’, new perspectives on Scratch’s last offering.

It’s inevitable that the mercurial genius of Lee Scratch Perry will live on both in spirit and in some physical form. Dial back to November 2021 when the legendary Upsetter…

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Album Review: Flash Amazonas – Uva-Uva : fizzing, physical pop-art, art-pop.

Somehow the art pop partnership that is Flash Amazonas manages to fizz on the same wavelength although they admit to taking a leftfield approach to creating their very own avant…

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Album Review: Soyuz – ‘Force Of The Wind’ : “This is Pop”, Belarus meets Brazil style.

The matter of music can be transient. Yes there are roots and traditions but essentially soundscapes demand no borders. Musical minds are left to wander free and for Belarusian collective…

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