electronic tracks
Track: Maribou State – The Clown, plus tour dates
Ahead of their debut album ‘Portraits’ release, on June 1st via Counter Records, Maribou State have given people a taste of what to expect, in the shape of a new song, Clowns. The London duo, Chris David’s and Liam Ivory have been on the rise due to a string of well received EPs, as well …
Track: The Chemical Brothers – Sometimes I feel so deserted, plus album news
Nearing quarter of a century at the cutting edge of mindwarp electronica, Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons are back once again with a new track, Sometimes I feel so deserted, and a new album Born in the Echoes. Their eighth studio album contains eleven tracks of classic Chemical Brothers featuring collaborations with Q-Tip, Ali Love, …
Track: Laura Doggett – Into the Glass (full Spector mix)
Its probably the remarkable voice of Bath singer-songwriter Laura Doggett thats bringing her to the attention of many – not least Years & Years, who she supported recently at their London Heaven dates, and has earned her places at a handful of summer festivals including The Great Escape in May, Dot to Dot Festival in …
New Music: Machineyfied – Piss Business / Alan Minter
To celebrate the launch of a new Nottingham record label, NGland Records, Antronhy – the drummer with Bicouac and Punish the Atom has got together with Jason WIlliamson of the Sleaford Mods to record a new double ‘A’ sided single, titled Piss Business / Alan Minter. Called Machineyfied, the record is inspired by the alienation …
See: Maiians release video for Sionara
With their two drummers, intricate lines of post rock mashed with electronica and arresting live shows we were always likely to like Maiians, and following their debut Tokyo EP and a string of sold out headline shows, the Oxford five piece are back with a new single, Sionara. Opening with these hazy synth lines, and …
Track: The Glass Children – Capture
I’ve a terrible memory. Or at least – I did last week. You see, a couple of things happened on April 11th and I happened to miss them both. The first was that London electro duo The Glass Children, aka David Fairweather and Daniella Kleovoulou released a single, Capture. I’d seen as much on social …
Track: Priest – Strong Hearts
Priest (formerly XPriestX) released a brilliant EP, ‘Samurai’ from which we reviewed a couple of singles at Backseat Mafia last year as well as the EP itself. I feel guilty I have missed out on reviewing a few more recent singles that have since been released and that are going to be on their self-titled …
Track: Phosgore – Pestbringer
German electro-industrial outfit Phosgore are set to dominate club dancefloors again with the imminent release of Pestbringer the follow up to 2011’s Warhead. Originally founded by Florian Dietz after years of experience as a DJ in the Electro/EBM/Industrial scene, he was soon joined by partner in crime Sonja and the pair have been making dark, …
Track: Weeknight – California
Its been a while since we got to write about the dark synth-pop of Brooklyn duo Weeknight, aka Andy Simmons and Holly MacGibbon. Following on from last years debut LP Post-Everything, the two are streaming a new track, Califorinia. Its taken from a new cassette single In the Dust, that drops on April 21st via …
Track: Squarepusher – Stor Eiglass
If not hot on the heels, then certainly warming the socks of fellow Warp Records and electronic music genius Aphex Twin, Squarepusher has announced details of his new album Damogen Furies, which comes out on 20th April. Talking about the record Tom Jenkinson, aka Squarepusher says “Through this record I aim to explore as forcefully …