Electronic
See: Cut Copy Release new video for ‘Like Breaking Glass’, plus European tour dates
Melbourne’s Cut Copy are nearing the release date for their anticipated sixth album, ‘Freeze, Melt’ – out on 21st August via Cutters Records, and to ramp up the excitement they’ve released a new video to accompany third single ‘Like Breaking Glass’. Of the track, the bands Dan Whitford says “In the beginning ‘Like Breaking Glass’ …
News: The Knife celebrate 20 years with reissue / unreleased music series
Karin and Olof Dreijer well loved electronic pairing The Knife are celebrating 20 years since the release of their first 7” by releasing their catalogue via their own imprint Rabid Records, who are also releasing music from Fever Ray, and Olof’s solo outpit. Added to that are a bunch of vinyl releases from Mute Records. Previously unreleased …
Track: Swarvy – Bones
Philadelphian multi-instrumentalist, producer and engineer Swarvy makes his solo debut on Kamaal Williams’s imprint Black Focus with a stunning new EP entitled ‘Sunny Days Blue’ — his first release as the primary vocalist. Swarvy has shared the opening track ‘Bones’. A gentle flowing track of picked guitar and deep bass with Swarvy’s vocals laying sweetly over the …
See: Working Men’s Club release video for the bubbling indie dance of ‘Valleys’
Working Men’s Club have just released new single Valleys, which is set to be the opening from their self-titled debut album, following preceding singles A.A.A.A., White Rooms and People and Teeth. The new track is most similar to the major electronic and synth leanings of the latterly mentioned Teeth, with it’s highly intoxicating drum loop …
SEE: John Monkman – ‘Spectrum’: a grandiose and atmospheric tronica sweep
JOHN MONKMAN, the London-based tech-electronica producer who’s put intelligent grooves out on labels such as Crosstown Rebels and Kompakt, has unveiled the bewitching monochrome grids of the video for his latest track on his own Beesemyer Music imprint, “Spectrum”. It’s a deeply affecting two minutes-odd; there’s a lot built in to this track. As grid …
Track: Matthew Herbert remix of Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela’s stand-out track ‘We’ve Landed’
Tony Allen & Hugh Masekela’s stand-out track ‘We’ve Landed’, originally released early this year, taken from their critically acclaimed collaborative album ‘Rejoice’. ‘We’ve Landed’ has been reinterpreted in remix form by world-renowned minimalist electronic producer Matthew Herbert in the wake of Tony Allen’s sudden passing in April, at the age of 79. “It was already a …
Track: AK/DK Share A Perfect Slice Of Disco Punk With Track ‘Feeds’
AK/DK’s new single ‘Feeds’ is taken from new album ‘Shared Particles’ due 16th October 2020 via Little Miss Echo Recordings Taking a cheeky sideways swipe at social media, the band offer their thoughts on ‘the scroll that never ends’: “Even before the terrible events of this year, it’s as if a lot of us were already feeling …
Premiere: Low Girl releases heartbreaking debut track, ‘ICU’
Out of tragedy comes ICU, the new single from Low Girl, out today and premiering right here on Backseat Mafia. Recorded in lockdown and with little access to recording equipment, it’s taken from her debut EP, expected some time in the Autumn. It’s about a man close to Low Girl, Steve, the father of her …
Premiere: Délage releases the indie / synth-pop of Shopping Mall
Out today on Field Mates Records (Jimmy Whispers, Yuko Yuko..) is the new single from Délage, led by Amsterdam based Till Hormann. It’s taken from his forthcoming second album ‘Twist And Doubt’, out in September 18th, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here today on Backseat Mafia. Starting like some of …
See: I Break Horses release live video for ‘I Live At Night’
Fresh from the release of her new album Warning, which dropped in May 8th via the ever brilliant Bella Union label, I Break Horses, aka Stockholm’ Maria Lindén has released a new video for the track In live at night’ recorded in her back garden. Built around this slightly wonky synth line, that chimes and …