Electronic
Album Review: Attraktors – Attraktors
Made up of former members of Julian Cope’s band, Six By Seven, Bivouac, The Selecter and The Nectarine No. 9, we’ve already given some love to Nottingham space/krautrock trio Attraktors on more than one occasion on these pages. They take little elements of all of those bands in their new self-titled album, with elements of …
See: Anna of the North reveals new video for Dream Girl
Norwegian singer-songwriter Anna of the North has released a new version of her track Dream Girl, along with a new video. You might recognise the track was in the Global Apple iPad Pro commercial earlier in the year, and in less than a week was charting on iTunes in over 30+ Countries, Daily Spotify Streams …
Track: Hey Elbow – Nurture/Aptitude
Swedish dream-pop outfit Hey Elbow are back once again to share another wonderfully broad and ethereal offering, “Nurture/Aptitude”, lifted from their forthcoming full-length “We Three” due 18th September via Adrian Recordings. With an almost 2 minute intro of floaty choral voices looped together. The tracks kicks into life with rapid drums and dreamy synths interwoven with the …
Track: Eli Brown remixes Sub Focus & Wilkinson’s ‘Just Hold On’
Out now is the incredible new track ‘Just Hold On’ from electronic music royalty Sub Focus and Wilkinson. Don’t just take my word for it – between them they’ve racked up one billion streams. In its original form, its this hopeful shaft of electronic light, with bubbling synths and earworm melodies and Vula Malinga of …
Track: Sparkle Division – You Go Girl!
An unusual partnership it may be, that of renowned composer and tape loop pioneers William Basinski, and young up and coming studio assistant Preston Wendel, but nevertheless, the pair got together under the moniker Sparkle Division and Basinski hauled out his Saxophone as the pair made an album – To Feel Embraced, which mixes up …
Track: Warriors of the Dystotheque / Howie B – No Borders
Released this month in aid of the Black Minds Matter Charity is a new collaboration between Warriors of the Dystotheque and Howie B, made remotely under lockdown, and put together remotely. It’s exclusively on Bandcamp for free or a charity donation. Warriors of the Dystotheque are composed of DJ, Producer, Engineers and Musicians: Jonny Mac …
Exclusive: The Ghost of Helags record Chemistry live in session for Backseat Mafia
The Ghost Of Helags, aka singer songwriter Teresa Woischiski and producer John Alexander Ericson, have already attracted out attention with their brilliant track Chemistry, this dark nuances synth-pop track full of emotion and brilliant melodies, so we were delighted that the Swedish duo, now living in Berlin, agreed to record the track for an ‘At …
Track: No Joy – Nothing Will Hurt and release lyric video
No Joy are back with Motherhood, their first full-length LP in five years. Here we bring you the second single off the record: a catchy, synthy, funky tune accompanied by a video that is as ready made for karaoke as it is a masterful display of 90’s clip art functionality. On first listen, “Nothing Will …
Premiere: Omar Addis – Easy
21 year old Cardiff producer / songwriter Omar Addis releases his new single ‘Easy’ on 29th June, and we’re delighted to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia this morning. Of the track, Omar told us “Easy is a tune that I have been working on for almost two years now. It started off sounding …
Feature: London-based producer Kamau Kuru gives us a track by track on his new album, Oxydental
London-based producer and beatmaker Kamau Kuru has today released his new album Oxydental – a project he described to us as ’a fusion of back-catalogue samples from 70s-era India, Turkey, and Persia, with gritty lo-fi hip-hop beats, with the overall narrative driven by British colonial-era newsreel snippets.‘ How could we not be intrigued with that …