Electronic
Premiere: Karmic – X Marks The Spot
We’re absolutely delighted to premiere Los Angeles electro-indie pop six piece Karmic new single, X Marks the Spot here on Backseat Mafia. X Marks the Spot this little bubble of positivity, the co singers Laura Baruch and Kylee Katch trading harmonies and pretty much everything else as it floats around, its smart , cool pop …
Album Review: Stuart A Staples – Music for Claire Danis’ High Life
Out on its physical formats on May 3rd via City Slang is Tindersticks’ Stuart A Staples soundtrack for Claire Denis’ first English language film, High Life. In the gaps between Tindersticks records / haitus’, Staples has worked extensively with Davis, and this feature, focusing on a group of criminals who are tricked into believing they will …
Album Review: Gang Of Four – Happy Now
Although more of a solo project for Andy Gill who, following the departure of Jon King is now the only original member, there’s still enough of Gang of Four in this gang of one (yeah, I couldn’t pass it up…) to make it a worthwhile listen. Anyone expecting a record bathed in the searing angular …
Track: Tycho – Easy
San Francisco’s Tycho have just released a new single ‘Easy’ on Mom + Pop X Ninja Tune, and comes ahead of a new album, due out later in the year. With a CV that boasts over 1.3 million sales and a Grammy Nomination, Tycho – essentially the project of Scott Hansen, knows what he’s doing, …
Track: God is 7 – 7 INC (Creeping Death Version)
Hull-based minimal electronic music producer Dom Sith is the master of immersion. His latest release ‘7 INC (Creeping Death Version)’ is a bold step in a new sonic direction cloaked beneath the guise of God is 7. It’s inky and insidious, casting a shadow which looms all the larger for its unmistakable grime influences. “I …
Album Review: Battery Operated Orchestra – Snare
Battery Operated Orchestra might hail from Brighton but, in a previous incarnation as Katsen, they emerged on Thee Sheffield Phonographic Corporation. Which seemed very appropriate even then given the quality of their Kraftwerk-inspired synthpop, which would never have been out of place in the Steel City at any time over the last 30-odd years. Now …
See: TVAM release new video for ‘These are not your Memories’, plus album and tour news
From behind his TVAM moniker, producer Joe Oxley reappears with his debut album ‘Psychic Data’ which will be released on Friday 19th October 2018. The first single from the upcoming album is ‘These Are Not Your Memories’, a crushing yet soft approach to synth and guitars. As if Godflesh had started a pop act. Crafting …
Album Review – Uji – Alborada
Uji is the solo project of Luis Maurette, who is one half of the electronic pioneering duo ‘Lulacruza‘. His Debut LP entitled ‘Alborada is a reflection of his experiences in both Latin America and Afro-Latin diasporas. The music uses a blend of field recordings collected by Uji over the many years traveling the globe while …
Album Review : Oneohtrix Point Never’s ‘Age Of’
Daniel Lopatin’s musical worlds are labyrinthine to say the least. A Oneohtrix Point Never record is like some vast, crystalline museum where you bask in the beauty of art, ancient objects, and philosophies that you don’t quite understand but they entrance you nonetheless. Lopatin curates walks through his psyche with each successive record; each one …
Track: LUMP – May I Be The Light
Coinciding with the release of their debut album (eponymously titled), and fresh from the requisite ‘Later…’ performance, Lump release their third and last single from the LP. ‘May I Be The Light’ is a beguiling listen, running through three phases: the childlike plink and detached vocals of the verse, the electronic shudder that underpins the …