Electronic
Track: James Blake – You‘re too Precious
Busying himself in this lockdown period with his live streams on production, covers, fan favourites etc, James Blake has released his first new material of the year, You’re Too Precious. It’s a beautifully intimate and fragile thing, it’s shadowy electronics sporadically giving way to this delicate piano figure, as little fragments of vocals or vocal …
Track: Westerman – Your Hero is not dead
Taken from his debut album of the same name, out on June 5th via Play it again Sam, ‘Your Hero is not head‘ is the latest single from Westerman, following on from ‘Waiting on Design’, ‘Think I’ll Stay’ and ‘Blue Comanche’. Of the track Westerman says “This was the last song I wrote for the …
Track: Shadow Fashion – Children of the NIght
San Antonio-based dark electronic band SHADOW FASHION are proud to announce the release of their new video and single, “Children Of The Night.” ‘Children Of The Night’ is on the rocky edge of the dark dance genre which is where ‘Shadow Fashion’ sit so well. The synths are thick and the drum beats are relentless. Topped with …
Track: Boardgame James – Daydream EP
Boardgame James has announced the release of his debut, ‘Daydream’, a four-track EP of string-led instrumental grime released via 1000Doors on May 1. Part of grime’s great radio resurgence in 2015 as one half of Handsome Boys with Moleskin, Boardgame James offers up four tracks from the vault, developed and reworked to form his debut EP. …
See: Tilman Robinson release Clathrate Gun
Out now and taken from his just released album Culturecide, both out via Bedroom Community, is the new single from Australian composer/sound designer Tilman Robinson. The track is this undulating electronic piece, supposedly developed from a musical crytogram, created from the Paris Accord. It flits and jumps around, leaving the bass to be the static, …
TRACK: PET SHOP BOYS – I DON’T WANNA
Fourth single from their latest album – ‘Hotspot’ Pet Shop Boys release ‘I Don’t Wanna’ from the synth pop duo via their own label x2. ‘I Don’t Wanna’ would not be out of place if they released it at the start of their career and not when entering their 4th decade of music making. They …
Premiere: Lucy Dreams release new video for ‘The Journey’
Vienna duo Lucy Dreams have today released their new video for The Journey, the single that came out last week on Austrian label Prueckl Beats, and we’re delighted to be able to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia. What started out as an Audio-AI became, at least in the minds and imaginations of the …
Feature / Playlist: Every track (on Spotify) for every John Peel festive 50
Over on our Spotify page, alongside all the playlists we’ve received from artists, albums of the year, our monthly playlists, psych playlists, classic DJ sets, not forgotten series and other delights (you should really check it out and follow some of them), we’ve added a new, mammoth playlist – every track currently on Spotify from …
See: Chromatics release new video for ‘Teacher’
We’ve been waiting a while for news of Chromatics ‘Dear Tommy’ album, so to get a video, a statement from Johnny Jewel on the track and then the album track listing is good news for all. Teacher is this peerless slice of warm synthpop, all cascading sounds, blurry synths sounds and this gorgeous ethereal vocal …
TRACK: I BREAK HORSES – THE PROPHET
With I Break Horses new album ‘Warnings’ due for release on May 8th via Bella Union, and having previously shared ‘Death Engine’, ‘I’ll Be The Death Of You’ and ‘Neon Lights’, I Break Horses have shared new track ‘The Prophet’. For the follow-up to 2014’s Chiaroscuro, Maria Lindén decided to take the time to make something different. An emphasis on instrumental, cinematic music, Maria made her own …