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News: Tom Misch Releases fifth anniversary vinyl addition of album Beat Tape 2
South London producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Tom Misch has announced a special edition of his acclaimed Beat Tape 2 project in celebration of its fifth anniversary. Originally released on his own label Beyond the Groove in 2015, the new edition will be available on gold-colored vinyl, with a limited quantity of hand signed copies available …
See: Joshua Crumbly releases new video for ‘Reflection’
Joshua Crumbly has returned with new visuals for LP his latest single ‘Reflection’, It the follow up to his recent debut album ‘Rise’, which showed he was an artist to be reckoning with. “My goal is to write songs that can be performed at rock festivals or jazz clubs or concert halls,” Crumbly insists. “I …
Track: Cosmic Vibrations ft. Dwight Trible release new single, Nature’s Vision
Taken from their upcoming debut album Pathways and Passeges, Cosmic Vibrations, out via Spiritmuse Records on September 29th – the six piece jazz ensemble led by acclaimed vocalist Dwight Trible have released a new single, Nature’s Vision. Transcendent and spiritual, Nature’s Vision creeps along at first, full of indigenous sounds and almost drones, hypnotic music. …
EP: Bryony Jarman-Pinto – Fish Factory Sessions
Out now on the ever brilliant Tru Thought label is the latest EP from songwriter and vocalist Bryony Jarman-Pinto, Fish Factory Sessions EP. They are as-live recordings of songs from her much lauded ‘Cage and Aviary’ album recorded at (unsurprisingly) London’s Fish Factory Studios. Of the sessions, Bryony says “The Fish Factory Sessions were meant …
Meet: Gregory Porter ahead of his album release ‘All Rise’
As you know at Back Seat Mafia we feature music of quality and distinction, well known and unknown, anything that has integrity…no pretenders. So when the chance came up to interview Gregory Porter, singer, songwriter and jazz ambassador, it was too good to pass by – the man is the real deal. We talked to …
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 …
Track: Spires That In The Sunset Rise announces new album, and share the first track ‘Sax Solfa’
Experimental psych jazz duo Spires That In The Sunset Rise announces new album, Psychic Oscillations due October 9 via FPE records & share the first track “Sax Solfa” A kaleidoscope of sounds float throughout this track and theres a hint of Focus in the vocals. There’s a sense of movement in the way the various sounds fade …
See: Kamaal Williams Shares Video For Track ‘Hold On’ feat Lauren Faith
Following the release of his sophomore album Wu Hen via Black Focus Records, Kamaal Williams shares the new music video for ‘Hold On’, one of the lead singles that features Lauren Faith and was directed by Broken Antenna and Océane Combeau. Broken Antenna share more context on the video: “We’ve known Kamaal since we were …
TRACK: THE BUDOS BAND DROP BRAND NEW SINGLE ‘LONG IN THE TOOTH’
The Budos Band share new single ‘Long In The Tooth’ taken from the album ‘Long In The Tooth’ due October 9th via Daptone Records “In some ways, itʼs reminiscent of our first two albums The Budos Band and Budos II,” says Tom Brenneck. “We branched off on Burnt Offering and Budos V. Now, weʼre still …
Track: Mammal Hands reveal new Track ‘Ithaca’
Norwich is a place that always feels distant and that sense of space sweeps through the music of Mammal Hands. Formed in the UK’s most easterly city in 2012 the jazz based trio of brothers Nick and Jordan Smart (on piano and sax respectively) with Jesse Barrett (providing drums and percussion) make an expansive sound …