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ALBUM REVIEW: Out of the Woods – Birds and Beasts
Ditte Grube, otherwise known as ‘Out of the Woods’, releases her debut album ‘Birds and Beasts’ on 12 June, 2020. The Danish artist recently did an ‘At Home’ session for us ahead of the album release, performing beautiful album track ‘I Remember You’. The album was recorded at Grube’s home studio in the woods of …
Premiere: Fake Turins – Legs
Fake Turins is the 10 piece North London audio-visual collective led by Dominic Rose. Their new single is out tomorrow (June 10th) and ahead of it we are delighted to premiere it right here on Backseat Mafia. Legs is a commentary on the movement our bodies make, despite what might be going on in our …
Track: Graham Costello STRATA – Lyra
Jazz collective Graham Costello STRATA are back with a new single Lyra, taken from their forthcoming Obelisk album. The quartet – composer / drummer Graham Costello, Fergus McCreadie on piano, Joe Williamson on guitar, and Mark Hendry on electric bass, are all based in Glasgow but are making serious waves across the UK Jazz scene. Of the track, Costello says …
See: Robby Krieger releases new video for Hot Head
Legendary guitarist Robby Krieger of iconic rock band, The Doors, is releasing his first solo album in 10 years on the 14th August 2020. ‘The Ritual Begins At Sundown’ is a ten track, all instrumental album. It’s set for release on The Player’s Club, part of the Mascot Label Group.Ahead of the album release, Krieger has …
Track: Asher Gamedze – Interregnum
South African visionary jazz drummer Asher Gamedze has released a new track, Interregnum, from his forthcoming album Dialetic Soul, out on On The Corner Records on July 10th. The album was recorded live over a period of two days, with Gamedze surrounding himself with renowned musicians – Thembinkosi Mavimbela on bass, Buddy Wells on Tengo …
Track: Kamaal Williams – One More Time
Wu Hen is the second helping of Kamaal Williams self-styled Wu Funk, this time with added strings from Miguel-Atwood Ferguson and Saxophone from Quinn Mason are added to the mix. Of the project Kamaal says “This is a revolution of the mind. A spiritual rebellion. To reach new heights requires separating ourselves from the material …
Track: Derrick Hodge – Not Right Now
Out on June 26th via legendary Jazz label Blue Note is the the third album from bass plater and two time Grammy winner Derrick Hodge. Called Color of Noize it’s an album of substance with Hodge mixing it up with his jazz roots, with hip-hop, soul, spiritual influences and he went old school on the …
Track: Oscar Jerome – Give Back What U Stole From Me
Oscar Jerome sure knows how to build up momentum. Hot on the heels of two recent singles, the glowing soulful ‘Sun for Someone’ and the politically charged ‘Your Saint’, comes a third teaser ‘Give Back What U Stole From Me’. This time around Jerome delivers some super pumped jazz funk, all clipped scat-rap, deep bass …
Track: GoGo Penguin- Don’t Go
The genre defying instrumental trio ‘GoGo Penguin’ have released a further single ‘Don’t Go’ to preview their forthcoming self-titled album, available June 5th via the iconic Blue Note label. Described by bassist Nick Blacka as an attempt ‘to create emotion using the sonorous timbre of the double bass against the prepared piano’ the track drips …
Track: Leron Thomas – Corporate
Trumpet player Leron Thomas has stepped away from his Pan Amsterdam moniker and made a record of his own, in betweeen writing/producing and touring the Iggy Pop album ‘Free’. The album, ‘More Elevator Music’, is out via Lewis Recordings later this year, and from it he’s released a new single, Corporate. Let’s get this straight …