jazz
Premiere: The Fantasy Orchestra release new video for Love in Outer Space
The Fantasy Orchestra. The Bristol / Paris community choir/orchestra have developed from being essentially a Morrison’s covers band into something much more, and release their debut album ‘The Bear and other Stories’ this Friday, which amongst others features Kate Stables from This is the Kit. We’re delighted to be premiering the groups new video, A …
Track: Marker Starling – Waiting For Grace
Chris A. Cummings was described as a “Toronto music scene secret.” and I must admit I was in the dark myself. His first single off new album High January comes in the form of a catchy pop joy – Waiting For Grace featuring Laetitia Sadier of Stereolab. Waiting For Grace bobs along at a steady pace …
Track: Aubergine – Lonely Peak
A good thing done well is worth celebrating, and Aubergine‘s laid back instrumentals evoke a sense of place – smoky dimly lit caverns in the very early hours of the morning, cheroots and stripy t-shirts. It is certainly a change of pace, but a very satisfying expression by a group of highly talented musicians. Aubergine …
New Music: Summers Sons – The Rain
Summers Sons return with their second full length album ‘The Rain‘, their most heartfelt record to date, ‘The Rain‘ was recorded in the wake of devastating family bereavement and explores some of the darkest themes we’ve heard from the duo. Summers Sons are brothers Turt (vocals) and Slim (Production), Summers Sons two previous projects ‘Undertones’ and …
Premiere: See the new video for Skrontch Music – Elergy
Skrontch Music is the project of New Orleans’ musician Byron Asher. They are a large multi-genre, multi-generational ensemble who sit within the New Orleans jazz tradition, but bring to it a sense of a modern big band sound with nods to quasi-classical, minimalist writing. We are delighted to be premiering the new video for the …
Track: Ronin Arkestra – Cosmic Collisions
Mark de Clive Lowe, the Japanese/New Zealand composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist has brought together some of the major players in the Japanese jazz and electronic scene to form his new project, Ronin Arkestra. It features members of Kyoto Jazz Sextet, WONK, Cro-Magnon, Root Soul, Sleepwalker, Sauce81 and Kyoto Jazz Massive, with Mark commenting “The members …
Premiere: Axel Filip releases video for No Me Cascoteen el Rancho
A stalwart of the Buenos Aires jazz scene, drummer Alex Filip has released a video for No Me Cascoteen el Rancho, taken from his album El Equilibrio Secreto de Las Cosas. he’s drafted in the main men from the local scene in Juan Bayon, Nicolas Boccanera and trumpeter Sebastian Greschuk appear, alongside Camila Nebbia and …
Premiere: The Side Project – Redbone (feat. Alita Moses)
Beginning in the subways oF New York, Saxophones quartet The Side Project have Gomez on to perform at notable NYC venues Andy further afield, saw well as touring and recording. Bringing a funk to whatever they do, as we’ll as a side order of jazz, they’ve recorded their version of the Childish Gambino track Redbone., …
Premiere: Sebastián Greschuk releases new video for Boomerang
Taken from his forthcoming album Paisaje, out on July 26th via ears&eyes records, Argentinian jazz trumpeter Sebastian Greschuk has release a new video for Boomerang, and we’re delighted to premiere it here on backseatmafia.com Part of the burgeoning Buenos Aires jazz scene, Greschuk is joined on the record by pianist Nicolas Boccanera, bassist Sebastian de …
Album Review: Hackney Colliery Band – Collaborations Vol. 1
I have to declare my prejudices. One of the best nights of my life was spent in the company of the Hackney Colliery Band (HCB). We turned up disgracefully early, and watched as the room went from empty to crushingly full, and then the boys blasted through own material and their legendary covers of Toto’s …