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Track/Video : Scrimshire previews the evocative ‘Unforgotten, Unforgiven’ from his powerful new album ‘Paroxysm’.
Label boss of the UK soul hot house Albert’s Favourites (and previously Wah Wah 45s), go to producer and creator of one of 2021’s year’s best nu-beat albums ‘Nothing Feels Like Everything’, Adam Scrimshire is on an inspirational roll that shows no sign of losing momentum. Here is an artist who thrives on activity, a …
Live Gallery: The Comet Is Coming / Joshua Idehen – Koko, London 16.03.2023
London based genre bending trio The Comet Is Coming, are currently on tour bringing their magical blend of jazz, electronica, funk and psychedelic rock to audiences around the world. Backseat Mafia was at the band’s London gig at Koko with wordsmith Joshua Idehan supporting. Joshua Idehan The Comet Is Coming
Track/Video : Jazz drummer Asher Gamedze announces definitive new album ‘Turbulence and Pulse’ with the profound, propulsive ‘Wynter Time’.
Now here is some serious news. When two pace setting labels, Johannesburg’s Mushroom Hour Half Hour and Chicago’s International Anthem combine their intent and purpose to put out a joint release then you know something seismic is brewing. Then add in the news that this first collaborative despatch on 5th May will be the new …
Album Reviews: Claude Cooper & Brain Fog – More Myriad Sounds : Raucous rhymes and blistering jazz breaks make for one rebellious reworking.
Ah yes, the mysterious Claude Cooper – one person or many, illusive or illusion, prankster or producer, rumoured from Bristol but maybe not…still one thing is for certain, last year the Claude Cooper nameplate fronted the extraordinary ‘Myriad Sounds’ album, a riotous explosion of wild jazz and breaks that rightly slayed the critics and fired …
Live review + Gallery: Maruja sell-out debut gig in Scotland
The big gig in Glasgow tonight was arguably The Viagra Boys at Barrowlands. It sold out almost immediately. However there was another sold out gig in the city on this particular Saturday night. Manchester jazz punks Maruja were playing their first gig in Scotland. With just five tracks released in the last couple of years …
Track/Video: Lo-fi soul-jazz voyager Lionmilk releases ‘no question/shaneen’, the opening communication from incoming album ‘Intergalatic Warp Terminal 222’
To label LA based musician/ producer Moki Kawaguchi’s work as Lionmilk a solo project is something of a paradox. Yes his music focuses on a singular pursuit, an exploration of sounds, loops, spoken word, electronic experiments and brief improvisations recorded lo-fi and alone for inner contentment. ‘Music to feel less whack to’ as he puts …
Album Review: This is Techno Jazz Vol 2
This double album is a deep dive into Jazz-o-Tech carefully nurtured sound. What unites the label and its broad array of artists is a desire to fuse the traditional improvisation of jazz with the avant-garde experimentalism of techno. Over the last couple of years, it has done that to critical acclaim with a series of …
Track: Edouard Ferlet – Rythmoïd
Jazz pianist Edouard Ferlet has released his new EP ‘Reset’ which sees him pair his playing with a machine controlled piano. Along with the release of his EP he has shared the video for new track ‘Rythmoïd’ Ferlet comments about the EP: “In my new EP “RESET” I take up the device of my previous …
Premiere: The Rookies prove they are no beginners as they unveil a blast of über cool jazz in the steaming track ‘Dry Bones’ ahead of new album.
There’s nothing cooler than a hot blast of melodic jazz and Melbourne band The Rookies are doing us the honour of premiering their new single ‘Dry Bones’: a sizzling piece of jazzy goodness with a serious subtext. This is their first release since 2019 – a far distant land and another world away. There is …
Album Review: The Paradox – Live at Montreux Jazz Festival
With the release of The Paradox: Live at Montreux Jazz Festival, techno legend Jeff Mills and keyboard wizard Jean-Phi Dary embark on an exciting, ground-breaking musical trip that takes Techno and electronic dance music to a new level. In the past Jeff has spoken of the need to, “take a few steps back and try …