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Album Review : Lea Bertucci – Of Shadow and Substance : Pushing through electro -acoustic boundaries and shifting our perspectives.
For over a decade of releases and live performance Lea Bertucci has drawn on the shapes, sounds and possibilities of the clarinet, saxophone, strings, vibraphone and harp to create long form, experimental music that challenges, intrigues and entrances. This dedication means the New York based sound artist dances to the left of the leftfield, in …
New Track/ Video: Pushing electro-acoustic possibilities ever onwards, NY sound artist/composer Lea Bertucci previews new album ‘Of Shadow And Substance’.
In a field where electronics and programming have come to dominate, the diligent work of New York based sound artist, composer and performer Lea Bertucci more than holds its own. Her focus is clear, a commitment to explore the timbres, textures, tunings and harmonic dimensions of acoustic instruments in their raw organic state. Over a …
Premiere: Coyle Girelli offers us an exclusive first listen to his magnificent new album ‘Museum Day’.
We here at Backseat Mafia hyperventilate every time there is a new release from UK-born US resident Coyle Girelli with unseemingly scraps over who gets to review his songs. The good news is Girelli’s new album ‘Museum Day’ is due out tomorrow and we get to give you an early listen before it is released …
Premiere: Sid Seth hones his pop instincts further on irresistible new single ‘Sunday’
You should get to know New Yorker Sid Seth. He’s only got a handful of singles out, the most recent being March’s ‘Hopeless War’, but it feels like he’s really starting to hit his stride. There’s a little Bollywood and Indian classical influence in there, a little R&B, but what he hasn’t done yet is …
Premiere: salamander prep debut album & share ‘the label’
Ready for a new song from New York trio salamander? Duck yeah we are. The band announced their debut album [container] back in August, and we’re now just a fortnight away from its release. Yes, they’re releasing it on a Wednesday – good idea because then everyone gets to take it in before the absolute …
Live Review – Against The Current – Factory Theatre, Sydney 29.09.23
Against The Current’s star continues to rise, and it’s a joy to witness their meteoric ascent in the music world.
Premiere: Stream New Yorkers FORAGER’s essential debut album Pipedream Firewood
We’ve been lucky enough to live with this album for a little bit. If there’s one thing you need with New York trio FORAGER, it’s time – there’s an immediacy to their music that’s quite refreshing, but the added layers of complexity will take more than one listen to begin to reveal themselves. It also …
Premiere: salamander share ‘xylem’, announce debut album for October
We’ll have what they’re having because we’re very excited about this band. Say hello to New York trio salamander, which took shape when PJ Hunter and Leo Frampton were asked to play a last-minute experimental pop show at college in 2019. They took a thread and ran with it, bringing drummer Ben Verde along for …
Premiere: MIDNIGHTCHOIR heralds new album release with emotive closing track ‘Rising Tide’
Back in May, New York’s MIDNIGHTCHOIR (the solo project of Brooklyn’s Patrick Bobilin, sometimes assisted by Sarah Simon) announced his first new record in 7 years, and those were indeed a pretty eventful 7 years, such that we wondered if he’d return to making music at all. Inspired by his time running for office in …
Premiere: Malick Koly lines up debut solo EP with the energetic new single ‘Eaux Rouges’
He may be primarily known as a drummer, not to mention come from a jazz background, but New Yorker Malick Koly isn’t especially interested in defining himself by his limits. His forthcoming debut solo EP is full of surprises – his most recent single ‘Heaven For Now’ pared things back for an acoustic song that …