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News: Pozi are set to release new album 19th of May.
Pozi are the sort of band to tackle the creative cycle of deconstruction and rebuilding with relish. Second album Smiling Pools is testament to that. An LP that sees them at their most expansive yet, it follows a gradual swelling of their sound across two EPs preceding the urgent, self-enforced minimalism of their debut album …
Premiere: Margate Psych trio Gentle Stranger release the joyful visuals for ‘Once In A While’
Margate based psych trio Gentle Stranger are about to release a new video for the track Once in a While, taken from their recent album Phantom Thoroughfare (PRAH Recordings), and we’re delighted to have the first plant of it right here on Backseat Mafia today. “This song was partly inspired by a letter my grandma …
Track: Falle Nioke And Ghost Culture – Ayekouma
After previously blowing us away with tracks and Loneliness and Barké off thier last EP ‘Youkounkoun’, Falle Nioke and Ghost Culture reunite for a brand new EP entitled ‘Badiare’, due 5th November via PRAH Recordings. Today, they share a brand new single ‘Ayekouma’. The song title literally means “talk,” with “Ayekuma be fore” meaning “Say whatever” in Malenki, one of the …
Track: Pozi – Typing
Pozi are set to releases their EP ‘Typing’ next month via PRAH recordings. The band have shared the title track which dives into the darker side of instant messaging. The track explores how instant messaging has made negative interactions a constant, unwanted part of our day to day lives. The title references the anxious feeling …
Track: Pozi – Detainer Man
London band Pozi have shared another track from their upcoming EP Typing. Titled ‘Detainer Man’, the track is written from the point of view of a brainwashed police officer programmed to inflict abuse to uphold the status quo. The band comments: “This song is written from the perspective of a brainwashed police officer, preprogrammed to …
Track: Pozi – Sea Song
After releasing their previous EP 176 just prior to the pandemic taking hold, London three-piece Pozi, return with new EP ‘Typing’ via PRAH Recordings. Along with the news the band have shared the track ‘Sea Song’ taken from the EP. “The more meditative structure of the song and repetitive but slowly evolving nature of the …
See: Falle Nioke and Ghost Culture – Mounemouma
Falle Nioke & Ghost Culture have shared a brand new video for “Mounemouma”, a standout track from their acclaimed debut collaborative EP Youkounkoun via PRAH Recordings. ‘Mouemouma’ is sung in Susu and Malinke, two of the native languages of Guinea Conakry. “Back home, if you travel to Europe or America, people think that you will forget them and forget your life …
TRACK: FALLE NIOKE AND GHOST CULTURE SHARE NEW TRACK LONELINESS
Falle Nioke & Ghost Culture present new single ‘Loneliness’. Sang in Malinke and Coniagui this is the second track released from his forthcoming collaborative EP Youkounkoun released 10th July via PRAH Recordings. ‘Loneliness’ comes hot on the heels of debut single ‘Barké’ which we covered back in April here. “I wrote this song because I have felt loneliness,” states Falle Nioke. “It’s about a man …
Track: Hiro Ama – Broken Satellite
“This EP is a mixture of feelings like sadness, loneliness, confusion, hope and nostalgia” says Hiro Ama of his debut solo EP. “It was a bit like writing a diary, only I wrote music instead.” The sometime Telemann drummer is releasing the EP, Uncertainty, on August 14th via PRAH Recordings, and from it he’s given us a taste …
TRACK: FALLE NIOKE & GHOST CULTURE – BARKÉ
FALLE NIOKE is a singer and percussionist from Guinea Conakry, West Africa. He sings in French, English, Susu, Fulani and Malinke, and plays a range of African instruments. Collaborator Ghost Culture aka James Greenwood is one of the few electronic producers Nioke has teamed up with since moving to the UK and signing with Prah recordings. Falle …