Tech house
Exclusive: Producer M Data records a takeover mix for us at Backseat Mafia, plus interview
Having been very much in love with last years Datagroove EP, which mixed up this hard edged minimal sound with melodic moments and a swathe of bleeps and beeps, we approached Newcastle producer M Data (aka Michael Peters) for a Takeover Mix, where we ask the best new and established talent to take over our …
TRACK: Tim Englehardt – ‘Shine’: propulsive tech-house atmospheres
TIM ENGELHARDT has been quietly carving away in the world of deep tech- and deep house grooves for a while now. Based in Westerwald, a low and mountainous region on the Rhine, he’s released one album previously, Moments Of Truth, which he out together for Poker Flat in 2017; and more than two dozen singles …
Feature: Flemcy Music: Starting New Electronic Label in the digital age
So you are a music producer and you have just realised your make amazing tracks. Your friends seem to like them. Your dad shared his first Facebook post – that with a link to your new track. Random strangers started following you on SoundCloud and calling your work ‘dope’. It is overwhelming for a bit …
EP: Simon Shackleton – Piece of Me
Simon Shackleton, the artist formally known as ‘Elite Force’ is back with his first album in over a decade. This time we see him taking on a more soulful and lyrical venture, pushing his sound further than just his renowned bass heavy dancefloor orientated Electronica. With a career spanning more than 25 years and his music being …
Track: Timcantswim – Breathing Underwater (Vinci & Darrell Remix)
Timcantswim, aka Los Angeles producer Tim Wright, released his electro-house floor filler ‘Breathing Underwater’ last Summer, and Teknofonic Recordings are releasing a new tech-house remix by Brazilian duo Vinci & Darrell digitally on January 26th. It’s got this heavy, deep groove about it, permeated by these old school house stabs and piano led melodic features, …
Backseat Mafia Podcast 007: Drusif
Podcast 7 comes from Drusif, a UK (Yorkshire) based DJ currently playing dub orientated tech house and techno. Influences include techno, tech house, breaks, drum & bass, psy-trance and progressive/deep house. If you would like to listen to this and other mixes by Drusif, follow him and check out his Mixcloud page. You can also …
Album Review: Cocoon – Mathias Kaden & Popof in the Mix
It’s that time of year again when everyone turns to Cocoon and their famous mix series to see what the sounds of the summer will be. This time charged with laying out the enduring German label’s sonic mix for Ibiza 2014 is Mathias Kaden and label regular Popof. They do so across two fantastic mix CDs, which in …