Techno
Track/Video: Electronic musician Colloboh introduces second EP ‘Saana Sahel’ with the gliding high of ‘Mystic You’.
Since joining the Leaving Records community in 2021 after a move from his Baltimore home, Collins Oboh (aka Colloboh) has become significant contributor to the ever fluid LA experimental scene. Able to focus on his music full-time the Nigerian born, self-taught synthesising soundscaper took the freefall of tunes he had shared with the world online …
Gallery: Orbital – The National Stadium, Dublin 17.03.2023
Wow! well it was Saint Patricks day in Ireland and a full National Stadium were dancing, but not to your traditional Irish music as you would expect on such a day. They were dancing hard and heavy to the electronic sounds of the mighty Orbital.
EP Review: Worg – Il Piano Di Medea
With this release the label celebrates the return to the ranks of the founder Worg. A triumphant homecoming comparable to that of Jason, the main character of the Argonautica, who travelled in search of the Golden Fleece (Il Vello d’Oro) aboard the ship Argo. After many vicissitudes, the hero returned to Iolco, his homeland, to …
EP REVIEW: NICLAS ERLANDSSON – VÄSEN
Niclas Erlandsson delivers a decent and serious musical work with his new release “Väsen EP” on ANTIMODUS. Niclas Erlandsson is a live performing techno artist, producer and mastering engineer. His live sets and productions are characterized by electronic experimentation and hours of meticulous preparation. With this release, the Scandinavian brings a mystical sound reminiscent of …
Album Review: Zavoloka – Amulet
Ukrainian folk instruments dissolve into abstract psychoactive sounds from the improvisational universe. The meditative engine of multi-instrumental music drives the magical means of influencing perception. This is the sonic amulet, which is decorated with radiant tones and the colorful ceremonial musical outline. Mythological music is spirited by epic historical times and ideas of freedom, dignity, …
EP Review: Jeff Mills – Extension
The quality keeps coming from the one and only ‘Jeff Mills‘, an artist whose work, still to this day, never ceases to enthrall and captivate. AX109 delivers three shades of sublime minimal Techno starting with side A: ‘Rise’, Percussive layers build as ambient sounds simmer underneath, taking us slowly to the surface before calmly ascending …
EXCLUSIVE: Alexander Church DROPS AN EXCLUSIVE TAKEOVER MIX FOR BACKSEAT MAFIA IN CONNECTION WITH HIS LATEST RELEASE: Alexander Church feat. Rebekah K ‘Configurations 19’
For the release of ‘Configurations 19’ (out now on the Configurations of Self label) we are delighted to present a Takeover Mix from Alexander Church. Check it out on the Backseatmafia Soundcloud account below: Backseat Mafia · Backseat Mafia Takeover Mix – Alexander Church Alexander Church: “I produced this mix and went on a long walk across …
Album Review: Christian Hornbostel – Annus Alchemicus MINI LP
The number twelve has a strong symbolic meaning, not only according to mythological traditions and esoteric knowledge. The hours of the clock are divided into twelve hours, there are 12 archetypal zodiac signs, a year is divided into twelve months. Also in Christian Hornbostel‘s new concept album, called ‚Annus Alchemicus‘ (from the latin ‚Alchemical Year‘), …
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 …
EXCLUSIVE: DAVID SHAW AND THE BEAT DROPS AN EXCLUSIVE TAKEOVER MIX FOR BACKSEAT MAFIA IN CONNECTION WITH HIS REMIX FOR THE ‘Twist In My Sobriety’ EP FROM THEODORA
For the release of the ‘Twist In My Sobriety’ EP (out now on the Theodora Project label) we are delighted to present a Takeover Mix from David Shaw And The Beat whose remix features on the release with ‘The Beat’ Check it out on the Backseatmafia Mixcloud & Soundcloud accounts below: Backseat Mafia · David Shaw Blackseat Mix “Giddy …