Magazine Sixty
Music reviews and artist interviews
Magazine Sixty brings you reviews and interviews with some of the worlds leading independent artists. Discover excitng new electronic music, revisit seminal classics and hear from the people behind the sounds.
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Magazine Sixty aims to be a resource for the broader spectrum of electronic music, repetitive sonic adventures, and all the rich diversity that brilliantly entails. Travelling beyond the rigid structures of adherence to a single-minded formula was always the intention and while there is so much to discover we will continue to do that. Hawkwind
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The way in which Petrichor lifts and then releases your emotions is something to behold as the opening number on this first foray into landscapes of ambience in ten years so readily demonstrates. Warmth is contrasted by a twisting sense of unease as expectations are challenged in numerous worthwhile ways. It’s also interesting to note
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The underlying tension suggested by the title, It’s A Trap is carried throughout this distinct collaboration. And if music of this calibre is what comes out of the creative lockdown then I’m all for it. As you would expect from Nolan the grooves are taught, fizzing with excitement and suggestion, while Mr. V’s captivating voice
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On the increasingly rare occasion which modern disco ignites much excitement or innovation it’s a very real pleasure to hear this. Anoraak aka Frédéric Rivière delivers smouldering, enticing and beautifully constructed sounds that weave in and around Sarah Maison’s tastefully seductive vocals. Sang in French this has a late at night flavour which positively pulses
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Listening to Donald Byrd play Trumpet leaves you with the impression that nothing else in life matters quite as much. In a class of his own, whether composing, playing or even singing there is a quality unique to the individual that celebrates the high and lows of daily existence. Remarkable given the longevity of his
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Laurel Halo has made twelve pieces of music to accompany the 2018 film Possessed, which was produced by the artist collective Metahaven and Rob Schröder. Created and crafted by Laurel Halo along with violinist, Galya Bisengalieva and cellist, Oliver Coates who play beautifully evocative accompaniment. The sounds are enough in themselves to guess at what
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You can hear the past echo throughout this. At least the sensibility that music should contain both heart and soul. Following on from his 2018 Heist release the artist kicks things off with the beautifully sequenced, sunshine vibes of Sammie. Whoever the person in question is they’ve inspired truly uplifting music combining simply effective combinations
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Breath is of paramount importance these days and Jürgen Kirsch’s exhalation weaves a landscape of Acid sounds into and out of consciousness. The title track oozes a synthesized funkiness while undulating keys punctuate and voices intone over several minutes of compelling rhythm. A lone remix occurs by Sven Tasnadi who adds crisp handclaps, sirens plus
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This production by James Solace ignites the imagination as darkly flavoured, filtered grooves heat up the landscape of potential. You get the sense that each layer of Setting Sun has been carefully crafted placing all sounds in order of impact, and yet the arrangement feels distinctly soulful with shimmering arpeggios offset by waves of emotive