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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Greg fenton reviews Khadija – Dunya I’ EP – REK’D Dreaming IS EVERYTHING AND MORE. Formed around a blissful execution of modular, electronically charged tones, the pulse of rhythmic arrival soon evolves with the addition of a chorus of heavenly voices, a timely elevation provided by strings, and the voiced question inherent in the title:
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Greg Fenton reviews Strangebird~Sounds – Minerals From the Crust – Audiobulb Records Sometimes music doesn’t always suggest a direct answer to the question being posed. Minerals From the Crust is as much about tuning in as it is about letting go. It remains, however, an involving, welcoming listen, as if the keys were being played
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Greg Fenton reviews TUCCI – Buggin’ – Trick Great release from TUCCI, whose crisp production values are deeply ingrained within the title track, Buggin’, delivering an escapade full of energetic vitality alongside an escape route into the unknown. It’s more than the expertly crafted thumping drums and bassline, as the spoken words reveal an altogether
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Greg Fenton reviews Slow Dancing Society – The Disappearing Collective Vol. II – Past Inside the Present What makes this album such a compelling listen compared with other explorations into the ideals and notions of available ambience, or primarily atmospheric music without drums? An enduring vision of undulating motion, seeking out the interplay between memory
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Greg Fenton reviews Martin Iveson – Thought A – Atjazz Record Company A brilliant piece of music from Martin Iveson whose musicality shines at the heart of this timely production. Combining one part soul, priding itself with eyes fixed firmly on the future, one part electronic invigoration, and one part an exercise in expansive rhythm,
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Greg Fenton reviews Papa Lu – Better ft. The $how – Rules Don’t Apply It’s not often these days that I get excited about records built around soulful samples, but this one works exceptionally well. The inner emotion within the music is both refreshing and revitalising, diving deep into a cellar full of soulful intent.
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Greg Fenton reviews Josh Smith – Etruscan Vase EP – flurt. Josh Smith achieves that rare feat of blending a diverse array of sounds and making sense of them. From energetic drums to constantly expanding keys bouncing across the stereo field to illuminating vocal samples taken from forgotten film. The music is informed and temptingly
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Greg Fenton reviews Brooklyn Funk Essentials – Take The L Train (To 8th Ave.) – Calibre Remixes – Dorado Records You get the true measure of the artist’s passionate intellect with these two quite different approaches to what is essentially the same structure. Which is the Brooklyn Funk Essentials sublime, heart-rending Take The L Train
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Greg Fenton reviews Ibrahim Maalouf – Will Soon Be A Woman (Moog Diez Remix) – weoutside Records It can sometimes be difficult to preserve the musicality that naturally flows through a skilled musician’s expression, especially when incorporating electronic time signatures; you risk losing its primary organic feel in the process. However, Moog Diez’s remix not
