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 Justin Strauss – Restart – hfn music Restart is serious business — no frills, just intensity. The message hits as hard as the music, carried not only by the sound but by the dialogue that frames it like prophecy, a reminder that you’re meant to act, not just listen. Driven by gritty…
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Greg Fenton reviews Light Conductor – Sequence Three – CST193 This is a strange, self-defining album that plugs itself into an electronic mainframe, drawing on a past steeped in rich musical tradition while projecting a fizzy, radical future into hi‑fi clarity. These ideas course through the music in intense, shape-shifting ways — voices are reimagined,…
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Greg Fenton reviews Jason Dungan & Johan Carøe – Routine – Tonal Union Sounding like you’re stepping into a gift shop overflowing with sonic curiosities, oddball inventions, and a handful of unexpected escape routes, this blissful journey into excess brims with ideas, textures, and a real sense of joy. It’s music that feels alive with…
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Greg Fenton reviews Dave Angel – A Time And Place – R&S Records This album by Dave Angel feels vividly full of life. The opening track, Goddess, replaces drums and strict rhythm with a joyous free‑flow of piano, an act of celebration that sets the tone. Sensuous and timely, it’s simply a beautiful piece of…
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Greg Fenton review Blake.08 and Eric Powell – Too Late (Six Days Of Madness) – Bush Records Eric Powell’s take on Too Late — and its recurring vocal imprint Six Days of Madness — offers a potent reworking of House Music, driven by pounding drums, rolling deep bass, and a soaring synth line that feels…
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Greg Fenton reviews Marion Poncet – The Raging Swells Crushing The Cliff Of My Love – Fuck Reality (Smallville) Flying under the banner of handsome poise and graceful movement, it’s been a while since the lure of filtered keys has grabbed me so completely. Yet given the title of this collection, that intense reaction shouldn’t…
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Greg Fenton reviews boycalledcrow – the sprawl – Mortality Tables One man and his guitar. Sometimes the story ends there. But as years of listening will tell you, this particular guitar has produced a long run of surreal, spine‑tingling, emotional work — and this new album continues that lineage with fresh ideas and rediscoveries. What…
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Interview by Ellis May. For more than twenty years Kraak and Smaak have moved freely through the spaces between club culture, songwriting and cinematic sound. What began as three friends releasing 12”s from Leiden, has grown into a global project defined by curiosity, craft and a refusal to stand still. With Velvet Seas they open…
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Greg Fenton reviews Joachim Spieth – BLENDED II – AFFIN music “I focused on atmosphere, depth and spatiality.” You most certainly did. The expansiveness of this collection is striking — beautifully produced sounds that feel free in their transition between artist and listener. It delves into the wide-angled curve of being human, tracing highs and…
