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 Angel Lin – All Of These Are In Me – Full Spectrum Records Are there fresh ways of describing music that doesn’t rely upon words to convey a message? Probably not. But I guess what is important is the intensity of emotions that get stirred by listening to sounds without boundaries. Angel…
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Greg Fenton reviews Richard Norris – Music For Healing: Equinox Reading remains essential as does listening. Two things Richard Norris has made exemplary both with his recent illuminating book, Strange Things Are Happening, and via his creation of sound such as this compilation of twelve seasonal pieces of music. The word music is key here.…
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Greg Fenton reviews Tuccillo – Serial Deeper Vol.1 – Volumo Direct Serial Deeper is a great piece of music that travels in differing directions gathering momentum through rhythm and melodic flourishes. Capturing the heart of eight intriguing minutes the title track deftly explores the dividing line between rigorous, grainy drums and bass, and the lighter…
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Greg Fenton reviews N2N and Rob Marion – Shake That Acid – Nervous Records This is all sorts of funkiness rolled into one. The drums undulate like excitable liquid offset by an array of fired-up modulated sounds that punch and punctuate to operate this fabulous rhythm device. Voices are clipped yet pertinent: Shake That Acid…
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Greg Fenton reviews Mr Bongo Record Club Vol.7 – Mr Bongo Breathing depth into the conviction that music captures and expands the excitement of discovery Mr Bongo delivers another celebration highlighting the language of sound and its inspiring consequences. This latest installment of amazing music chosen by the label does all those things across a…
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Greg Fenton reviews Malcolm Pardon – The Abyss – TheLeafLabel Falling like landslides, Malcolm Pardon’s tense piano plays are full of emotional release as textures and vistas are explored and then pulled apart to reveal what lies underneath. The grainy electronic undercurrent feels ever-present, whether you can hear it or not, as the organic blessing…
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Greg Fenton reviews AMAS, Konstantin Kost – Odessa – AMAS Studio Four tastefully poignant pieces of music make up this most colourful EP. Red Glow opens the selection as TanYa’s spoken words reflect deeper emotions, especially given the Ukrainian aspect resolutely flowing throughout the music. Its tough undercurrent of punctuating stabs and moody pulses only…
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Greg Fenton reviews f5point6 – A Random Sequence of Events – See Blue Audio A random sequence of events is something everyone will understand in one shape or another feeding into sub-consciousness, surfacing in real time. Maybe it’s simply a pertinent description of life’s journey for mere mortals, or otherwise. As always within music there…
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Greg Fenton reviews Dan Ghenacia – Rouge Ou Noir – Stratasonic Rouge Ou Noir opens this funky disco referencing collection from the esteemed producer but it is to the next track, the tantalizingly excellent Chilly we turn. Shimmering arpeggios coupled with infectious vocal snippets simmer over a positively groovy repetition of beats creating irresistible rhythms…
