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 Simon Mós – Kuiper Belt EP – Ten Flowers I very rarely quote press releases. However, Simon’s sound exists at the intersection of experimental and dancefloor-driven techno, with a focus on sonic exploration that pushes boundaries. It sounds like a location where music of all types should exist rather than the numbing…
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For those in the know, Marcia Carr has been in and around the scene for more years than most. Coming up through the ranks in South London, honing her skills on the decks, and became a highly knowledgeable selector. Part of the LadyBugz collective back in the 90s – the female Bugz in The Attic…
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Presented by our guest interviewer, Ellis May. Peckham’s finest, Medlar, has been flying the flag for the underground for a decade. Putting out solid sounds on quality labels like Wolf Music, Delusions of Grandeur, Wah Wah 45s, Peckham cuts and more, his music is consistently a cut above the rest. He returns to Delusions this…
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Greg Fenton reviews Andreas Tilliander and Goran Kajfeš – In Cmin – Kontra-Musik Records Lots of elements inspire belief in the way this album feels and sounds. It’s sourced in the cool blasts of trumpet that readily bathes the music in atmosphere and depth charged with intention, fused to a radical rewiring of sensory perception…
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Greg Fenton reviews Eddy Romero – Busy Monday – Expmental Records Feeling like you are taking a deep plunge into the cool blue of unchartered waters Busy Monday is resplendent with calming atmospheres yet underpinned by a pounding series of beats alongside crisp hats. This is a fine, immersive production by Eddy Romero to find…
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Greg Fenton reviews Cher – C1M3R4_Analog cut_v3 – Arthouse Traian Chereches aka Cher tackles future scenarios amid the prospect of ecological disaster via the first release of his new imprint across six bold pieces of significant music. As much experimental as it is charged with the radical influence of jazz and the heavy use of…
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Greg Fenton reviews Dennis Bovell & Friends: Different – The Singles Collection 1977 -1981 – Doctor Bird Engaging with the music of Dennis Bovell is like breathing in the sound of romance. To extend the metaphor further into the embrace of music translated as ripples of deep emotion. There’s something unique about the tone and…
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Greg Fenton reviews Music Review with Middle Earth The Soundtrack of London’s Legendary Psychedelic Club 1967-1969 – Cherry Red Records Opening in Covent Garden in August 1967 seems like aeons ago but the brilliant palette splashed across the feast of music played there still reverberates in the here and now. If it doesn’t this compilation…
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Greg Fenton reviews Fluxion – Haze – Vibrant Music Fluxion’s musical passages wander through a landscape filled with wide open spaces touching depth at the point of relief. Influences are important to inform your interpretation of what you seek to capture. So the touches of wavy jazz, cool ambience and Detroit’s classic techno all breathe…
