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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The ever ending, ever present power of the piano to ignite and excite the soul is mercifully always there for us. Listen to the opening, Prelude. Much more than that are the depths dived into as deep strings compliment keys, while layers of inquisitive sound, upon layers of unfolding emotion, celebrate as well as commiserate
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The first album released on Stolar is rather special. We’re used to top notch productions from the artist already but his magnificently titled long player exceeds expectations. Musically it’s a dance between past and future with classic sounds making their impression felt, while the atmospheres generated lean heavily on 2023. Classic House vibes blend neatly
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Welcome to Magazine Sixty, Christine. Let’s start with your wonderful new album, Éclats (Piano Works). How long did it take to compose all of the music? And how do you know when you have finished a particular piece of music, what is the conversation you have with yourself about it? ‘Eclats’ brings together tracks composed
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Made all the more remarkable by the fact that this was recorded back in1996 when Sun Electric performed at the neo-Gothic, Votivkirche in Vienna. A fact that surprised me simply because the music feels so contemporary. Which brings me back to the theory about music transcending time, or at least music of cultural and human
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We breathe in these cool moments of fresh air filling our souls with the knowledge that music continues to evolve. Flexin’ kicks off this release via a severe intensity that is both rich and compelling as tough, no holds barred rhythms delight the senses, teasing out fierce grooves amid atmospheric temptation. Much like the proceeding
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Dropping his second EP on London label Delusions of Grandeur entitled ‘Enchantment Under the Sea’, the understated underground house hero has had a love affair with electronic dance music from way back when rave culture first swept through England. Making highly desirable killer cuts, with releases on Running Back, Golf Channel, Futureboogie, Spectral, plus his
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Where to begin. One part soulful, one part explicitly resolute, this is music to fire up the essence of life with. Beginning via the EP’s title track casting words like dice over a booming shuffle of drums and bass while cool keys add texture to the power of song demonstrating its value remains just as
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Within seconds you get the feeling that something is going on here. It’s down to that rough and tumble bassline plus shuffling yet gritty drums, all of which are offset by a hauntingly beautiful pulse of emotive keys. Then the hi-hat hits. Then differing textures makes their presence fully felt across the brilliant title track.
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I don’t encounter stories, written down in words, set to the accompaniment of music as often these days. Maybe drifting back to a bygone era when such things were important, or perhaps it’s just a means of reflecting the abundance of film soundtracks jostling for position in the twenty first century. In light of which
