Category: Magazine Sixty reviews
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Pop Ambient 2026
Greg Fenton reviews Pop Ambient 2026 – Kompakt This is the 26th in a series of compilations of music labelled as ambient, which in itself says something about the timeless qualities and emotional craftsmanship inherent in sounds associated with the genre. If you think that the term is simply about repeating drones or hearing the…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with JL Segel
Greg Fenton reviews JL Segel – Mist – Self Release It’s the ever-evolving simplicity capturing a whirlwind of atmosphere, releasing it into an analogue dream of uncertain tomorrows at the impulsive heart of Mist’s endearing quality. It’s the cavalcade of smouldering, wonderfully electric tones of analogue bliss shaping into forms of air that never overcook…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Spanna
Greg Fenton reviews Spanna – Bring The Beat Back – The Freebooter Lounge Bring The Beat Back might sound like a bunch of clichéd phrases, but in Spanna’s view, the rhetoric is turned upside down by a series of tough beats, Latin-influenced bass, and a mix of sounds bouncing around a hot stereo. It’s easy…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with César Merveille
Greg Fenton reviews César Merveille – CDV Whispers – Unreleased Ltd. I missed this, but I’m glad I found it. There’s a casual dignity to César Merveille’s music that captures a sense of charm and intrigue while delivering intense energy, creating movement and emotion. Starting with the raw RS 40 and its rugged Chicago-style bassline,…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with OdNu and Mi Cosa de Resistance & mRn
Greg Fenton reviews OdNu, Mi Cosa de Resistance & mRn – Southern Lands – Audiobulb Records Combining instruments and a shared love of formative locations, the Southern Lands of the Argentinian landscapes by the Rio de la Plata, the three artists have conjured not only the magical nature of organic matter but also the turbulence…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Xan Tyler
Greg Fenton reviews Xan Tyler – You’re My Muse (Oddball Creatives Remix EP) – Ramrock Red Records It’s the cool, sultry voice, the rumbling bassline paired with a sequence of sharp cinematic string stabs and lines, and the straightforward, earthy tribal drums that make these remixes from Oddball Creatives such a pleasure. Three brilliantly enticing…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Laura Misch
Greg Fenton reviews Laura Misch – Alchemy – Ambient Rework EP – One Little Independent Records Poignancy is never far away, and when you hear a piece of music that hits that spot, it can be a heartwarming revelation. With Laura Misch’s smouldering vocals and delicate keys, surrounded by a lush, swirling ambience, it’s easy…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Gareth Davis & Scanner
Greg Fenton reviews Gareth Davis & Scanner – Songlines – Moving Furniture Records When one door closes, another door opens. It’s the feeling of freedom that welcomes you into this seemingly infinite exercise in notation that is so liberating, not bound to any specific predefined structure other than a communication of electrical impulses and seismic…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Alien D
Greg Fenton reviews Alien D – Mediterranean Blue – Digital Artefacts Is music about finding yourself? Or losing yourself? This morning’s question has two different answers depending on your point of view -each valid. I like to be somewhere in between. Alien D’s selection of six tracks covers both concepts across a landscape, moving through…