Category: Magazine Sixty reviews
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Scanner
Greg Fenton reviews Scanner – The Prophet The second production from Scanner this week is simply because this effortless, thoughtful piece of music delights the circuits and excites the senses. Based on G-force’s recreation of the 1978 Prophet 5 synthesiser, it may have started life as a playful idea and is now a fully realised…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Geins’t Nait + LØ + Scanner
Greg Fenton reviews Geins’t Nait + LØ + Scanner – Behind The Door – Offen Music Any reason is a good one to revisit this release from a couple of months ago, ostensibly because it now appears on CD for a limited time – perhaps so limited that it has already gone? Downloading is always…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with EF82
Greg Fenton reviews EF82 – Parameters EP – Friday Island Lo Tides Delivered with an earth-scorching intensity, the lead track, Parameters, defies its own boundaries reaching toward something seemingly infinite. Undulating synth stabs become drone-like in execution as dub effects echo into the distance, accompanied by pounding singular drums alongside haunting voices shifting across the…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Bruno Berle
Greg Fenton reviews Bruno Berle – Não Posso Viver Sem Você – Far Out Recordings This rather wonderful piece of music co-written with Batata Boy feels like a meditation on intimacy and human closeness. I love its uncomplicated yet carefully crafted instrumentation, drifting along without unnecessary fuss. Warm keys, crisp hi-hats and gorgeous strings combine…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with CIRC
Greg Fenton reviews CIRC – Rite Four beautifully composed pieces adorn this latest release from CIRC. While drone-based music can sometimes rely too heavily on texture alone, these works reveal a deeper musicality. Layers of sound overlap and gently interact in a breath-like rhythm, creating a warm, hopeful atmosphere. Beneath the surface, subtle accumulations of…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with The Secret Garden
Greg Fenton reviews The Secret Garden – Weekend Away (Dicky Continental Remix) ft. Ioan Omar – Ramrock Red Records Rich Thair, aka Dicky Continental, remixes Weekend Away, evoking something cold in hand alongside the temptation of a warm breeze as effortless moments of dreamy possibility drift past. Hinting at nineties Balearic adventures with its cool,…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with zakè & marine eyes
Greg Fenton reviews zakè & marine eyes – Still Beauty – Past Inside the Present I thought I’d mention a couple of releases I missed during Magazine Sixty’s month-long absence, as I feel they’re important enough to bring to your attention if they also passed you by. My first question is this: when it comes…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Patricia Wolf
Greg Fenton reviews Patricia Wolf – Yarrow – Music To Watch Seeds Grow By 009 I also love music that puts a smile on your face, and Patricia Wolf achieves exactly that with this beautiful addition to an already excellent series. Across the album, moods and atmospheres emerge naturally, from the darker and more introspective…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Afterlife
Greg Fenton reviews Afterlife – Absolute – Subatomic UK I like music that sounds grandiose—music that feels bigger than itself. That it can celebrate life with the same conviction that it explores sorrow, embracing the full intensity of human feeling. Listening to Absolute is like sitting alone in a conservatory, surrounded by a heavenly chorus…