Category: Magazine Sixty reviews
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with The Jack Cardigan Orchestra and Joseph Matick
Greg Fenton reviews The Jack Cardigan Orchestra and Joseph Matick – WESTERN PINK – Velvet Bikini Feeling like a sonic accompaniment to the projection of celluloid ideas this collection of sound collages forms atmospheres, impressions alongside cutting-edge notoriety into one. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what this is or squeeze it all into one genre-specific…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Dense & Pika
Greg Fenton reviews Dense & Pika – Funky Brown – All We Have Is Now It’s about time this happened. Disco transgressed. Fucked with, reverence sped into reverse. You know the vocal refrain of Funky Town from here, there, and inevitably everywhere. You may not know how Dense & Pika have twisted and distorted the…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with New Regency Orchestra
Greg Fenton reviews New Regency Orchestra – New Regency Orchestra – Mr Bongo What’s that expression: be full of the joys of spring. Multiply it by ten and you’ll get the flavour of life enhancement rippling through every note, horn blast, and electrifying rhythm igniting this soaring, joyful music. Each number is short and tastefully…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review With Hatti Vatti
Greg Fenton reviews Hatti Vatti – Zeit – R&S Records Arriving at this location may feel like you have set foot in a crazy mixed-up place but in reality, everything makes perfect sense. The fiery turmoil injected into each of these invigorating, brilliant pieces is a testament to the power of the music itself as…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review With Philippa
Greg Fenton reviews Philippa – Port Chalmers EP – SlothBoogie Recordings Philippa is one of the few artists handling Disco and its associated strains of rhythm and blues creatively, not merely replaying the past over a click track but shaping, and altering its design into something that feels worth its place in time. For me,…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review With Quiet Village
Greg Fenton reviews Quiet Village – Reunion – Quiet Village Placing the words quiet and village beside each other suggests serenity and security. However, underpinning the calm are waves of underlying intensity coursing throughout the lifelines of Reunion via hard, shuffling drums, alongside tense piano amid a warm glow of musical fortitude espousing the rewards…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review With Barac
Greg Fenton reviews Barac – Hypnotic Grayscale EP – Yecad Barac’s deep dive into pace, movement, and esoteric atmospheres rewards in equal measure. Driven by a punchy tempo and various offset keys, sounds, and notes the rhythm section is soon joined by the hypnotic pulse of splashing snares and quick-fire percussion resulting in ten-plus minutes…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review With Finn Rees
Greg Fenton reviews Finn Rees – Dawn Is A Melody – Mr Bongo Sounding like falling into grace Finn Rees plays like tomorrow is a forever shining possibility. The players accompanying him throughout the album deftly add time and space defining each piece as an enticing listen while you experience all the joys of being…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review With Kenneth James Gibson & Paul Carman
Greg Fenton reviews Kenneth James Gibson & Paul Carman – Murals For Immersion – Cassauna Murals For Immersion sounds like an announcement. Spoken in a bruising fashion the music builds anticipation and then rests while you react to what’s been said. This collaboration between Kenneth James Gibson and Paul Carman is exquisite, yet tense and…