Category: Magazine Sixty reviews
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Ruth Mascelli and Mary Hanson Scott
Greg Fenton reviews Ruth Mascelli and Mary Hanson Scott – Esoteric Lounge Music Now – Disciples Fast is good. You’ll fall head over heels for this selection of inspired sounds, as if you were born for it. It blends jazz, eccentricity, song, and rhythmic or cosmic expansion. All these elements clash in a riot of…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Fractal Architect
Greg Fenton reviews Fractal Architect – Revelation EP – Manual Deep Apart from the boast of a great artist name, Fractal Architect delivers on the promise of sensual music that is as much about sensory perception as it is about the further reaches of movement. Show Me features an eloquent whispered vocal over continually evolving…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Franz Kirmann
Greg Fenton reviews Franz Kirmann – Almadies – Bytes Experimenting with the concept of experimentation, Franz Kirmann’s stimulating infusion of sound into bliss demolishes the rule book of dull expectations. And guess what? There isn’t a drum roll anywhere. The drama lies in a curiosity of sonic movement created solely through authentic synthesisers and the…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Aris Kindt
Greg Fenton reviews Aris Kindt – Now Claims My Timid Heart – Quiet Time The background of this album centres on the highly regarded author Franz Kafka and certain romantic connections that inspire this collection’s haunting, figurative pieces of music. Ranging from the gentle intensity of the European-styled rhythms of Saichh Sequences to the mood-enhancing,…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Adrian Lane
Greg Fenton reviews Adrian Lane – Their Ghosts and Ours – Audiobulb Records Evolving from an exchange of ideas between Adrian Lane and the poet Neil McRoberts, the album presents a sensual expression of rich, haunting, and exhilarating musical atmospheres. Its breathy form, shaped by a series of delicate piano notes, is enhanced by expansive…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Patch Park
Greg Fenton reviews Patch Park – Spells – District Rec Spells, explores the hypnotic quality of cleverly crafted drums, captivating synth lines, and dreamy voices, all blending as if there is no tomorrow. The effects used are stunning, with the melodic energy igniting the keyboards being sensual yet provocative throughout this excellent production. The equally…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Dead-Tones and Of the Moon & Nasser (US)
Greg Fenton reviews Dead-Tones and Of the Moon & Nasser (US) – Wake Up – Sum Over Histories A brilliantly vibrant record simmering with electric energy and the spirit of long-lost Punk ideals. Wake Up crackles with riffs, piano stabs, and heavy guitar chords while voices resonate across the arena of passionate discourse. It is…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Carrier
Greg Fenton reviews Carrier – Rhythm Immortal – Modern Love Sounding like a glimpse of the future while the past crumbles, Carrier’s personal statements of intent explore the edges of time and space with a dignity and fierceness that are seemingly rare nowadays. I wouldn’t bother trying to categorise the music, as it forms shapes…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Arnault Hardy
Greg Fenton reviews Arnault Hardy – One After Another – La Société Anonyme de Musique et de Sons Sometimes music is quite simply about joy and celebrating things. It can be a rare thing to hear these days but that’s precisely how this record feels. It isn’t about cliques or lazy re-edits it’s about the…