Category: Magazine Sixty reviews
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The Robinson – Rituals EP – Taste Rec.
You could say this record is all about the warmth of compassion. It also feels like sunshine rays or a night out dancing as it’s very much about rhythm, hot or otherwise. Resolutely musical, defiantly soulful but either way this likewise plays simply for the pleasure of it all. Rituals explores a fusion of styles…
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Eddy Romero – Dudas – EXPmental Records
Dudas bites hard. Feels like a mystery unfolding. Sounds like music should in the upcoming story of 2024. Deep yet pulsing with soulful inquiry, meaningful in a very real sense. I miss the art of song writing but the weird charm generated by the wash of voices here will suffice. Musically, Dudas points in all…
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Emil Friis & Patricio Fraile – The Expected Sounds Of Minor Music – 130701
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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Philipp Priebe – Movements In An Empty Department Store – Stolar
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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SUN ELECTRIC – Live at Votivkirche Wien – ARJUNAMUSIC RECORDS
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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Fletch – Flexin EP – MFF (Music For Freaks)
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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Nøs – Cantilever EP – Beyonders Music
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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Fletcher – Blurred Lines EP – Ausblick
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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Danny J Lewis – Night Tales 2 – Just Underground Recordings
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…