Category: Magazine Sixty reviews
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with PAN ELECTRIC
Greg Fenton reviews PAN ELECTRIC – MFBH FIVE Volume five in the series features five pieces of music by Matt Coldrick. Suspending the animation of life for a series of moments, the sounds you will discover are, by and large, gentle and inviting, haunting memories amid thoughts of past and present. The breathy harmony of…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Elsio Mancuso and Berto Pisano
Greg Fenton reviews Elsio Mancuso and Berto Pisano – Nude Per L’Assassino – Four Flies Records Released to Italian cinemas in August 1975, Nude per l’assassino or charmingly in English, Strip Nude for Your Killer suggests a set of particular, peculiar circumstances. I haven’t watched the film yet, although the soundtrack alone is a brilliantly…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Joe Harvey-Whyte & Paul Cousins
Greg Fenton reviews Joe Harvey-Whyte & Paul Cousins – In A Fugue State – None More Records Talking of contrasts and reflections, this new album from Joe Harvey-Whyte & Paul Cousins pulses with wonder. A seemingly endless crisscross of loops and motifs glides effortlessly past, serving as a celebration, while an undercurrent of darker notes…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Lea Bertucci
Greg Fenton reviews Lea Bertucci – The Oracle – Cibachrome Editions So what drew you to Lea Bertucci’s music? It was the fiery intensity of the second track, The Place Where the Sky Was Born. There was something about the air of mysterious content that made you want to dive in and explore the sonic…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Don Philippe
Greg Fenton review Don Philippe – velvet breaks – Sonar Kollektiv A world of mystery awaits, populated by smouldering, shadowy figures employing emotion to reignite a decaying past, or so it might seem at first glance. Don Philippe’s carefully crafted, succinct timepieces formed as tracks of music range from the warmly enticing to the less…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with N808
Greg Fenton reviews N808 – The Ocho – Dirtybird You could say Buckle Up is genius, or ingenious. It delivers a twisted, crazed narrative of slinky beats, enhanced stereophonic repertoire, alongside the kind of sleazily intended music that gets pulses racing. n808 & Mike Kerrigan’s creation is tempting and deeply satisfying, as its restraint is…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Firmin
Greg Fenton reviews Firmin – Heartcuts – Under The Palm Trees Is it just me or does this remind you of Joy Division’s beautiful swansong, Atmosphere in more ways than one? That aside, as it’s a fine influence to maintain, this is a singular, rather wonderful piece of atmospheric music that absorbs melancholic and celebratory…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Simon Dalzell
Greg Fenton reviews Simon Dalzell – Forgotten Dreams – The Freebooter Lounge Pay close attention to the drums here as they are worth repeating. Again, this is another gem of a release from the label, crisscrossing boundaries and notions of what is and what shouldn’t be. In this instance, Simon Dalzell excites the nervous system…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Phylipe Nunes Araújo
Greg Fenton reviews Phylipe Nunes Araújo – Asa – Far Out Recordings Maybe it’s that sort of morning as an approaching Atlantic storm, Amy comes into view through the grey and impending drops of water. Perhaps this perfectly composed piece speaks volumes in any language to the soul and the passage of time with its…