Category: Magazine Sixty reviews
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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…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Guentner + Spieth
Greg Fenton reviews Guentner + Spieth – Conversion – Affin Music At the risk of repeating myself, music inspired by uncharted explorations using drones to craft overlapping atmospheres needs to be quite exceptional or specific to stand out and be heard nowadays, given the vast number of similar compositions. Fortunately, the sounds and emotions within…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with MADMADMAD
Greg Fenton reviews MADMADMAD – Run – Def Pressé Ideas and emotions get twisted and crazy listening to MADMADMAD. I guess the clue might be contained in the name. But how to describe the music is wonderfully difficult, not being told exactly how to perform, to fit convention, not sitting still long enough to approximate…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Dj Streaks
Greg Fenton reviews Dj Streaks – Slinky EP – Weapons Slinky appears in two fiery forms. For an explosive, energetic burst, try the Bakery Extended edit, which crackles with dazzling electronic sequences that make it an irresistible temptation for late nights. Served over a straightforward sonic mix of tough drums and a single repeated vocal…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Basch
Greg Fenton reviews Basch – Forever-Jan Pt.1 – Polycarp Records Nothing lasts over five minutes, but this sensual collection of timely pieces collectively evokes a full range of emotions from joy to pain and all the moments in between. From the cosmically inspired Intro introducing the EP with atmospheric sonic messages bundled into one, to…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with cv313 + Federsen
Greg Fenton reviews cv313 + Federsen – Altering Dimensions – Alt/Dub Altering Dimensions feels like a series of different realities rushing directly towards you. It creates a sense of reflective isolation that is simultaneously connected to everything else across a resolute, grainy cosmos. Contemplative and joyful as the same moments pass. Sounds evolve, undulating in…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Pango
Greg Fenton reviews Pango – Helio – Pintai Pango’s beautifully constructed low-slung Helio wraps listeners in a warm glow of soulfully infused musicality that is at once intensely inviting and evocative, filled with atmospheric rhythms and cosmic sounds alongside a heart brimming with future possibility. Critilist then increases the tempo to a faster pace that…