Category: Questions & Answers

  • Sasha Scott Q&A

    Welcome to Magazine Sixty, Sasha. Your work encompasses an impressive array of contemporary and classical sounds. Who inspired you to fuse the world of electronic sound together with more traditional instrumentation? And can you describe what you have learnt about how the two styles interact and feed off each other? Hello Magazine Sixty, thank you…

  • Saytek Q&A

    Welcome to Magazine Sixty, Joseph. You have been performing and producing music for a considerable amount of time now. I wanted to ask, given the sometimes fickle nature of dance music, what you feel has enabled that longevity as you have remained integral to dancefloors? Luck, hard work, being in the right place at the…

  • Joe Strong (Manager at Dingwalls, Ministry of Sound and Home Nightclub) Q&A

    Tell us about how you got into music growing up and some of the sounds/ artists that helped shape your love of records? I was brought up on the outskirts of Wigan where there was an active and varied music scene that offered everything from Northern Soul to Pop and heavy rock, Wigan was actually…

  • Hot City Orchestra Q&A

    Welcome to Magazine Sixty, Arno and Simon. The music you create as Hot City Orchestra occupies a refreshingly, unique space in electronic music. In terms of your musical history growing up how did you arrive at this point? Thanks a lot for your kind words and we’re really happy that you like our music. Our…

  • Samuel Rohrer Q&A

    Welcome to Magazine Sixty, Samuel. Let’s begin with the art of drumming. Who inspired you to start playing the drums, how would you describe the process of learning to play them and what is your favourite drum kit to play on?  My father took me to Jazz concerts and festivals from a very early age.…

  • Apnoea Q&A

    Welcome to Magazine Sixty, Apnoea. Your new single was in part inspired by Frankie Valli’s ‘I Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’. What is the story behind how you first encountered the words – and which version of the song did you hear? The lyrics of ‘I Can’t Take My Eyes Off You’ were, and…

  • Local Suicide Q&A

    Welcome to Magazine Sixty, Local Suicide. Your debut album, Eros Anikate, has just been released. Can you tell us about the influence the play written by Sophocles, ‘Antigone’ had on the title, where and how you first discovered it? Vamparela: I am Greek, so I’ve been very well acquainted with Sophocles’ works since I was…

  • Cook Strummer Q&A

    Welcome to Magazine Sixty, Cook Strummer. What struck me about the music you have released to date is just how varied it has been starting with Memories back in 2014 and more recently this year’s club fuelled, Atmosphere. How important is being musically diverse for you as an artist? Thanks for having me, Sixty !…

  • Vinny Villbass Q&A

    Welcome to Magazine Sixty, Vinny. Your new single, Trust is released on Oslo label: badabing diskos. Tell us about what the tracks title means for you? Thanks. «Trust» is an interesting thing. One thing is the importance of trust between people, both geopolitically and socially. But one question that has become equally important after the…