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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Dennis Bovell
Photo by Syd Shelton Greg Fenton reviews Dennis Bovell – Sufferer Sounds – Disciples I found my way to the genius of Dennis Bovell via LKJ in Dub in 1980 which remains a cornerstone of musical brilliance to this day. But music being timeless means you can get on board at any stage to appreciate…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Subcisco
Greg Fenton reviews Subcisco – To Me (Soho House Mix) – Slightly Leftfield The poetry of romance isn’t dead, or so you might think listening to To Me. A love song to sensuous nights and suggestions delivered via breathy vocals alongside sounds of dreamy keys melting, sweet strings and sax offset by rumbling live bass…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Scorpio Leisure
Greg Fenton reviews Scorpio Leisure – No Apologies (The Oddball Creatives VHS Remixes) – Ramrock Red Records I love this. It’s part cracked celluloid, part traveling through dark streets at night, and partly the seduction of sleazy deliverance. The Oddball Creatives (aka Joseph Malik and Daniel Walls) have succeeded in creating all of the above…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Double Body
Greg Fenton reviews Double Body – Mirage EP – Ransom Note Records Why should music do as you expect? Be predictable and or boring. It’s diving into the sense of uncertain mystery that is surely the more exciting prospect. The title track Mirage begins by setting the stage with a series of bruising kick drums,…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Panfil & Rubh
Greg fenton reviews Panfil & Rubh – I Like EP – Materialism Stripping it down to bare essentials this fiery production from Panfil & Rubh pushes all sorts of buttons simultaneously. It couldn’t be said that this is about intellectual discovery yet, put directly and brutally, it’s about the celebration of beats, bass and soaring…
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Magazine Sixty Interview with Alice Boyd
Photo by Caitlin Warren Read our in-depth interview with the brilliant sound artist, composer, and documentary maker Alice Boyd. By exploring the exciting art of field recording alongside more traditional means of musical expression she is a most fascinating and creative artist who is releasing a wonderful new EP – Cloud Walking. Welcome to Magazine…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Gråzon, Hame, Pango and Tren
Greg Fenton reviews Gråzon, Hame, Pango and Tren – Pintai 001 Gråzon’s rapturous Dealing Is Healing begins the celebration of this first release from Pintai, a label centered around the Amsterdam based parties of the same name. An inward-looking yet joyous declaration of the universal the music is powered by a series of contrasts as…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Scanner
Greg Fenton reviews Scanner – Columns – The Vinyl Factory It’s easy to throw cliques around such as journey, narrative, or immersive to describe music. All are brilliant signifiers although have a definite air of over-familiarity in the current moment. So for the sake of argument and risk of running approval let’s use the perennial…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Snowdrops
Greg Fenton reviews Snowdrops – Singing Stones (Volume 1) – Gizeh Records Listening to Singing Stones is an experience filled with wonder. Captivated by unfolding, unknown sounds as they suggest bigger pictures in the mind while pouring nourishing tones into your soul is always a gratefully received prospect. Perhaps the two pieces initially grabbing your…