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Magazine Sixty Interview with Suddi Raval (This is the sound of…)
Magazine Sixty are once again happy to present a conversation with Suddi Raval, who not only helped shape the sound of rave in the late eighties but was also a key figure in the scene. Now, drawing on lived experience, he retells the story of dance culture through the lens of musicians, DJs, and cultural…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Pan Amsterdam
Greg Fenton reviews Pan Amsterdam – This Coverband Rules – Def Pressé Words carry weight, especially when delivered with the surgical precision of Pan Amsterdam. Offering a taste of the forthcoming, hard-hitting album Panarama, this latest track takes aim at an obvious target: “This industry sucks, and we all know it’s true.” Precisely. Created in…
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Magazine Sixty Interview with Balaphonic
Presented by our guest interviewer, Ellis May. For more than three decades, Balaphonic has been the space where drummer, percussionist and producer Danny Ward lets rhythm lead the way. Rooted in jazz but shaped by Manchester’s cultural mix, his music moves freely between house, Afro Latin traditions, dub textures and leftfield dance ideas. What drives…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Dave Angel
Greg Fenton reviews Dave Angel – Réflexion feat. Steve Waterman – R&S Records Voices weave together, creating a sense of wonder as pianos unfurl in jazzy finery and shuffling drums punctuate the rhythm throughout Réflexion. Drawing from soulful house, sun-drenched Balearic textures and the wistful tones of Steve Waterman’s muted trumpet, the track feels both…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Argento
Greg Fenton reviews Argento – Ritmi Marini – Music From Memory This is a beautiful, life-enhancing piece of music that plays heartstrings, evoking sunlit climbs and cool evening air. David August and percussionist Lorenzo Setti deliver on the promise of brighter days, their musicianship giving the track both warmth and quiet confidence. Low-slung, breathy rhythms…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Darren Morris
Greg Fenton reviews Darren Morris – Selotape, Organ & Wurlytubes – Ramrock Noir Records It occurred to me that sometimes, with an open window, a passing roar from an unseen truck moving from right to left can be more sonically exciting than the drone of a lot of ambient music. At least it is more…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Peter Gall
Greg Fenton reviews Peter Gall – Glow – Compost Records Feeding the mind with revolutionary rhythm can be equal parts exciting, edgy, and reinvigorating. Announcing the forthcoming album Drum Sheds, this fiery amalgam of jazzy percussion, grainy electronics, and musical flourishes feels in constant forward motion, balancing grit with soul as it soaks up an…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Lumtz
Greg Fenton reviews Lumtz – Tesoros – We All Speak In Poems Peeking behind the curtain reveals that life is rarely ordinary. Chance encounters, fractured moments and unexpected turns all find their analogue in Lumtz’s reworking of electronic sound into unfamiliar yet beautifully realised forms. Across Tesoros, the music flows like a river, moving between…
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Magazine Sixty Interview with Gryph
Gryph arrives with Nash Angeles as an artist fully stepping into his own mythology, a Nashville born guitarist with blues in his fingertips, reborn in Los Angeles with a newfound devotion to dancefloor alchemy. His debut LP on Elbow Grease does not just merge two cities; it fuses entire musical lineages, folding rock grit, spiritual…