Magazine Sixty
Music reviews and artist interviews
Magazine Sixty brings you reviews and interviews with some of the worlds leading independent artists. Discover excitng new electronic music, revisit seminal classics and hear from the people behind the sounds.
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Greg Fenton reviews Afterlife – Mono No Aware Wading through endless amounts of music can weigh you down as much as finding an unexpected, rarefied gem can reignite the heart of a long-lost friend. Mono No Aware is a Japanese practice – but you already knew that – engaging in awareness, and either because of
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Greg Fenton reviews Parallelle & Nicolas Masseyeff – Shake It Out – Crosstown Rebels This record is exciting, not least because the drums, punctuating synth hits, low-slung bass, and the way the ever-evolving keys evolve stinging into something altogether blistering and uplifting, teasing out the senses with excitement and humanity. Then there are the deep
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Greg Fenton reviews Valya Kan – pinkpradabagguy420 – Wild Nation Beauty in simplicity, as sounds involve strategic placement within a blur of late-night colour and emphasis. Valya Kan’s music has reached a point where atmosphere fuses with a flair of musicality, painting vivid mental images which I, for one, like. There’s a movement propelled by
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(Federsen pictured at Devon Analogue Studio) Federsen’s Alt/Dub label is just one year old but has already released a series of creative, excellent music featuring sounds from the artist himself alongside notable others. Read our in-depth interview with Federsen, discussing music, culture, and the future of the imprint, below. Welcome to Magazine Sixty, Federsen. There
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Katy Jay is a presenter, producer, and Head of Programming for Skylab Radio, a regional DAB+ station covering the West Midlands, Cheshire, and Greater Manchester. Specialising in chillout, downtempo, lounge, ambient, and soft house, Katy’s radio journey began in her teens with mixtapes and evolved into student and community radio from 1999. She has contributed
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Greg Fenton reviews D:Ream – Do It Anyway (Al Mackenzie Dubbin’ The House Mixes) – NewState Music We are all so bombarded by everything that it’s easy sometimes to forget everything. The history of D:Ream is a surprisingly long one, given the increasingly fleeting moments passing for attention span, but tuning sharply into focus are
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Greg Fenton reviews Skander Jaïbi – Who has the right to closure? – Uncloud Editions Opening the page, Who has the right to closure? forms the beginning of a newly founded label with tales of inward journeys bound to the turbulence of life, expressing intensity in all its rich, searing form. Realised and captured by
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Greg Fenton reviews Visions of Light – The Mandala Vortex – NuNorthern Soul If you’re not already aware of Simon Sheldon’s intriguing label, Freebooter Lounge, and its diverse selection of sounds, moods, and tempos, then I would hastily recommend your acquaintance. In the meantime, this feature-length collection of numbers, produced by Sheldon alongside label mates
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Greg Fenton reviews Momoko & Herbert – Clay – Strut Records/ Accidental I was surprised when I listened to the new album from Momoko & Herbert—surprised because hearing a relative masterpiece seems like an increasingly rare proposition these days, like a lost ghost from yesterday’s memory. A masterpiece, insofar as it is a collection of
