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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When the voice and music works together in harmony the results are rather delicious on this latest from Broken Records. Moving straight to DeMarkus Lewis and his Deeper Edit which marries melody and atmosphere together with heady organ chords alongside irresistibly swinging grooves. Next on the agenda is the tougher version from Needs No Sleep
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Welcome to Magazine Sixty, D.Ramirez. Let’s begin with your new single with Denney, ‘Raven’ for Crosstown Rebels. What is the significance of that particular bird as a choice for the title? Thanks for having me. I live near Victoria Park in London and I walk through there every day on my way to my studio;
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There’s something about this production as it captures feelings not necessarily so sweet though clearly epic in proportion. Wild, abandon infuses the arrangement as the click of punctuating drums add a well-crafted funkiness into the rhythm section, leaving space for the smouldering bassline to shine in dark bliss. The atmospherics, which are rich and heavy,
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Christian Burkhardt’s fizzy production positively sparkles with imagination fusing the words liquid and funk together explosively. Wrecking Loop opens working a series of bass sounds into distraction as the excitement gets twisted, feeling nervous around the edges. However, dig deeper and a wealth of atmospheres are revealed lending it even more notable distinction. The aptly
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With music escaping into the next decade the excitable whir of electronically generated atmospheres appear all the more appealing as time moves on. Losing the past seems like the appropriate thing to do as new movements of sound talk in the fresh language of today’s context: questioning, sometimes uncertain, sometimes knowing all there is to.
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The kind of sizzling intensity which Loud Jam contains is both brutal while posing a seriously funky proposition. Tough, resolute beats and the crack of a heavy snare drum inform the groove as the pulse of Acid and whir of voices drifts over the arrangement, then contrasted beautifully by the warm haze of emotive pads.
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The opening refrain of the title track, Persephone suggests the breeze of summer air caressing a journey into bliss, while hinting at melancholy yet realising the light at the end of the tunnel. Warmly emotive the unfolding number proceeds over six and half minutes, as the arrangement develops and expands, leaving the final moments to
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Long players are still very much an important factor in the makeup of today’s digital output. Especially when they are worth spending some time with. Developed around the inspiration gained from a recent trip to NYC Sable Blanc has produced an elegant, purposeful collection of tracks, each telling their own story. There’s a nice interplay