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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Serving as a teaser for his forthcoming album this single is meanwhile all sorts of wonderful. The music is low-slung chiming with an impulse of piano alongside meandering synth lines that slink together in intriguing, captivating ways hence the title. You can picture a scene of low lights, smoky atmospheres and all sorts of goings
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Bursting to the seams with ideas this positive fizz of excitement never takes its pressure of the accelerator not even for a second. That deadly intent is fuelled into distraction as the pulverising drums and bass are then exercised by all manner of edgy synth lines, effects and a captivating vocal treatment that just wants
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Created by a labour of love this collaboration between the two artists pays out dividends marking the debut release of the sublabel via its heavy-duty blend of tough beats, basslines and an expanse of playful Dub sensibilities. Opening with the cutting edge driving the excellent Entropy it is all about forceful rhythm and the message
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The word poignant was built specifically to describe this heart-warming and yet brutally emotional journey through the escape of sight and sound. Its raw eloquence sees this collection of ten pieces of music interrupt in waveform the stories from David George Haskell’s book ‘The Songs of Trees’ and I will be now haunting down a
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Welcome to Magazine Sixty, Mara. Tell us about the meaning behind the name IOKOI? Thank you! The meaning behind the name IOKOI and how it came to life is due to a mix of my fascination for different aspects of asian culture, as well as for the term “reflection†in a broader sense. I remember
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Fuelling a lifetime of experience are Steve Miller’s uniquely crafted sonic journeys which begin at the point of imagination, ending up somewhere down the line at fast-forward destinations. In the case of Moksha that proves to be a fiery blend of sizzling electronic tones creatiing a free-form of expression, hinting at classic Detroit, while adding
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Simplicity in the complexity of the here and now isn’t always an easy piece of the jigsaw to capture but this combination of introspective impulses alongside a blissfully unaware uplift seeks out those corners in abundance. The sounds themselves sculpt moods that are as old as you may feel referencing a history of electronics that
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I’m at a loss for words which isn’t perhaps surprising as music is about feeling. Steve Hadfield’s new long player for See Blue Audio is typically emotional in any case so that doesn’t cause too much concern. As sounds unfold telling their own story so does the human response to it all and by the
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Welcome to Magazine Sixty, Alex and Andrew. Let’s start with the launch of your new label: Perpetual Collective. Can you tell us about the meaning behind the name, its philosophy and why this particular moment feels like a good time to be launching a record label? Yeah sure, the name came from the back of