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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Presented by our guest reviewer, Ellis May. Boston-born Colleen ‘Cosmo’ Murphy is a force. Exceptional selector, talented DJ, sound system aficionado, Murphy has spent her life dedicated to sound and this in turn has earned her unwavering respect as an unofficial guardian of our scene. Whether she’s DJing the world’s most cultured clubs and festivals,
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Greg Fenton reviews Basch – Forever-Jan Pt.1 – Polycarp Records Nothing lasts over five minutes, but this sensual collection of timely pieces collectively evokes a full range of emotions from joy to pain and all the moments in between. From the cosmically inspired Intro introducing the EP with atmospheric sonic messages bundled into one, to
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Presented by our guest reviewer Ellis May. Flash Atkins is about to release Sanza Mibale Ya Bo Pemi’ on his home label Paper Recordings. He’s been running the Northern label alongside a couple of his mates since the 90s and has been putting out a style of wonky disco all of its own. His Flash
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Presented by our guest interviewer, Ellis May. There’s a hot new compilation about to be released on Amsterdam’s Rush Hour Records, which has been lovingly curated by the Dutch label head, Antal, and Dubby, owner of Ondas Records in Japan. Focusing on late 80s computer bleep sounds fashioned into Techno Kayo – Japanese Techno Pop
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Greg Fenton reviews cv313 + Federsen – Altering Dimensions – Alt/Dub Altering Dimensions feels like a series of different realities rushing directly towards you. It creates a sense of reflective isolation that is simultaneously connected to everything else across a resolute, grainy cosmos. Contemplative and joyful as the same moments pass. Sounds evolve, undulating in
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Greg Fenton reviews Pango – Helio – Pintai Pango’s beautifully constructed low-slung Helio wraps listeners in a warm glow of soulfully infused musicality that is at once intensely inviting and evocative, filled with atmospheric rhythms and cosmic sounds alongside a heart brimming with future possibility. Critilist then increases the tempo to a faster pace that
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Greg Fenton reviews Verses GT – LUCKYME® The music created through the collaboration between Nosaj Thing and Jacques Greene pulses with a sense of musical artistry, combined with an emotional approach that resonates throughout each of these skillfully produced tracks. Each piece sets its own rhythm, establishing a particular atmosphere and meaning that defines it.
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Greg Fenton reviews Don Letts – The Rebel Dread – Echo Beach The clue is, as usual, in the title. Don Letts has compiled a series of excellent compilations over the years, as well as contributed his invaluable films and fantastic radio show to the cultural discourse. Always the consummate entertainer with something worth listening
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Greg Fenton reviews Sijya – Leather & Brass – One Little Independent Records I almost love this, and the unforgiving way life becomes dislocated and how that feeling is expressed. I only want to crash, it’s heart-warming in a bleak mode, reminding me of flickering media lost in the distortion of fading ideas. It touches
