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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It is the simple, fluid flow of rhythm that speaks directly to your heart here. In as much as this is about a gritty bassline and the forward motion of drums, while the occassional introduction of voices on Your Love serves to colour the atmosphere, it all then gets straight back to the essential essence
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Welcome to Magazine Sixty, Aileen. Let’s begin with the meaning behind your alias: This Ship Argo and what it signifies? Hilariously, I had a conversation about this with my nephew last week because I couldn’t remember so this was well timed! He was the one that picked the name back when we were playing together.
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It’s sometimes good to be lost in words when reacting to music and in the case of Kameelah Waheed you are flooded with a wealth of them washing over you in a sea of emotion. Musically this is as sweet as it comes fusing Funk together with hot blasts of Latin and Jazzy inflections all
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It is of course of no co-incidence that Sam Ruffillo’s collection of supremely sweet, inspiring grooves hit right at the very heart of summertime. As the hottest month unfolds so do these disco referencing numbers that feel tastefully contemporary rather than cheap re-edits of the same old story. Which is down in no short measure
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If you think the clue lies solely within title, think again. Paul Bowen’s starling reworking of the implications of the word Dub are as vibrant as they are incendiary with each of the three numbers exploring the sonic palette via a powerful eloquence. Starting with Bonehead you’d be forgiven for second-guessing a clueless nature but
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In the way that anagrams like twists of fate surprise you by revealing their hidden meaning Jichael Mackson’s retelling of electronic sequence is nothing short of mind-expanding. Digital Dust begins by teasing your senses via a deliberate expanse of knowledge that plays deftly with sound and imagination in equal measure. Sitting somewhere between radical and
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You could live within the confines of this beautifully atmospheric shot alone but by adding the accompanying sequence of elegant notes this release feels all the more unique. Jordan Bruce and Larry Jones have produced three tantalising productions beginning with the striking repetitions of Aquilaria which chimes with soulfully charged intent over a fizzy glitch
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Welcome to Magazine Sixty, Elisa. Let’s start with the music you grow up with and how it informed your attitudes to life? Which bands/musicians remain the most important to you? I grew up listening to a lot of 60s and 70s rock and folk music. When I was a child, I used to listen to