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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In one word, blissful. Soulfully resonate, emotionally telling Lorea evolves in layers of expectation that never fail to excite and enhance the moment. The breath of yearning vocals are joined by the definite punch of funkier percussion, rich chords plus a contrasting hit of fizzy Acid. Next, Night Thoughts as you would expect takes things
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The brutal, grainy smear of rugged drums and bass on Don’t Kill My Vibe fuel a deliciously, dangerous intensity that proves all too tempting. The hi-hats then generate a teasing funkiness as the punctuating sting of fiery synthesisers execute the feeling. Simple yet direct. Inner You continues the theme with heavy-duty production values firing forcefully
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Long standing Thompsons Garage resident Steve Boyd swaps alias for his production guise, Cyence delivering two equally smouldering numbers in the process. Stay All Day celebrates a sense of joy while channelling the hot syncopation of 1980’s Italo Disco through the prism of primetime New Order shimmering guitars and all, then comes up smiling. Feeling
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Bassline. Syncopation. Funk. Are three word which readily fit the description of Argy & Ernest & Frank’s remix of Alex Niggemann’s exquisite gem from last year. The sparkle of captivating keys remains intact as does the exhilarating sense of melody they provide but it’s the unadulterated brute force supplied by the drums and bass that
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The strange thing is… Listening to Departure lounge feels like a rapid succession of every emotion you can experience wrapped up into one repeating sequence. It’s a pleasant sensation and yet it can also be unsettling. John Reidar Holmes has created a series of remarkable pieces of music here which fuse the impression of guitars
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So what do you get? Smouldering drums accompanied by brutal low-end theory, sizzling expansive effects plus a tight, tough intensity all crossed with a dark signature that instantly challenges/ ignites the senses. Defiantly robust this breathes fresh life into memories of those long mid-1990’s nights with its tribal punch defining Chain Reaction, remaining just exciting
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Welcome to Magazine Sixty, Hoj. Let’s start with your friendship with Lee Burridge who co-founded Tale + Tone. Can you describe the process of how you work together in terms of running the label, choosing tracks for release, deciding upon artwork etc? When Lee and I were getting All Day I Dream up and running,
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Salomé Le Chat’s debut record is just about everything rolled into one. Cool, classy yet containing that certain bite with deft drums alongside deep bass setting the scene for deliciously sultry vocals to add fire to the equation. Let’s put it another way, it’s extremely irresistible. The remix comes from S.A.M who injects punchy hi-hats
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The fact that you can’t readily describe the music created by Portrait is a blessing in itself. The obvious can be boring. But it exists somewhere in-between the world’s of Techno, Cinemscope and breakbeats. Executed alongside the creative impulse of movement designer and choreographer Magnus Westwell the four pieces explore a sense of wonder and