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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Greg Fenton reviews Sean Harvey – Fearless EP – District Rec Capturing moods and atmosphere, Sean Harvey’s shimmering, shuffling, fizzy rhythm offers all that’s needed to do so. Fearless, rolls tribal drums over a cascade of punctuation and synthesised motifs, still leaving room for breathy suggestion. The Constant Drum continues the mystery centred on drums
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Greg Fenton reviews Tripmastaz – Tortured Soul – Adam’s Bite Hot wiring funk to technological mastery is, as ever, Tripmastaz’s specific trademark, exercising the excitement of sounds just as he does the endless possibilities of electronic discourse. GFK’s Dream begins exploring a diverse range of styles, incorporating them all under one groove to keep the
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Greg Fenton reviews Yard One – Neuroglow EP – Tact Recordings Listening to this latest collection of musical pieces from Yard One, you realise the amount of creative depth and emotional release stitched into each sound and the way those conversations then congregate around stimulating senses, much like a journey into a smouldering mystery. It’s
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Greg Fenton reviews João Paulo Esteves da Silva and Samuel Rohrer – Fluttering Wings – Arjunamusic Records As deep as it is personal, the communication between artist and listener is never more intensely rich than demonstrated by this story of lone piano and its various connecting parts. These are, in this instance, fizzy flashes of
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Greg Fenton reviews Afterlife – Mono No Aware Wading through endless amounts of music can weigh you down as much as finding an unexpected, rarefied gem can reignite the heart of a long-lost friend. Mono No Aware is a Japanese practice – but you already knew that – engaging in awareness, and either because of
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Greg Fenton reviews Parallelle & Nicolas Masseyeff – Shake It Out – Crosstown Rebels This record is exciting, not least because the drums, punctuating synth hits, low-slung bass, and the way the ever-evolving keys evolve stinging into something altogether blistering and uplifting, teasing out the senses with excitement and humanity. Then there are the deep
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Greg Fenton reviews Valya Kan – pinkpradabagguy420 – Wild Nation Beauty in simplicity, as sounds involve strategic placement within a blur of late-night colour and emphasis. Valya Kan’s music has reached a point where atmosphere fuses with a flair of musicality, painting vivid mental images which I, for one, like. There’s a movement propelled by
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(Federsen pictured at Devon Analogue Studio) Federsen’s Alt/Dub label is just one year old but has already released a series of creative, excellent music featuring sounds from the artist himself alongside notable others. Read our in-depth interview with Federsen, discussing music, culture, and the future of the imprint, below. Welcome to Magazine Sixty, Federsen. There
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Katy Jay is a presenter, producer, and Head of Programming for Skylab Radio, a regional DAB+ station covering the West Midlands, Cheshire, and Greater Manchester. Specialising in chillout, downtempo, lounge, ambient, and soft house, Katy’s radio journey began in her teens with mixtapes and evolved into student and community radio from 1999. She has contributed
