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 D:Ream – Do It Anyway (Al Mackenzie Dubbin’ The House Mixes) – NewState Music We are all so bombarded by everything that it’s easy sometimes to forget everything. The history of D:Ream is a surprisingly long one, given the increasingly fleeting moments passing for attention span, but tuning sharply into focus are
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Greg Fenton reviews Skander Jaïbi – Who has the right to closure? – Uncloud Editions Opening the page, Who has the right to closure? forms the beginning of a newly founded label with tales of inward journeys bound to the turbulence of life, expressing intensity in all its rich, searing form. Realised and captured by
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Greg Fenton reviews Visions of Light – The Mandala Vortex – NuNorthern Soul If you’re not already aware of Simon Sheldon’s intriguing label, Freebooter Lounge, and its diverse selection of sounds, moods, and tempos, then I would hastily recommend your acquaintance. In the meantime, this feature-length collection of numbers, produced by Sheldon alongside label mates
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Greg Fenton reviews Momoko & Herbert – Clay – Strut Records/ Accidental I was surprised when I listened to the new album from Momoko & Herbert—surprised because hearing a relative masterpiece seems like an increasingly rare proposition these days, like a lost ghost from yesterday’s memory. A masterpiece, insofar as it is a collection of
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Greg Fenton reviews Eskape – Horizons/Void – Just Movement Horizons is about movement and the space in between rhythm as it gleefully dances around instrumental edges, yet sounds full of lyricism. In other words, it’s uplifting in that summer breeze kind of way, easy to please. Void sequences gated keys shimmering alongside a more open-ended
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Greg Fenton reviews Abel – Can’t Let You Go feat. Rona Ray (Atjazz’s Galaxy Aart Remix) – Atjazz Records It’s perhaps easy to say that something has it all, rolling off the tongue like every other clique but this Atjazz version quite possibly has. Located in each layer and delicate balance of tones, the Galaxy
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Greg Fenton reviews KlangKollektor – Dubtapes Volume Two – Before I Die If you love chords, let’s face it, who doesn’t, then listen to the interplay between keys and bassline on KlangKollektor’s opening salvo from Dubtapes Volume Two. Ferry From Torkwrith – I looked but couldn’t find it – proceeds to supplant memory with melody
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Greg Fenton reviews Pig&Dan – Journey Within – Café del Mar Music Beginning a fresh journey with this series of artists-only albums, the legendary Café del Mar presents this selection from Pig&Dan. Even if the album consisted only of the opening track, Can’t Do It on My Own, I would still recommend playing it incessantly.
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Greg Fenton reviews Silent Cure – Promises feat. Justine Forever – Monograph Records This might be the most exciting record you will hear all night, explosive at any given rate. It is very necessary to play at a suitable, perhaps extremely loud, volume because the kick drum, heavy bass and Justine Forever’s sizzling voices all
