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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I remember the first time I heard the title track and couldn’t wait to hear it for a second. Don’t Let Go combines robust, deep bass and beats together with a flair of musicality that is so often missing and only goes to enhance the quality of experience here, fusing the future with the past
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Depending primarily on what kind of mood you find yourself in. May mean that this set of four tracks will plug you straight into somewhere else entirely. Escapist, playful, imaginative are all words that trip easily off the tongue to describe Sven Weisemann’s picturesque, thought-provoking productions beginning with the open-ended Lunation. The title track then
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An outstanding piece of work from Kiko Navarro who we haven’t been featuring enough of but has certainly stamped his impression all over this great vocal from Chasing Kurt’s Lukas, who together with together with DJ & producer Wojtek have produced the soulfully resonating original. Shuffling percussion, hints of punctuation via the crafted synth stabs
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As far as vibrant drums, primed full of energy, plus a heavy dose of occasion go then this reworking of Saccobros – Why Not defies a certain logic. Finally appearing on vinyl this 2009 original now gets reworked and jacked-up scoring high on all points care of Franco Cinelli’s excellent, forward thinking remix. It’s not
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Might be the way the balmy weather this afternoon tunes into the soul however label co-founder Antoine Molkou captures those particular moments beautifully on Saint Eustache. It’s uncomplicated yet perfectly pitched with repeating organ tones underpinning the score of classical instrumentation that lends the production a tasteful, atmospheric sheen – oh, plus the basslines’ gorgeous.
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Heralding the digital release of this impressive track with its accompanying thumping tribal beats and general all round sassy percussion Calm Before The Storm sounds very much like the standout instrumental it always deserved to be. Its haunting string lines and resounding background pads fill the spaces between the drums to full effect providing music
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Chugging, powerful grooves inform the standout opening number on this new release from Ogni and Oblack. Indeed, Point Of No Return kind of feels that way as probing, punchy rhythms inject themselves into your consciousness alongside deeper, undulating layers of moody sounds which sound particularly resonating as hints of fizzy Acid compact it all. The
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I didn’t see this coming. But sure am glad it has arrived. This excellent cover of one of Pink Floyd’s very many seminal moments, in this case Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, was dated originally from 1968 (post Syd Barrett). Driven by crisp shakers and that signature bassline all sorts of
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Can’t get enough of the past? Well, you’ve come to the right place. The legendary Salsoul label earned that accolade for one reason only and that was the music they released back in the 70’s and subsequent 1980’s, closing by 84 of that decade. Soaring songs, sonically reverberating instrumentation and production prowess that helped set
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