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 NiCKY – by – PRAH Recordings When the piano is played so eloquently such as it is here then there is nothing better. Add to that NiCKY’s resonating voice and something rather wonderful is created. I like the way the melodies are stretched, dipping into harmonious well-being while at others feeling more
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Greg Fenton reviews Jay Tripwire – Gone Insane – Either Recordings Reaching out to somewhere in between the fizzy cosmos of futuristic space and the lowdown, hard-hitting fierceness of House and brutal basslines is Gone Insane. I want to use the word Awesome here. As always the artist takes the mood and works it into
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Greg Fenton Reviews Letters From Mouse – Clota – Subexotic Records The notes gathering across Clota are reminiscent of past times although they are connected to a brooding storm of current electrical conveyance. By referencing Scottish myth and legend firmly roots the album’s original concept in the past however as the sounds roundly testify the
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Magazine Sixty Interviews James ‘Harri’ Harrigan (AKA Manakinz) James ‘Harri’ Harrigan is no stranger to the ones and twos. Widely respected for his long-held residency at Glasgow’s Sub Club with his Saturday night ‘Subculture’ party alongside Domenic Cappello. On his Manakinz production project, Harrigan joins forces with fellow Glaswegian underground DJ Max Raskin, and they
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Greg Fenton reviews Millsart – X-Ray Zulu – Axis Records It’s like you’re reading a novel lost in the intensity of the plot, something to do with a detective discovering something mysterious and strange. The further you detail the revelations the more enthralled you become. The music created by Millsart doesn’t conform to any particular
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Greg Fenton reviews Hoarfrost EP – My King Is Light Hoarfrost weaves magic between its rugged rhythms, filled with musical promise and a heart full of soul as the EP’s gorgeous title track continues Subb-An’s stellar run of releases. Featured on Thomas Melchior’s seminal label you would likewise expect the music to touch upon certain
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Greg Fenton reviews Groove Gorynych – Takata – Airlines Records Hidden in that moment when the need to turn up the volume consumes you is the realisation that what you are listening to is valuable and worth the act. It’s found in the open spaces opening out this resplendent production blurring colours between dub and
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Greg Fenton reviews mauv – Chainmail – all my thoughts Words are, after all, important. So are melodies. mauv splits the listener’s attention in two, between the breezy vocal essence drifting across these cool, tastefully intense grooves populated by repeating guitar notes and crisp drumming. And the synthesizers making their presence felt too along with
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Eureka explores the idea of intricacy to highlight intimacy. Samihe does this by visiting a series of contrasting moods across the emotional spectrum, adding distinctive characters to the music, each highlighting differing aspects of sonic gratification. However, not to lose sight of the central organic core of all this is the uncomplicated sense of bliss
