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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If you’re going to do a boxset then do it right, make it big. Totalling eight discs charting their album releases over the course of 1975 to 1980 this pays testament to the enduring legacy of the band in the national consciousness. While the final album Stepping Out succumbs to the schmaltz and musical clique
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Leaving the final pages of Dreaming in Yellow left me with sadness rather than the taste of celebration that races so frequently throughout this book. If you were part of that story or when you read it for yourself you’ll understand what is meant. So why should you want to read this book on the
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Even if this was just a loop of the drums introducing the track it would still be epic. Add to that a devilish breath of voices plus synthesized pulses and you are almost there. Maybe it’s because it reminds me of the darker, tribal rhythms of the better part of the 1990’s that makes this
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The seemingly eternal equation underscoring House Music is so perfectly realised here. The House Stepper’s Mix of Body Moves features all necessary elements in abundance with its fiery selection of hot bass, thumping kick drums plus staccato organ and smouldering vocals. Simple and very much to the point. The sexier ( if that’s the right
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I don’t quite know whether the sound effects of speech running throughout the arrangement cloud the impact of this production or enhance it but either this is a very piece of music. Soulfully charged via its rich horns alongside deep chords and punctuating percussion this tastefully hits the spot. Release: March 25https://atjazzrecordcompany.bandcamp.com/
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This production by Jonas Rathsman is large in every sense of the word. Driven by strident drums, pounding bass and soaring strings alongside a splash of uplifting melody the stars are certainly reached out for. And when the simple act of adding handclaps into equation is realised everything feels oh so good. Complete. Release: March
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The element of electrifying danger running throughout John Tejada’s highly charged new album is little short of delirious. Tastefully combing a sense of defiant musicality together with emotionally telling technologies it proves to be music to stir your senses into some kind of provocative action. The opulence occupying the roller-coaster of keys, buzzes and noises
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Welcome to Magazine Sixty, Staniz. What inspired you to set up your own sample pack label Abstract Sounds? What do you think makes it unique given the vast amount of others on the market? When I decided to open Abstract Sounds, I thought I wanted to become a symbolic label for a musical genre whose
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Something else which has very definitely caught my attention today is the new single from LaTique. Featuring a rather wonderful vocal delivery from Kali Mija which drips with emotion despite being almost understated, its set to a background of smouldering keys plus unfussy drums seamlessly following a time-honoured tradition in House Music while proving to