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 Carlton Doom – Frankenstein – Hypercolour You could be forgiven for thinking that the fizzing techno stabs greeting you at the arrival point of Mercey From Eden explain all there is to know about Carlton Doom’s new album. You would of course be far from the truth. Try his collaboration with Jamie
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Greg Fenton reviews Bibio – PHANTOM BRICKWORKS (LP II) – Warp Records So much music is being created now by so many people doing it that it’s sometimes hard to know where to begin. Never mind where you might end. The one qualifying difference between swimming in uncertainty and the positive resolution found in the
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Greg Fenton reviews Quimbie – Sunday Fiction (Remixes) – Janx Records At first, I thought it was one thing, but then became another. The Lawrence remix of What to Put On a Record is simply outstanding. What begins as a trip into darker territory with bruising drums and bass (the low end is gorgeous, by
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Pintai has been running a series of close-knit events in Amsterdam establishing an important network and has just launched an excellent record label of the same name. Read our in-depth interview with the collective as we get their thoughts on club culture, the art of parties and more. Welcome to Magazine Sixty, Pintai. Tell us
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Greg Fenton reviews Samuel Rohrer – MUSIC FOR LOVERS – Arjunamusic Records Samuel Rohrer speaks a musical language like no other conversing in terms of pure percussion and modular synthesis evolving across a never-ending vista of stereo fields always fuelled by the art of imagination. Listening to MUSIC FOR LOVERS is like conversing with time
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Greg Fenton reviews Five Green Moons – Moon 1. – Pamela Records Sounding distinctly modern while soaking up the embers of the past only translates into practical meaning in the hands of certain artists. Justin Robertson’s latest album shines brightly in that regard, full of promise and mysterious intrigue like the temptation of illicit excitement
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Photo by Syd Shelton Greg Fenton reviews Dennis Bovell – Sufferer Sounds – Disciples I found my way to the genius of Dennis Bovell via LKJ in Dub in 1980 which remains a cornerstone of musical brilliance to this day. But music being timeless means you can get on board at any stage to appreciate
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Greg Fenton reviews Subcisco – To Me (Soho House Mix) – Slightly Leftfield The poetry of romance isn’t dead, or so you might think listening to To Me. A love song to sensuous nights and suggestions delivered via breathy vocals alongside sounds of dreamy keys melting, sweet strings and sax offset by rumbling live bass
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Greg Fenton reviews Scorpio Leisure – No Apologies (The Oddball Creatives VHS Remixes) – Ramrock Red Records I love this. It’s part cracked celluloid, part traveling through dark streets at night, and partly the seduction of sleazy deliverance. The Oddball Creatives (aka Joseph Malik and Daniel Walls) have succeeded in creating all of the above
