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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The Source, feels fast like it is in a hurry to communicate something urgent. It’s that sense of urgency driving the pace which makes this all the more brilliant, as percussion moves in unstoppable motion accompanied by a pulse of bass, alongside a commanding array of sound effects expanding the stereo field into distraction. As
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(Photograph by Charlotte Yonga) Welcome to Magazine Sixty, Molly. Your label RDV Music: Récit de Voyage has been running since 2017. What changes have you seen happening during that time (positive or negative) and how do you see the future for artists and labels alike in terms of the ability to generate income via record
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It Feels Like It Only Goes Backwards sounds like a question to which the answer is revealed by listening. Driven by heavy bass, offset by whirring pads serving defining intensity, touched by harmony appearring alongside an expanding breath of musicality on this excellent, refreshing piece of music. Koreander’s wonderful beat-free version trips off the tongue
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As much as this new album from Chloé and Ben Shemie is about noise it’s also about depth of meaning, and yearning. Voices intone while drums and bass drive, as keys and a collection of haunting sounds permeate the diverse stereo field of vision on offer here. Put it this way there is never a
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Two tracks, two version of each, is as uncomplicated as it sounds. Musically, Particule dives headlong into deep, emotional waters swimming with the tide of turbulent atmospheres, laden with depth charges releasing mystery and the expanse of soul. Try the excellent Particule 2 with its inquisitive whispers penetrating rich layers of probing sound. Plus the
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Much like a jigsaw each piece of this carefully crafted arrangement plays its own distinct part adding maximum intensity. The emotive keys that feature prominently are drenched in heavy soul, while the accompanying drums feel tough yet thoughtful in execution on Black Bird, capturing free flight as strings soar. Next is, Tykhe complimenting via rugged
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I like excellent music. Music that commands your attention while colouring the moments of its duration, leaving a trace of itself behind, altering consciousness and potential for possibility. Even Drones fuel the excitement via a cascade of sights and sounds each recalling the point of why you engaged with the magic of sound in the
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Number 4 begins via a funky shuffle forwards as Night Shop Gold surrenders to an after dark scenario that sees rhythms get disconnected, voices hazy amid a general feeling of unpredictability. Camiel Hermans aka Camiflage’s journey continues next with the commanding Doomstrolling laying down heavy, four-four signatures alongside a series of twisted sounds getting progressively