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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Words like naked and brutal may trip off the tongue when describing this 100th landmark release from Matt Edwards’ always stunning Rekids. Which while true doesn’t deny the intrinsic brilliance of these productions. Living life on a knife-edge may also generate the same emotions but then aren’t these the times we are forced to live
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Love this hurried yet perfectly timed succession of feverish notes which adnor Richard Fletcher’s brand new alias for this release. The title track is all about, well almost all about, the bassline which in this case delivers semi-melodic, highly impressionable lines backed-up by shuffling, seductive drum machines. The curious 2% Dry comes next care of
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Trust Defected to release this burst of soulful energy onto my unsuspecting airwaves. I say unsuspecting because it takes something pretty special these days to tantalise when it comes to the more soulfully orientated American feeling songs that used to typify the day decades back. But here we are with Yasmeen’s yearning vocals sounding temptingly
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Quivver once again deliver electronic dance music with a difference. That is with Soul. Sure this is about gritty edges and brilliant electrics but this is also very much about emotion courtesy in this case of reverberating voices and poignant (hinting at the 90’s) keys on Mumbo Jumbo. Next follows more emotionally charged rhythms firing
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Igniting Spencer Parker’s series of electronically fused sequences is not surprisingly Part One. Consisting of two tracks with the opening: A Strong Shape firing off shuffling shakes in your direction with dark, fizzy notes accompanying the suitably brutal beats and chiming percussive sounds that rapidly engage your attention span. Next, The Perfect Size teases you
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This 44th studio album from the mind of Niko Marks is little short of excellent. It not only fuels your brain with all sorts of possibilities but also informs your soul about fresh ways of feeling into the bargain. It begins with the exhilarating, dancefloor energy of Crank Shaft and its explosive bassline plus contrasting
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The rewarding aspect of listening to all sorts of music is that in amongst things that may not appeal to you lie pearls of wisdom. For me the EP’s title track: Winter Sleep is so perfectly formed that it almost brings a tear to the eye. It’s all down to the heart-wrenching keys which have
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Once again proving that electronic music has the power to shock you into belief and to connect you with the past, while sounding like the future. Darius Vaikas supremely gifted production is now released via Catz & Dogz own imprint lending even more kudos to both. The short, tempetuos sounds of the beatless Brother begin
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More wonderful music that celebrates life pushing forward yet acknowledging past creatives – a theme that seems to run through everything I review at Magazine Sixty. Put directly Joeski’s effortless blend of smoky rhythms, heavy-duty drums and Dub sensibilities are a thing of eternal beauty. The crash and burn sounds of Dub Music sizzle and
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