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 Justin Strauss – Obsessed – hfn music You can trace influences from various continents running straight through Obsessed, connecting the early 1980s to 2026. Remaining firmly rooted in electronic inspiration this hot and funky production does that wonderful thing of combining the power of machines with the human touch of imagination and…
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Greg Fenton reviews Allvei – Allvei – VIBRASJON The combination of Norwegian guitarist Eivind J. Vullum, Polish saxophonist Jerzy Mączyński and Swiss drummer Nicolas Stocker has produced music that not only befits the season perfectly but also seems destined to haunt the future yet to arrive. Filled with resonating, timely instrumentation that breathes rich atmosphere…
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Greg Fenton reviews Alden Hellmuth – Tether – Leiter The beauty of great music is the timeless quality it inherits. Which luckily for me applies given this was released just as the summer ascended. Thankfully I chanced across the release by luck and its sheer power of ingenuity and forceful consequence demanded immediate attention. Take…
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Greg Fenton reviews ShelO – Le Button – Just Move Records A great piece of music which relies as much upon atmosphere as it does movement and meaning. Feeding on cool chords and a free flowing narrative of experimental sounds this neatly captures the soul of invention while supplying an air misery and emotional intent…
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Interview by Ellis May. Visions Of Light have always embraced the spaces between genres, blending Balearic moods, dub foundations, ambient textures and psychedelic flourishes into something uniquely their own. Built on collaboration, creativity and a complete absence of ego, the Belfast trio continue to follow instinct wherever it leads, creating music that feels both expansive…
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Caetano Malta’s debut Eterna Juventude arrives as the product of two decades spent inside Brazil’s musical ecosystem — performing, collaborating, arranging, and absorbing the cultural intensity of São Paulo. Now based between Brazil and Europe, Malta channels those experiences into a record that blends AfroBrazilian rhythms, psychedelia and the curiosity of childhood with a craftsman’s…
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Greg Fenton reviews Extrawelt – Cover Blown – Kompakt Arne Schaffhausen and Wayan Raabe, aka Extrawelt, know all too well the inherent power that lies between drums and bass, shuffling a funky insistence alongside that dashing air of mystery supplied by a spread of exotic synths. Honey Hunter is all that and more, combining a…
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Greg Fenton reviews Adam Wiltzie and Jóhann Jóhannsson – Friendship Survival Guide – Deutsche Grammophon Being lost for words may not be the ideal starting point when trying to express thoughts on such an involving piece of music and yet it is probably entirely fitting when it comes to Friendship Survival Guide. Which at a…
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Greg Fenton reviews DOTT – Seba The Koh Man Sting Ray – My King Is Light Not only does the title sound like an exciting dive into uncharted territory, the music proves its weight in gold too. Four tracks delight, combining an earthy sense of mystery with playful keys swinging around a heavy rhythm section…
