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 boycalledcrow – the sprawl – Mortality Tables One man and his guitar. Sometimes the story ends there. But as years of listening will tell you, this particular guitar has produced a long run of surreal, spine‑tingling, emotional work — and this new album continues that lineage with fresh ideas and rediscoveries. What…
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Interview by Ellis May. For more than twenty years Kraak and Smaak have moved freely through the spaces between club culture, songwriting and cinematic sound. What began as three friends releasing 12”s from Leiden, has grown into a global project defined by curiosity, craft and a refusal to stand still. With Velvet Seas they open…
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Greg Fenton reviews Joachim Spieth – BLENDED II – AFFIN music “I focused on atmosphere, depth and spatiality.” You most certainly did. The expansiveness of this collection is striking — beautifully produced sounds that feel free in their transition between artist and listener. It delves into the wide-angled curve of being human, tracing highs and…
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Greg Fenton reviews Bayonne – Filters – Nettwerk Music Group Filters clashes joy with sorrow, heavy soaring melody and the expectation that things might indeed get better. Like the anthem you are yet to hear Unexpected opens the album up to an intense rush of feelings like the sun is always shinning for you. Musically…
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Greg Fenton reviews Cala Sola – Sense Pressa Avui – The Freebooter Lounge This is a celebratory album that isn’t afraid to linger in melancholy or dance with joy. Laid‑back may feel like an old term, but it fits: each piece blends the spirit of live instrumentation with electronic textures that deepen the soulful integrity…
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Greg Fenton reviews Richard Seeley – Seeza Project No 4 – Glue Music Opening with the distinctly fabulous Do You Want Acid, Richard Seeley’s deeply thunderous inquiry resonates with dark beauty and the cool art of persuasion. This is a production built more on simmering, hidden tension than full‑on release — and all the more…
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Greg Fenton reviews Phil Kieran & Jordan Nocturne – Going Home – Phil Kieran Recordings After a late‑August computer breakdown, Magazine Sixty is back behind the wheel — foot down, eyes forward — bringing you a selection of music we believe genuinely deserves your attention. I’ve been eager to review this homegrown collaboration between two…
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Greg Fenton reviews Emma Clair – Sanctuary – Adesso Music I like records that say something, and Sanctuary talks up the freedom of sound and the power of dance, loud and proud. Musically, it’s defined by pulsating keyboard stabs, sizzling hi-hats and a notably weighty kick drum, all contributing to its direct, uncomplicated energy. There’s…
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Greg Fenton reviews Rochelle Jordan – I’m Your Muse (Ron Trent Remix) – Empire An exceptional piece of music Ron Trent’s production frames Rochelle Jordan’s tantalising, eloquent vocals perfectly in time and place. What’s so notable here is the openness within the sounds, playing with styles and notation so freely as if they were invented…
