Tag: Steve Bug

  • MAGAZINE SIXTY GUIDE TO DETROIT BY BRIAN KAGE

    MAGAZINE SIXTY GUIDE TO DETROIT BY BRIAN KAGE

    Presented by our guest interviewer. Brian Kage may be a new name to some, but for those in the know, he’s been kicking around the Detroit scene for an age. A DJ and Producer born and raised in the middle of Detroit witnessing the rise and the fall of it all. He is also a…

  • Kellie Allen – La Vie En Rose – Sublease Music

    Beginning Steve Bug’s brand new imprint Sublease is this from Kellie Allen who injects a robust and warmly emotive series of sounds into this exciting initial release. La Vie En Rose is the punchier of the two productions with fizzy drums igniting a creative arrangement of notes, stabs and voices which all combine into an…

  • Steve Bug & Langenberg – NGC 6240 – Poker Flat Recordings

    Lifted from his the current album Paradise Sold this joint collaboration alongside Langenberg seeks out an urgency that becomes all too apparent depending on the numbers. From one aspect the undulating stabs feel like haunting, atmospheric ruminations. Yet viewed from another the reoccurring, sizzling Acid lines are purely fierce, cutting determinedly through the airwaves backed-up…

  • Chocky – Playtime EP – Dessous Recordings

    Returning to Steve Bug’s super good imprint Chocky once again delivers smoky, involving music over the course of travel. Double Dip begins the recession busting selection with a deep, hypnotic combinations of bass and smooth organ stabs offset by addictively punchy vocal hits, plus a heavy dose of soulful intention. Which is much the same…

  • Steve Bug & Langenberg – Chord Cluster – Poker Flat Recordings

    The label continues with their series of excellent, hard-hitting releases and this from label boss Steve Bug alongside Langenberg is also sure-fire brilliance. The aptly titled Cloud Cluster hits you in a hurry as layers of keys unfold with atmospheric, bassy strings resonating all over the bottom-end while punchy Acid lines fuel the energy towards…

  • Paris Green Q&A

    Hello and welcome to Magazine Sixty. How and where did you both meet and what inspired you to start making music together? Mitchel is a longtime friend of Thijs’s brother Bram since they started DJ’ing together. Later on the two started producing together and through that the two of us got to know each other…

  • Paris Green – You Got To Try – Rebellion

    Breathing like an old-time soul classic the beginning of Mitchel Kelly and Thijs Bastiaans aka Paris Green’s emotionally resonating You Got To Try feels every bit like a great record, right down to its relatively short life-span of 4:20. Time is inconsequential here  as the smoky, downbeat vibes gather their own pace amid unfussy drums,…

  • Iori Wakasa – Give Me Yourself EP – Dessous Recordings

    Killer release for sure with four tracks delivered hot and heavy from the creative Japanese producer. The bass pulverising Be There starts the EP as it means to go on with thundering kick and low-end notation fuelling the shuffling rhythms as uncomplicated organ stabs hit the repeat button, aided by occasional emotive flourishes of sound.…

  • Rowee aka Leonardo Gonnelli Q&A

    2017 sees the launch of your new alias: Rowee with a single for Rebellion. What’s the story behind the name and why have you chosen to use an alias? Rowee comes from a story based on a profound feeling for music, representing an alter ego; it is the darkest part of me, and at the…