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 David Moore – Graze the Bell – RVNG Intl. Listening to David Moore play the piano is like a warm embrace gathering pace. Filtered through the lens of moments flickering across a past screening of events, while seeds are planted firmly in the here and now. Not living life in the moment,
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Khadija is a Berlin-based music producer and DJ whose deep, soulful House sounds can be heard on the excellent Dunya I via REK’D. The artist discusses her diverse influences, thoughts on club culture and deeper, heartfelt reflections here at Magazine Sixty. Welcome to Magazine Sixty, Khadija. I think the Dunya I EP for REK’D is
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Greg Fenton reviews Various Artists – Musik Music Musique: The Rise Of Synth Pop 1979 – Cherry Red Records The question is: why wouldn’t you love this collection of The Rise Of Synth Pop 1979? Such a brilliant year in music from all corners, including the bit after Punk’s initial, exciting flair, to Two Tone
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Greg Fenton reviews Viclan – Checking In – R&S Records Calvin Whittaker’s deeply informed, deceptively intricate Checking In repeatedly slices speech, looping it into a frenzy of delicious/delirious possibility. Reminiscent of Steve Reich’s It’s Gonna Rain from 1965 in the way music evolves and reinvents itself over time, it likewise begins at one point and
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Greg fenton reviews Khadija – Dunya I’ EP – REK’D Dreaming IS EVERYTHING AND MORE. Formed around a blissful execution of modular, electronically charged tones, the pulse of rhythmic arrival soon evolves with the addition of a chorus of heavenly voices, a timely elevation provided by strings, and the voiced question inherent in the title:
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Greg Fenton reviews Strangebird~Sounds – Minerals From the Crust – Audiobulb Records Sometimes music doesn’t always suggest a direct answer to the question being posed. Minerals From the Crust is as much about tuning in as it is about letting go. It remains, however, an involving, welcoming listen, as if the keys were being played
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Greg Fenton reviews TUCCI – Buggin’ – Trick Great release from TUCCI, whose crisp production values are deeply ingrained within the title track, Buggin’, delivering an escapade full of energetic vitality alongside an escape route into the unknown. It’s more than the expertly crafted thumping drums and bassline, as the spoken words reveal an altogether
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Greg Fenton reviews Slow Dancing Society – The Disappearing Collective Vol. II – Past Inside the Present What makes this album such a compelling listen compared with other explorations into the ideals and notions of available ambience, or primarily atmospheric music without drums? An enduring vision of undulating motion, seeking out the interplay between memory
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Greg Fenton reviews Martin Iveson – Thought A – Atjazz Record Company A brilliant piece of music from Martin Iveson whose musicality shines at the heart of this timely production. Combining one part soul, priding itself with eyes fixed firmly on the future, one part electronic invigoration, and one part an exercise in expansive rhythm,
