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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Presented by our guest interviewer, Ellis May. For more than three decades, Balaphonic has been the space where drummer, percussionist and producer Danny Ward lets rhythm lead the way. Rooted in jazz but shaped by Manchester’s cultural mix, his music moves freely between house, Afro Latin traditions, dub textures and leftfield dance ideas. What drives…
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Greg Fenton reviews Dave Angel – Réflexion feat. Steve Waterman – R&S Records Voices weave together, creating a sense of wonder as pianos unfurl in jazzy finery and shuffling drums punctuate the rhythm throughout Réflexion. Drawing from soulful house, sun-drenched Balearic textures and the wistful tones of Steve Waterman’s muted trumpet, the track feels both…
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Greg Fenton reviews Argento – Ritmi Marini – Music From Memory This is a beautiful, life-enhancing piece of music that plays heartstrings, evoking sunlit climbs and cool evening air. David August and percussionist Lorenzo Setti deliver on the promise of brighter days, their musicianship giving the track both warmth and quiet confidence. Low-slung, breathy rhythms…
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Greg Fenton reviews Darren Morris – Selotape, Organ & Wurlytubes – Ramrock Noir Records It occurred to me that sometimes, with an open window, a passing roar from an unseen truck moving from right to left can be more sonically exciting than the drone of a lot of ambient music. At least it is more…
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Greg Fenton reviews Peter Gall – Glow – Compost Records Feeding the mind with revolutionary rhythm can be equal parts exciting, edgy, and reinvigorating. Announcing the forthcoming album Drum Sheds, this fiery amalgam of jazzy percussion, grainy electronics, and musical flourishes feels in constant forward motion, balancing grit with soul as it soaks up an…
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Greg Fenton reviews Lumtz – Tesoros – We All Speak In Poems Peeking behind the curtain reveals that life is rarely ordinary. Chance encounters, fractured moments and unexpected turns all find their analogue in Lumtz’s reworking of electronic sound into unfamiliar yet beautifully realised forms. Across Tesoros, the music flows like a river, moving between…
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Gryph arrives with Nash Angeles as an artist fully stepping into his own mythology, a Nashville born guitarist with blues in his fingertips, reborn in Los Angeles with a newfound devotion to dancefloor alchemy. His debut LP on Elbow Grease does not just merge two cities; it fuses entire musical lineages, folding rock grit, spiritual…
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Greg Fenton reviews Paul Haslinger and Christian Wittman – Mallarmé – noion Music Four expansive pieces of music inspired by Mallarmé’s Un coup de dés jamais n’abolira le hasard are brought together in this artistic collaboration, which feels revelatory and invites the listener into a bold, deeply immersive musical world. The enduring power of the…
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Greg Fenton reviews Silver Man – Paint Me in Gold – 3 Bar Fire Records Music of quality and distinction lies at the heart of David Silverman’s latest production. The mysterious, poetically charged voice of Cass anchors a compelling piece, gliding over commanding drums and conveying fractured emotions that evoke longing and unease. Chopped-up keys…
