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 Lawrence – Poppies – Smallville Records There is a mysterious aura at the heart of Lawrence’s music that is particularly compelling. In this case, the opening track Angels is characterised by a cryptic blend of unworldly piano, deep house bass, and evocative, swirling atmospheres, highlighting its hypnotic appeal. Those themes then feed
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Greg Fenton reviews Gradient – Outlaw 14 – Outlaw In a world flooded with false narratives and hollow promises, there is something reassuring in the simple handstamp bearing Matthew O’s imprint, which is also reflected within the symmetry of the music the label releases. Relict II weaves through a landscape of repetition while captivating its
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Greg Fenton reviews Human Safari – Children Of The Sea – R&S Records Take the resolute pluck of a resounding jazz double-bass, the energy and tempo of Techno’s heavy impulse, horns blasting skywards, the heady abandon of punchy percussion, and Human Safari’s Children Of The Sea makes perfect sense. A brilliantly uplifting piece of music
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Greg Fenton reviews Alexander IV – Time of Day feat. Oli Hannaford – Sonar Kollektiv A beautifully composed piece of music which sits comfortably in the soulful presence of Bill Withers and Stevie Wonder. Time of Day glides through melody and the expression of warm emotions like a welcome breeze of sunshine, lighting up the
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Greg Fenton reviews Autistici – Familiarity Unfolded – Audiobulb Records Finalising this series, Familiarity Unfolded sees the artist once again collaborating to create. It results in the expansion of sounds and ideas crisscrossing propulsive rhythms, albeit broken and at times fragmented, injecting the sonic palette with a fiery, fevered array of electronic sounds that paint
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Greg Fenton reviews Those Who Walk Away – Afterlife Requiem – Constellation Compelling the sense of the ethereal and that of loss, Those Who Walk Away aka Matthew Patton, alongside Andy Rudolph and Paul Corley on co-production and sound design, honours remembrance with a series of pieces that weigh heavily on the heart. In this
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Greg Fenton reviews Joachim Spieth – Vestige – Affin Talking about music, seeking to advance the cause of innovation, the idea culture should strive to invigorate and plough new paths. This latest album from the brilliant musician Joachim Spieth comes vividly to mind. Taking electronic dance sensibilities and fusing them with the ever-expanding notion that
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Greg Fenton reviews anthéne – perennials – Past Inside The Present Put simply, this is a beautiful record of emotional discourse that lifts what it means to be human out of the doldrums, transporting what could and what might never be into the ether. The music is drenched in the sound of the senses dancing
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Greg Fenton reviews Afterlife – There’s A Storm Coming – Subatomic The uncertainty of predictive text is exercised in all directions with this title. Much like the music itself, there is a whirlwind of loosely wired, brittle rhythms at play here, gathering intentions as the punctuation of seemingly random sounds guides your attention to far-off
