Category: Magazine Sixty reviews
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Marino (Be)
Greg Fenton reviews Marino (Be) – Witzelsucht – Archipel Musique Canada Why do I like Witzelsucht? Because it transports you into the far reaches of somewhere you’re not entirely familiar with like a newfound location full of curious surprises. The sounds are loaded with expectation, charging the senses and imagination while discovering new pathways into…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Birds of Mind
Greg Fenton reviews Birds of Mind – Body Language Vol. 25 – Get Physical Music Birds of Mind exist in that explosive space between the rhapsody of melody and the heavier undercurrent of fiery intensity, occupying not so much the middle ground but the reaches of either calling. Their music is tasteful and sensually crafted…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Carlton Doom
Greg Fenton reviews Carlton Doom – Frankenstein – Hypercolour You could be forgiven for thinking that the fizzing techno stabs greeting you at the arrival point of Mercey From Eden explain all there is to know about Carlton Doom’s new album. You would of course be far from the truth. Try his collaboration with Jamie…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Bibio
Greg Fenton reviews Bibio – PHANTOM BRICKWORKS (LP II) – Warp Records So much music is being created now by so many people doing it that it’s sometimes hard to know where to begin. Never mind where you might end. The one qualifying difference between swimming in uncertainty and the positive resolution found in the…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Quimbie
Greg Fenton reviews Quimbie – Sunday Fiction (Remixes) – Janx Records At first, I thought it was one thing, but then became another. The Lawrence remix of What to Put On a Record is simply outstanding. What begins as a trip into darker territory with bruising drums and bass (the low end is gorgeous, by…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Samuel Rohrer
Greg Fenton reviews Samuel Rohrer – MUSIC FOR LOVERS – Arjunamusic Records Samuel Rohrer speaks a musical language like no other conversing in terms of pure percussion and modular synthesis evolving across a never-ending vista of stereo fields always fuelled by the art of imagination. Listening to MUSIC FOR LOVERS is like conversing with time…
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Magazine Sixty Review with Five Green Moons
Greg Fenton reviews Five Green Moons – Moon 1. – Pamela Records Sounding distinctly modern while soaking up the embers of the past only translates into practical meaning in the hands of certain artists. Justin Robertson’s latest album shines brightly in that regard, full of promise and mysterious intrigue like the temptation of illicit excitement…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Dennis Bovell
Photo by Syd Shelton Greg Fenton reviews Dennis Bovell – Sufferer Sounds – Disciples I found my way to the genius of Dennis Bovell via LKJ in Dub in 1980 which remains a cornerstone of musical brilliance to this day. But music being timeless means you can get on board at any stage to appreciate…
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Magazine Sixty Music Review with Subcisco
Greg Fenton reviews Subcisco – To Me (Soho House Mix) – Slightly Leftfield The poetry of romance isn’t dead, or so you might think listening to To Me. A love song to sensuous nights and suggestions delivered via breathy vocals alongside sounds of dreamy keys melting, sweet strings and sax offset by rumbling live bass…