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 Leit Motif – Vestige – See Blue Audio There is a warmth and depth of emotion found within Vestige which isn’t readily apparent in much of the drone-generated music posing as Ambient that it can feel like wading in a climate of sameness. It’s not hard to appreciate this album for what…
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Greg Fenton reviews Wyro & Saktu – Kurt On The Clouds – Heisenberg Charged by the essence of a guitar styled riff straight out of Nirvana’s rulebook this brilliantly exciting arrangement of styles, notes and atmospheres feeds the senses beautifully. The drums pulse with a brisk intention while the addition of breathy pads and moody…
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Greg Fenton reviews Anna Ling – Butterfly (Lucky Sun Remixes) – Lucky Sun Recordings You can see the direction of travel as the butterfly searches for grace in the cool refrain of morning light. In turn, this elegant remix by Lucky Sun’s Tom Lown eases into a warm embrace of shuffling drums, heartfelt keys and…
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V.ictor is a multi-disciplinarian who creates an exciting array of electronic sounds alongside installations and more. He also teaches a sound creation course at Cégep du Vieux Montréal and has plenty to say about the nature of music and its broader context. Having just released the brilliant Morpho- for Archipel Musique Canada you can now…
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Greg Fenton reviews 002: Davis Galvin – Prism (Delphinium Elatum) – Music To Watch Seeds Grow By More often than not reviewing music is about sounds and your emotional response to them. Here, however, a question of plants and growth appears intertwined with the music itself expanding the concept – a word I haven’t had…
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Greg Fenton reviews Just Her & Nolan – Howler – Last Night on Earth Sounding bright like a new dawn Howler feels celebratory in that classic House sense as chords and voice elevate the spirit. Following an uncomplicated formula of repeating lifts and drops proves tailor-made for dancefloor response, also down to its crisp production…
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Greg Fenton reviews Black V Neck – Check My Brain – Dirtybird You can always rely upon Dirtybird to mix it up, frying your senses in the process, tangling wires and then unpicking them in no particular order. That sense of joyfully ripping up the rule book creates more exciting sounds and rhythms as a…
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Greg Fenton reviews V.ictor – Morpho- – Archipel Musique Canada Treading on eggshells while the tension of uncertainty gathers particles around the crackling spark of dangerous electricity. It sounds like an unearthly mystery but certain tracks found within V.ictor’s brand-new long player for Pheek’s excellent Archipel Musique Canada illustrate that feeling filled by wild abandon.…
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Greg Fenton reviews The 7:45s – The Way That I Love You – LRK Records Given that music is an art form, I’m beginning 2025 with a question: Is it more important for music to reflect the temperature of what is happening in the world surrounding us, channelling emotion alongside the radical spark of the…
