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 Juliet Mendoza & Ben Dragon – I Wish I Was Your Record – Rules Don’t Apply If you are endlessly tempted by the excitement of late nights and the fizz of early mornings then I Wish I Was Your Record was created just for you. First and foremost is the breathy voice…
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Greg Fenton reviews Genius Of Time – The Genius of Time Vocal series Vol.2 – Aniara Recordings Closer sounds like the smoldering essence of contemporary music for the soul it so obviously is. By combining a rush of sweet strings, bump and grind drums alongside a set of heavenly, harmonious voices that dream as they…
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Greg Fenton reviews Giash – Végtelen Derengette – Archipel Musique Canada The breathless undulating funk that greets you upon igniting play on Raquettelig is beautiful and deeply satisfying, albeit hitting twists and turns in the gathering storm of its process. Much like the uncertain path weaved through life does. Watch out for the sudden ending.…
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Greg Fenton reviews John Haycock – Resonance – Before I Die I couldn’t let summer pass me by without talking up this record. When music is long for a reason, as is the case here with Reasonance, it can say a thousand words. John Haycock’s drifting, movable landscapes of sound signify change and possibility –…
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Greg Fenton reviews Sasha – How To Wear Raybans Well – Last Night On Earth Apart from the blazingly obvious, brilliant title How To Wear Raybans Well captures the fizz of urgency and that probing excitement of contemporary art realized as sonic release. An instrumental that speaks for itself, driven by keys lifting and falling…
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Greg Fenton reviews Loleatta Holloway – We’re Getting Stronger – SoulMusic Records (SMR) Catching up on some summer releases not to be missed. Let’s begin with this brilliant compilation from the singer who needs little or no introduction. Her soul-saving voice has graced a string-filled array of classic numbers across the Disco cannon featured on…
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Ahead of a forthcoming album this beautifully realised collaboration between Afterlife and Moonseed is destined to sound like one of 2024’s very definite highlights. We talk to both artists involved about the creative process, the power of the internet, the adorning artwork, and the meaning permeating the music itself. Tell us how the collaborative process…
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Greg Fenton reviews GAS – GAS – Kompakt 491 Time travels fast and lose these days and this welcome reissue of GAS from 1996 is timely and significantly provides enough reason to revisit and relive the experience in full. Wolfgang Voigt’s alias sounds as impactful now as then with each piece of music exposing deep-felt…
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Magazine Sixty Interview with Jonny Mac (Warriors of the Dystotheque) talking about their acclaimed, brilliant new album – It’s A Beautiful Thing, music culture, and the art of songwriting, plus more, in this in-depth dive into the artist’s psyche. Welcome to Magazine Sixty, Jonny. How did you get introduced to music growing up? Are there…
