Tag: Afterlife

  • Afterlife – Red Moon – Subatomic

    Once upon a time you might smoke something. Today, maybe you look up at the blue, sunshine sky to get your satisfaction. Either way this tranquil, yet probing set of music plugs neatly into the lineage of sublime, chilled music that you can all too easily apply the imaginary word Ibiza too. Red Moon sees…

  • Afterlife – Everything Is Now – Subatomic

    Music is about feeling. Right? The bottom line is where the depths of emotion reach out to. It may cause you to feel a, b, or c (maybe all three at once). Some music you listen to, you nod your head, and it passes by. Neither really here nor there. Functional cause and effect. Then…

  • Steve Miller (Afterlife) Q&A

    Welcome back to Magazine Sixty, Steve. You are in the process of crowdfunding a vinyl release of your Afterlife album Speck Of Gold from 2003. So the first question is why have you decided to revisit that particular album in 2018? Earlier this year I created a post on social media asking fans what they…

  • Afterlife – The Tao – Music for Meditations

    Sometimes it gets to the point were saying nothing is enough. And I would suggest those moments arrive in a slow motion of procession when listening to Steve Miller’s beautifully realised visions of clarity. Three pieces occupy the release so let’s begin at the start: Tao gives rise to ONE. Soft bell chimes and swirls…

  • AFTERLIFE – STRING THEORY – Subatomic UK

    So, String Theory. Is it about strings or theory? Or the combination of both? Perhaps the opening GIVE IT UP reveals part of the answer as its soaring combination of fiery Trumpets, rushing arpeggios plus timely drum-breaks alongside refreshingly cool chords all eventually crash and burn, while disintegrating into the rather beautiful Like This, igniting…

  • Afterlife – On Being – Subatomic

    Afterlife’s brand new album feels as much about breathing in life as it does about celebrating it. Opening up the possibilities is the self-aware (and rare) On The Inside (co-written/ performed by Coldcut’s Jonathan More and Matt Black) which plucks a sense of George Harrison from the ether as vocalist Holly Chand fuses the cosmic…

  • Micko Roche – Bleu – Subatomic

    Subatomic ‘s latest shot across the horizon sees multi-instrumentalist Micko Roche tease the airwaves with perfect harmonies and beyond. And what’s particularly wonderful here is the diverse nature of the sounds as the play fast and sometimes loose with identities and atmospheres. From the low-slung kick drums that drive the delicious opening title track forward…

  • Afterlife – REIMAGINE – Secret Life

    Yes, this is a bit special. All your favourite numbers crafted via the hands of Steve Miller’s timely Afterlife reworked, or reimagined, by a rather sparkling array of stars. Of course, I’ll avoid using the word blissful in the course of this conversation, most definitely sublime, although I will have to indulge in Balearic –…

  • Afterlife (Subatomic UK) Q&A

    Your latest compilation of music (alongside Chris Coco) has just been released: MARINI’S on 57 – Sunset Hours Volume Two Compiled by Chris Coco & Afterlife (Secret Life). Can you tell us how the project originally came about, and how you decide which music is included on a particular mix? Secret Life called me and…