Tag: Crosstown Rebels

  • Audiofly and Patrice Bäumel – Atacama – Crosstown Rebels

    Fuelled by a bewildering sense of stereo Atacama does nothing short of stun the listener i.e. you and me into a challenged state of being. It’s no day at the beach either as emotions are engaged, lifted and bounced around the room with forceful release as abrasive bass notes hit you, yet the stream of…

  • Bedouin – Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun – Crosstown Rebels

    I didn’t see this coming. But sure am glad it has arrived. This excellent cover of one of Pink Floyd’s very many seminal moments, in this case Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun, was dated originally from 1968 (post Syd Barrett). Driven by crisp shakers and that signature bassline all sorts of…

  • Deniz Kurtel – The Fifth House – Crosstown Rebels

    The smouldering tribal beats that inform Deniz Kurtel’s excellent release on the label once again prove that innovation, and being tuned into the future, isn’t always obtained by reverting back to a Disco that’s already past. The Fifth House fuses together echoes of dancehall voices over punchy organ hits that denote an energised sense of…

  • Serge Devant & Damiano feat. Camille Safiya – Thinking Of You – Crosstown Rebels

    Spanning delicate melodies evolving from Camille Safiya the producers elegantly highlight the power of voice via a punctuating, atmospheric array of instrumentation. This is simply a great track proving to be timely and beyond merely functional. And you realise that before mid-point. Next, and all of the differing takes are equally excellent, Serge Devant’s Floor…

  • Stimmhalt – Dreams – Rebellion

    As debuts go. This is unequivocally s**t hot. Smokey, rebellious while not afraid to tear at the edges of sound with its grainy, dark synthesizers Stimmhalt’s initial release for the label contrasts it all with some timely, rather sublime percussion adding a sense of soulful, funkiness to the arrangement. Evolving over some eight minutes and…

  • Paris Green Q&A

    Hello and welcome to Magazine Sixty. How and where did you both meet and what inspired you to start making music together? Mitchel is a longtime friend of Thijs’s brother Bram since they started DJ’ing together. Later on the two started producing together and through that the two of us got to know each other…

  • Paris Green – You Got To Try – Rebellion

    Breathing like an old-time soul classic the beginning of Mitchel Kelly and Thijs Bastiaans aka Paris Green’s emotionally resonating You Got To Try feels every bit like a great record, right down to its relatively short life-span of 4:20. Time is inconsequential here  as the smoky, downbeat vibes gather their own pace amid unfussy drums,…

  • Route 94 – Mind, Body & Soul – Crosstown Rebels

    Mind, Body & Soul opens this excellent release in a blaze of Sci-Fi otherworldliness that wouldn’t be out of place somewhere on Forbidden Planet. The dots then connect further as brisk hi-hats and pulsating bass propel this creatively juiced affair forwards alongside its title as a spoken determination amid eventual warm sprinkles of keys colouring…

  • Joeski – Tribute EP – Crosstown Rebels

    Joeski continues his journey into sound this time exploring African rhythms care of this forthcoming release for the forward-planning Crosstown Rebels. The production is, of course, exemplary with reverberating percussion sounds expanding the stereo field via timely voices alongside deep synth lines adding extra edge to the arrangement on his Tribute To Obatala. The theme…