They like to call it „Organic R&R“, a brew of the synergy between the band members. And it is as hard hitting as the most potent organic ales or concoctions, a contemporary blend of rock that is firmly, audibly and shamelessly rooted in the very best & most iconic rock classics, and that despite its' modern approach has been crafted and recorded without the all to present contemporary aids such as autotune, drum replacement or timing adjustment or groove quantizing, samples, virtual instruments or guitar amp simulators. Organic, indeed!
The band's frontman and chief lyricist, Tomaž, is extremely popular and well known to Slovenian audiences, being a radio on-air personality for leading commercial radio stations (previously local Radio Capris and currently national Radio Ena) and having actually won the very first season of hit TV show Znan Obraz Ima Svoj Glas, the local licensed transposition of Spain's international hit format Tu Cara Me Suena - Sing Wie Den Star / Your Face Sounds Familiar. And same goes for the album's producer, a long standing name in Slovenian and Italian media with an equally long string of hit singles, albums & collaborations with national & international artists under his belt, Andrea F, who recapped this album's pulse & DNA as follows: „To record an album of pure R&R keeping the doors open for both modernity and retro sounds is a challenge that would delight any rock lover. And it obviously makes space for a lot of opportunities for all those good ole' work principles, methods and standards that today, in the age of computer shortcuts & superficiality are all too often bypassed, if not discarded. You Are Me not only offered us these elements, I'd say it actually demanded them. And judging by the first reactions we're getting, it seems that listeners have somehow instinctively sensed and recognized these elements“.
Indeed, what started as a fun project, perhaps just a rocking covers band, quickly developed in to what most currently describe as a R&R monster machine, with each song being the collective work of all four musicians involved, shaping it and refining it to satisfaction, even before submitting it to studio fine tuning and old-school hardship. And judging by the media and audience reaction, from sources as diverse as Slovenian national television & radio playlists or the Hard Rock cafe in Firenze, Serbian open-air rock events or the sophisticated Reset Festival in Torino, Dutch webzines & blogs or Finnish cultural attaches, it would indeed appear that Sixtynine are achieving exactly what their Facebook page aptly describes as „From a time when music sounded timeless, from a music in which time is pointless, comes a band that will attempt the biggest tricks of them all – to reach not only for your ears... but for your heart“.
They like to call it „Organic R&R“, a brew of the synergy between the band members. And it is as hard hitting as the most potent organic ales or concoctions, a contemporary blend of rock!
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