Magnet
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1) Magnet, a.k.a Even Johansen (http://www.evenmagnet.net), hails from Askøy, Norway. His warm, melancholic songwriting draws on a range of influences from folk to country and the atmospheric electronica of Air. He has released four albums - Quiet and Still, On Your Side, The Tourniquet and The Simple Life - but is probably best known for his rendition of Bob Dylan’s Lay Lady Lay (with Gemma Hayes as guest vocalist), featured on the soundtrack of the movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
Before going solo, Even was the lead guitarist of Norwegian indie rock band Chocolate Overdose (for the albums Everybody Likes Chocolate and Sugar Baby), and later, the lead singer of Norwegian indie rock band Libido, releasing one album, Killing Some Dead Time.
According to him, his first solo album, Quiet and Still, was a collection of songs written during the Libido period, deemed unfitting for the band.
He started using the alias Magnet before releasing his second album, On Your Side, in 2003.
In 2006, he contributed a new track, Be With You, (and three old ones, namely
Even is currently working on an album to be released in 2010.
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2) Magnet were a band formed for the purpose of recording the soundtrack to the 1973 film The Wicker Man. The band were assembled by musician Gary Carpenter (the film’s Associate Musical Director) to perform songs composed by New York songwriter Paul Giovanni.
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The Simple Life
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Tourniquet
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Nothing Hurts Now
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Hold On
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The Pacemaker
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My Darling Curse
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The Day We Left Town
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Last Day of Summer
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On Your Side
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Fall At Your Feet
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Everything's Perfect
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Duracellia
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I'll Come Along
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Videos
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the old shack review
10 Jun 2008 | from blog.myspace.com/magnet
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Magnet Live
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Magnet Live
22 Apr 2008 | from blog.myspace.com/magnet
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Recent Activity
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FraserElliot45 and Calmative added Magnet to their libraries. 3 hours ago
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yn64 tagged Magnet with seen live, scandinavian and norwegian. 13 hours ago
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DrYogurt tagged Magnet with ‘singer-songwriter’. yesterday morning
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Relauncher added Magnet to Relauncher’s library. Tuesday afternoon
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Shy_Citizen tagged Magnet with singer-songwriter and chillout. Tuesday morning
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Iwasborntostare updated the wiki page for Magnet. (diff) Monday afternoon
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TheLauraSweeney, yn64, Agitosama and 19 other people added Magnet to their libraries. Sunday evening
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Iwasborntostare updated the wiki page for Magnet. (diff) 15 days ago
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purple_button and lealorenz added Magnet to their libraries. 17 days ago
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k_wie_karo connected Magnet to the group Charlie Winston. 17 days ago
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