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Askøy, Bergen, Norway

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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), featured on the soundtrack of the movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

Before going solo, Even used to be the lead singer of Norwegian indie rock bands Chocolate Overdose and Libido. According to himself, 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 with a new track, Be With You, (and three old ones) on an extended play CD for the game Dreamfall

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. Originally under the moniker Lodestone, later to change to “Magnet” because of a conflict with another band, the group included Peter Brewis (recorders, jew’s harp, harmonica, bass guitar, etc.), Michael Cole (concertina, harmonica, bassoon), Andrew Tompkins (guitars), Ian Cutler (violin), Bernard Murray (percussion) and finally Carpenter himself (piano, recorders, fife, ocarina, nordic lyre, Etc.

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1	Where Happiness Lives full track	227
2	Lay Lady Lay full track	172
3	Nothing Hurts Now full track	116
4	Hold On full track	87
5	Lay Lady Lay (With Gemma Hayes)	85
6	Fall At Your Feet full track	77
7	Everything's Perfect full track	75
8	My Darling Curse full track	74
9	Last Day of Summer full track	73
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WhiteEvil wrote:
Wednesday morning

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northernsunset wrote:
last week

очень-очень

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zwerfafval wrote:
16 days ago

The Wicker Man Magnet is fucking amazing. [2]

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comastar wrote:
last month

hollgam: similar to the dreamfall soundtrack? all songs except for "be with you" can be found on tourniquet and on your side, so basically there's a lot of similar material ;P but yeah, a new album would be sweet! :)

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KsennyLove wrote:
last month

обожаю..невероятный голос..такой приятный

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Talisasan wrote:
last month

Ждем нового альбома,Эвэн.

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Hollgam wrote:
last month

ohh i hope so much that he'll release something new, something similar to Dreamfall sountrack

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whiteness-desu wrote:
last month

lovely. dreamfall`soundrack is amazing...

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arewehuman26 wrote:
September 2009

oh god Chasing Dreams*

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arewehuman26 wrote:
September 2009

Chasing Drams is amazing.

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sae-Melon wrote:
September 2009

In the Russian biography it is written that Evan promised to let out a new album in 2009 year. I do not know whence they took this information.

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Iwasborntostare wrote:
September 2009

what is Even up to these days? does anyone know? [2]

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Jolly_Sour wrote:
August 2009

эта музыка - одно из важнейших моих открытий perfect

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AlenaRepo wrote:
August 2009

Я знаю)))

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Director17 wrote:
August 2009

А из России его кто-нибудь кроме ме знает?)

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1234our wrote:
August 2009

His voice makes me melt

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Hollgam wrote:
August 2009

what is Even up to these days? does anyone know?

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Lesya-Lesya wrote:
July 2009

the soundrrack to dreamfall so wonderfull!!

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Murderooo wrote:
July 2009

Listening to The Day We Left Town. <3

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Iwasborntostare wrote:
June 2009

"Finding much popularity in his home country, Norwegian singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Even Johansen is Magnet, who as an adolescent adopted the name after a bizarre incident that left him cured of anemia." --- That may be the coolest random fact, ever. :) Is that true?

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