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From its conception as a bedroom-studio hobby in Summer 1996, Piano Magic’s trajectory has never been textbook - random at best. Originally, a self-confessed revolving door operation - musicians arriving, contributing and leaving as they pleased - they harvested a catalogue of varied singles, EPs and two albums by 1998.
This convey-belt membership also resulted in a plethora of sonic stylings, from smallbeat Kraftwerkian Meccano Pop on debut album, ‘Popular Mechanics’ (1997) to the breathless, ethereal, multi-layered melancholy of ‘Low Birth Weight’ (1998). Only in 1999 did Piano Magic resemble anything like a conventional format group.
Smooth-talked into playing a Dutch festival which actually turned out quite well, they decided to play anywhere they were wanted and began to build something of a cult following, particularly on the European Continent. They spectacularly showcased the post-modernist baroque sound of ‘Artists’ Rifles’ (1999) at the Benicassim and BAM music festivals. Ironically, the band have never infiltrated the hearts of the British music press - out of time, unfashionable and kinda weird looking, its best not to stay home much.
Tours of Germany, Holland, Italy, Belgium, France, Spain peppered the next few years. The band signed to 4AD Records in 2000 and delivered their most critically contentious work, ‘Writers Without Homes’ and the soundtrack to Spanish director, Bigas Lunas’ ‘Son De Mar’ movie. Though oft-maligned, ‘Writers Without Homes’ was a particularly monumental milestone for the band, as it featured the first vocal recording for 33 years of lost 60’s/70’s folk heroine, Vashti Bunyan.
This convey-belt membership also resulted in a plethora of sonic stylings, from smallbeat Kraftwerkian Meccano Pop on debut album, ‘Popular Mechanics’ (1997) to the breathless, ethereal, multi-layered melancholy of ‘Low Birth Weight’ (1998). Only in 1999 did Piano Magic resemble anything like a conventional format group.
Smooth-talked into playing a Dutch festival which actually turned out quite well, they decided to play anywhere they were wanted and began to build something of a cult following, particularly on the European Continent. They spectacularly showcased the post-modernist baroque sound of ‘Artists’ Rifles’ (1999) at the Benicassim and BAM music festivals. Ironically, the band have never infiltrated the hearts of the British music press - out of time, unfashionable and kinda weird looking, its best not to stay home much.
Tours of Germany, Holland, Italy, Belgium, France, Spain peppered the next few years. The band signed to 4AD Records in 2000 and delivered their most critically contentious work, ‘Writers Without Homes’ and the soundtrack to Spanish director, Bigas Lunas’ ‘Son De Mar’ movie. Though oft-maligned, ‘Writers Without Homes’ was a particularly monumental milestone for the band, as it featured the first vocal recording for 33 years of lost 60’s/70’s folk heroine, Vashti Bunyan.
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killden wrote:
группа шикарная !!!!
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Peosmirr wrote:
Come to polish Off Festival this summer again!
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SimonePerrota wrote:
they sound like a post-rock ish Saint Etienne - marrying the past with the hip electronica sounds
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Proffy_45 wrote:
Где русские посты блеать о том, что группа шикарна?
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FijneWIET wrote:
Come to Poland!! (not sure why)
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DeadCuntManiac wrote:
Come to Poland. I blessed You every night...
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Vaaska wrote:
Come to Poland. I've got space in my heart, for the next twenty years.
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gardzia wrote:
come to Poland!! I'll be there too! :)
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newwavelad wrote:
Come to Poland :D
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CHORUS_ wrote:
Come to Poland! ;)
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pimmka wrote:
Come to Poland :)
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princegarth wrote:
As if they know it's harder to carry a heartbreak through summer.......
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Katayanagi wrote:
Come to Poland! ;)
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schelyekhov wrote:
it's great to see Brendan Perry in similar artists
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FearOfDrowning_ wrote:
Glen Johnson is a genius
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Naomi_Wood wrote:
что ghost-рок, так это в самую точку. насколько они ебануты, настолько они и прекрасны. You & John Are Birds ❤
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Dream_collision wrote:
A Trick of the Sea, still the greatest
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xTIMEx wrote:
Ovations is literally the most beautiful music I have ever been graced with. The lyrics are pure poetry, and the instruments give me a feel I rarely get elsewhere. Not to say that Disaffected and Part-Monster aren't both "out-of-this-world" albums either.
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Northward wrote:
stay away from the diaries...
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AnnetViolet wrote:
Perfect! Thank you!
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NEW KLIMA ALBUM, 'SERENADES & SERINETTES' OUT NOW!
23 Nov 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/lowbirthweight
Angèle
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week (22 Nov 2010). 'Serenades
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