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Magic Arm - Debut Album Out Now
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Member Since1/8/2006
Band Websitemagicarm.co.uk
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The album and limited edition vinyl singles and EP's are available from Magic Arm.co.uk and Switchflicker shop



Make Lists, Do Something

make lists, do something - Magic Arm

Debut album out Now! CD// £8.99 // 18/05/09 // Swalf16CD



Widths and Heights 7"

widths and heights - Magic Arm

New single - Order now! 7" vinyl// £3.00 // 11/05/09 // Swalf14


Buy Widths & Heights MP3 iTune





Bootsy Bootsy 10" EP

bootsy bootsy

10" vinyl // £5.00 // 23/02/09 // Swalf15



Buy Bootsy Bootsy MP3 iTune



Outdoor Games EP

Swalf 12

10" vinyl// £5.00 // 11/06/07 // Swalf 12



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Record LabelSwitchflicker
Type of LabelIndie


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Jun 19 2009 8:00P
Winterwell Festival Gloucestershire
Jul 9 2009 8:00P
Luminaire London
Jul 11 2009 8:00P
Feelgood festival - The Local Stage Rochdale
Aug 21 2009 8:00P
Greenman Glanusk Park
Aug 22 2009 8:00P
V Festival Chelmsford Essex
Aug 23 2009 8:00P
V Festival Stafford Staffordshire
Sep 12 2009 8:00P
End Of The Road Festival Dorset, Southwest

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The band on Marc Riley's 6 music show. Phil, Marc, Ben, Marc, Gaz and Chris:

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The album and limited edition vinyl singles and EP's are available from Magic Arm.co.uk and Switchflicker shop



REVIEWS



"...the master of the loop pedal!"

- SAMUEL BEAM (IRON & WINE)

"This new band “Magic Arm” out of the UK. Incredible music. I dare you to tell me it sucks..."

- ED DROSTE (GRIZZLY BEAR)

"Make Lists, Do Something is absolutely fantastic"

- LAUREN LAVERNE 6 MUSIC

"Now and then, a record comes along which you can't ignore; a record which really does sound like waves of lysergic happiness lapping against your cerebral cortex."

- GUARDIAN GUIDE

"There is a fearlessly ambitious imagination at work on these seven tracks; psych-folk, Casio-pop, lo-fi electronica, and much more, the unifying factor here is excellence...It is, in short, a work of understated magnificence."

- DROWNED IN SOUND

"His trippy brand of electronic pop reminds me a tiny bit of the likes of Tiga crossed with late period Simian, Patrick Wolf or Clor. On 'Bootsy Wootsy' an unobtrusive DIY beat is topped with giddy accordian-like keyboard flourishes, subtle bass bloops & overall a chirpy, whirring electro-pop catchiness. His dreamy vocals, simple, pure & memorably sing-song. A quality opener. Elsewhere, jazzy flickers & wistful piano prop up some fragile, unique home-spun pop. The heartening cover of LCD Soundsystem's 'Daft Punk is Playing...' I actually prefer to the original. It reminds me a little of The Beta Band in it's juddering toytown-hop majesty! Elsewhere on side 2 you get a curious Balkan folk flecked waltz that somehow reminds me both of Tunng & Beirut whilst resembling neither! 6 tracks on here, culminating in a fine remix of the opening number, a Postal Service-ish floor-filler at your local indie disco I guarantee! Watch this boy, he's wowing them out there & that Iron & Wine chappie has been waxing lyrical about his effortless songsmithery & POP prowess."

- NORMAN RECORDS

Magic Arm is a sonically curious soul who fuses folk, rock and effervescent electronics. This six track EP captures his talents perfectly: The title track is a great slice of electro folk with keyboards that bleep and squelch under a super-melodic vocal, that hints at Beck or maybe The Beta Band. Next up we have the see-sawing keyboards and melancholic vocals of "Break My Lungs", followed by a super slo-mo version of LCD Soundsystems "Daft Punk Is Playing In My House". "My My" is a folk tinged instrumental that would soundtrack cine-film footage of Paris in the spring perfectly! After that brief interlude, "Said Things" reverts to the electro-folk style of the opening track, with breathy vocals and gentle acoustics giving way to squelchy synth'n'drum outbursts. And finally, the EP is rounded off by the Real Dolls Remix of "Bootsy Bootsy" which ups the tempo and heads for the dancefloor.

A wonderfully eclectic EP.

http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/

WIDTHS & HEIGHTS VIDEO BY BEN BLACK



"Flyposter" feature on Magic Arm



OUTDOOR GAMES VIDEO BY ANDREW BROOKS andrewbrooksphotography.com





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The debut album from Magic Arm and features the singles 'Bootsy Bootsy', 'Outdoor Games' and 'Widths & Heights'

Magic Arm - who, in 2009, you will see erroneously described as a singer-songwriter; laptop-folk troubadour; and more - is otherwise known as Marc Rigelsford. Like Beck, Beta Band or Adem, Magic Arm is a sonically curious soul who fuses folk, rock and effervescent electronics. But, as reference points, none of those three quite hit the spot.

It helps that so little (outside of the Beach Boys and "early" McCartney) has obviously influenced the Magic Arm sound. You might expect him, given his love of bleeps and farty electronic squelches, to be a big fan of everything from Kraftwerk to Autechre. Not so. "Buying a Yamaha CS-10 in Cash Converter was the biggest influence on my sound," he says, dryly, before talking about his love of Gwen Stefani, Dizzee Rascal, Peaches and Gnarls Barkley. "I'm literally trying to write pop music," says Marc, "but it never comes out that way. There's always a dark edge to it."

Quite. On the album, Magic Arm's smart update of an old Leroy Carr blues song, 'Six Cold Feet Of Ground' (which he turns into a desperate, hurtling, computerised gabbled plea for forgiveness), appears alongside songs called, darkly, 'Sound Of The Night' and 'Rested Bones'. "What can I say?" says Magic Arm, trying to dodge the question. "I'm a moody Cancerian." Listen closely to the ostensibly larky singles 'Bootsy Bootsy' ("Inside everyone, I hear the end, and that's ominous.") and 'Widths & Heights' - a "bitter" love song - and behind that brash folk-pop exterior, there is clearly trouble at the emotional mill.

Whilst such ambitious projects often shine in the studio, on the stage many a 21st century one-man-band has come unstuck. Not so Magic Arm. Early solo performances led Samuel Beam of the much loved Iron & Wine, to hail Marc "the master of the loop pedal" and he wasn't wrong. More recently though Marc has abandoned this tricksy bit of kit and has been taking to the stage with a real live band. No longer focussed on layering up live-sampled layers of sound, the Magic Arm live show has a new passion and energy that give the songs a life beyond the recordings.

So much music is safe, predictable, a commodity, but Magic Arm is here to remind you that it can still be liberating, messy and powerful. Radio 1's Zane Lowe and Huw Stephens, and Marc Riley, are already fans. He has supported the likes of Beirut, Iron & Wine and James Yorkston. Steve Lamacq declared Magic Arm's Glastonbury festival debut a "highlight", while the Manchester Evening News have dubbed him: "The most innovative and sparkling new musician in the city."

The album and limited edition vinyl singles and EP's are available from Magic Arm.co.uk and Switchflicker shop


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Jul 13 2009 10:18 PM

Yay =D just ordered make lists!!!
Finally i got money spare, I must see you at some point live soon!! Where's Greenman?
I love my EP though!
See you on the flipside Breadbin
Tim and Sam’s Tim and the Sam Band





Jul 13 2009 5:22 PM

The album sounds really great Mark. Nice to hear your ideas fully realised - you've really come on from the EP. Lovely stuff.

(Wish I ordered it on this page though, could have saved £1.01!)

See you soon x
toaster boy





Jul 13 2009 1:57 PM

We really enjoyed the set in Rochdale.....now looking forward to Greenman.
Steve n Adina x
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Jul 12 2009 7:51 AM

Weheyyyyyyyyyy !! apologies for acoustic gtr loss @ first, sound man fatigue ! a pleasure to meet you all & more of a pleasure to hear your music, hope you enjoyed & come back soon, anyway enough of this small talk back to your player for some musical therapy ! :) X
The Green Man Festival





Jul 10 2009 11:44 AM

CAN’T WAIT FOR YOUR PERFORMANCE AT GREEN MAN THIS YEAR !!! 21/22/23 AUGUST 2009

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Jul 10 2009 10:11 AM

Thanks
Que la journée vous soit douce.
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Jul 8 2009 4:31 PM

Thanks for the add.
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Jul 5 2009 3:27 PM

HB!

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Jul 5 2009 1:54 PM

happy birthday, I like your album, which was in fact given to me on my birthday,
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Jul 5 2009 10:09 AM

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Jul 5 2009 7:52 AM

happy birthday magic arm! : )

have a top day!!

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Jul 4 2009 1:04 PM

Loving the album Marc :) See you at Greenman
Steve n Adina x
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Jul 4 2009 11:16 AM

Thanks for the add

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Jul 3 2009 5:10 PM

Hello there and thanks for the add!
Cheers
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Jul 2 2009 1:44 PM

Hey there 

We have our next mini-festival at 93 Feet East on Saturday 25th July with an amazing line-up along with our usual Burlesque, performance art and Electro DJ’s.

Tickets are only £6 adv. Check out the ticket link below. See you there.

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Jul 1 2009 4:06 PM

Greeting's From Detroit ! Cheers For The Ad Be Strange ! BUT Be No Stranger !
XXX
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Jul 1 2009 11:25 AM

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Jun 30 2009 10:14 PM

Thank you for being our friend.  Be sure to stop by http://www.uncledoodad.com/

and check out the live recordings we’ve posted from recent shows in Seattle, Portland and Bellingham.  Lots more streaming audio for free on the site too.

Cheers!

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Jun 30 2009 5:51 PM

Thank you Magic Arm for your invitation. Your musical world is very interesting


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