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Magic Lantern
Psychedelic / Rock / Minimalist

"(((Slight Return)))"

Long Beach, California
United States

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Last Login:  7/9/2008
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  http://www.myspace.com/magiclanternmako  

   Magic Lantern: General Info
Member Since7/28/2006
Band Websitecoming soon
Band MembersWilliam - guitar, vocals
Cameron - guitar, vocals
Phil - keys, percussion, winds
Gavin - bass
Chip - drums

booking/shoutout/info/hangouts: magiclanternmako@gmail.com

InfluencesCan, Spacemen 3, Faust, Black Sabbath, Bardo Pond, Ash Ra Tempel, Magical Power Mako, Hawkwind, The Godz, Loop, Sleep, Dead C, Skullflower, Popul Vuh, Angus Maclise, La Monte Young, Henry Flynt, Bo Diddley, early Staple Singers, Crazy Horse jams, Amon Duul II, balinese & javanese gamelan
Sounds Likecollective melting
Type of LabelNone





   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Aug 5 2008 10:00P
The Smell w/ SOCIAL JUNK and BIG NURSE Los Angeles, California
Aug 9 2008 10:00P
The Prospector w/ Hypatia Lake Long Beach, California

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   About Magic Lantern

"AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS" LIVE at ZERO POINT 1/26/08


"Magic Lantern's songs—mantras would be a more accurate term, actually—burrow deep into your consciousness through repetition and intense, densely textured riffage. It's very hard to make this sort of music exciting...but these five Long Beach dudes find the ecstasy in stasis and ride it into the sun with distortion pedals a-blazin'."

-OC WEEKLY



Discography:








Live C30 (2008), Edition of 50, [NNF109f]

1 in a series of 6 hyper-handmade limited releases by Not Not Fun for NEON COMMUNE. Sold only at NEON COMMUNE. Recorded live in 2007 at the Echo Curio.







At the Mountains of Madness C30 (2007), Edition of 100, [NNF103]

"Plenty of cacophony comes crawling outta the NNF mailbox/inbox on a daily basis, but it’s been a spell since an hourglass of holy din has caught us captive quite the way Magic Lantern’s tape has. This LBC guru posse formed last year but only began laying down live sets in the last four months, and the evolution is radical. The A side shockwave, “At the Mountains of Madness,” rides a roiling riff through forcefields of charged tones, percussion concussion, and collective overdrive before slowly ramping up and over drug-rock repetition into raw light cone rapture. A perfect cyclone of basement storm and interstellar Hawkwind, and a real contender for CS single of ’07 in our book. The live B piece shows a looser slice of psychic youth, all amplifier wash and blissed waves of Bardo comedown…like a teenage Taj Mahal Travellers bootleg. Illuminating. Keep yr eyes peeled for more ML signal flares on NNF in the future. Stenciled tape-labeled tapes with full-color fire-dancer J-cards in gold-flecked cases embellished with jewels."

Side A - "At the Mountains of Madness"
Side B - "Untitled (Live)"

SOLD OUT







Self-Titled CD-R (2007), Edition of 30, self-released SOLD OUT

Tracklist:

1. At the Mountains of Madness
2. Vampires in Heat
3. Chance Encounter
4. Gateway
5. Untitled (Live)


SOLD OUT






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Magic Lantern has 1420 friends.
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Magic Lantern's Friends Comments
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sasqrotch





Jul 5 2008 11:20 AM

thanks for the beautiful sounds the other night.
the la weekly pictures are amazing!
AQUA NEBULA OSCILLATOR


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Jul 4 2008 6:11 AM

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eric





Jul 3 2008 3:45 AM

my eardrums are throbbing blissfully. I can't wait until next month.
IZAKAYA HEARTBEAT





Jul 3 2008 3:19 AM

great stuff!
JERBOA





Jul 2 2008 6:30 PM

thank you greatly for adding my 4-trk diddies-all my love and admiration-monica aka dancinghawk
Noise Clinic





Jun 30 2008 12:25 PM

Arigatou! Thank you for adding us - you guys sound great.

Zatsuonshinryoujo
nico


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Jun 29 2008 7:35 PM

as the sky spills thru our mouths.

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http://www. myspace. com/wearevoicesvoices
the serpent lord of the sun





Jun 28 2008 1:09 AM

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Thor's Rubber Hammer





Jun 17 2008 1:05 PM

12"s to infinity.

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dave





Jun 16 2008 3:02 PM

Ill get my pennies saved now looking forward to all the releases!
Pzychotropic





Jun 15 2008 1:01 PM

Greetings! Cool sounds!
Thanks for add. :)
PRS Recording





Jun 13 2008 10:23 AM

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Rambutan





Jun 6 2008 1:33 PM

thanks for the add! your music RULEZ!
The Why Because





Jun 4 2008 10:30 PM

You guys were awesome at the Part Time Punks show! So much fun to share the stage with you all there.

Hope you can make it up here sometime... we'd be happy to help out however we can and would love to play with you guys again soon.

Best wishes,

The Why Becuase
Billgazer





Jun 2 2008 8:56 PM

HUH





May 31 2008 3:58 AM

Thank you for the add!!!
Cool sounds!!!
Samadhi





May 27 2008 10:49 AM

Thanks for the add. Great sounds! Love the eastern approach.
BLOOD SHOTGUN EYES


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May 24 2008 9:30 PM

Photobucket Hey Magic Lantern thanks for your friendship
Derek





May 22 2008 12:02 AM

I really really love you guys. Do you guys tour at all? I can get you legit shows in oregon.
Natalie





May 21 2008 7:04 PM

you guys make beautiful trippy music :)
Will





May 20 2008 1:13 PM

willevansTAG (1:13:53 PM): oh, if you want to drop out of life with bong in hand, there is a serious psychedelic show tonight at the echo
richgaccione (1:14:00 PM): that rules
richgaccione (1:14:05 PM): hahahaha
richgaccione (1:14:16 PM): who
willevansTAG (1:14:32 PM): magic lantern & pocahaunted
richgaccione (1:14:45 PM): woah
willevansTAG (1:14:45 PM): magic lantern are like titties if they were kaleidoscopes into alternate realities
The Notorious Hi-Fi Killers





May 20 2008 4:19 AM

Beautiful sounds brothers.
- NHFK

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Lanterns





May 19 2008 7:02 AM

excellent excellent stuff. think we're on the same Slime City Tapes comp. great.
:) Helegis





May 18 2008 1:17 AM

Hi
Just dropping by to thank you for your friendship!
:) Helegis
Amy elizabeth frith





May 16 2008 9:59 PM

love only grows .
Colony Collapse





May 13 2008 12:03 AM

Mystical moments and luminous magic
amanda mae





May 12 2008 11:02 AM

trimmed and burning is changing my life right now.
DNT Records


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May 10 2008 8:51 PM

gonna try to make it out to your show on the 20th
Benjamin Starshine





May 6 2008 3:16 PM

myspace

peace.
Billgazer





May 5 2008 8:16 PM

Darkside version.
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JUNGLES





May 5 2008 7:30 PM

way good.
FUCK





May 5 2008 5:33 PM

thank ye.
enjoy, great sounds by the way x
DNT Records


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May 5 2008 3:28 PM


DNT037 - Super Minerals "The Piss" cassette $6ppd US/Canada $10ppd International
New cassette by Long Beach's Super Minerals, which is Phil and William from psych band Magic Lanterns. "The Piss" takes a different route than ML using murky drones and faint cries for help. Heavily influenced by old zombie films. Limited to 75 hand numbered copies on piss yellow cassettes with gross hairy label art. Red fishy cover art with yellow splatter.

http://www. dntrecords. com
pocahaunted





May 4 2008 11:58 AM

uhm, bobb played me yr new song last nite. yr record is going to make everyone puke blood. i did. obviously, yr rulers.
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May 4 2008 11:02 AM

DNT-Records was right: there has been a sixties-band named
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And to be honest: i was looking out for them - and found You :-)!!
Ruralfaune





May 4 2008 12:30 AM


RFlovesML !
Billgazer





May 3 2008 1:05 PM

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Apr 30 2008 7:27 PM

A few hours ago:
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Jaki wasn't there tonight...
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