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magicrays

General Info

  • Genre: Rock

    Location CH

    Profile Views: 40241

    Last Login: 3/19/2011

    Member Since 3/7/2006

    Website magicrays.com

    Record Label www.gentlemen.ch

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    It all started basically at the end of 89. Wlad & Raph bought their first instruments together and decided to form a band. Then Greg joined in 91 and together with their drummer Yann, they did a few gigs, opening for bands such as Noir Désir or New Model Army, to then record their first album in 93 under a very teenage name Minds of contradiction. Two years later, they sort of needed to experience new things and changed their name to Magicrays, adding some new members, a string section, keyboard, trumpet and flute and recorded an EP. They experienced gigs with 9 musicians on stageand opened for Katerinewith a one gig temporary drummer as Yann left the band just a week before. Joël took on the drums and in 99 they went off to studio recordings for the first album Granted under the name of Magicrays, followed by a EP Gawky with the label Its time to. In 2000, they decided to play only with the string section, Marie and Esther, and toured a lot in Switzerland before taking a more rock direction with only four members left on the liststill there they are! For the intimate album Take me home they wanted to record in a special and vibrant place so they chose an old mansion in a remote location in the Swiss mountains. This album was also the move to a new label, Gentlemen records, together with Fig joining the band as fifth member. Magicrays first steps out of Switzerland date back to January 2001 with Raph touring solo in Germany, opening for Favez acoustic tour, before experiencing the European adventure with the band at the famous Eurosonic Festival up north of the Netherlands in 2003, jumping that year from cold weather to hot Paleo Festival. Time to go back to recordings again and they contacted John Parish who accepted to work with them on the album On the shoreline far away in Wavelab Studio (Calexico, Giant Sand) in sunny Tucson, AZ. What an experience that was, also sleeping and playing at the famous hotel Congress. On the shoreline came out in Spring 2004, and gave the opportunity for the band to tour around Europe before working on new material for their fourth album and also on parallel projects. Raphelson for Raph, Twenty box stories for Fig and Paramotion for Joël. Check their website for more info www.magicrays.com .. I edited my profile with ..Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4..
  • Members

    Greg, Wlad, Joël, Fig, Raph
  • Influences

    FROM THEN UNTIL NOW: The Cure, Joy Division, Poster Children, Ride, The Smiths, The Boo Radleys, Sonic Youth, The Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, Sparklehorse, The Left Bank, Belle & Sebastian, Spain, Eels, Elliott Smith, The Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, Pinback, PJ Harvey, Pedro The Lion, Low, Elbow, Bohren & der Club of Gore, The American Analog Set, Bright Eyes, Wilco, Arcade Fire, Calexico, Mogwai, Do Make say Think, Sigur Ròs, Black Heart Procession...
  • Sounds Like

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Videos

risky

03:13 | 464 plays | Apr 20 2006

Comments

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  • Jimmie KNapp



    Your music is fantastic ...

    2 years ago
  • gaetan breton

    hé tchau!!
    juste pour dire: bien agréable de vous voir jouer en terre jurassienne!! c'est pas souvent!!
    meme si le public n'était pas en nombre, moi j'ai passé un très bon moment...
    merci encore! à bientôt.
    gaetan

    2 years ago
  • Denise Laxton

    Enjoying your music.

    2 years ago
  • CALHOUN CONQUER

    Love your work

    3 years ago
  • Kruger

    New album out

    Including "Muscle" featuring Jo Duplantier (Gojira)

    Mixed by Kurt Ballou (Converge)

    Mastered by Alan Douches (Mastodon)

    3 years ago
  • The Legendary Lightness

    ******** !Out Now! ********
        3 New Songs On Cassette
    Come Over And Listen Or Go To
     www.riversoundstudio.com
     & Buy 1 Of 22 Available Pieces

    3 years ago
  • Yiannis

    Thanks For Your Friendship.
    Your Songs Are Brilliant.
    Especially 'Marks'
    Sending You All My Positive Vibes.

    3 years ago
  • La Ferme Du Buisson

    Merci et bienvenue à la Ferme du Buisson

    3 years ago
  • Heinz Morf

    hi magicrays, ich wünsche euch
    ein schönes weekend!
    übrigens ab sofort gibts neue
    songs zu hören, schau doch mal
    vorbei... würde mich freuen...

    gruss heinz

    4 years ago
  • woup

    Hi there :)

    Thanks 4 adding me!
    Lots of love
    <3
    Woup

    4 years ago
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Bio:

It all started basically at the end of 89. Wlad & Raph bought their first instruments together and decided to form a band. Then Greg joined in 91 and together with their drummer Yann, they did a few gigs, opening for bands such as Noir Désir or New Model Army, to then record their first album in 93 under a very teenage name Minds of contradiction. Two years later, they sort of needed to experience new things and changed their name to Magicrays, adding some new members, a string section, keyboard, trumpet and flute and recorded an EP. They experienced gigs with 9 musicians on stageand opened for Katerinewith a one gig temporary drummer as Yann left the band just a week before. Joël took on the drums and in 99 they went off to studio recordings for the first album Granted under the name of Magicrays, followed by a EP Gawky with the label Its time to. In 2000, they decided to play only with the string section, Marie and Esther, and toured a lot in Switzerland before taking a more rock direction with only four members left on the liststill there they are! For the intimate album Take me home they wanted to record in a special and vibrant place so they chose an old mansion in a remote location in the Swiss mountains. This album was also the move to a new label, Gentlemen records, together with Fig joining the band as fifth member. Magicrays first steps out of Switzerland date back to January 2001 with Raph touring solo in Germany, opening for Favez acoustic tour, before experiencing the European adventure with the band at the famous Eurosonic Festival up north of the Netherlands in 2003, jumping that year from cold weather to hot Paleo Festival. Time to go back to recordings again and they contacted John Parish who accepted to work with them on the album On the shoreline far away in Wavelab Studio (Calexico, Giant Sand) in sunny Tucson, AZ. What an experience that was, also sleeping and playing at the famous hotel Congress. On the shoreline came out in Spring 2004, and gave the opportunity for the band to tour around Europe before working on new material for their fourth album and also on parallel projects. Raphelson for Raph, Twenty box stories for Fig and Paramotion for Joël. Check their website for more info www.magicrays.com .. I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

Member Since:

March 07, 2006

Members:

Greg, Wlad, Joël, Fig, Raph

Influences:

FROM THEN UNTIL NOW: The Cure, Joy Division, Poster Children, Ride, The Smiths, The Boo Radleys, Sonic Youth, The Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, Sparklehorse, The Left Bank, Belle & Sebastian, Spain, Eels, Elliott Smith, The Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev, Pinback, PJ Harvey, Pedro The Lion, Low, Elbow, Bohren & der Club of Gore, The American Analog Set, Bright Eyes, Wilco, Arcade Fire, Calexico, Mogwai, Do Make say Think, Sigur Ròs, Black Heart Procession...

Sounds Like:

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Record Label:

www.gentlemen.ch

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