Rewika Records Promotion

Magic Arm - Tour 2009

Aktuelles Album: Make Lists Do Something
(Switchflicker Records/Peacefrog Records/Rough Trade)
Release Date: 21.08.2009

Magic Arm steht für Interviews zur Verfügung.


Magic Arm - is otherwise known as Marc Rigelsford. Like Beck, Beta Band or Patrick Wolf, Magic Arm is a sonically curious soul who fuses folk, pop and effervescent electronics. But, as reference points, none of those three quite hit the spot.

Magic Arm was born in Rustington, West Sussex but now lives in Manchester (he studied photography at University there). Previous musical projects include the band Escape Pod, who once put a 10" out on XL offshoot, Rex. Marc claims that he only started making music as Magic Arm in order to help out a film-maker friend who needed some soundtrack music, quick smart. In truth, Magic Arm has spent years painstakingly forging his sound. He plays all the instruments  (drums, keyboards, guitars) himself, and has laboriously taught himself how to use Pro-Tools and such, in order to create music that, refreshingly, defies easy categorisation.

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."

Ed Droste from Grizzly Bear wrote on his blog ‘Two Things I Love’ My dog and This new band “Magic Arm” out of the UK. “Incredible music”

“Move Out’’s sleazy bleep-funk, meanwhile, sounds like the best MIA backing track you’ve never heard, while blues standard ‘Six Cold Feet Of Ground’ is reimagined as a haunting electro-ballad.” NME

Magic Arm's early singles were released on Switchflicker - the label that launched The Ting Tings - but now this Manchester independent has joined forces with the esteemed Peacefrog (José Gonzalez, Findlay Brown) to help ensure that Magic Arm gets the breaks he so richly deserves. Rest assured in 2009, Magic Arm is going to make a lot of new friends.

Kaum zu glauben, aber im Falle von Magic Arm ist es bereits der beigelegte Infotext, der beinahe alles sagt, was es zu "Make Lists Do Something" zu sagen gibt: "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." Zieht man den Camp-Faktor ab, wäre sogar noch Patrick Wolfs erstes Album "Lycanthropy" zu nennen, wenn auf "Make Lists Do Something" auch ein alles überragender Song wie "To The Lighthouse" zu fehlen scheint. Zum Hit im Kleinen ist Magic-Arm-Kopf Marc Rigelsford dennoch befähigt: "Getting The Way" vermischt fünf Minuten lang Krautrock, Soul, Glamrock und Paul McCartney - ohne Tendenz zur Verkünstelung.

(Spiegel.de)