- country:United Kingdom
- style(s):A Cappella, Pop
- label:EMI Records UK
- gender:male
- instrumentation:vocal
- artist posted by:Kino Music srl
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“Forget G4, The Flying Pickets or any of their ilk, Tha Magnets are value for money and worthy of bigger things. The world is indeed their oyster”
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They are the singing secret that the stars have kept to themselves, the vocal group with a word-of-mouth reputation for spicing up the parties of supermodels, heads of state and billionaires with their blend of glorious harmonies and jaw dropping beatboxing. But now, after selling out London’s legendary Roundhouse, electrifying performances at the Isle of Wight and Glastonbury Festivals, and a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, The Magnets are emerging from the shadows as one of Britain’s hottest musical acts.
Literally a ‘six-man sound machine’, The Magnets make all their music with their mouths alone, including the drums of vocal percussionist/beatboxer Andy Frost and the richly textured bass of Fraser Collins. However, this is no attempt to mimick instruments, but rather the blending of six distinctive voices to create a unique sound that rivals any band with guitars and keyboards.
Proud of their ability to perform anywhere from street corners to arenas, a Magnets show is an exercise in musical sophistication, cool moves and superb theatrics, but of course absolutely no musical instruments.
Having started out as street performers in London’s Covent Garden in the 1990s, The Magnets are now centre-stage in the current revival in vocal harmony music, seen everywhere from Glee to The Choir. They have enjoyed a colourful subsequent history, including an EMI record deal, support tours with Tom Jones and Michael Ball, and continuous international touring from Singapore to the Cayman Islands. They have recently been seen and heard on ITV1’s Magic Numbers, BBC Breakfast, and BBC Radio 1 and 2.
The group’s third album “Gobsmacked”, recorded with producer Julian Simmons (Guillemots, Anthony Johnson), channels the energy of their stage show into the studio, and turns the spotlight on to extraordinarily imaginative arrangements that radically restyle and subvert songs from artists as diverse as Kraftwerk and Beyoncé.
Highlights include an electrifying mash up of ‘Are You Gonna Go My Way’ by Lenny Kravitz and Fat Boy Slim’s ‘Weapon of Choice’, a sultry ‘Poker Face’ by Lady Gaga (recently performed for Scott Mills on Radio 1), and a sun soaked lounge version of Blur’s ‘Girls & Boys’, and their trademark mega-medleys, currently a showstopping A - Z of movie themes from A-Team to Zulu.