Piano Magic

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PIANO MAGIC (London)
From its conception as a bedroom-studio hobby for Geln Johnson in summer 1996, Piano Magic's trajectory has never been textbook - random at best. Originally, a self-confessed revolving door operation - musicians arriving, contributing and leaving as they pleased - they harvested a catalogue of varied singles, EPs and two albums by 1998. This conveyor-belt membership also resulted in a plethora of sonic stylings, from smallbeat Kraftwerkian Meccano Pop to breathless, ethereal, multi-layered melancholy.
Only in this millennium have Piano Magic resemble anything like a conventional format group though two-thirds of their membership is French and their label is based in Spain, and although they've been able to get such highbrow figures as Vashti Bunyan, Alan Sparhawk (Low), Simon Raymonde (Cocteau Twins) and John Grant (The Czars) to guest on their albums, the band still remain more popular on the continent than in their homebase. That's London's loss, but tonight it's Brixton;s gain when Piano Magic play a rare 90-minute set.
www.piano-magic.co.uk
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EVA EDEN (London)
Fairytale folktronica. Ex of Lishka.
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ANDY HANKDOG (Crystal Palace)
Singer-guitarist from legendary family-folk outfit The Hank Dogs.