Sevillian Magician turned from the publication of a magnificent EP, Two-dimensional (2001, Limbo Starr), in which the group was already beginning signing some of his hits, ‘Jellyfish‘ or ‘A Skin of Astrakhan’, in one of the most personal projects of the Spanish scene, diviendo the public between a few very faithful followers and who could not with the voice of Miguel Rivera. We go, the habitual division that any good project causes.
At the end of 2009 it surprises not to have had a continuation of his third album of study, Magician (2006, Limbo Starr), but the above mentioned waiting has been explained a few days ago, when the record company of Madrid Mushroom Pillow has announced that Magician there were his new signing and that his next work, At the time of The Sun it will be published at the beginning of 2010.
Therefore, the Sevillian ones close a stage with Limbo Starr with three good discs, two EPs and a big number of followers. Now it has to begin again, in words of proper Miguel Rivera, with whom we speak to know more details of the next disc.
Magician – Nineteen (YouTube)
At the time of the Sun it is the title of the new album: What does it mean?
The title is extracted of the Song letter for September, one of the topics of the disc (”... at the time of the sun they sprout arcoíris new …”).
We liked because it is a vitalist phrase, the sun has positive connotations, in the life in general, and in particular in the letter of this song: after the darkness, the birth of the day, the beginning of something new. It describes enough good feeling of the group in these moments.
It will go out published the first months of 2010: Some more concrete date? What absence still for finishing off?
We want that it goes out as soon as possible in 2010. We are ultimando details before ordering it to factory. (I hope that it should be already in the stove when this interview is published)
The change of course seems to be transmitted even in the title of the new album, after three colors namesakes: Is it like that? Will not there already be any more colors?
That thing about the colors was something that arose in a spontaneous way between the fans of the group (when we extract our second disc without title) to distinguish it from the previous one. It seemed entertaining to us and we begin referring to them that way in the interviews, although officially none has title.
Magician – I Wither Eskimo (YouTube)
Jordi Gil is the producer of the album. At the last works only you have been employed with him. What reaches port to the sound of the band? Why not to change and to try with other names?
Jordi meets the personal group and musically long ago. We are friendly from the university and we have shared lines in several groups throughout the years (Supertube, Washer, the band of Toteking …).
Jordi is almost always capable of interpreting to the first one the intention that we want to give him to a new song, although we show it to him in his most original form touched with one acoustic or engraved precariously in the place during an essay. He has been able to see the potential that had the new material and has been implied very much at artistic and personal level on this new disc. Thanks to his work, topics as Silence have become big.
Also, if it was small, Jordi has the best study (Sputnik) that exists right now in Seville and probably one of the best of the country. We have enjoyed to the big thing recording there these new songs!
Facing the new album. What sound have you obtained to take shape in the topics?
In the making of the discs there is always an addition, an expression way of joke that we use recurrentemente between us to invoke the sound that we want to obtain in what we are recording. In this case, the swearword has been naturalistic. We wanted that the recording was reflecting with entire loyalty the sound of the group touching live, such which, without additives. We place ourselves in the room the band to the finished one, with our instruments and our ampli, without separations, meeting the faces as in the essay place. And this way we record every song. We try to preserve the live captures as intact as possible, adding at a later stage only the essential thing in some topics. There are a few videos in our myspace that reflect very well all this.
And of course, the big person in charge of that the sound of the group sees faithfully captured on the disc has been Fabián Romero, the best technician of sound of this galaxy. In a recording in which it was giving priority to the naturalness, there was vital the presence of better who can make us sound.
Magician – Astrolabes (YouTube)
Can you move forward any of them? How many will be there?
During August we record 14 songs, of which we have chosen 10 for the CD. The edition in vinyl will take one more topic.
Will there be collaborations?
This has been a very home-loving disc, like touching with the companions a little bit in the lounge of your house. The collaborations have belonged to the people “of the family”, good Sevillian musical friends: Israel Diezma (lap steel in Last sea), Joaquín Calderón (violin in The raft and melodic in Garagato), Manolo Solo (choirs and letter of, but I it am not) and Javier Centeno (trumpet in Garagato).
Also it has been a big honor to be able to be provided with the pen and the inkwell of our friend Germán Coppini, who has written the Garagato letter.
Finally – and more than a collaborator an indispensable piece already in the sound of the group – is necessary to mention César Díaz, who has given us his mastery again to the keyboards. César (friend of the infancy and with whom I founded Long Spiral Dreamin’ somewhere near 93) has accompanied Magician in the past during several tours and it will do it again in the tour of this disc.
The front belongs to your friend, the painter of La Mancha Juan Miguel Redondo “Juanmi“. It is incredible, a big design. What meaning transmits you to you?
Juanmi is an "artistaco". Rebosa imagination and madness for four sides and his painting is like it.
We wanted something different for the front of this disc, it moved away from the esthetics minimalista that was prevailing in the previous ones, and, when we were thinking about it, it happened to us to throw a glance to a catalog of an exhibition of Juanmi and we saw it clear. Flipamos with the force that have his pictures, with how of between of the colors jumble chorreantes a heap of mini-scenes is discovered, as if of a visual game it was talking each other. It seemed to us that it had a lot to do with our music. Finally, of between all the works of the catalog we decide that Comecolores was the perfect front for our disc.
Coppini and Magician – Forgotten Scenes (YouTube)
What has changed in Magician since you were publishing Magician (red) in 2006 till now? What have you learned during these three years?
Since in this time enough things have happened.
Last August Pablo Cabra took the relief of David García, who had been ours battery up to the date.
Pablo had already worked with us during the tour along Latin America of 2006 and in the project Coppini with Magician, so he did not suppose any difficulty to adapt itself to the rhythm of work of the group.
After more than three years of our last throwing and of having been sufficiently little active in 2008 – for causes, we say, bureaucratic – dedicating again our energies only to do songs has returned the vitality to the group and has brought also the need to transmit this renewed vitality.
Magician has changed as well as our persons, it has matured with us. Perhaps it departs from the innocence of eight years ago little area has yielded to the disappointment and the irony and small other to the happiness of living.
On the other hand we have found the pleasure to be expressed us in a slightly less abstract, more daily way; finally more how do we feel in this moment of our lives.
What yes we could have verified after these years is that, it does not import what courses we take, the stamp of the music of Magician continues there, it is something that lasts in the time because it is authentic …
Three álbumes and two EPs in five years is a good balance: How have you lived through this first beginning stage in the group?
Since like any other group that takes eight years of baggage, I imagine. There have been big moments, even better moments, bad moments, awful moments and … started again. Right now we are in return to be begun. Reward!
Cocomma – do not Look At The Eyes De La Gente (YouTube)
How was it the experience of sharing project and stage with Germán Coppini? I saw you in the Contempopranea and you were brilliant.
Germán is a Big one of Spain. It already had a big hollow in our hearts like artist and after meeting him, other was gained as friendly. To allow us to handle this repertoire made us feel like a child whom they make alone in a bric-a-brac shop.
Coppini and Magician together have much that to say still; remain attentive to his screens …
How did the signing arise for Mushroom Pillow? Were there other alternatives?
When we begin moving to think about how with whom to edit the disc several offers arose. Of all of them, which more seduced us was that of Mushroon Pillow. Also, Pablo and Javi had already worked with them with Mr. Stone and they gave me good references.
What more I liked when we met Frames and Keina is that never they tried to sell to me the motorbike. They look like to me the working people and the speed is demonstrated walking.
Magician – A Skin of Astrakhan (YouTube)
I imagine that in 2010 you will begin new tour: is there already anything thought?
Since yes: to touch, to touch and to touch. We are deseandico of going out to the highway!
Once the disc is in the street we will do a good presentation tour, we will be already informing you of the dates.
With regard to the motives of the change of Limbo Starr and to v, between other questions on the topic, Miguel answers to Mushroom Pillow:
To all these questions related to the record company I will only mention to you that the past past is. Now we want to concentrate all our energy in the present moment, which is what occupies us and motivates us.
Photo | Fabián Romero
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