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▓█▓▓█ Artist.....[ Magnus Carlson & The Moon Ray Quintet ▀████▄█▓
██▓▀ Album......[ Echoes ▀▓██
▄ █▓█ █ Label......[ Tri-Sound █ █▓█ ▄
█▒█▓█▄▀ Catalog #..[ TRIS3017 ▀▄█▓█▒█
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▓█▄ ▀▄ ██▓ Genre......[ Jazz ▓██ ▄▀ ▄█▓
▓▓█▓▀ ██ Language...[ English ██ ▀▓█▓▓
▀ ▄████ Rip Date...[ 2011-09-30 ████▄ ▀
▄ ▀ ▓█▓ Store Date.[ 2010-11-03 ▓█▓ ▀ ▄
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▀█▓▀ Quality....[ 241 kbps AVG VBR 44.1/Joint Stereo ▀▓█▀
▄ █▓█▄▓█▓ Url........[ http://www.myspace.com/magnuscarlsonmr ▓█▓▄█▓█ ▄
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█▓ 02 Feeling Good 5:17 ▓█
█▓ 03 Barabajagal 4:22 ▓█
█▓ 04 Rain 3:30 ▓█
█▓ 05 If I Could Only Be Sure 4:14 ▓█
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█░█▒ You can call it a coincident. You can call it a ▒█░█
█░█▒ lucky break. Or you can call it destiny. Whatever ▒█░█
█░█▒ the explanation is, Magnus Carlson and the Moon Ray ▒█░█
█░█▒ Quintet have come a cross something truly special. ▒█░█
█░█▒ You could hear this already on their self-titled ▒█░█
█░█▒ debut that was released in the autumn of 2009. And ▒█░█
█░█▒ it is even more evident on their new release album ▒█░█
█░█▒ Echoes. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ It all began with a phone call from Swedish A&R ▒█░█
█░█▒ veteran Kjell Andersson, a man with impeccable ▒█░█
█░█▒ taste and a penchant for great concepts. He wanted ▒█░█
█░█▒ to place Weeping WillowsÆ lead singer Magnus ▒█░█
█░█▒ Carlson in a jazz setting. The inspiration was the ▒█░█
█░█▒ album that John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman ▒█░█
█░█▒ released in 1963. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ At this point Magnus was not a huge jazz ▒█░█
█░█▒ connoisseur. Sure, as most historically interested ▒█░█
█░█▒ vocalists he had listened to Frank Sinatra och Chet ▒█░█
█░█▒ Baker, but round about there his knowledge of jazz ▒█░█
█░█▒ ended. But Magnus had met well-renowned jazz ▒█░█
█░█▒ trumpeter and producer Goran Kajfes and they ▒█░█
█░█▒ started talking, as musicians often do, about ▒█░█
█░█▒ finding something to work on together. Now the ▒█░█
█░█▒ pieces started to fall into place. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ Goran was soon joined by saxophonist Per ▒█░█
█░█▒ öRusktrΣskö Johansson, Carl Bagge on keys, drummer ▒█░█
█░█▒ Lars Skoglund and Peter Forss on bass. As opposed ▒█░█
█░█▒ to Magnus these guys had all played in various jazz ▒█░█
█░█▒ constellations previously, but also had experience ▒█░█
█░█▒ from pop music project. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ Magnus and the band, which was named The Moon Ray ▒█░█
█░█▒ Quintet, decided they did not want to do the usual ▒█░█
█░█▒ standards. Instead youÆll find songs like Riders On ▒█░█
█░█▒ The Storm by The Doors and The ZombiesÆ Time Of The ▒█░█
█░█▒ Season in new interpretations on the debut album. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ What initially only was intended as a one-off ▒█░█
█░█▒ project, quickly grew to something much bigger. ▒█░█
█░█▒ Magnus Carlson and the five gentlemen in the ▒█░█
█░█▒ quintet became a band. So, even before their debut ▒█░█
█░█▒ album was released, this new group was already out ▒█░█
█░█▒ on the road building an enthusiastic following. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ They also quickly realised that they wanted to ▒█░█
█░█▒ record more music together a group. The chemistry ▒█░█
█░█▒ was just too great to ignore. The sound theyÆve ▒█░█
█░█▒ created together was spot on. Everyone contributed, ▒█░█
█░█▒ everyone was essential to complete the overall ▒█░█
█░█▒ picture. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ Prior to album no. 2, Magnus and the Moon Rays ▒█░█
█░█▒ decided to change record label. They choose up and ▒█░█
█░█▒ coming indie label Tri-Sound, part of the Cosmos ▒█░█
█░█▒ Music Group. Reason being that they wanted an ▒█░█
█░█▒ independent but far reaching partner, with its ears ▒█░█
█░█▒ close to the ground and its heart truly in music. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ Under the supervision of Janne Hansson the band ▒█░█
█░█▒ once again gathered in the legendary Atlantis ▒█░█
█░█▒ studio in Stockholm. The only outside musician ▒█░█
█░█▒ allowed into the sessions was Mattias Stσhl on ▒█░█
█░█▒ vibraphone. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ On their second album they wanted a more intricate ▒█░█
█░█▒ choice of songs. The basic concept was already ▒█░█
█░█▒ there. Magnus Carlson affection for the mod culture ▒█░█
█░█▒ is a corner stone, which you can hear, and notice ▒█░█
█░█▒ in the song selection. Jazz is the key word, but ▒█░█
█░█▒ adjusted to Magnus CarlsonÆs timeless vocal style. ▒█░█
█░█▒ A few psychedelic influences can also be heard. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ Eleven songs finally made it onto "Echoes". The mix ▒█░█
█░█▒ is as exciting as itÆs diverse. It starts with ▒█░█
█░█▒ River Man (Nick Drake) and ends with Summer In Siam ▒█░█
█░█▒ by The Pogues. Between these two far ends of the ▒█░█
█░█▒ scale youÆll find Nina SimoneÆs Feeling Good, ▒█░█
█░█▒ Barabajagal (Donovan), Rain (JosΘ Feliciano), If I ▒█░█
█░█▒ Could Only Be Sure (Nolan Porter), AinÆt There ▒█░█
█░█▒ Something That Money CanÆt Buy (Young Holt ▒█░█
█░█▒ Unlimited), IÆm Alive! (Tommy James and the ▒█░█
█░█▒ Shondells), Black Swan (Thom Yorke), Love Letter ▒█░█
█░█▒ (Nick Cave and the Black Seeds) and Ocean Rain ▒█░█
█░█▒ (Echo and the Bunnymen). ▒█░█
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█░█▒ The recording session was very intense. Most of the ▒█░█
█░█▒ songs were captured in their first or second takes. ▒█░█
█░█▒ Every track was recorded live, including the ▒█░█
█░█▒ vocals. No one wanted the sound to be too polished. ▒█░█
█░█▒ After all, they call their music garage jazz. ▒█░█
█░█▒ During particularly intense takes, emotions got the ▒█░█
█░█▒ better of some of them. Magnus vocal take on Love ▒█░█
█░█▒ Letter, actually saw a tear rolling down ▒█░█
█░█▒ RusktrΣskÆs face. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ "Echoes" is a body of work where each individual ▒█░█
█░█▒ musician has a given place and where all their ▒█░█
█░█▒ contributions comes together in an obvious music ▒█░█
█░█▒ universe. Sure, itÆs jazz - but in a version that ▒█░█
█░█▒ Magnus Carlson and the Moon Ray Quintet proudly can ▒█░█
█░█▒ call their own. ▒█░█
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█░█▒ Members: ▒█░█
█░█▒ Magnus Carlson û vocal (singer from Weeping ▒█░█
█░█▒ Willows) ▒█░█
█░█▒ Goran KajfeÜ û trumpet, producer (Oddjob, Tityo ▒█░█
█░█▒ etc) ▒█░█
█░█▒ Per "RusktrΣsk" Johansson - Saxofon (Oddjob etc) ▒█░█
█░█▒ Carl Bagge -piano (Robyn, Kleerup, Christopher ▒█░█
█░█▒ Sander) ▒█░█
█░█▒ Peter Forss - bass (Oddjob, Eagle-Eye Cherry, Anna ▒█░█
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█░█▒ Eric Gadd, Sophie Zelmani, Peter LeMarc) ▒█░█
█░█▒ Lars Skoglund - drums (Laakso, Lykke Li, Merit ▒█░█
█░█▒ Hemmingson, ▒█░█
█░█▒ Mauro Scocco) ▒█░█
█░█▒ Mattias Stσhl û vibraphone ▒█░█
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█░█▒ http://www.myspace.com/magnuscarlsonmrq ▒█░█
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