Magenta (Norwegian band)

Magenta
Magenta 2008 - (C) Sandra Jensen
Background information
Also known as	Maggis
Origin	Norway
Genres	Alternative Rock Industrial rock
Years active	1995–present
Labels	AT&MT Tatra Productions Re:POP
Associated acts	Apoptygma Berzerk
Website	[1]
Members
Anders Odden Vilde Lockert Daniel Hill Erik Engebretsen
Past members
Ole Bjerkebakke Endre Tønnensen Elec This BatKat

Magenta is an alternative rock band from Norway formed by Anders Odden during the summer of 1995; Vilde Lockert joined him on vocals that autumn. They released their first EP simply named Magenta in 1997. The song Secret Sky went into the charts in Norway and established their career. Anders Odden was already a well-known name to most of the music-oriented people. He’s been members of bands like Apoptygma Berzerk, Cadaver as well as recording for Satyricon, and being liveguitarist for Celtic Frost. The album Periode was released in march 1998, and Magenta went on tour in Norway and Germany. Magenta signed a new record-deal in April 2001 with the German indielabel Re:pop Music. The summer of 2001 saw the recording of the album Little girl Lost, when they joined forces with producer, Vegard Ibo Blomberg The album was released in Germany the 24th of June 2002, and was very well received in the German alternative press. It reached number 4 in both the German Alternative Charts during the fall of 2002. Magenta made a video for All Over featuring Mortiis, but were quite stunned to find out that Coca-Cola company wanted this song for their worldwide release of Sprite Zero. The best chart position so far has been reached when Magenta CD single "All Over" climbed to number 2 in the official charts in Greece on July 8, 2002, when this campaign went into a frenzy there.

Magenta played a lot of gigs in 2002/2003 and the took some time off after the Arvika Festival in Sweden in 2003. Anders re-joined Apoptygma Berzerk on the recording of their new album "You And Me Against The World" in 2004/2005. In 2006, Magenta was reinforced with guitar manic Daniel Hill. This was very inspiring for the band and led to one of the most creative period in the bands history. Magenta released a track together with Apoptygma Berzerk called Friendly fire in the beginning of 2006, and this kicked Magenta into a serious writing process for the new album. The first new song of the new direction is Darkest Dream.

Magenta was also enforced with Jonas Groth who contributed to the production of the rest of the new album. Art and Accidents was released in November 2008 digitally and then officially on February 9, 2009.^[1]

Members

• Vilde Lockert - Vocal
• Anders Odden - Guitar, Bass, Piano, Programming, Vocals
• Daniel Hill - Bass
• Erik Engebretsen - Drums

Guests on Magenta records and concerts in the past

• Pee Jay - Programming and Turntables
• Elec This - Programming, keyboards
• Geir Bratland - Programming, keyboards
• Vegard Blomberg - Programming, vocals, guitar
• Ole Bjerkebakke - drums
• Michel Langevin - Drums (Sampled)
• John Macaluso - Drums
• Ted Skogman - Drums
• Tore Ylwizaker - Drums
• Håvard Bævre - Drums
• Endre Tønnesen - Bass
• Mark Francombe - Bass
• Jonny Sjo - Bass
• Heine Aardalen - Bass
• Stu Manx - Bass
• BatKat - Bass
• Jonas Groth - Vocals and piano
• Gothminister - Vocals
• Jean-Luc De Meyer - Vocals
• Computorgirl - Backing Vocals
• Kristoffer Rygg - Vocals
• Agnete Kirkvaag - Backing Vocals
• Stephan Groth - Backing Vocals
• Lene Magica - Backing vocals
• Audun Stengel (Angel) - lead Guitar
• Andreas Bjorck - Organ
• Kenneth Kannutt - Turntables
• Sven Erik Kristiansen - mouthharp

Style

Magenta was and is a band that like to work without conventional genre understanding. They have used elements from genres like: rock, pop, metal, trip hop, electro, techno, industrial, new wave, gothic, acoustic, psychedelic, trance and film music and refuse to be labeled. "Magenta is my playground where I can be as diverse and melodic as I want to" says Anders Odden in an attempt to describe Magenta.

Discography

Full-length studio albums and EPs

• Magenta (The Secret Sky) EP 1997 AT&MT
• Periode 1998 Tatra
• Little Girl Lost 2003 Re:pop
• Art and Accidents 2009 AT&MT

Singles

• One Mind SGL 1998 Tatra
• All Over SGL 2002 Re:pop
• Shine On (2006)* Gun Records
• Darkest Dream (2008) AT&MT

• Magenta made a collaboration song with Apoptygma Berzerk on their Shine On single named "Friendly Fire", which was also included on their 2006 Black EP.

References

1. ^ http://www.discogs.com/Magenta-Art-And-Accidents/release/1647034

External links

• [2] Official website
• [3] MySpace page