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Magnetfisch already exist since 1998, and from a duo, which originally played instrumental music with roots in the 80ies New Wave, they became an outright band after two beautiful albums. Still, they let their roots shine through and do not deny them at all. Thanks to the singer Seline Kunz, the instrumental compositions became full-blown songs with catchy tunes that will find lots of fans amongst aficionados of good old New Wave. Although the music is electronic in its structure, I personally rather see the incisive guitar sounds, which remind me of giants like The Durutti Column, And Also The Trees and The Cure. The congenial voice of Seline Kunz contributes to make botox a very beautiful single, leaving us waiting impatiently for new songs. Unfortunately, such melodic, unobtrusive New Wave is much too rare nowadays. - Review by A. Pohle (www.backagain.de)
Albums:
"Fruchtkönig" (2001)
"Silence Fiction" (2003, Helvetic Production)
"Botox" EP (2005, Helvetic Production)
Seline Kunz (vocals)
Timothée Barrelet (keyboards, programming)
Patrick Scherrer (guitars)
Rolf Althaus (bass guitar)
Management: Janine Arnold
Label: Helvetic Production
Distribution: VSM (CEO: Heiri Dürst), Thexoomo.net (CEO: Gelgia Caduff)
Webmaster: Daniel Jossen, Simplysoft
Artwork Fruchtkönig and EP: Caroline Singeisen
Artwortk Silence Fiction: Urs Althaus (www.hausgrafik.ch), Hans Grob
Artist Mission
"Without music, life would be a mistake." Friedrich Nietzsche
Music Influences
New Model Army, And also the Trees, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Simple Minds, Eels, Dntel, Ulrich Schnauss, Moby, Anne Clark, Sisters of Mercy, Elefant, Kraftwerk, the Cooper Temple Clause, Autechre, U2, Noir Désir, Mickey 3d, Röyksopp, Placebo, OMD, New Order, Ladytron, JJ72, Indochine, James, Air, A-Ha, Alphaville, Archive, Cake, Camouflage, Carter USM, Catherine Wheel, Echo & the Bunnymen, Enya, Eskobar, Fad Gadget, Faithless, Galleon, Gorillaz, Kasabian, Mew, Midnight Oil, Pet Shop Boys, Rialto, Blur, Sinéad O'Connor, Sparks, Siouxie & the Banshees, Sting, Talk Talk, Texas, The Beta Band, The Dandy Wharols, The Farm, The House of Love, The Stranglers, Tricky, Wolfsheim, Ridley, Sinner DC, 22 Pistepirrko, Klee, The National, Editors, Interpol, Keane, Cranes, pet shop boys, VHS or Beta, Leftfield, Morrissey, Ulrich Schnauss, The Police
Alternative Links
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Silence Fiction on CDbaby
Silence Fiction available here
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Fruchtkönig on Musicfreedom
Fruchtkönig available here
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EP Botox on CDbaby
EP Botox available here
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http://www.out-of-space.ch/
the swiss e-zine for trip hop, downbeat and electronic music
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mp3.ch
download music from swiss artists for free
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Magnetfisch on UBL
the ultimate band list: featured artist, 07.21.2006
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Magnetfisch on NME
New Musical Express: UK musical magazine, published weekly
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allsynthpop
find everything related to synthpop, electro, industrial, and similar music genres
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magnetfisch on swisscharts.com
the official swiss charts
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swiss music portal of the third radio programs
radio stations couleur 3, Virus, DRS3, RETE3 and radio rumantsch
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Magnetfisch on myspace
The band's myspace page
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Thexoomo
Homepage of the band's distributor
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VSM, Helvetic Productions
Homepage of the band's label
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Magnetfisch homepage
Magnetfisch official homepage
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