Magnet (musician) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Magnet is the pseudonym

Pseudonym

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of Norwegian

Norway

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singer-songwriter

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Even Johansen (born 7 June 1970, Bergen

Bergen

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, Norway

Norway

). To date, he has released four full-length studio albums as well as several singles and EPs. Johansen draws upon many influences, including folk, pop, and electronica. His albums are composed and produced solely by him, and he usually performs live sets on his own, using preset loops or creating them as he plays.

Biography

Even Johansen was born, raised, and resides in Bergen

Bergen

, Norway

Norway

, but he has also lived just outside the southern Scottish

Scotland

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town of Lockerbie, where he recorded his On Your Side album. Initially, Even was a founding member of the Norwegian rock bands Libido and Chocolate Overdose. During his involvement with Libido, Even conceived a series of songs he thought were inappropriate for the band. His first solo album, Quiet & Still
Quiet & Still
-Track listing:# "The Recluse" – 4:33# "Where Happiness Lives" – 3:43# "Bullet to Your Heart" – 2:49# "Easily Undone" – 3:31# "Nothing Hurts Now" – 3:50# "There's an End to This" – 3:11# "Private Jinx" – 3:32# "Quiet and Still" – 3:37...

, was released in 2000 under the alias Magnet (in the US, the album was released under his real name). The name "Magnet" originated from when Even was a child with anemia

Anemia

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; he was prescribed a special magnetic tattoo on his left shoulder so it could attract iron.

Magnet's second album On Your Side was released in June 2003 on Ultimate Dilemma

A&E Records

A&E Records is an United Kingdom-based record label imprint, owned by Warner Music Group, and operates under the WEA International group of labels at WMG....

to positive critical acclaim. The album features Magnet's duet with Irish singer-songwriter Gemma Hayes

Gemma Hayes

Gemma Claire Hayes is an Irish singer-songwriter and member of The Cake Sale.-Early life:...

on a cover of Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

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's "Lay Lady Lay

Lay Lady Lay

"Lay Lady Lay" is a song written by Bob Dylan and originally released in 1969 on his Nashville Skyline album. Like many of the tracks on the album, Dylan sings the song in a low croon, rather than in the high nasal singing style associated with his earlier recordings...

," which was later featured in the 2005 film Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005 film)
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(see also: Mr. & Mrs. Smith (OST)). Following European and North American tour dates throughout 2003 and 2004, Magnet signed to Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

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for his third album The Tourniquet
The Tourniquet
The Tourniquet is Magnet's third album, first released in Norway on May 30, 2005 where it debuted on the album chart at #2. The album is named after the drink "The Tourniquet," which Even sampled "in a Singapore airport bar, en route back from Los Angeles after recording there." There were two...

, which was released in May 2005 to further positive acclaim. In 2006, he contributed several songs to the soundtrack of the video game Dreamfall: The Longest Journey. His fourth studio album, The Simple Life
The Simple Life (Magnet album)
The Simple Life is Magnet's fourth album, first released in Norway on March 26, 2007 where it debuted on the album chart at #1, and then in the US on September 18, 2007, and the UK on March 24, 2008. The album follows less than two years after his previous effort The Tourniquet...

, followed in March 2007 on the Hermetix Recordings label, an imprint of Sony BMG.

Over the years, Even has toured with Phoenix

Phoenix (band)

Phoenix is a Grammy Award winning French indie rock band from Versailles, founded by Thomas Mars, Deck d'Arcy, Christian Mazzalai and Laurent Brancowitz.-Formation and early years:...

, Engineers

Engineers (band)

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, Zero 7

Zero 7

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, Isobel Campbell

Isobel Campbell

Isobel Campbell is a Scottish singer, cellist and composer in the indie and rock genres.-History:Campbell was a member of Belle & Sebastian from their formation in Glasgow in 1996 until 2002, when she departed the band for personal reasons. She played cello and keyboards with the band, and sang...

, Gemma Hayes

Gemma Hayes

Gemma Claire Hayes is an Irish singer-songwriter and member of The Cake Sale.-Early life:...

, Ed Harcourt

Ed Harcourt

Ed Harcourt is an English singer-songwriter. To date, he has released five studio albums, two EPs, and thirteen singles. His debut album, Here Be Monsters, was nominated for the 2001 Mercury Prize...

, Stars, and Doves. Even also provided a remix of Doves' song "The Last Broadcast," which was featured on the bonus disc of their 2003 B-sides and rarities compilation Lost Sides
Lost Sides
-Charts:-Original promo CD:At the end of 2000, the original issue of Lost Sides was released as a promo-only CD . The original artwork featured the boxer from Doves' Lost Souls album, and included only the b-sides from the first album and early EPs."Crunch" and "Lost in Watts" are two tracks from...

.

On July 16, 2011, Even posted a new single to his Myspace page entitled "Doldrum Days". It is unknown if this song will be featured on any album, thought the song itself is available through the Norwegian iTunes store and other retailers.

According to his management, Even is currently working on a new album for a 2011 release.

Albums

Quiet & Still
Quiet & Still
-Track listing:# "The Recluse" – 4:33# "Where Happiness Lives" – 3:43# "Bullet to Your Heart" – 2:49# "Easily Undone" – 3:31# "Nothing Hurts Now" – 3:50# "There's an End to This" – 3:11# "Private Jinx" – 3:32# "Quiet and Still" – 3:37...
- October 10, 2000 – Norway
- May 15, 2001 – US (the album was released under the title Even Johansen in the US)
On Your Side
- June 23, 2003 – Norway
- July 7, 2003 – UK
- September 28, 2004 – US
The Tourniquet
The Tourniquet
The Tourniquet is Magnet's third album, first released in Norway on May 30, 2005 where it debuted on the album chart at #2. The album is named after the drink "The Tourniquet," which Even sampled "in a Singapore airport bar, en route back from Los Angeles after recording there." There were two...
- May 30, 2005 – Norway
- August 22, 2005 – UK
- February 14, 2006 – US
The Simple Life
The Simple Life (Magnet album)
The Simple Life is Magnet's fourth album, first released in Norway on March 26, 2007 where it debuted on the album chart at #1, and then in the US on September 18, 2007, and the UK on March 24, 2008. The album follows less than two years after his previous effort The Tourniquet...
- March 26, 2007 – Norway
- September 18, 2007 – US
- March 24, 2008 – UK

Singles/EPs

Where Happiness Lives EP (June 3, 2002) (CD, 10")
1. "Where Happiness Lives"
2. "I'll Come Along"
3. "Heaviest Heart"
4. "Nothing Hurts Now"
Chasing Dreams EP (September 23, 2002) (CD, 10")
1. "Chasing Dreams"
2. "Little Miss More or Less"
3. "Home Song"
4. "I'll Come Along" (Psychonauts Remix)
The Day We Left Town EP (April 21, 2003) (CD)
1. "The Day We Left Town"
2. "Clean Slate"
3. "Dead Happy"
4. "The Big Black Moon"
"Last Day of Summer" single (November 24, 2003) (12")
1. "Last Day of Summer"
2. "Last Day of Summer" (Tom Middleton
  Tom Middleton
  Tom Middleton is a prolific British recording artist, music producer, remixer and DJ.A classically trained pianist and cellist, Middleton worked in the early 1990s with Richard D. James , co-producing "En-Trance To Exit" on the Analogue Bubblebath EP for Exeter's influential Mighty Force Records...
  
  Cosmos Vox Remix)
3. "Last Day of Summer" (Tom Middleton Cosmos Deep Dub)
"Lay Lady Lay" single (March 22, 2004)
- CD:
1. "Lay Lady Lay
  Lay Lady Lay
  "Lay Lady Lay" is a song written by Bob Dylan and originally released in 1969 on his Nashville Skyline album. Like many of the tracks on the album, Dylan sings the song in a low croon, rather than in the high nasal singing style associated with his earlier recordings...
  
  " (with Gemma Hayes
  Gemma Hayes
  Gemma Claire Hayes is an Irish singer-songwriter and member of The Cake Sale.-Early life:...
  
  ) (Radio Edit)
2. "Wish Me Well"
3. "Last Day of Summer" (Tom Middleton Cosmos Vox Remix)
4. "Lay Lady Lay" (enhanced video)
- 7" vinyl:
1. "Lay Lady Lay" (with Gemma Hayes)
2. "Clean Slate" (The Bees
  The Bees (UK band)
  The Bees are an English band from Ventnor on the Isle of Wight. Although their sound is generally classified as indie rock or psychedelic rock, the band have a colourful range of styles and influences, such as 1960s garage rock, country, reggae and jazz.-History:The Bees have so far released four...
  
  Remix Edit)
Minus EP (November 29, 2004) (Norway-only CD)
1. "Let It Snow"
2. "Clean Slate"
3. "Heaviest Heart"
4. "Dead Happy"
5. "The Big Black Moon"
6. "Clean Slate" (The Bees Remix)
"Hold On" (August 15, 2005)
- UK double 7" set:
1. "Hold On"
2. "The Mute"
3. "The Pacemaker"
4. "Good Mourning"
- US Tour EP CD:
1. "Hold On" (Radio Edit)
2. "The Mute"
3. "Good Mourning"
4. "Grinder"
5. "Hold On" (Metronomy
  Metronomy
  Metronomy are an electronic music group formed by Joseph Mount in Totnes, Devon, England in 1999. The current band consists of Joseph Mount , Anna Prior , Oscar Cash and Gbenga Adelekan...
  
  Remix)
6. "Hold On" (Lindstrøm
  Hans-Peter Lindstrøm
  Hans-Peter Lindstrøm is a Norwegian producer who works under the name Lindstrøm. He often collaborates with fellow producer Prins Thomas . Lindstrøm won a Spellemannsprisen in 2008 for Where You Go I Go Too...
  
  Remix)
"Fall at Your Feet" (December 5, 2005)
- CD:
1. "Fall at Your Feet" (Jack Joseph Puig
  Jack Joseph Puig
  Jack Joseph Puig is a Grammy Award-winning music engineer and producer with a long track record of successful productions, including the mid-1990s production of Tonic. Puig also worked with Hole, Jellyfish, The Black Crowes, John Mayer, Weezer, Fiona Apple, Green Day, The Counting Crows, No Doubt,...
  
  Mix)
2. "This Bird Can Never Fly"
- 7" vinyl:
1. "Fall at Your Feet"
2. "Hold On" (Metronomy Remix)
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey Soundtrack EP (April 5, 2006)
1. "Be With You" (previously unreleased)
2. "My Darling Curse"
3. "The Pacemaker"
4. "Nothing Hurts Now"
"Lonely No More" (June 30, 2008) (digital download
Music download
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-only)
1. "Lonely No More"
2. "Pennydrop"
3. "1997"
4. "Selfhelper"

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