The second and last album of THE MAGIC THEATRE to date, “The Long Way Home”, is from over two years ago. They say time flies, but here at Elefant we refuse to accept such a premise, and that’s why we are bringing back what is probably our favorite song from that album “I Want To Die By Your Side”, releasing its well-deserved video and a digital single. 

“I Want To Die By Your Side” is a hyper melodic song with those delicate string arrangements and that intense emotional power. In the video by Chris Croft (his third for THE MAGIC THEATRE), the romanticism of the group – consisting of Dan Popplewell and Sophia Churney – is made clear, among candles, dim lights, feathers, and the moon, all photographed in black and white, and with a certain halo of mystery.

And, as a gift, there is a previously unreleased track; the “B side” has an acoustic version of “Summer Wind”, recorded by Sophia with her ukulele. The song was originally composed in Germany in 1965 by Heinz Meier, ultimately adapted into English by Johnny Mercer, and made popular by Wayne Newton and, primarily,Frank Sinatra. It’s brittle, intimate, and once again hugely romantic, but that kind of romanticism that is forgotten, glamorous, elegant, subtle, and overwhelming. While we continue to wait for new songs, songs like “I Want To Die By Your Side” will continue to brighten and illuminate us.

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Release Date: 18th November 

LP [Translucent Navy Blue Colour Vinyl] [Numbered Limited Edition of 500 copies] / CD DIGIPAK / DIGITAL • The vinyl format includes a free digital MP3 download [320 kbps]   

There are few times that a group’s name explains so much about their musical aspirations. THE MAGIC THEATRE’s music is a dramatic evocation with no limits; thousands of stories seem to flow within their melodies – through the richly timbred, vast instrumentation, in the impossible arrangements, and in the thousands of influences from all over the world that fill their songs. It is fantasy and imagination made into music, something that Dan Popplewell and Sophia Churney exalt on their second album, “The Long Way Home” – their first for Elefant Records. 

Ever since Popplewell and Churney met as part of OOBERMAN – the British band that won single of the year about ten years ago from The Times and Mark Radcliffe’s Radio One program, for their single “Shorley Wall” – the two felt compelled to work together. This was finally possible just a few years back with the birth of THE MAGIC THEATRE. After a delicious first album that set up all the parameters that this new album expands on, they signed with Elefant Records. And after that marvelous single, “I Got The Answer”, a song which is included on the album, we finally have “The Long Way Home”. 

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Hola!

Nos ponemos en contacto contigo para informarte que el concierto de THE MAGIC THEATRE + CRISTINA QUESADA es el VIERNES 8 de NOVIEMBRE, por un error con la fecha el concierto aparecía programado para el sábado 9 de noviembre, pero la fecha real es el VIERNES 8 de NOVIEMBRE a la misma hora.

Como sabes, la entrada a este concierto es únicamente con invitación, si conseguiste tú invitación en TICKETEA:  necesitamos que te pongas en contacto con Elefant Records lo antes posible en esta dirección de correo: lista@elefant.com y nos confirmes si vas a poder ir al concierto el VIERNES 8, dinos tú nombre y apellido para añadirlo directamente a nuestra lista de invitados (si habías cogido 2 tickets dínoslo para ponerte un + 1 en la lista). En el caso de que no recibamos tú confirmación damos por hecho que no vas a poder asistir. Lamentamos las molestias y esperamos que el cambio de fecha no sea un problema para que puedas asistir. Te confirmaremos por e-mail que hemos recibido tu e-mail y que estás incluido en la lista de invitados. Un saludo. Elefant Records

Viernes, 08 noviembre 2013

The Magic Theatre + Cristina Quesada + Dj Polar [Hasta las 3 de la mañana]

Hora: 21:30

Inicio Conciertos:

Cristina Quesada: 22:00

The Magic Theatre: 22:30

Siroco Lounge

(Parte de arriba de Siroco)

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Release Date: 08-07-2013 

SINGLE 7" [Chocolate Colour Vinyl] [Numbered Limited Edition of 500 copies] / DIGITAL SINGLE ER-324  •  This vinyl includes a free digital MP3 download [320 kbps]   

TRACKLIST: 01. I Got The Answer 02. Still Hold A Light 03. Love Is Blue 04. Butterfly Dream

In 2010, totally captivated by their debut album, we added THE MAGIC THEATRE to our Elefant family. After many months of hard work, and after giving us their delicious “Christmas Lights” for our compilation, “A Christmas Gift For You From Elefant Records”, the moment has finally arrived for us to be able to enjoy their first release on our record label – this 4-song vinyl single, an advance of what will be their new album, “The Long Way Home”, to be released this coming fall.

THE MAGIC THEATRE rises from the ashes of OOBERMAN, that British band that The Times and Radio One’s Mark Radcliffe gave “single of the year” to, for “Blossoms Falling”, at the beginning of the last decade. The founding members, Dan Popplewell and Andy Flett, have known each other since their school days and they’ve developed various projects together, though it wasn’t until the end of the nineties when they began putting out albums under the name of OOBERMAN (with Steve Flett, Allan Kelly and Sophia Churney) that they began to receive public and critical recognition. Their three albums, “ [ Read more ]

Release Date: **CD Digipak and **Digital Album [10 December]  // ** LP White Colour Vinyl [Numbered Limited Edition of 1000 copies] [20 December] • The vinyl format includes a free digital MP3 download [320 kbps]

TRACKLIST: 01 Why Should Christmas Be So Hardcategoría (Attic Lights) 02 Holding Hands Around The World (Guille Milkyway And The Jelly Jamm Sound Orchestra) 03 Christmas Lights (The Magic Theatre) 04 La Luz Del Mundo (Single) 05 El Viaje Mágico De Santa Claus (Modular) 06 X-mas Song (Edine Avec Lisle Mitnik Et Son Orchestre) 07 I Just Wanna Hold Your Hand (On Christmas Day) (The Yearning)08 Let Me Be The Fairy On Your Christmas Tree Tonight (The School) 09 Los Anillos De Alcyone (21-12-2012) (La Casa Azul) 10 You Trashed My Christmas (The Primitives) 11 Te Espero En Navidad (Axolotes Mexicanos) 12 Bells To Ring And Jingle (YouDoMeToo) 13 Donde Todo Sigue Igual (Band À Part) 14 You're Coming Home Tonight (The School) 15 Let's Make Christmas Love (BMX Bandits) 16 Su Šventom Kalėdom (Fitness Forever)

Here at Elefant, we have always been huge fans of Christmas albums, so we finally decided to get our act together, and we’ve put a lot of energy and excitement into our first Christmas album. “A Christmas Gift For You From Elefant Records” is full of previously unreleased songs that look toward that luminous side of life, a fantastic excuse to feel optimistic, colorful, and, why not, irony a [ Read more ]