SKRP002: Magnus Reimer - Tidal Lock

Release: 23 September 2015

With a background as a pianist and musicology student, Magnus Reimer embarked on a five year mission creating the epic electronic indie album Tidal Lock; a 14-track journey into the darker sides of popular music. Combining influences from the classical dark pop of David Bowie and Depeche Mode with electro and indie sounds from Sigur Rós, Efterklang and Sufjan Stevens, the aim was to create a lush and live orchestral sound using keyboard instruments and computers.

After a prolonged mixing phase and some valuable mastering aid from Hans Olsson Brookes, the result is a solid, luminous album which places electronic pop music back into the progressive alternative genre where it always belonged.

The artistic theme is centered around powerful natural forces like gravity and tidal waves, painting a battle ground of the mighty weights of planets locking each other into intense, unbreakable relations. While no song is quite like the other, they all form a unity exploring powerful polemic emotions, feelings of entrapment and the glorious sensations of liberation and completion. From the ominous grinding bass notes of the opening track, to the beautiful, climactic destruction of Grand Finale and the folk-inspired epilogue Open Horizon, Tidal Lock is an album which captivates the listener with its originality, embraceful vocals and catchy melodies, refusing to let you go.



”...music filled with expression, songs that have a will to truly caress the entire world and show themselves in their full glory.” Göteborgs-Posten, Sweden

”The songwriting and tension in the music of Magnus Reimer is unexpected at first, but the darkness that brews under his pop melodies and accessible vocal lines grows with every listen. There’s something not quite right, and it’s in his unsettling flourishes that his individuality lies.” Raw Meat, UK

”...this “musician, thinker, and chord-obsessed megalomaniac” has created a truly rare yet approachable sound.” AMBY, Canada

”...with key changes to die for and gentle arpeggiated chords, effectively drawing you in only to pull away.” Harmony Hungry, UK


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Magnus Reimer - It Turns Out [Digital Single]

Release: 12 November 2014


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Second single from the debut album Tidal Lock is a dark ballad combining folk and electronic music. To great critical acclaim from alternative music sites it also came with an abstract music video, a collaboration with swedish art photographer and set designer Anna Lamberg.



Press


"It's pleasant yet has a dark tinge with key changes to die for and gentle arpeggiated chords, effectively drawing you in only to pull away."
Harmony Hungry, UK - read more

"...this “musician, thinker, and chord-obsessed megalomaniac” has created a truly rare yet approachable sound."
A Music Blog, yeh?, Canada - read more

"...Reimer delivers this sort of eyes wide open, almost childlike but definitely charming."
Backseat Mafia, UK - read more

"beautiful, beguiling..."
Deadly Music, Ireland - read more

"the new track by Magnus Reimer is simply stunning" "Magnus Reimer delivers gorgeous new track"
Rhythm & Booze, UK - read more

"The ‘Swedish synth and keyboard virtuoso’ seems to have nailed the idea of experimentalism, Swedish folk and classic pop in one song.
Robmoro.com, Ireland - read more

"The songwriting and tension in the music of Magnus Reimer is unexpected at first, but the darkness that brews under his pop melodies and accessible vocal lines grows with every listen. There’s something not quite right, and it’s in his unsettling flourishes that his individuality lies."
Raw Meat, UK - read more

"Tidal Lock...a release to look forward to...Magnus Reimer takes the audience on an journey of the light and dark"
Emerging Indie Bands, UK - read more

"...dim light sensitivity that reflects the glow of an ethereal flame in a blizzard..." "...the pure energy of the magical creatures of the northern legends."
Tracker Magazine, Portugal - read more

SKRP001: Magnus Reimer - Throw Yourself

Release date: 8 September 2014

With a background as a pianist and musicology student, Gothenburg singer/producer Magnus Reimer has worked for five years creating his very own sound. He now releases his debut in the form of two-track digital single Throw Yourself.

At the core of Throw Yourself is the electric piano, used to give what is essentially a synthpop song a more rocky and dynamic edge. The song is an exposé of both minimalist and complex melodic elements and Magnus’ theoretical knowledge of harmonics, but this is nevertheless the moment when he lets go and allows the music to just flow to wherever it needs to be.

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