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Jakob Magnússon has lived many lives. After forming Iceland’s legendary Stuðmenn
back in high school, Magnússon spent the next five decades as a multi-disciplinary
artist, never standing still for long.
Jack Magnet Science is the latest iteration of Magnússon’s ever-evolving endeavors,
using a moniker that harkens back to a 1981 album. Accordingly, Future Forecast is
layered with fragments of personal history and crossed paths. Some years ago,
Magnússon and his Stuðmenn compatriot Tómas Tómasson were listening to their
mutual favorite musician, the Austrian jazz adventurer Joseph Zawinul. This took them
down a rabbit hole, through Zawinul’s work in the Weather Report, and the iconic album
that indirectly birthed that band: Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew. The project ground to a halt when Tómasson died in 2018.
Fast forward five years, and Magnússon found himself presented with an opportunity to
record at Flóki, a remote studio in the far north of Iceland. The original vision he and
Tómasson had was revived and remixed, reborn as Jack Magnet Science. Magnússon
gathered an ensemble: his Stuðmenn bandmates Ragga Gísla, Disa Jakobs and Egill Ólafsson on vocals and Eyþór Gunnarsson on keys, Einar Scheving on percussion,
Matthew Garrison on bass, Phil Doyle on reeds, the former The Sugarcubes drummer Sigtryggur Baldursson on percussion, and Weather Report's own Peter Erskine on the kit.
back in high school, Magnússon spent the next five decades as a multi-disciplinary
artist, never standing still for long.
Jack Magnet Science is the latest iteration of Magnússon’s ever-evolving endeavors,
using a moniker that harkens back to a 1981 album. Accordingly, Future Forecast is
layered with fragments of personal history and crossed paths. Some years ago,
Magnússon and his Stuðmenn compatriot Tómas Tómasson were listening to their
mutual favorite musician, the Austrian jazz adventurer Joseph Zawinul. This took them
down a rabbit hole, through Zawinul’s work in the Weather Report, and the iconic album
that indirectly birthed that band: Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew. The project ground to a halt when Tómasson died in 2018.
Fast forward five years, and Magnússon found himself presented with an opportunity to
record at Flóki, a remote studio in the far north of Iceland. The original vision he and
Tómasson had was revived and remixed, reborn as Jack Magnet Science. Magnússon
gathered an ensemble: his Stuðmenn bandmates Ragga Gísla, Disa Jakobs and Egill Ólafsson on vocals and Eyþór Gunnarsson on keys, Einar Scheving on percussion,
Matthew Garrison on bass, Phil Doyle on reeds, the former The Sugarcubes drummer Sigtryggur Baldursson on percussion, and Weather Report's own Peter Erskine on the kit.
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