About

Who

They are the singing secret that the stars have kept to themselves, the vocal group with a word-of-mouth reputation for spicing up the parties of supermodels, heads of state and billionaires with their blend of razor-sharp harmonies and jaw dropping beatboxing. But now, after selling out London’s legendary Roundhouse, a series of electrifying festival appearances and a starring role in the latest T-Mobile flash-mob advert The Magnets are emerging as one of the must see acts on the current British music scene.

The Magnets : Photography by Krissi Lundgren

What

Literally a ‘six-man sound machine’, The Magnets make all their music with their mouths alone, including the drums of vocal percussionist/beatboxer Andy Frost and the richly textured bass of Fraser Collins. However, this is no attempt to mimick instruments, but rather the blending of six distinctive voices to create a unique sound that rivals any band with guitars and keyboards.

Show Highlights

At the heart of The Magnets music lies a gift for extraordinary arrangements that radically restyle and subvert songs from artists as diverse as Kraftwerk and Beyoncé. Highlights include a sun soaked lounge version of Blur’s ‘Girls & Boys’, an adrelnaline-fuelled mash up of ‘Are You Gonna Go My Way’ by Lenny Kravitz and Fat Boy Slim’s ‘Weapon of Choice’ and the band’s trademark mega-medleys, currently a showstopping A – Z of movie themes from A-Team to Zulu. In concert, The Magnets marry musical sophistication with a road seasoned theatricality that suffuses their shows in imaginative choreography, engaging humour and plenty of audience participation.

“A sonic phenomenon you have to see and hear to believe…they’re a band to watch in 2011″ The Guardian

The Boys in Action: Photography by Krissi Lundgren

Recent UK Shows

Scottish Royal Variety Show, Glastonbury Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Voices Now @ The Roundhouse, Isle of Wight Festival, Belfast International Festival, Brighton Festival, E4 Udderbelly @ Southbank, Royal Festival Hall, Birmingham LG Arena.

International Tours

Austria, Belgium, Cayman Islands, Hungary, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Singapore, Switzerland.

“Talent in abundance and a highly original, note-perfect act” Metro

TV & Radio Highlights

GMTV, Parkinson, BBC Proms in the Park, MTV, Scott Mills Show (Radio 1), Showbusiness (Sky1), Comic Relief, The Arts Show (Radio 2), Magic Numbers (ITV1), Loose Ends (Radio 4), Blue Peter, The Late Late Show (Ireland), TV Total (Germany).

“Glorious a cappella…these are top-class professional vocalists” Die Welt

Gobsmacked @ Edinburgh Festival : Photography by Krissi Lundgren

Other Career Highlights

Support tours with Tom Jones, Michael Ball and Lisa Stansfield; singing at Buckingham Palace for the Queen’s Jubilee; shows for heads of state and royalty; winning the Forth FM Pick of the Edinburgh Fringe Award and several Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (CARAs).

“Slick, entertaining, with infectious groove” Time Out

Recordings

Giving It All That (2001), Another Place (2003), Kennington Sessions (2006), Under The Covers (2009), Gobsmacked (2010)

In Summary

Simply great music, made simply with the mouth.

Literally a ‘six-man sound machine’, The Magnets make all their music with their mouths
alone, including the drums of vocal percussionist/beatboxer Andy Frost and the richly
textured bass of Fraser Collins. However, this is no attempt to mimick instruments, but
rather the blending of six distinctive voices to create a unique sound that rivals any band
with guitars and keyboards.