Don’t you hate it when a successful band eventually break up and the individual band members try to ride out a solo career only to fail miserably. Usually a recipe for disaster but there’s always those remarkable exceptions. Ever wondered what happened to the bass player of Simian? We all know Ford and Shaw both went on to form Simian Mobile Disco and Simon went on to form The Black Ghosts with Fake Blood. So that leaves Alex the bass player. Well he went on to become Magnets. Now I didn’t know he was the bass player from Simian for a while. It seems I was just repeatedly coming back and forth to this random producer’s myspace to listen to his tracks, without at all wondering who he was. His tracks weren’t available anywhere and his myspace didn’t give that much information away. Very mysterious. A little bit of research though and all was revealed. Fascinated with music made through machines and artists from the 50s, such as Joe Meek and Raymond Scott, his music is best described as a mix of old analog gear and vintage drum machines, all edited and mutated to form something that wouldn’t appear out of place in some sort of futuristic setting where the world is overrun and ruled by modular synths.

He’s kindly passed on a track titled ‘Out Cold’ for us to share with you, which is probably my favourite tune as of late! The synth work is really something to be marvelled at. As of the moment we’re only allowed to share it in 128 kbps, but considering the quality of this track and his others, it should only be a matter of time before they get picked up by a label and then make history. Also, for anyone attending the Stag & Dagger Festival this Friday in London, I recommend checking him out at the Hoxton Bar & Kitchen along with other bands and artists such as Miike Snow and Primary 1! Not to be missed.

MAGNETS – OUT COLD [128kbps]

Link: MAGNETS – LATE NIGHT MIX