Discography:
PLATOON LP, OUT NOW ON NOT NOT FUN
Magic Lantern Underwater Dynasty LP (2009), Edition of 300, [URCK2025]
Magic Lantern's Underwater Dynasty was recorded for Ukelele, Guitar, Flute, Piano, Bells, Hand Drums & Voices. This piece could alternatively be titled Underwater Raga. The magic created by the interweaving flute and string melodies creates and epic soundtrack to an Atlantis like Hesse-esque world that'll take you to the outer places you've always needed to explore. This is Magic Lantern's follow up to their highly acclaimed wax release on Not Not Fun entitled High Beams.
available here
Magic Lantern LP (2008), reissue, Edition of 500, [WOODSIST019]
Reissue of self-titled CD-R onto black vinyl.
Tracklist:
1. At the Mountains of Madness
2. Vampires in Heat
3. Chance Encounter
4. Gateway
available here
High Beams LP (2008), Edition of 500, [NNF137]
"After far, far too long lost in the merch-less dark, the LBC's most married band, Magic Lantern, finally beam down the blinding full-length psych-statement we always knew they had hidden inside. It only took the Southern California sector a single 5-song demo plus a handful of incense-dense komische live flights to fully fall under the spell of ML's oncoming headlights, but now the rest of the globe can hop on the band's wild wagon. Hold on. High Beams throws out the total 20-sided die of the their illuminative powers, from stomping, storming show staples like "Deathshead Hawkmoth" and "Vampires In Heat" through to Sun Araw-vibed chime trancers ("Feasting On Energy") and even a good time acid-addled feedback boogie ("Cactus Raga"). These are all of the Lanterns' classic long-form anthems, captured in glorious high-def thanks to Bobb Bruno's attuned production/recording capabilities and a radiant mastering job courtesy of James Plotkin. The riffs rip, the drums destroy, and the organ burns a hole in the sun. Walk into the light. Black vinyl LPs (with full color center labels) in glossy jackets with flag photography by Cameron & Erica Stallones, plus a fried-eyed, full-color 11x17 poster."
Side A - "Deathshead Hawkmoth," "Feasting on Energy," "Night Mane"
Side B - "Vampires in Heat," "Cactus Raga"
Available HERE
and various distros
At the Mountains of Madness C30 (2007), Edition of 100, [NNF103]
"Plenty of cacophony comes crawling outta the NNF mailbox/inbox on a daily basis, but it’s been a spell since an hourglass of holy din has caught us captive quite the way Magic Lantern’s tape has. This LBC guru posse formed last year but only began laying down live sets in the last four months, and the evolution is radical. The A side shockwave, “At the Mountains of Madness,” rides a roiling riff through forcefields of charged tones, percussion concussion, and collective overdrive before slowly ramping up and over drug-rock repetition into raw light cone rapture. A perfect cyclone of basement storm and interstellar Hawkwind, and a real contender for CS single of ’07 in our book. The live B piece shows a looser slice of psychic youth, all amplifier wash and blissed waves of Bardo comedown…like a teenage Taj Mahal Travellers bootleg. Illuminating. Keep yr eyes peeled for more ML signal flares on NNF in the future. Stenciled tape-labeled tapes with full-color fire-dancer J-cards in gold-flecked cases embellished with jewels."
Side A - "At the Mountains of Madness"
Side B - "Untitled (Live)"
SOLD OUT
Self-Titled CD-R (2007), Edition of 30, self-released SOLD OUT
Tracklist:
1. At the Mountains of Madness
2. Vampires in Heat
3. Chance Encounter
4. Gateway
5. Untitled (Live)
SOLD OUT
