James Marlon Magas
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
In 1992, James Marlon Magas co-founded the Ann Arbor, Michigan-based
band Couch and the Bulb Records label, with Peter Larson. Bulb and
Couch were both instrumental in kick-starting the American mid-western
noise movement, influencing artists Andrew WK and Wolf Eyes. In 1995,
Magas relocated to Chicago, forming the no wave band Lake Of Dracula,
with multi-instrumentalist Weasel Walter. In 2000, Magas became solo
electronic artist MAGAS and started the record store, Weekend Records
and Soap, with wife Bridgette Wilson. Magas assembled his Wizardlook
studio and began producing music and remixing other artists, as well as
performing concerts in North America and Europe. In late 2013, he
worked on the score to director Asia Argento's Incompresa (aka
Misunderstood), which will premiere as an official selection at
Festival de Cannes on May 22, 2014, as part of the Un Certain Regard
section.