Originally, Piano Magic operated a “revolving door” policy, inviting guest singers and musicians to contribute to recordings but by 2000, Johnson was the only remaining founder member and it had transformed into a fully-fledged international touring group. In the early 00's, Piano Magic recorded 2 albums for 4AD Records - the first, a soundtrack to Spanish director, Bigas Luna's film, 'Son De Mar.'
The second, perhaps most notable for featuring the first recording in 30 years of 'long-lost' folk doyenne, Vashti Bunyan. Further collaborations throughout the years included John Grant, Low, Dead Can Dance, The Apartments and Tarwater.
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From its conception as a bedroom-studio hobby in Summer 1996, Piano Magic's trajectory has never been textbook - random at best. Originally, a self-confessed revolving door operation - musicians arriving, contributing and leaving as they pleased - they harvested a catalogue of varied singles, EPs and two albums by 1998. This convey-belt membership also resulted in a plethora of sonic stylings, from smallbeat Kraftwerkian Meccano Pop on debut album, 'Popular Mechanics' (1997) to the breathless, ethereal, multi-layered melancholy of 'Low Birth Weight' (1998).