Marc Wagnon

Though his talent being a percussionist was immediately noticeable, the true story of Marc Wagnon’s success is among some fortunate encounters with equally prodigious artists. Blessed in Lausanne, Switzerland, his early musical preferences focused on intensifying rock rings like Ruler Crimson, Led Zeppelin, Yes and Genesis. He was also impressed using the fusion noises of Mls Davis as well as the Mahavishnu Orchestra. It had been a Gary Burton concert, though, which helped him concentrate his desire to become musician — he was impressed with Burton’s technique, imagination and flexibility in the vibraphone. Immediately after seeing that important performance he’d enter the Geneva Conservatory to review classical percussion, like the vibraphone, which would become his device of preference. The five years that Wagnon spent on the Geneva Conservatory was supplemented by way of a calendar year on the Berklee College of Music in Boston. Though his period there was brief, it created several romantic relationships which would afterwards prove useful. At Berklee Wagnon fulfilled Dave Douglas, whose improvisational abilities were an motivation to Wagnon; he also fulfilled Dave Kikowski, who become his consistent collaborator. After his stint at Berklee, Wagnon transferred to NEW YORK where he started some projects and actually begun to develop his very own unique design. He produced Dr. Nerve with Kikowski, a music group with an intense, grinding audio that Wagnon referred to as “Schoenberg fits the Sex Pistols.” Through the Dr. Nerve years, Wagnon held busy with many aspect projects. He created an album beneath the music group name Tunnels with famous bassist Percy Jones and Brand X drummer Frank Katz in 1993 entitled With Percy Jones. Tunnels presented a far more straight-ahead jazz fusion audio than Dr. Nerve, revealing Wagnon’s skill within the vibes. Wagnon’s part projects didn’t appear to impact his dedication to Dr. Nerve, nevertheless. Before they disbanded in 1997, they might discharge seven albums over the Cuneiform label. For the reason that same calendar year, Wagnon released the outcomes of two various other aspect projects. WITHOUT No Diet plan Bang, a assortment of Swiss musicans, he created a cd entitled Profan for the Bambrus record label. He also kicked off his songs company, Buckyball, by launching a cooperation with vocalist (and Buckyball co-founder) Sarah Cushion: Paper Slashes, that was a assortment of jazz criteria. The label would ultimately release other Wagnon produces, including a reissue of the aspect project in the past due ’80s, Shadowlines. Another Tunnels record, Painted Rock and roll, and another cooperation with Cushion, An Afterthought, both pressed Wagnon additional into experimental jazz place and demonstrated off his regularly evolving specialized mastery.