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Marc Wagnon
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Marc Wagnon grew up in Switzerland, where he studied classical percussion at the Geneva Conservatory. Marc moved to Boston, Massachusetts in 1981 to attend the Berklee School of Music, furthering his mallet technique and studying composition. He eventually settled in New York City, studying Latin American and West African rhythms. He joined a Brazilian percussion group and formed his own progressive jazz ensemble, Shadowlines. Marc id the founder of Buckyball Music
Marc's interest in merging new ideas with the musical influences he is exposed to in New York City is his incentive for working within its wealth of creativity. He has released three solo albums which include contributions from a succession of jazz luminaries, and was instrumental in creating the avant-rock band Dr. Nerve, which went on to record 7 albums. Throughout the mid-1980s to 1990s, Marc's style developed in both composition and free improvisation, mixing sound sampling and manipulated natural sounds in working with numerous musicians in the New York downtown scene. This led him to form the New York Improvisers Group, a 10-piece ensemble based on conducted improvisation.
Marc's interest in science grew out of a fascination with astronomy. Primarily self-taught, he also attended lectures and classes at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. He has built two telescopes, and is inspired by inventor, engineer and philosopher Buckminster Fuller.
In the 1990s, Marc co-founded the group Tunnels with world renown fretless bassist pioneer Percy Jones, releasing five critically acclaimed CDs from 1994 to 2006.
In the mid nineties Marc joined a reunion of the legendary English band Brand X and recorded the CD ‘Manifest Destiny’ with the group, which was released in 1997.
In 2001 Marc paired with one of the world's most famous rhythm sections, Mike Clark and Paul Jackson (Herbie Hancock's Headhunters), to create “Conjunction”, an album rooted in traditional funk that takes the jazz-fusion style towards a new musical horizon.
With these ensembles Marc toured extensively in the U.S. Europe, Japan and Brazil.
In 1997, Marc founded Buckyball Music, Inc., a company based in New York City that is dedicated to building a community for musicians by offering teaching, performing, recording and video services.
His interest in electronics has led him to push the boundaries of live performance with the electronic vibraphone, a sampled-based, 'midi' electronic percussion instrument, where he is recognized as a pioneer of this instrument. In his previously released “Earth is a Cruel Master”, Marc took on performing the lion's share of the instrumentation, mallets, drums and keyboards. Marc also produced and engineered several recordings for singer Sarah Pillow and drummer Mike Clark, among others.
As an educator, Marc has been teaching students of all ages for over 20 years. He ran several workshops on improvisation at the EJMA jazz school in Lausanne, Switzerland, and is the percussion and music technology teacher at The Filomen M. D'Agostino Greenberg Music School in New York City. He has done beta testing for the screen reader VoiceOver, which is part of the Mac OS system, and is very involved in making computers accessible to visually impaired musicians. Marc has published an eBook teaching method for group percussion classes, which does not involve any need for previous knowledge of music technique. This is based on group dynamics, and by starting with simple concepts by singing the various drum strokes and polyrhythms, which allows the group to attain a level of complexity that would normally demand longer preparation.
Interesting Times
By Marc Wagnon
Label: Buckyball Records
Released: 2019
Track listing: 01 5:13 synergy
02 4:40 hypatia
03 5:23 this moment
04 4:59 heliopause
05 5:27 in our mind
06 5:51 the celestial mill
07 5:25 proxima centauri
08 5:20 lightning strikes once
Brand X: Locked & Loaded
by John Kelman
There are a great many bands whose lineups have been so fluid that keeping track of who was in the band when is no mean feat. Few bands have, however, had as complicated a history as Brand X. Even in its latest re-reincarnation, there's been a lineup shift between the high octane fusion group's January, 2017 ...
Earth Is A Cruel Master
By Marc Wagnon
Label: Buckyball Records
Released: 2010
Track listing: Echo Star; Embarquement; Osiris Pre-science; Dark Matters; Backsheesh; Eye of the Skies: a Farewell; Light at the End; Selective Memories.
Marc Wagnon: Earth Is a Cruel Master
by AAJ Italy Staff
La musica fusion sa ancora essere elegante e interessante, se affidata ad interpreti ricchi di fantasia, di competenza e di passione. Marc Wagnon è un vibrafonista dotato di tecnica sopraffina, capace di guidare questo quartetto con chiare direttive progettuali, prendendo possesso anche della parte percussiva e delle tastiere (usate comunque in modo parco). Sono con lui ...
Announcing the Winners of the Buckyball "2-CD" Giveaway
Edward Keith, Christopher Cordero, Tom Carvalho, Brian Hlavac, Susanne Seney, Congratulations! You're the lucky winners of the Buckyball Records 2-CD giveaway. All About Jazz will contact you about claiming your prize. We'd like to thank everyone who participated in the contest and please visit Buckyball Records for more releases. Enjoy the music! Your Friends at All ...
Enter the Buckyball Records 2-CD Giveaway!
All About Jazz members are invited to enter the Buckyball Records 2-CD giveaway contest starting today. Five winners will each win the two CD's listed below at the conclusion of the contest on July 7th. Click here to enter the contest (Following Marc Wagnon at AAJ automatically enters you in the contest.) Good luck! ...
Marc Wagnon: Earth is a Cruel Master
by John Barron
It took multi-instrumentalist Mark Wagnon an entire year to record and mix Earth is a Cruel Master, an engaging collection of original jazz-rock grooves with whirlwind melodic themes and robust improvisations. Known primarily as a vibraphonist, the New York-based Wagnon also plays drums, marimba, keyboards and various percussion instruments throughout the recording. Aided by guitarist Van ...
Marc Wagnon's CD Release "Earth is a Cruel Master" on Buckyball Music
Marc returns to his own musical vision, combining great jazz-rock with thought-provoking themes such as recent scientific discoveries, climate change and the human condition. Marc takes on the lion's share of the instrumentation, returning to his first love: the drum set- and is joined by long-time collaborators Van Manakas and Leo Traversa. In the early 90's ...
An Afterthought
By Marc Wagnon
Label: Buckyball Records
Released: 1999
Track listing: 1. Aria
2. Slow Burn
3. An Afterthought
4. The Shadowline
5. Venus Incognito
6. The Warrior
7. Sound sculpture
8. Ode to a Star
9. New Old World
10. Postlude
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