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Jawgaw Ma @ Echoplex

By Courtney Nichols · On October 15, 2013

Jagwar Ma is a musical project, est. Nov 2011 by Jono Ma and Gabriel Winterfield.

It all starts with the single “Come Save Me”. A celebration of love and loss, lifted by human harmonies only to be sliced apart by the sharp contemporary programming of the song acting as dagger to the tale. This juxtaposition of voice and electronics being a signature of Jagwar Ma.

Their collaboration started in 2010 at a performance by FLRL, the Sydney based kraut-experiment that was “a band without members” and a stage of revolving musicians. Their musical history already well known to each other at the time, Jono from the band Lost Valentinos and Gabriel from Ghostwood.

Those shared stages at FLRL shows gave way to studio jams and home recordings, radio frequency manipulation, TR808 patterns, MPCs loops, vintage amps and a treasured 7 inch collection. Jagwar found a soul in and amongst all that electricity. Described as sounding like J-Dilla playing Primal Scream covering the Beatles.

In Australia “Come Save Me” has been embraced by Triple J who spun it to the #1 most played spot on the station. In the UK it was released through a new 7′s label started by two A&Rs from the legendary XL Records. In the US the song finds high rotation on airwaves of the lauded KCRW and the bands signs with the Windish Agency.

Currently the band is ensconced in a castle in France bouncing beats through the dungeons, singing through its hallowed hallways and breathing life into their debut album for the summer of 2012. The first ever festival appearance in Australia for Jagwar Ma will be the 2013 Big Day Out!

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Courtney Nichols

Courtney Nichols

Favorite Fruit: I live my life akin to a cornucopia – bursting with seasonal treats that can be used both for practical reasons and for ornamentation. Although the pineapple has become the symbol of my work, a literal representation of my crazed hair to my long neck and childbearing hips, the pineapple has never been my go-to. I always fancied myself more of a papaya girl. Why? Who the hell knows.

Me & FruitFlyLife: As editor and founder of FruitFlyLife, my existence is driven by a need to understand the pop idiom by way of the underground, and to realize this understanding through fruitful collaborations. I never stop consuming, writing or talking about culture and the ways in which we thrive within contemporary culture. This is my obsession, my drug..and FruitFlyLife is the realization of this lifetime of passion.

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