James Marlon Magas

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.