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This album, originally released on Rocket Girl in 2000, marked a significant departure from the band's more electronic previous albums, Popular Mechanics and Low Birth Weight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eArtists’ Rifles\u003c\/em\u003e is Piano Magic’s first band-band album and showcases their debut in an actual recording studio. The album was improvised on the spot and produced\/recorded over just five days by John A. Rivers (known for his work with Dead Can Dance and Felt) at his Woodbine St Studios in Leamington Spa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStylistically, \u003cem\u003eArtists’ Rifles\u003c\/em\u003e could be considered the first (and possibly only) baroque post-rock record. 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Audrey Riley, go-to cellist for the likes of Nick Cave, The Smiths, The Cure, The Go-Betweens, Muse, Coldplay (to name but a few) provides luscious string arrangements on many of the tracks here. For this final album, the prime nucleus of Piano Magic were Glen Johnson (guitars, voice, programming), Franck Alba (guitars), Jerome Tcherneyan (drums, percussion), Alasdair Steer (bass) and Paul Tornbohm. Josh Hight of Irons provides backing vocals on 'Closure' and 'Exile.' Oliver Cherer (aka Dollboy) provides brass on 'Attention To Life.' 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