Magnet (musician)

Even Johansen also known as Magnet is a Norwegian singer-songwriter.
To date, he has released five full-length studio albums as well as several singles and EPs. Johansen draws upon many influences, including folk, pop, and electronica. His albums are composed and produced solely by him, and he usually performs live sets on his own, using preset loops or creating them as he plays.
Several of Magnet’s songs have appeared in television series and films, including "Where Happiness Lives" in Roswell, One Tree Hill, and Everwood, "Lay Lady Lay" in Mr. & Mrs. Smith, "Let It Snow" in The O.C., and "Little Miss More or Less" in Six Feet Under.
The name Magnet comes from his own childhood cure for anaemia involving a homeopathic, magnetic tattoo.

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Biography

Even Johansen was born, raised, and resides in Bergen, Norway, but when he started his solo career, he lived just outside the southern Scottish town of Lockerbie.
Johansen was a founding member of the Norwegian rock bands Chocolate Overdose and Libido, and some of the material he later released as Magnet was written during his time with Libido. His first solo album, Quiet & Still, was released in 2000 under the alias Magnet. He gained attention when the song "Where Happiness Lives" was initially censored by U.S. radio stations for explicit language, and later featured in the American television series Roswell.
Magnet's second album On Your Side was released in June 2003 on Ultimate Dilemma to positive critical acclaim. The album features Magnet's duet with Irish singer-songwriter Gemma Hayes on a cover of Bob Dylan's "Lay Lady Lay", which was later featured in the 2005 film Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
Following European and North American tour dates throughout 2003 and 2004, Magnet signed to Atlantic Records for his third album The Tourniquet, which was released in May 2005 to further positive acclaim. In 2006, he contributed several songs to the soundtrack of the video game Dreamfall: The Longest Journey. His fourth studio album, The Simple Life, followed in March 2007 on the Hermetix Recordings label, an imprint of Sony BMG.
Over the years, Johansen has toured with Phoenix, Engineers, Zero 7, Isobel Campbell, Gemma Hayes, Ed Harcourt, Stars, and Doves. He also provided a remix of Doves' song "The Last Broadcast," which was featured on the bonus disc of their 2003 B-sides and rarities compilation Lost Sides.
On 16 July 2011, Johansen posted a single to his Myspace page entitled "Doldrum Days". This was followed by the release of his fifth album, Ferrofluid, on 2 December 2011, which was made available in Norway through iTunes and other retailers.
In September 2019, after a nine-year break, Johansen released the single "Deja Vu" and revealed plans of an album in 2020. The project did not materialise until December 2022, when the EP Shotgun Rider was released.

Awards

Spellemannprisen 2003 win, "Best male pop artist", for On Your Side
Alarmprisen 2004 win, "Pop album of the year", for On Your Side
Edvardprisen 2004 win, pop music, for the song «The Day We Left Town»
Spellemannprisen 2005 nomination, "Best male artist", for The Tourniquet
Spellemannprisen 2007 win, "Best male artist" for The Simple Life
Alarmprisen 2007 nomination, "Pop album of the year", for ''The Simple Life''

Discography

Albums

Singles/EPs

Where Happiness Lives EP
# "Where Happiness Lives"
# "I'll Come Along"
# "Heaviest Heart"
# "Nothing Hurts Now"
Chasing Dreams EP
# "Chasing Dreams"
# "Little Miss More or Less"
# "Home Song"
# "I'll Come Along"
The Day We Left Town EP
# "The Day We Left Town"
# "Clean Slate"
# "Dead Happy"
# "The Big Black Moon"
"Last Day of Summer" single
# "Last Day of Summer"
# "Last Day of Summer"
# "Last Day of Summer"
"Lay Lady Lay" single
*CD:
# "Lay Lady Lay"
# "Wish Me Well"
# "Last Day of Summer"
# "Lay Lady Lay"
*7" vinyl:
# "Lay Lady Lay"
# "Clean Slate"
Minus EP
# "Let It Snow"
# "Clean Slate"
# "Heaviest Heart"
# "Dead Happy"
# "The Big Black Moon"
# "Clean Slate"
"Hold On"
*UK double 7" set:
# "Hold On"
# "The Mute"
# "The Pacemaker"
# "Good Mourning"
*US Tour EP CD:
# "Hold On"
# "The Mute"
# "Good Mourning"
# "Grinder"
# "Hold On"
# "Hold On"
"Fall at Your Feet"
*CD:
# "Fall at Your Feet"
# "This Bird Can Never Fly"
*7" vinyl:
# "Fall at Your Feet"
# "Hold On"
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey Soundtrack EP
# "Be With You"
# "My Darling Curse"
# "The Pacemaker"
# "Nothing Hurts Now"
"Lonely No More"
# "Lonely No More"
# "Pennydrop"
# "1997"
# "Selfhelper"
"Deja Vu"
*Single track, digital download only
Shotgun Rider EP
#"Shotgun Rider"
#"Manana"
#"Weep & Wail"
#"The Moonbloomers"
#"Deja Vu"