"Magnetic North is an album about home. Whether it be a patch of land, a building you live in, or the people with whom you were raised.

In the Spring of 2015, we embarked on our first two month long tour wherein we saw more of Canada than we ever had before. It was also the furthest either of us had ventured from the city we call home. We suddenly found ourselves staring down the question, "What is home to you?"  When you're the farthest from the familiar that you've ever been, you need to hold tight to what really matters.  The songs on Magnetic North are all about that moment.  

When it came time to record, we wanted to capture the raw immediacy of everything that we experienced on this adventure of ours. So, we did the whole thing ourselves. We spent 3 weeks recording the whole thing in the upstairs of a small cafe here in Edmonton, AB.  All the instrumentation was recorded live off the floor and in one take segments.  There was no splicing or punching in to fix a missed beat or note.  It may not be perfect, but it's honest, present, and from the heart.  Home isn't perfect, neither was this journey.  Home is what you make of it.  We hope you enjoy it...

Love,

N & J"

Evergreen

Snow Blind

SIDE A: 
Tracks 1 - 4 written + performed by I Am Machi. Recorded, mixed, + mastered by Stew Kirkwood at Sound Extractor Studios in Edmonton, AB. Fall, 2012. 
SIDE B: 
Track 5 - 8 arranged, reworked, + mixed by Noctrik.

Melusine

Physician Position

Doctors, Lawyers, Teachers

Mammal Pants

Sirens

Snakes and Ladders

Dance Like A Russian Sailor!

8-8-4, Oh My!

02 Dance Like A Russian Sailor!

Hailing from Edmonton, Alberta as its favorite husband and wife rock duo, I Am Machi is the 1-2-1-2 collision of two best friends who have uber crushes on each other.  They got super married this one time, and now they go on adventures and make music together.  

Jileane's drumming pounds away like an artillery battery--because if you're not going to be loud like guns, what's the point in making rock n' roll?  Nathan on guitars weaves in and out of the music like a bad dream.  And both share vocal duties. Together, I Am Machi produces a sound that is thick and filling like cowboy coffee.  

After founding in the Spring of 2012, recording and releasing two EPs: Mammal Pants (2012) and Slew (2014), playing countless shows, sharing the stage with the likes of Joel Plaskett, The Pack A.D., The Wet Secrets, and Iceland's Sin Fang, appearing in a mess of festivals (including Edmonton's inaugural Up + Downtown Festival), and touring extensively throughout Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario, I Am Machi has spent the last 4 years high fiving Canada with both hands and music!  

I Am Machi is now preparing to release their first full-length effort entitled Magnetic North with which they will embark on their 2016 "Bring Your Friends & Enemies" Tour!  Along with their evil nemesis cat, Phineas, I Am Machi will set sail toward these new adventurous shores in their RV-turned-tiny-house (named The Moment) in which they will live and tour.  Forever.   




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