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THE MAGNIFICENT DUKE
18 Tracks. Available NOW.
CDA  £3.00 (RRP £10.99)

'The Magnificent Duke' takes the idea of concept albums and stretches it into strange and wonderful new dimensions without ever being hippy-druggy-mystical indulgence; in fact its pared-down approach and galvanised punk energy is the very antithesis of the indulgence, out-of-touch Arthurian-obsessed progressive rockers of the 70's. Already described by Kerrang! as “a riddle dunked in glitter, a teaser absorbed in trauma”, the ambition behind this on-going project is truly staggering, a journey through the twisted minds of a few individuals who have been able to translate ideas written down in an another country some years earlier with only the aid of a few guitars.

Of course as with all concept albums from The Beatles' Sergeant Pepper's… to Pink Floyd's The Wall to The Mars Volta's Deloused In The Comatorium - the true explanation lies within the music, the concept perhaps only truly understood by its creators.
Hyperbole or just hyper?
But that's OK. Because on repeated listening one thing becomes clear. The Magnificent Duke is a staggering work from a loose collection of musicians, a genuine boundary-breaker. Stylistically, it takes in hardcore, punk, prog rock, doom, electro free-from jazz, classic singer-songwriter iintrospection….and so much more besides. For once the sum is greater than the parts; the cocktail far tastier than it looks on paper.

This isn't hype or hyperbole; its hyper music and that's a bare fact, yo.

We won't be so crass as to use the words 'genius' or 'classic' - they're long since redundant terms in the modern pop lexicon, over-used and worthless. Nor shall we use such regimented ideas of 'band' and 'album'. This, quite simply, is music. Only in twenty years time its true power become apparent.



Click on track names to play (mp3 64kbs mono.)

1. The Red And The Number
2. An Egyptian And An Imposter
3. Fridge And Fromage
4. The Kill And The Kure
5. A Fox And A Cake
6. Piggary And Peccary
7. The Kiss And The Consonant
8. An Imposter And A Magician
9. Paul And Alexander
10. The False And The Cinematic
11. An Eagle And An Eye
12. Coast And Guard
13. The Human And The Jigsaw
14. A Conspiracy And A Devil
15. Village And Minotaur
16. The Beaver And The Rabbit
17. A Curse And A Coyote
18. Blunder And Haggis

"If this concept album seems shrouded in fantasy from the off, it's because that is the intention of the powers that be. Fuelled in abstract fashion by dichotomy after crazy mad dance beat, this album flows and correlates like a magical and mysterious tumult. Robots cannot make music like this, for it requires a certain amount of deviance and aptitude to merely think about producing such a crazy, crazy thing...."
- Drowned In Sound

"Wave upon wave of fragmented sonic doodles and short bursts of volume with the impact softended by the considered strumming of softer tracks...Marmaduke Duke cover the entire musical spectrum with aplomb."
- 7/10, Rock Sound

".smears the lines dividing many genres: unpredictable post-hardcore, delicately layered acoustic workouts and thumping bass tracks that will reacquaint you with your downstairs neighbour."
- Kerrang!