MACGRAY First Album - “Journey to the Dawn”

Strongly influenced by neoclassical (Nils Frahm), ambient (Aphex Twin, Brian Eno) and IDM (Max Cooper, Rone), Macgray’s first album “Journey to the Dawn” is a 60 minutes long story with ten chapters. The album composed and recorded in Brussels describes the collapse of a man's world and its subsequent reconstruction. Panic attacks follow glimpses of absolute calm. When the inner voice awakens, reality is buried. Shadows of the unconscious become real. The whirlwind of thoughts suffocates. There is no way out, only a sense of the imminent arrival of the end. The man rises, falls, rises, falls, till he finally learns to live again. The universe is no longer flawed. The voice survives but the man is now almost free.

“Journey to the Dawn” will be released in December 2019.

About me

I had an early introduction to music, learning classical piano at the Academy and later on jazz at Jazz Studio (Antwerp) and Jazz Bxl. I took some time off my work as a lawyer to spend more time on my dream: waking up every morning playing and composing music. I’ve been playing in different bands for years including a rock band (TOTM) and an electronic music ensemble (Bétøn). I had the chance to play in great venues (Flagey, Botanique) and last year I decided to spend most of my time on my solo project “Macgray”. The first solo concerts started this fall!

TOTM

Bétøn

Now, the great news is that two music labels already support Macgray’s album! I am at the final stages of the album, but I really need your help to make my dream come true!!!

Abyssin Production (Belgium):

Katuktu Collective (US):

Music Video - Brick and Mortar

Macgray’s first music video “Brick and Mortar” is built with thousands of images from GoogleStreetView. The song describes the panic attack of a senior executive close to burnout. From the awakening with haunting worries, marked by the fast and repetitive piano, to the sharp and brutal attack caused by the aggression from the outside world, we cross arid roads taken from the sky, a desert, a village, a city, cities, then people, the crowd and imposing buildings.

This music video has travelled to Poland and won the prize for the best music video at the Szczecin Film Festival. It has been selected and will be screened in November 2019 at Interfilm 35th International Short Film Festival Berlin / KUKI 12th International Short Film Festival https://www.interfilm.de/interfilm-festival-2019/filme/brick-and-mortar-macgray/.

Release Party

A big release party will be organized at Fuse on 12th December 2019! The full concert will also include 3 other artists for a night to remember: https://www.facebook.com/events/2630366873735186/

Elefan (live) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGK_MD2WPCk)

Sparkling Bits (live) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9Oh27BwQWQ) and

Polarized (DJ set till dawn) (https://www.facebook.com/polarizedsounds).

Also follow the project on

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/macgray.music

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/macgray.music

Website: https://www.macgray.eu/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgc8vAsxXvPezEQaVseE6Vg

Thank you so much for your help!!!!

Macgray First Album