Experiencing Carington Swing live is to be transported back to a 1930's Parisian café
Their fiery, yet romantic style pays homage to the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli. Carington Swing remains faithful to the original instrumentation by featuring violin, bass and guitars, but pushes the sonic boundaries of Gypsy Jazz by mixing in the sounds of Latin, Eastern European folk, and Classical music in their original compositions and soloing.
Comprised of accomplished musicians from the Bay Area, the band is led by lead guitarist Christophe Carington. Christophe has lived in Paris, played Gypsy Jazz around the world, and has toured the US with the famous Hot Club of San Francisco.
Ryan McGaughey
Pianist, Ryan McGaughey, brings virtuosic classical style piano playing to the world of video game music. Ryan grew up playing video games since the moment he could hold a controller in his hands and has performed many video game music concerts around the country, performing complete sets such as the official Final Fantasy VII Piano Collections, Hollow Knight Piano Collections & the Celeste Piano Collections.
Here at MagWest, Ryan will be performing an entire set of music from Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2.
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Ankylo Tail
Ankylo Tail is a jazz fusion band bringing a new energetic twist to VGM classics. Our mission is to take you on a journey - whether you've heard the tune a thousand times or you've never heard it before, Ankylo Tail will give you a unique perspective and show you something new. Led by keyboardist/composer/arranger Steven Hewitt, empowered by lead player Joe Newman, driven forward by Kevin Lin on drums, and (for this show only) supported by the impeccable Tony Dickinson on bass, you won't want to miss these awesome tunes.
Co-Op Choir
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to sing in glorious harmony with other voices? Or do you already know the magic of choral singing and can’t get enough? Well join us as we start your Saturday with some choral singing. The adventure will begin with some Halo warm ups, we will work together to master 4-5 choral pieces, and we’ll end our journey with a short performance at 11:30. Our choral adventure will be led by choral and video game nerds Clem Cano and Albee Mabeza. Sheet music will be provided, but no experience is reCHOIRed.
Dæmon Core
Based in San Francisco, visualist Dæmon Core (formerly known as Noukon) infiltrates your eye sockets with nostalgic malfunctions, tenebrous obscurities, and synthetic nebuli built into a rhythmic, layered textile of light, darkness, and 8-bit teletubby entrails.
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Bay Area multi genre producer and DJ.
Bay Area Anime Music
The Bay Area Anime Music (BAAM) group started as a way for anime bands and musicians to form a network. Concerts and events are few and far between for anime fans outside of the occasional con, so it’s difficult for anime musicians to build up credibility or find venues to perform at. BAAM works to resolve that by setting up our own events and concerts to help build a strong community of anime music fans, and helping connect musicians together for collaboration. Our musicians tend to focus on live instrumental music playing J-Rock and J-Pop, but who knows what the future holds?
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Ultra Combo
Ultra Combo returns to MAGWest! Ultra Combo is the house band for the Bay Area Video Game Jazz Jam, hosted every month in San Francisco since June 2023. These seasoned musicians will wow you with their chops and guide you through an interactive, anything goes Mega Jam!
Follow Ultra Combo and the Bay Area Video Game Jazz Jam on their Discord: https://discord.gg/BWuNHkS7
Sixth Station Trio
Sixth Station Trio is a professional violin, cello, and piano trio based in San Francisco, CA.
They play an expansive variety of music ranging from Western classical music, film scores, video game music, and even pop. Sixth Station Trio debuted at San Francisco's historic Grace Cathedral in May of 2023 to a sold-out concert, featuring music from the films of Studio Ghibli.
Since their debut, Sixth Station Trio has performed several more sold-out performances at Grace Cathedral, SF Botanical Garden's Flower Piano Festival, and SF Japantown's annual Cherry Blossom Festival. They have been featured in the San Francisco Chronicle's Datebook, SF Gate, The Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon, San Francisco Travel, and KTVU Channel 2 News.
Although they are newly formed, the members of Sixth Station Trio have been playing chamber music together since their high school years at Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts, and through their time pursuing undergraduate and graduate degrees at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
Sixth Station Trio strives to keep classical music relevant to the general public, as well as to bring accessible classical music to the community of San Francisco and the Bay Area.
illexotic
Electro-Hip-Pop duo illexotic is the sonic fusion of flutist, singer Corinita, and pianist, rapper Josh. Their hypnotic sound is a melding of trap, hip hop, and electro-pop, with layers of live vocals and instrumentation flowing over a unique hybrid DJ set like no other.
PJ DJ
PJ DJ is an open format selector born and raised in the Bay Area. Spending years digging deep in the crates across a wide variety of genres, PJ is now bringing the hardest-hitting tracks he can find directly to you. Expect to hear bumping basslines, big blends, and much more.
PJ DJ is known to buy brand new video games and promise that he'll make time to play them, but rarely does. He's also the MAGWest 2023 Street Fighter 6 champion, making him just as nice on the sticks as he is on the decks.
DJ Owl Eyes
Owl Eyes is an electronic music producer and DJ based in Southern California. Having experience performing in local and digital nightclubs in VR, he is ready to share his favorite progressive and electro house tracks at the MAGWest pool party.