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At age 10-11, he bought his first electric guitar and “totally fell in love with it”. He attended Strathaven Academy from 1987 to 1993. Before playing in Mogwai, Braithwaite fronted a band called Deadcat Motorbike, who broke up in June 1995. Braithwaite also drummed for Scottish band Eska at one point. [13]
Mogwai typically compose lengthy guitar-based instrumental pieces that feature dynamic contrast, melodic bass guitar lines, and heavy use of distortion and effects. The band were for several years signed to Glasgow label Chemikal Underground, and have been distributed by different labels such as Matador in the US and Play It Again Sam in the UK ...
After forming and playing a few gigs in 1995 as a three-piece, Mogwai enlisted John Cummings on guitar. [2] Though he mostly contributed guitar to the band, Cummings also sung on the track "Boring Machines Disturbs Sleep", from 2003's Happy Songs for Happy People. He left Mogwai in November 2015 to pursue a solo career. [3]
The song begins with a guitar playing a quiet harmonic-laden melody, with an additional guitar playing a soft counter melody first audible at (0:13). At (0:27), the main melody of the song begins, being played by guitar and bass: with a ride cymbal keeping the beat. After repeating the melody, a simple drumbeat enters at (0:51).
"Christmas Steps" begins with a guitar melody based around the chords of C♯ minor and A major: This is repeated until (0:36) when a second guitar begins to double the melody, with slight variations. At (1:12), one of the guitars begins to play a counter-melody, and at (1:28), the bass guitar also begins a counter-melody.
"Ithica 27 Φ 9" is a song by Scottish post-rock band Mogwai. "Ithica 27 Φ 9" was originally released as a double A-side single with " Summer " on 4 November 1996 through Love Train. It was later included on the 1997 compilation album, Ten Rapid (Collected Recordings 1996-1997) .
"Tracy" is 7 minutes 22 seconds long and played in the key of E minor, in 4/4 time. [8] The song opens with ambient guitar noise and a bassline played by a bass guitar, which is joined at (0:06) by the sound of the first of two prank calls heard in the song, between Stuart Braithwaite and Will Simon—Braithwaite playing a joke on Simon, discussing what to do after a fight in the band while at ...
Burns is a versatile multi-instrumentalist and contributes (among other things) keyboards, guitar, vocals (mainly through a Vocoder), and flute. He is also the only member of Mogwai with a formal foundation in music theory, but he claims he is "a bit rusty".