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	== Summary ==		== Summary ==
	Mogwai is a Scottish group closely associated with [[Post-rock\|post-rock]]. Layered guitars, keyboards and large changes in intensity often carry the musical argument without a conventional lead vocal.<ref name="mog-subpop">[https://www.subpop.com/artists/mogwai Sub Pop: Mogwai biography and Rave Tapes notes]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref>		Mogwai is a [[Music of Scotland\|Scottish]] group closely associated with [[Post-rock\|post-rock]]. Layered guitars, keyboards and large changes in intensity often carry the musical argument without a conventional lead vocal.<ref name="mog-subpop">[https://www.subpop.com/artists/mogwai Sub Pop: Mogwai biography and Rave Tapes notes]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref>

	== Contemporary and trending ==		== Contemporary and trending ==
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	== History ==		== History ==
	Formed in Glasgow in 1995, Mogwai developed across studio albums, touring and music for the screen. The group's own Rock Action label became part of the infrastructure supporting that work.<ref name="mog-giaf">[https://www.giaf.ie/content/files/GIAF25_Programme.pdf Galway International Arts Festival: 2025 programme]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref><ref name="mog-subpop" />		Formed in Glasgow in 1995, Mogwai developed across studio albums, touring and music for the screen. The group's own [[Rock]] Action label became part of the infrastructure supporting that work.<ref name="mog-giaf">[https://www.giaf.ie/content/files/GIAF25_Programme.pdf Galway International Arts Festival: 2025 programme]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref><ref name="mog-subpop" />

	== Music and repertoire ==		== Music and repertoire ==

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	== Summary ==		== Summary ==
	Mogwai is a Scottish group closely associated with [[Post-rock\|post-rock]]. Layered guitars, keyboards and large changes in intensity often carry the musical argument without a conventional lead vocal.<ref name="mog-subpop">[https://www.subpop.com/artists/mogwai Sub Pop: Mogwai biography and Rave Tapes notes]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref>		Mogwai is a Scottish group closely associated with [[Post-rock\|post-rock]]. Layered guitars, keyboards and large changes in intensity often carry the musical argument without a conventional lead vocal.<ref name="mog-subpop">[https://www.subpop.com/artists/mogwai Sub Pop: Mogwai biography and Rave Tapes notes]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref>

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== Summary ==
Mogwai is a Scottish group closely associated with [[Post-rock|post-rock]]. Layered guitars, keyboards and large changes in intensity often carry the musical argument without a conventional lead vocal.<ref name="mog-subpop">[https://www.subpop.com/artists/mogwai Sub Pop: Mogwai biography and Rave Tapes notes]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref>

== Contemporary and trending ==
''The Bad Fire'' was released in January 2025. Songs including 'God Gets You Back', 'Hi Chaos' and 'Lion Rumpus' offer a later listening point in a catalogue that also includes soundtrack work.<ref name="mog-badfire">[https://mogwai.scot/products/the-bad-fire-excusive-white-vinyl Mogwai: The Bad Fire, official release details]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref>

== History ==
Formed in Glasgow in 1995, Mogwai developed across studio albums, touring and music for the screen. The group's own Rock Action label became part of the infrastructure supporting that work.<ref name="mog-giaf">[https://www.giaf.ie/content/files/GIAF25_Programme.pdf Galway International Arts Festival: 2025 programme]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref><ref name="mog-subpop" />

== Music and repertoire ==
The arrangements use repetition, instrumental color and contrast to create shape. Sub Pop's account of ''Rave Tapes'' places synthesizers and interlocking patterns alongside the more forceful guitars associated with the group's earlier reputation. This changing balance shows how [[Rock|rock]] instrumentation can support extended instrumental forms and electronic detail. It is a useful musical connection to post-rock's concern with texture and scale, rather than evidence that all the group's records follow one crescendo formula.<ref name="mog-subpop" />

Selected recordings in MuGlobe:
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qul79MsOfog Mogwai Fear Satan — The Quay Sessions] — [[Post-rock]].
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mifLxJAT3a4 Mogwai - 2 Rights Make 1 Wrong (Live in Beijing, Mar 2025)] — [[Post-rock]].
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=721HfYKw0RQ Mogwai - I'm Jim Morrison, I'm Dead (Live in Beijing, Mar 2025)] — [[Post-rock]].

== Members and collaborators ==
Stuart Braithwaite, Dominic Aitchison, Martin Bulloch and Barry Burns form the quartet documented during ''The Bad Fire'' period. Work with outside producers and on film scores has provided further settings for the ensemble's sound.<ref name="mog-interview">[https://northerntransmissions.com/mogwai-are-in-their-element-on-the-bad-fire/ Northern Transmissions: Mogwai interview, 2025]. Accessed 23 October 2026.</ref>

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