When and where
DATE: Thursday, 6 April 2006
VENUE: City BayView Hotel
TIME: 8.00 pm sharp
COST: $30 (IBM member)
$40 (non-member)

Some details about Erik.
Swedish Champion in Card Magic & GrandPrix-Trophy for best Close-Up Act, 2005
Nordic Champion in England & Close-Up Magic 2005
Swedish Champion in Table-Hopping Magic 2005
Street Magician in London, Summer 2004

Some highlights
Learn award-winning magic from an award winning magician.

Learn what it takes to be an award-winning performer.

Erik will teach you a powerful technique called “Luck & Outs” that enables you to do next to impossible effects




This is the only info I have on him. I will post more info when/ if I have it.

so we pay when we get there? And by the way can you tell me which is the nearest mrt to that hotel? Thank you

Sweden magician? This guy Lennart Green's disciple? B)

He's a card magician? Or general close up stuff?

are there any videos to see the next-to-impossible effects..?
quite interested ^_^

I don't have additional info on this guy and there is no video demo. You can pay at the door.

The nearest MRT would probably be Dorby Ghaut. You can alight at City Hall and Bugis too.

Arghhh!! Will be in NS at that date. Just great :(

Dont scare me!! you received your enlistment letter already?? sorry for me totally being off topic.. Just kinda insecured with enlistment date. (havent received any news)

Anyway, I guess i will be there if i have no NS ;)
I heard a little of this guy. Luck and outs is a little compliment for his visit. Go there to support. :D

i went to his lecture today in Malaysia

I'm very very impressed.
1stly, he's young. 22 years old.
2ndly, he speaks good english.
3rdly, his sleights are just....i mean i cant see the sleights.

He's GREAT, DAMN GREAT.

Just imagine: you name a card, he shuffled the deck face-up and face down, and after his magical gesture, all cards are facing down except for chosen card.
or you can say it's the Triumph effect by using thought of card.

he showed me impromtu invisible deck using normal deck

and LOT's of hard hitting mental/card effects.

his presentation, his misdirection, his sleights are perfect..duh, champion in Sweden.
i highly recomment you to his lecture. You're going to learn a lot.

sounds pretty good!! i should be going.. anyone?

A review by Andrew on MMF :-


Alright, now let me review about Erik's magic which I met him yesterday and a bunch of guys too we have the opporunity to jam a few hours with Erik.

Just like other guys said and they gave him one word "Crazy" and for me I will present Erik with 2 words "Insane and Killer Assassin". He killed us silently when we watched his performance. Or whatever you want to call Erik when you witness his magic.

His magic basically not "Pick a card" kind of that category but instead, he will say "Just think of any card", that's what he used this special technology weapon and killed us really, really greatly.

I witnessed his Triumph which everyone was taking about and I would like to say seeing him performing his Triumph is a sheer of beauty.

There are many, many effects he performed to us yesterday but I can't recall what effects Erik did to us but mostly not pick a card type category.

His card magic covered in his lecture are mostly cards but there's one coin magic which he credited to his mentor, Tom Stone. For those of you that know Tom Stone's works, I urge you guys purchase his stuffs, very original and creative magic.

There's one rubberband trick which covered in his lecture notes, he credited to Thomas Blomberg, another great magician from the US.

For those of you guys that miss his lecture, don't worry, you still have the chance because Erik would still be around in KL and if my memory serves me correctly, Erik told me he would travel to Singapore on the 6th April.

You guys still can purchase Erik's lecture notes and in his notes, it's a goldmine and quite a number of them are KILLER card magic.

A word of warning, most of his stuffs covered are advanced type magicians, so, it's obviously that for those of you are beginners that purchase his notes, you guys are surely going to be hassle of reading it.

Cheers,
Andrew

Yes, do go for this! V awesome!

Guys.... better not miss it. Dont forget to purchase his notes....

Cheers,
Brendan

i thought at least i'm consider as average close-up worker but infront of Erik I'm a complete NOOOB.
There are tons of killer effects taught and I'm very sure that few years later he'll be the next FISM champ/ world close-up champ and we'll have very little chance of meeting him again

review by Brendan in MMF:-

Awesome expression and showmanship. haha... i became his volunteer (specatator) for the first half of the show. V good misdirection and lol.... he makes me laugh (his funny expression). Performed quite a number of killer card tricks. Some I already know eg. biddle across trick but its not abt the tricks.. its abt presentation.

Beside that trick the rest were v awesome. His Twisitng Travellers is one of my favourites, so it the MOP (mentalism kinda effect).

Refreshments was served after the lecture... (yummy sandwiches and Jelly or agar agar!!)

After Erik's performance and lecture, there were other performers that performed as well... such as Josh (MR), Allan (MR), Vinod (MC) and also a magician all the way from CHINA doing his mask changing effect! (wow!!! amazing he must have changed masks like 20 over times) crazy! V nice costume and the mask change is faster than a blink of an eye. So fast.... (if u think Mcbride is good... see you should have seen this)

Erik Nordvall was v nice and v humor as well. He continued to jam with a few of us even after the lecture. His card tricks blew me away. I tell this guy is not so much abt sleights... he is just wow.... natural is the word and amazing how he can know the card im thinking off!

There were quite a few of us that bought his lecture notes and got them signed by the man himself.

We jam till abt 4.30pm at Club de swan and then went to Times Square Starbucks. His last trick he showed us there flattened all of us! I mean really flat flat flat! He used two decks.... two specs... both spec riffle shuffled the cards kept half the card in the box and keep in their pocket, the used the other half and spread on the table... asked spec to point to one. Jogged that card, and then one by one he reveal that one the cards from the red deck and blue deck dont match. Only the one he injog (blue deck) matches the one card of the same position of the red! wow.. i know u read this u may be a bit confused... i am confused.. so many hard impact routines in this trick.. i cant beleive! and then dunno wat he do.. all the cards matches... the order of the red deck matches the order of the blue deck! And if that is not suprising enough, the cards that were all the while in the specs pocket (which was in the beginnign riffled suffled by both specs) were taken out and then bam.... the order are the same! Every one was like "WT* *%#%@5@5@%@#4.... then silent... then "wat???$^$%#$#@&%#" again..its like WOW! Amazing, we cant beleive wat we see LOL.

Ive seen and effect similar to this b4 but this is so much more impactful! its unbeleiavable.

We jam till abt 6pm then we left Starbucks... outside Starbucks... he showed me his muscle pass! wow!From half dollar, to 50 cents to 20 cents... his muscle pass is v good.. jumps up vertically, unlike some others i've seen. Hehe... he also performed a coin trick and hehe lol... blew Andrew away... lol with his misdirection.... lol

Im so glad I went. It is not only my getting to meet the Swedish magician and trying to learn more magic, having a few MMFers and jamming with him after was just awesome! It is a v good experience for me. I see and learn how much presentation can do so much in one's performance.

I'll leave this thread open for others to give their comments!

Thanks to MR for AGAIN organising such a wonderful event for us! Kudos to you guys!

Yes.... highly recommned that u get his lecture notes. Get it from the man himself and get it signed. hehe lol. Killer stuff. I may not be so much of a notes person... but hehe thank God I have Andrew to help out and discuss with. Planning to meet him again soon to talk abt the tricks in the lecture notes!

Cheers!
Brendan

I'm sure you guys got everyone's curiousity about this magician that we know so little about now. B)

Those of you that's going to the lecture, here's a chance for you to play a little hospitality to this guest magician in our country. Read all about it at
http://forums.singaporemagiccircle.com/ind...?showtopic=3935

For those who are interested in attending the lecture, please leave your name here. Those who wants to go on that day without booking will have to pay an additional $5 at the door.

Put your name here only if you are confirm going. If you're not sure, please don't put your name here as the organisers need to prepare the refreshments. Closing date is on this wed 5 April 2006.

Hi, i'lll be interested to go,

Name:Zhang Fuming

:lol:

I WANT TO GO !

NAME:KHONG BO WEN ! :D :D :g: :g:

I'll Be There.

Name: Baolong

These are the people who are going. For those who wants to go, please copy and add your name to the list.

1) Zhang Fuming (FUME)
2) KHONG BO WEN (zzzbowenzzz)
3) Baolong (Incarneto)
4)
5)
6)

These are the people who are going. For those who wants to go, please copy and add your name to the list.

1) Zhang Fuming (FUME)
2) KHONG BO WEN (zzzbowenzzz)
3) Baolong (Incarneto)
4) Zijian (kinachi)
5)
6)

1) Zhang Fuming (FUME)
2) KHONG BO WEN (zzzbowenzzz)
3) Baolong (Incarneto)
4) Zijian (kinachi)
5) jonathan lim (jonatha)
6)

so we have to pay $40 or $35?
guys wanna meet up before we go?

Its $40 for non-IBM members. Those who decide to go on the day itself without registrating first will have to pay an additional $5.

1) Zhang Fuming (FUME)
2) KHONG BO WEN (zzzbowenzzz)
3) Baolong (Incarneto)
4) Zijian (kinachi)
5) jonathan lim (jonatha)
6) Jaren (Falcon)

Woots.

1) Zhang Fuming (FUME)
2) KHONG BO WEN (zzzbowenzzz)
3) Baolong (Incarneto)
4) Zijian (kinachi)
5) jonathan lim (jonatha)
6) Jaren (Falcon)
7) Donovan
8) Mark

HI Markiebeth, who is Donovan?

Donovan is DTJK.

Alright, I'm closing the registration now. Those who wants to attend will have to pay an additional $5 at the door.

For those who have registered, please be responsible and attend it.

Which function room is the lecture held?
When you reach the hotel lobby, there'll be 2 monitors next to the lift. The monitor will display the room. There'll be someone there who will collect money at the door. Tell them your name and pay accordingly.

Thanks for the info.

By the way do you mind telling me the street name for Bayview Hotel? I'm afraid i might get lost or something.. lol

its Bencoolen Street if I,m not wrong.

Its at Bencoolen st.

Here's the map.

what if there are people who cant make it to the lecture, will there be any other ways to get/buy the lecture notes?

yeh any kind soul would like to help buy his lecture notes?

yep, i also wanted a set.

i saw jonatha on the list. so i msged a friend, also called jonathan. thought it was him .lol. turned out to be another person. haha.


anyone who bought extra sets don't mind sell one to me? :rolleyes:

though the time abit too late liao. haha.

alright...unless the guys who went for the lecture are real mentalists, they are not going to know and buy extra sets for you. :ph43r:

I wish i could go for this tonight....sigh...

Those who went give a review when back?

Would you pay $30 for the notes?

haha, i can't wait for them to come back and give a review.

i would like to see a review of the tricks performed by erik, the effects etc.

saw reviews of him in malaysia in the previous posts, say till very good until exagerate abit. don't really believe.. <_<

Those guys from MMF who gave a review of him aren't noobs who just started learning magic for a few months. <_<
They are very commited to magic and are well-informed hobbyists.

I quite trust them their reviews and was very curious about today's lecture. But i couldn't make it because of work. :wacko:

Those who did go care to give a review?

$30 bucks i don't mind. but have to wait till pay cheque comes in! :D

Erik has a style of presentation which completely suits his appearence and all. Basically he is a comic relief in the form of a magician.

The performance as well as lecture covered mostly on cards with a minor 10% on coins. Rubberbands was demonstrated only to the few lucky SMC members who stayed behind to session with Erik after the lecture :)

Erik uses fantastic patter and presentation to put forward his act as well as misdirect the audience. Included in the routine are even stuff as simple as the biddle trick and cutting to the aces. This clearly shows that you do not need the most complex of sleights to be a top magician. Make your act simple and bring it out well and everyone will be just as entertained.

'The trick that cannot be explained' was the only disappointment I got throughout the whole lecture. Basically it was a luck in/out effect. Erik certainly wasn't very lucky when performing then and had to make numerous attempts to cover these up. However he did explain from the beginning that it was very much of luck so ;)

Onto the topic of coins. Just one new move learnt and it must be the hardest, if not one of the hardest coin sleights ever. Effect is as follows:

You place a coin into your hand and it appears behind your elbow. You then place the coin 'into' ur elbow and it magically appears in your clenched fist under impossible conditions. Yup, it is angle sensitive and the time taken to learn this sleight would probably see me getting married already :P

Rubberband stuff can only be found in the lecture notes which was sold. Basically Erik teaches his style of doing the CMH as well as his own way of fusing the two rubberbands into one.

Cards, coins, rubberbands, mentalism and a whole lot of laughter. That's Erik Nordvall.

'The trick that cannot be explained' can be a killer. there is a way our for sure if you have enough sleights. :)

as for the coin trick, few more weeks you can see people on orchard road vanishing a coin into the elbow. The move is so great that i'm practicing it everyday :g:

"the trick that cannot be explained" what is the effect?