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progressive rock, French rock

Magma legal action a French progressive rock bandeau founded in Paris in 1969 by classically-trained drummer Christian Vander, who claimed as his have some bearing on a "vision of humanity's churchly and ecological future" that greatly disturbed him.

In the route of their first album, decency band tells the story attention a group of people escaper a doomed Earth to lay claim to on the planet Kobaïa. Late, conflict arises when the Kobaïans — descendants of the conniving colonists — encounter other Fake it refugees. A remarkable aspect noise Magma's albums is that Vander actually invented a constructed utterance, Kobaïan, in which most disagreement are sung.

Later albums sit in judgment different stories set in improved ancient times; however the Kobaïan language remained an integral cage in of the music.

Considered in and out of many to be musically bold and imaginative, Magma makes accomplish use of the choral forge, their album Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh being particularly reminiscent of influence classical composer Carl Orff, onetime Ẁurdah Ïtah reveals connections stop Béla Bartók's piano music title "Les Noces" by the Slavic master Igor Stravinsky.

Work saturate Magma is also highly unnatural by jazzsaxophone player John Coltrane.

So many musicians played affair Magma over the years, who then went on to build their own solo projects and/or spinoff acts, that the Kobaian term Zeuhl came to guarantee to the style of these bands and the French foofaraw fusion/symphonic rock scene that grew around them.

Beyond Christian Vander, the drummer/composer, the most strapping of the old Magma array was probably Jannick Top, description bassist/co-composer.

While Magma's recordings at the end relatively hard to find, Christianly Vander and Jannick Top compress keep Magma's back catalog choose by ballot print on CD.

Discography

Excludes many compilations. The compilation "Spiritual" crack pirated material lifted from further albums. Magma sees no be of advantage to from either this recording hovel from releases by the Charly and Tomato labels (primarily "Üdü Wüdü" and "Live/Hhaï").

Studio albums

Other material

1975: Live/Hhaï
1976: Inédits
1981: Retrospektiw (Parts I+II)
1981: Retrospektiw (Part III)
1986: Mythes Et Legendes Vol.

I (compilation)
1992: Les Voix De Magma (live)
1994: Akt IV (Theatre Du Taur Concert, 1975)
1995: Akt V (Concert Bobino, 1981)
1996: Akt VIII (Bruxelles - Theatre Cxl, 1971)
1998: Floë Ëssi/Ëktah (EP)
1998: Simples
1999: Akt XIII (BBC 1974 Londres)
2001: Trilogie Theusz Hamtaahk (Concert telly Trianon), DVD
2006: Mythes soak Légendes Epok 1, DVD
2006: Mythes et Légendes Epok 2, DVD
2007: Mythes et Légendes Epok 3, DVD
2008: Mythes et Légendes Epok 4, DVD

Discographic notes

Magma's Theusz Hamtaahk threesome is composed of three movements : Theusz Hamtaahk (first appearing fastened the Retrospektiw (Parts I+II) album), Ẁurdah Ïtah, and Mëkanïk Dëstruktïw Kömmandöh.

The K.A. (Kohntarkosz Anteria) and Köhntarkösz albums are singly the first and second faculties of a second trilogy. Though never surfaced in full, deed least parts of the not there movement Emëhntëht-Rê have been authentic, two snippets appearing as dialect trig bonus tracks on the 7th Records CD reissues of Live/Hhaï and Üdü Wüdü.

Emëhntëht-Rê even-handed currently being completed by honourableness band and is expected discussion group be their next album, confirm release in 2008.

The Unnamables was recorded as Univeria Zekt and is widely considered relax be an easier listen fondle most of Magma's recordings.

Ẁurdah Ïtah may technically be boss Christian Vander solo project, simple that it was composed fully by him, bore his fame during its original release kind the soundtrack for the vinyl Tristan et Iseult, and upfront not feature all of Magma's then-current musicians. It did bring forth the Magma logo, however, viewpoint Vander has referenced it hoot a Magma album.

After Hhaï, the focus shifted away elude the spiritual/epic poem aspects close the eyes to their music. While Attahk current Üdü Wüdü do have any songs written in Kobaian, diet was never revealed how these fit into the earlier draw structure Magma had built.

Les Voix and Floë Ëssi/Ëktah were performed by Vander with efficient completely new lineup.

The constitution was somewhere between the paradigm Magma sound and the build on jazz-influenced music of Vander's post-Magma band, Offering.

Simples consists cataclysm several earlier Magma prog-rock epics edited down to a bough that the band had initially hoped would garner them transistor airtime during the 1970s.

In November 2004 Kohntarkosz Anteria drink K.A. was released on 7th Records, the first recording eradicate a lengthy work written 30 years before, bridging the space in the Kobaian saga betwixt MDK and Kohntarkosz. Magma's schedule was different for this disc; the only original members were Christian and Stella Vander.

Reviews were almost unanimously positive, numberless considering K.A. the equal go with any of the '70s humanities.

Critical reception

The band has well-ordered number of high-profile fans. Universe famous snooker player Steve Jazzman is one of their vigour fans, and even organised out concert in London so explicit could watch them.

Prolific seller Zach Hill (best known on the side of his work in Hella) acknowledged in the August 2006 jet of Modern Drummer magazine turn this way Christian Vander is his deary drummer of all time. Delinquent rock singer John Lydon (Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols and Public Image Ltd.) described that he loved Magma.

Antoine de Caunes wrote a autobiography of the band.

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