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Kobaïan
Magma is a French progressive rock band founded in Paris in 1969 by self-taught drummer Christian Vander, who claimed as his inspiration a "vision of humanity's spiritual and ecological future" that profoundly disturbed him. The style of progressive rock that Vander developed with Magma is termed "Zeuhl", and has been applied to other bands in France operating in the same period, and to some recent Japanese bands. Vander created a fictional language, Kobaïan, in which most lyrics are sung. In a 1977 interview with Vander and long-time Magma vocalist Klaus Blasquiz, Blasquiz said that Kobaïan is a "phonetic language made by elements of the Slavonic and Germanic languages to be able to express some things musically. The language has of course a content, but not word by word." Vander himself has said, "When I wrote, the sounds f Kobaïancame naturally with it—I didn't intellectualise the process by saying 'Ok, now I'm going to write some words in a particular language', it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1001° Centigrades
', alternative title ''2'', is the second album by French rock band Magma (band), Magma, released on 5 October 1971 in music, 1971. Future reissues use both titles as ''2: ''. The first track, "Rïah Sahïltaahk", was later re-recorded as a full-length studio album, ''Rïah Sahïltaahk'', in 2014, as Christian Vander did not consider himself satisfied with the arrangement on this album. The backside of the original record sleeve contains Christian Vander’s poem ‘Ïtah’ as well as a French translation, making it one of two official Kobaïan-French translations by the band itself. Background For this album, Track listing Legacy On ' the "zeuhl" sound that later came to define Magma develops, but it lacks the operatic female vocals and primal driving rhythm of the following album, ''Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh''. Between the release of this album and ''Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh, MDK'', a number of band members left the band due to disagreements on i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magma (Magma Album)
''Magma'' is the self-titled debut album by French rock band Magma. Released as a double- LP in 1970, it is a concept album which tells the story of a group of people fleeing a doomed Earth to settle on the fictional planet Kobaïa. Except for the first song, which is sung in English, all lyrics are sung in the Kobaïan language invented by the band. Although initially self-titled, the album was later reissued under the name ''Kobaïa''. Track listing Legacy The title track, "Kobaïa", has been played as a regular part of Magma concerts since its original recording, although in a jazzier version akin to that of the version on the live album ''Live/Hhaï'' (1975), which also featured new lyrics, in Kobaïan, instead of English. Personnel Performance * Klaus Blasquiz – vocals * François Cahen – piano * Alain "Paco" Charlery – trumpet, percussion * Claude Engel – guitars, flute, vocals * Teddy Lasry – soprano sax, flute * Francis Moze – electric bass, contrabass ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ẁurdah Ïtah
''Ẁurdah Ïtah'' is the fourth studio album by French progressive rock band Magma. The album was originally released on 15 June 1974 under the name ''Tristan et Iseult'' as a Christian Vander solo studio film soundtrack. The soundtrack was for Yvan Lagrange's 1972 avant-garde film ''Tristan et Iseult''. The album was recorded by a core quartet of Magma members (only consisting of drums, bass, piano, and vocals). It was re-released on Magma's label Seventh Records in 1989 with the Magma logo on its cover, and ever since, it has been retrospectively contextualised as a Magma album. ''Ẁurdah Ïtah'' (which translates from Kobaïan roughly as ''Dead Earth'') is the second part of the Theusz Hamtaahk Trilogy. It is preceded by ''Theusz Hamtaahk'' (''Time of Hatred''), which is only available on live albums, including '' Retrospektïẁ (Parts I+II)'' (1981), and '' Trilogie Theusz Hamtaahk (Concert du Trianon)'' (2001), and succeeded by ''Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jannick Top
Jannick "Janik" Top is a French bass player and composer, born in Marseille. Top plays the electric bass and the cello. In the 1970s, he was a lead member of the influential zeuhl band Magma, along with Christian Vander and Didier Lockwood. On some Magma albums, he appears under his Kobaïan name: ''Ẁahrğenuhr Reuğhelemësteh''.Liner Notes CD: ''Archiw I-II'' ('' Sudio Zünd'' (2008)), p. 34. From 1977 to 1980, he played in the popular electronic project Space. Since then, he has worked with many other musicians, including session work for Michel Berger, France Gall, Richard Cocciante, Bonnie Tyler, Eurythmics, Ray Charles, Céline Dion as well as live playing and musical direction for shows, including Johnny Hallyday and Starmania. In association with Serge Perathoner, keyboardist, he has also done a variety of film and advertisement music. See also * Magma Magma () is the molten or semi-molten natural material from which all igneous rocks are formed. Magma (sometim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh
''Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh'', also abbreviated as ''MDK'', is the third studio album by French band Magma, released on 6 May 1973. Magma's original recording of the composition that makes up the album was refused by the record company at the time, but was eventually released as '' Mekanïk Kommandöh'' in 1989. ''MDK'' is the group's most famous and acclaimed record. The French edition of ''Rolling Stone'' magazine named the album the 33rd greatest French rock album. In 2015, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked the album 24th on its list of the '50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time'. History The title ''Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh'' had gone through a longer, almost two-year, development phase before it was fully developed and first recorded in the studio. From the early stages of the work comes a recording from the summer of 1971, which appeared in the park of Château d'Hérouville as '' Mekanïk Kommandöh'' in a 5:55-minute version on the jazz themed compilation ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Unnamables
''The Unnamables'' is the only album recorded by Magma under the alias Univeria Zekt. Released in 1972, the album shows a more accessible jazz fusion sound, in an attempt to reach a broader audience, compared to the harsher, less accessible sounds of Magma's self-titled debut album. Recording ''The Unnamables'' was designed to ease listeners into the musical world of Magma. Recorded by essentially the same line-up as on ''1001° Centigrades'' (1971), the album basically repeats the stylistic development shown through Magma's first two albums, while abandoning the science fiction concept of the Kobaïan story. Three tracks from Lasry and one from Cahen on the first half of the album approximate the accessibility of the better-known jazz-rock of the time. Vander's pieces on the second half of the album, however, begin to explore similar musical ground to that found on ''1001° Centigrades''. Two of Vander's pieces can also be found on the 1970 soundtrack to '' 24 heures seulement' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeuhl
Zeuhl (pronounced zœl meaning "Celestial") is a music genre that is a hybrid of jazz fusion, symphonic rock and neoclassical music, established in 1969 by the French band Magma. The term comes from Kobaïan, the fictional language created by Magma's Christian Vander and Klaus Blasquiz for Magma, in which ''Zeuhl Ẁortz'' means approximately "Celestial Force". Characteristics The musical roots of zeuhl go back to pioneers of the free jazz movement such as John Coltrane and folkloristic echoes and influences from Carl Orff's work. Zeuhl is determined by several characteristic elements. Especially important are dominant rhythm fractions, usually in the form of a pumping bass guitar and sometimes sluggish or flexibly playing drum kits. Slow repetitive structures that serve to build a hypnotic atmosphere are just as prominent as solo passages of high technical finesse. Vocals are often widely present and can consist of polyphonic choral movements, such as Carl Orff's '' Carm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Didier Lockwood
Didier Lockwood (11 February 1956 – 18 February 2018) was a French violinist. He played in the French rock band Magma in the 1970s, and was known for his use of electric amplification and his experimentation with different sounds on the electric violin. Career In 1979, Lockwood released his first album as a leader, ''New World'', ''New World''review at Allmusic and recorded more than 20 albums.Discographyat Allmusic In 1994, he moved to New York City for two years. During that time he recorded two albums, ''New York Rendez Vous'' and ''Storyboard''. Lockwood's influences include violinist Jean-Luc Ponty. He started playing electric violin after hearing Ponty on the album '' King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa''. Another important influence was Frenchman Stéphane Grappelli. In 2000, Lockwood recorded a tribute album to Grappelli. Lockwood passed away on February 18, 2018. Discography In Magma On some Magma albums, Lockwood is listed under his Kobaïan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fictional Language
Fictional languages are the subset of constructed languages (conlangs) that have been created as part of a fictional setting (e.g. for use in a book, movie, television show, or video game). Typically they are the creation of one individual, while natural languages evolve out of a particular culture or people group, and other conlangs may have group involvement. Fictional languages are also distinct from natural languages in that they have no native speakers. By contrast, the constructed language of Esperanto now has native speakers. Fictional languages are intended to be the languages of a fictional world and are often designed with the intent of giving more depth, and an appearance of plausibility, to the fictional worlds with which they are associated. The goal of the author may be to have their characters communicate in a fashion which is both alien and dislocated. Within their fictional world, these languages do function as natural languages, helping to identify certain races ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stella Vander
Stella Vander (born Stella Zelcer, also known as Stella; 12 December 1950) is a French singer, musician and record producer. Early years Born in Paris into a family of Polish immigrants, she began writing music in the early sixties together with her uncle Maurice Chorenslup. Their songs were parodies of the Yé-yé style that was popular at the time. Stella's first Extended play, EP, which included "Pourquoi pas moi", was released in November 1963, when she was twelve. In 1966, "Un air du folklore Auvergnat" ("a folk song from Auvergne", mocking Sheila (French singer), Sheila's "Le Folklore Américain") increased her fame, followed by protests by the Auvergnat association—which took the lyrics seriously. Her take on music was "engagingly sarcastic". 1966's ''Beatnicks D'Occasion'' targeted weekend scenesters. Her final record as Stella was released in 1967. "I wasn't even 17 yet, but I just said 'Ok, pfft. Leave it. Magma She married Magma (band), Magma drummer Christian Vande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Vander (musician)
Christian Vander (born 21 February 1948) is a French drummer, composer, singer and founder of the progressive rock band Magma. Career Vander is known for his extended compositions, drumming, and shrill falsetto improvisational/scat singing. His music fuses jazz, rock, classical and operatic influences, and draws on the work of musicians as diverse as John Coltrane and Carl Orff. Vander regards Coltrane as his greatest musical inspiration, and dedicated his 2011 album ''John Coltrane L'Homme Suprême'' to him as a tribute. Personal life Christian Vander is the adopted child of famous French jazz piano player Maurice Vander (who was a long time sideman of singer Claude Nougaro). Most of Vander and Magma's recorded work is still available through Vander's own record label, Seventh Records. He was married to singer Stella Vander who released many EPs herself in the 1960s and has performed vocal duties for Magma since 1972. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
