''The Unnamables'' is the only album recorded by

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under the alias Univeria Zekt. Released in 1972, the album shows a more accessible

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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 ''

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'' (1971), the album basically repeats the stylistic development shown through Magma's first two albums, while abandoning the science fiction concept of the

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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 ''

''. Two of Vander's pieces can also be found on the 1970 soundtrack to '' 24 heures seulement'' and are available on the ''Archiw I'' CD in the '' Studio Zünd'' 12 disc box collection. ''The Unnamables'' was originally released on the record label Thélème, and reissued on Cryonic in 1986 and on Musea Records in 1993.

Track listing

Side One

# "You Speak and Speak and Colegram" - 2:10 (Lasry) # "Altcheringa" - 3:27 (Cahen, Zabu) # "Clementine" - 3:00 (Lasry) # "Something's Cast a Spell" - 4:16 (Lasry, Ledissez) # "Ourania" - 4:23 (Vander)

Side Two

# "Africa Anteria" - 11:30 (Vander) # "Undia" - 4:47 (Vander)

Personnel

* Lucien "Zabu" Zabuski – vocals (2) * Lionel Ledissez – vocals (4) * Klaus Blasquiz – vocals (4, 7), percussion * Teddy Lasry – saxophones, flute, organ * Jeff Seffer – saxophones * Tito Puentes – trumpet * Francois Cahen – pianos * Claude Engel – electric and acoustic guitars *

Francis Moze Francis Moze (born 2 February 1946) is a French bass player and pianist, best known for his work in Magma, Gong and Pierre Moerlen's Gong. Moze played in an early line-up with Magma. When he left the group, Giorgio Gomelsky introduced him to Gong ...

– bass guitar, organ * Christian Vander – drums, percussion, voice (6)

References

External links

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