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Jaz

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Posted: April 09 2015 at 15:15

I know only the n°3 and 4 from the left : Christian Vander and Klaus Blasquiz

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poeghost

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Posted: April 09 2015 at 13:13

Would anyone please tell me the names of the band members from left to right in the drawing on the inside cover of the Kobaia album? See the full album design at this page. Click on the more images link under the upper left image to find it.

http://www.discogs.com/Magma-Magma/master/7484

I really like this drawing a lot. My friend thinks it looks Dr. Who-ish. I’m a fan of Dr. Who, so that might be why I like it.

Edited by poeghost - April 09 2015 at 13:16

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Posted: April 08 2015 at 22:13

poeghost wrote:

...I move onto the next album....

... and the next album is also very interesting! Подмигивание

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Posted: April 08 2015 at 18:37

Hey guys, I got 1001 centigrades! Been enjoying it. One thing about this album that surprised me was that the piano and horns in it, especially in the 3rd track, reminds me of something off of Henry Mancini's Cop Show Themes and/or Symphonic Soul albums. Which I think is great! (Both Mancini and Magma!) There's much to absorb from this album yet, but the weird scary deep voiced parts stick in my mind.

Calm Sea, you mentioned about feeling like we can oversaturate ourselves with music and get confused. I've been thinking something similar to that lately. How there's just so much music out there that it is overwhelming to me. That is why I've decided to take Magma slow and let it sink in more before I move onto the next album.

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Posted: April 06 2015 at 06:22

Hi,

Anyone have a set list for Seattle and Portland, and beyond?

I think this was it in Portland:

Kohntarkosz

MDK

(Break -- Bass Drum pedals broke)

Sl*g Tanz

(Encore)

Zombies

Anyone else?

Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told!
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Posted: April 06 2015 at 02:56

Merci.

Le Dictionnaire Kobaïen : http://zeuhl.free.fr/Dico.htm (Kobaïan Dictionary)

Jaz

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Posted: April 06 2015 at 02:47

New image vinyl album

Edited by Jaz - April 06 2015 at 02:56

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Posted: April 06 2015 at 02:23

and here the Stella Vander interview on Radio Canada (but in French !)

http://ici.radio-canada.ca/emissions/boulevard_du_pacifique/2014-2015/chronique.asp?idChronique=368198

Edited by Jaz - April 06 2015 at 02:35

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Jaz

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Posted: April 06 2015 at 02:05

Here the last Christian Vander interview (in English !)

http://larecord.com/interviews/2015/04/04/magma-christian-vander-interview

Edited by Jaz - April 06 2015 at 02:40

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Jaz

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Posted: April 05 2015 at 13:18

Another nice Offering Song, un autre morceau mélodieux d'Offering

"Love in the darkness"

Edited by Jaz - April 05 2015 at 13:19

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Posted: April 05 2015 at 07:13

One of the most Magma like track from OFFERING I-II.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWH0pjRrDWY

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Posted: April 05 2015 at 06:54

Entièrement d'accord. Wink

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Posted: April 05 2015 at 06:39

Who knows, Qui sait helloggodbye !

PS : ça fait plaisir de lire du Français ici Wink

Edited by Jaz - April 05 2015 at 06:40

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Posted: April 05 2015 at 02:34

Vraiment ? "L'Enigme de l'Atlantide" a nourri mon imaginaire d'enfant. Prédestination ? Wink

Jaz

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Posted: April 05 2015 at 01:32

Others influences :

There are similarities with "Black & Mortimer" (Belgian comics).

Stories about destruction, oppresion of people, exodus to another planet ...

"The Time Trap" (Le Piège diabolique).

In "Atlantis Mystery" (L'Enigme de l'Atlantide) the capitain is the "Kontarkos".

In "the Yellow M" (La Marque Jaune) : Klaus Blasquiz said that the famous lyrics in the introduction of MDK are inspired by the yellow M (page 38).

The yellow M : "Chétives larves que nous sommes, nous avons osé, dans notre incommensurable orgueil et notre insondable ignorance, injurier, bafouer, insulter et outrager ton rayonnant génie ... (translate.com : Weak larvae that we are, we dared, in our immeasurable pride and our unfathomable ignorance, abuse, scorn, insult and offend your radiant genius...")

MDK : "Terrien race maudite si je t'ai convoqué c'est parce que tu le mérites ... car tu as dans ton incommensurable orgueil et ton insondable ignorance impunément osé me défier, me provoquer et déclencher dans toute son immensité ma colère effroyablement destructive entrainant innexorablement ton chatiment ..." (translate.com : "Terran race cursed if I summoned you it is because you deserve... because you have in your immeasurable pride and your unfathomable ignorance with impunity dared challenge me, cause me and trigger in all its immensity my anger frighteningly destructive catchy innexorablement your punishment ...)

Edited by Jaz - April 05 2015 at 01:41

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Posted: April 04 2015 at 17:36

Pseud0 wrote:

I'd also like to recommend vander's 80's project Offering that gets hugely overlooked for being 'too pop' i guess. if you dig his emotive vocal style i definitely recommend those three great albums they released.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWH0pjRrDWY

yeah sounds like pop music LOL

yeah, Offering presents a lot of variety over the course of their existence, the first one has some songs that sound like where they left off with Merci, and perhaps thats where the "pop" accusation comes from, but throughout their other albums and live efforts, there's all kinds of stuff going on there to celestial almost ambient pieces, freeform improvisation, martial/zeuhlish stuff harkening back to Magma, jazz. gospel, soul, "world", influenced tunes, etc.

Edited by mithrandir - April 04 2015 at 17:39

Tom Ozric

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Posted: April 04 2015 at 16:37

I really love the Univeria Zekt album, and the Lockwood/Top/Vander/Widemann 'Fusion' album (from 1981).
I have not known anyone to have Francis Moze's solo album.

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Posted: April 04 2015 at 16:17

I'd also like to recommend vander's 80's project Offering that gets hugely overlooked for being 'too pop' i guess. if you dig his emotive vocal style i definitely recommend those three great albums they released.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWH0pjRrDWY

yeah sounds like pop music LOL

Edited by Pseud0 - April 04 2015 at 16:18

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Posted: April 04 2015 at 16:08

I'm seeing them a week from today. I'm really excited. I'm not an afficionado, but everything I've heard I've liked. I'm trying to delve into their catalog as much as possible without overloading my brain.

When I start getting into a new band, I'll typically listen to a couple records, and if one of them really grabs me, I'll listen to it repeatedly before going back to previous ones I've listened to or venturing on to new ones. I used to get multiple records/CD's at once and binge listen, and that ended up leaving me confused, as I wasn't able to connect the music to specific albums or time periods, as it was just a jumbled mess in my brain. Digital music buying has kind of wrecked that experience of picking up an album and absorbing it (artwork, lyrics and all), as we can now oversaturate ourselves with music. Off topic, I know, but I think Magma are a band that deserve a more constructive first time listening experience.

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Posted: April 04 2015 at 16:03

Christian Vander solo !

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci6oi2Kv_2Y