Kohntarkosz Trilogy

KA for me followed by E-Re, count me amongst those that prefer the Hhai version of K.

Nothing can beat Kohntarkosz, er, at least I thought nothing could beat it, until........E-Re appeared ! K.A is excellent (bar the hallelujah section near the end, which makes me cringe), but E-Re blows me away. The ‘Zombies’ section just kills. This one, and Sl*g Tanz give their 70’s triumphs a run for their money.


Edited by Tom Ozric - March 14 2018 at 05:17

Köhntarkösz > K.A. > Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré

Really love these all, but when have to choose, it´s Emehntehtt-Re. Hhai in it is one big reason, but it´s so great as a whole too!

Rocktopus wrote: Wow! Kohntarkosz' got the least votes? Its my favorite, by far. Just perfect. There's loads of fantastic music on both KA and E-Re  but I'm having a hard time with the moments of joyous gospel feel. Especially on KA.

Always easy if someone saves me the trouble of voicing my opinion

I only have the first, so no vote.

Am I the only one who think the studio version of Kohntarkosz is better than the hhai version? I used to like Hhai, but now it is just impossible for me to listen to Part 1 live without getting bored. Part 1 on studio is much better. Part 2 I'm kind of split on, but i think I am biased because after listening to part 1 live i can't concentrate on part 2 so it doesn't have the impact, but i do enjoy both a decent amount. I feel though that if that Kohntarkosz Trilogy DVD ever gets released then I'll enjoy all three versions equally.

K.A.

I'd love to know the reasoning behind how one thinks one piece is better than another. This is after all progressive rock, well thought intelligent music that required considerable effort to write and record. Opinions I think should reflect that input. You can't be wrong (in like vs dislike) but I, for one, would love to know why. You don't HAVE to back up an opinion but I'd just like to know.

Of course if some says something is stated to be great or rubbish then it does HAVE to be justified. And saying "it's rubbish, 'cause I hate it" is not good enough for prog rock fans either.

I just like objective depth and seek to encourage it. After all I think 90125 is a superb AOR album, well composed, played, produced but it's not favourite with me - too sweet and happy for my taste even though it's superbly done. So it's a four star album if I reviewed it but I would not want to really buy it now. That's by way of example.

Back to Magma, I am familar with the first trilogy but oddly only Kohnkatosz from the live album (and ROIO vesions of the rest) but we mean official releases so these don't count. Until they get released officially that is like the Brussels 1971 jazz set.

I suppose I can read the reviews but that doesn't mean I get the objectivity. I used to read the PA reviews but so many are happy fans wanting to support their childhood days (Beatle fans) or haters (Final Cut fans vs haters) that observed critique seems a bit beyond many. Not forgetting the recent Dream Theater uprisings etc. Progressive also means we listeners have responsibility to opine as thoughtfully as the music reviewed is intened.  Don't worry you can say how much you feel, just say why. Tell someone who has not heard it what it is, how it's made etc.

Back to Magma, I am familar with the first trilogy but oddly only Kohnkatosz from the live album (and ROIO vesions of the rest) but we mean official releases so these don't count. Until they get released officially that is like the Brussels 1971 jazz set.

I'll go with the original. Although I'll admit the performance on the live album is probably even better.

The other two are very close, though. These are probably my three favourite Magma albums.