Magma To Release New Album “Zëss” June 28th
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Topic: Magma To Release New Album “Zëss” June 28th
Posted By: glassonyonpr
Subject: Magma To Release New Album “Zëss” June 28th
Date Posted: May 15 2019 at 08:14
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Much to the excitement of Magma fans worldwide, the legendary French ensemble will be releasing a new album titled “Zëss” on June 28, 2019! The CD is now available for pre-order and features a 40-page deluxe CD book which includes all the lyrics to the album. “Zëss”—the name itself is sharp as a blade, slender as a cut, sudden like a darting meteor, fast as it is acute. While the inspiration that permeates “Zëss” comes from time immemorial, a first draft emerged in 1977. After being gradually completed, the piece debuted in concert in the spring of 1979. It became a staple of Magma’s repertoire until it was set aside in 1983. The music itself seems born out of the night in order to transfigure it. The first chords ring out in the dim dawn, then rise and cast their great shadows against the day. Already their orb suggests the oval shape of an ancient stadium set in the cosmic darkness. It is an immense celestial arena, an agora where all the voices of the universe resonate. Everyone has assembled for a last celebration, a gathering of the innumerable into a single point where everything comes together for the Day of Oblivion. “Zëss” had long been plagued by its incompleteness and its recording was deferred for years. Four decades after its first draft, the work has finally been recorded in an orchestral version that gives it both its true dreamlike dimension and its transcending power. For “Zëss” is above all the visionary reflection of an immemorial dream haunting the most obscure part of our souls. “Zëss” treads a line between a vital overflowing and the edges of the unlivable. It is an incandescent and heady oratorio where consciousness questions its other side in a measureless journey. “Zëss” indicates the ultimate reversal out of which bursts a beyond of music that only music can reach. Magma's whole story condensed… BEHIND THE SCENE OF THE RECORDING: youtu.be/xCF9-k_LnOg PRE ORDER NOW - AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE ON JUNE 28th - AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY AT SEVENTH RECORDS ON JUNE 14th - 40 PAGES DELUXE CD BOOK - INCLUDES ALL LYRICS For more information: https://www.seventhrecords.com/en/magma-19/zess-1284.html Press inquiries: Glass Onyon PR, PH: 1-828-350-8158 (US), [email protected]
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: May 15 2019 at 08:20
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Great news! This is just for making the YouTube link more easily clickable: -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: May 16 2019 at 13:08
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That video made me feel all tingly. That's ambitious and I'm excited. ------------- Just a fanboy passin' through. |
Posted By: Snicolette
Date Posted: May 16 2019 at 14:52
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Looks and sounds just fantastic! ------------- "Into every rain, a little life must fall." ~Tom Rapp |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: May 16 2019 at 22:42
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That is a wonderful video. Obviously, I'm in here. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |