| KOBAÏA | CD REX IV-V |
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Christian
VANDER
drums, vocaux Claude ENGEL guitars, flute, vocaux Francis MOZE bass électric bass François CAHEN piano Teddy LASRY saxophone soprano, flute, horns Richard RAUX saxophones alto & ténor, flute Alain CHARLERY "Paco" trumpet, percussions Klaus BLASQUIZ vocals |
1 - KOBAÏA |
At
the end of the 1960s - a time when the French seemed to be willing tolerate
the total domination of their music by Anglo-Saxon influences - Christian
VANDER founded MAGMA. In doing so he declared his intention to create a
different type of music, with an essentially European identity. The first,
double, album by MAGMA, KOBAIA (1970) realises this objective and indeed,
surpasses all expectations.
A cry of revolt and hatred against this Earth - which suffocates humanity and yet absolutely governs its activity - the music of MAGMA synthesises a wide range of influences STRAVINSKY, BARTOK, COLTRANE, BACH, jazz, rock, rhythm and blues.... and the result is a totally new musical language, disconcerting at first hearing, and yet which soon reveals an unsuspected magnificence. Although the line-up is classic, the revolutionary character of this album results from the originality of the rhythm section, which is totally relentless; the tidal-wave brass section, used in a completely new way; and the extraordinary singing, using an invented language, which tells us that from here on out, nothing will be as it was before. |
| Recorded at EUROPA SONOR (Paris) in April 1970 | by Roger ROCHE & Claude MARTELOT. |
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