1001° CENTIGRADES [AKA: 2]

Second Magma's album is somewhere in the middle between their jazz-rock debut and real zeuhl of later albums. It's still not the classic Magma's sound, but I really like it (as I like their debut as well). Some musicians were changed for this albums, and album's sound generally made one more step towards their dark Orffian neoclassic tribal hymns.

This album is still strongly jazz fusion based, even if there are plenty of neo-classical elements added. Just three long compositions, vocals singing on Kobayan, some screams and operatic bombastic brass.

Not a masterpiece, but really interesting album for whose interested in unusual genre combinations. Zeuhl purists should search on next few albums though...