New Magma album announcement

Trouserpress wrote: harmonium.ro wrote: I thought only K.A.III was new material  Perhaps I should have clarified my statements. Unless I'm very much mistaken, nothing on K.A. was released on any of Magma's previous studio albums. I know Vander wrote a lot of K.A. way back when and the band may have played it live for donkey's years for all I know, but it was all new to me. In contrast, because E-R contains large sections which sound extremely familiar to me juxtaposed with stuff I've never heard before makes for a weird listening experience. [Edited for coherency... my brain's not quite working today].

Sorry I missed this! I'm reading again the reviews and it seems like themes from K.A. were used on tracks released on other compilations and live albums, but only as "quotes", so you're 99% right.

harmonium.ro wrote: I thought only K.A.III was new material

Edited by Trouserpress - January 15 2010 at 11:20

Finally got my copy a few days ago. After the first few listens it hasn't grabbed me in the way K.A.did. I think I'm still struggling to recontextualise all the familiar material. Despite the excellent arrangements part of me keeps thinking "well that bit's from Attahk and that's from Udu Wudu" and so on. K.A. had the advantage of being completely new material.

Well they are still parts of the main composition, but it's like listening to MDK and then the very last track fades into a high pitched tone. It's really a great way to end the album because it adds so much tension AND resolution at the same time, but in the end, who wants to hear that tone for the whole duration? It's annoying and possibly bad for your ears. Track 4 is kind of like this because it ends the tension from track 3. I'm judging a bit quickly though since it's a really hard work to digest so perhaps after listening to the whole thing from start to finish again it'll make sense.

So I've listened to it fairly thoroughly and I find that I don't like it as much as K.A., not nearly as much, but it is definitely in their top 5 compositions ever. It would have overtaken K.A, but unfortunately there were too many filler tracks (tracks 1, 4, 5, and 6) Only 2 and 3 are worth listening to more than twice because the rest are pretty much just there to add atmosphere. Track 1 I would claim as a partial exception to this, however it is on it's own just a decent track and I've been constantly skipping over it because I'm impatient and want to get to the bulk of the album. Tracks 2 and 3 are amazing, though possibly a step below K.A. as a whole, otherwise as it stands those two are probably their second best effort ever.

Ricochet wrote: Listening to Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré for the first time was honestly one of the best hours I spent this entire year listening to new music.

Oh boy do I want to buy that or what? Can't wait!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqhNGAnaV6s

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The bass sounds great!

LiquidEternity wrote: Sweet deal. For those that have listened to it, are the separate parts of the title track, well, clearly separated like on KA, or are they one large piece divided into tracks for ease (a la The Whirlwind)?

Listening to my copy now. It's one track divided up.

Sweet deal.

For those that have listened to it, are the separate parts of the title track, well, clearly separated like on KA, or are they one large piece divided into tracks for ease (a la The Whirlwind)?

Shoop. There goes thirty dollars. I kept telling myself I'd wait for a cheaper release, but I suck at that sort of thing. Looking forward to it! Anyone know how long it takes to ship? Should I expect it before Thanksgiving week (in the US)?