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Points: 8543 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 07 2015 at 18:33
^Holy moly.  What will they put on that?  They've pretty much covered every major piece of music they've done.  2 hours of things that never got released?  That would be pretty awesome.
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Points: 15916 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 07 2015 at 21:38
I'd love to hear/watch them perform the entire debut album - what a fully magical gem. I could virtually say most Magma albums are worthy of 5 stars.   Not Merci or MDK, though.
Back in the late-80's, when I first acquired the dbl Live LP, it came across as some sort of dodgy cult music, or some sort of Satanic Jazz, sacrificial ritual music.....pretty screwed-up, huh ??
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Points: 9872 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2015 at 01:22
help me hellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllp me, I`ve never listened to Magma. so where to start please...Big smile
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Hello geekfreak, you can begin with cool song : MDK https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=g9yaYvrp3B4
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Points: 15916 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2015 at 03:39
Originally posted by geekfreak geekfreak wrote:


help me hellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllp me, I`ve never listened to Magma. so where to start please...Big smile
Go for the track De Futura, or the album Kohntarkosz - you may find MDK rather vocal/choir heavy for initiation (from personal experience) but it is good, especially live versions. Their recent albums are superb. Big change from Neo-Prog, geekfreak
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Points: 933 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2015 at 04:01
Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Satanic Jazz, .


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Originally posted by mithrandir mithrandir wrote:

Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Satanic Jazz, .


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Originally posted by geekfreak geekfreak wrote:

help me hellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllp me, I`ve never listened to Magma. so where to start please...Big smile
 
If you like a lot of jazz rock, either of the first two albums (Kobaia and 1001 Centigrades) makes a good entry point.
 
If you like Crimson 73-74 and similar "dark prog" then Kohntarkosz may have immediate appeal.
 
For the general prog listener I reckon one of the modern period recordings would make for a pretty accessible starter - especially Felicite Thosz, which is happy Magma!
 
 
 
 
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Points: 23104 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2015 at 06:00
I agree about that last bit....especially when taking into consideration the music I normally see geek freak posting about (IQ, Pendragon, The Tangent). I'd say anything from K.A. to FT probably is the most accessible entry point to Magma's discography. 
Then again, maybe it's De Futura that'll hook you?
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Points: 46833 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2015 at 07:21
^ yeah... that is THE Magma track I use to introduce real life folk (ie non progheads) to this group.
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Points: 70 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2015 at 13:22
I'm reading this book, very interresting



Don't you know that the first song of Magma "Kobaia" is inspired by "Upper Egypt & Lower Egypt" 


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/\ what the devil!? I never seen that book! Is it a biography or something?  I take it they don't have an Engrish version  ? Cry
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I'm not sure that it exist in english ... for the moment ... ?
It is the first complet book about the story of Magma and chronicles of all the Magma's albums, very complet.
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here's hoping there will be an English version sometime in the future, looks amazing!
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Points: 15916 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 10 2015 at 02:40
I'd like that book in English as well.
I must confess - a lot of the time the vocal arrangements overshadow the actual music, perhaps mixed more up-front. Now, these are up there with the most complex arrangements of choir that I know of, they fit the music perfectly, but at times, like MDK studio, and even K.A is guilty of this, the vocals are quite OTT. E-Re got the balance ABSOLUTELY PERFECT. And I love how they can jump from oppressive and sinister, to blissfully profound within a key-change.
I believe that band members can hold genuine, sensible conversations in Zeuhl language. Now that's something, Maestro Vander.
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Points: 202 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 10 2015 at 17:49
Originally posted by The Doctor The Doctor wrote:

^Holy moly.  What will they put on that?  They've pretty much covered every major piece of music they've done.  2 hours of things that never got released?  That would be pretty awesome.


They were filming the E-Re trilogy shows at Le Triton last November. I know these have already been covered on the Epok disks to some extent (E-Re itself wasn't the final version) but I'd like to have it anyway. If it is released, maybe it wouldn't be part of the Epok series as such.
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I've been giving Magma a try lately. Only listened to Trilogy on Spotify and some clips on Amazon to get an idea. I have mixed feelings about them. I like some of what they do, but find the falsetto vocals to be too shrill and overpowering and the music can get repetative for too long. One time I listened to the live part of Trilogy and kind of liked it. Another time I didn't as much. I was thinking maybe their first album Kobaia might be more accessible for me? (I'm more into symphonic and eclectic prog) I do find the band interesting with the ideas behind what they are doing (creating a language) and have a cool logo. I like their first record album cover design too.
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Points: 7251 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 10 2015 at 21:30
Yes. Try Kobaia. Thumbs Up The songs are shorter and the music very varied. 
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Points: 126 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 10 2015 at 23:17
Originally posted by geekfreak geekfreak wrote:

help me hellllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllp me, I`ve never listened to Magma. so where to start please...Big smile

MDK, Wurdah Itah, or Live are my favorites. I did not find Magma difficult to get into at all, within the first 10 seconds of MDK I was hooked.



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Points: 15916 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 12 2015 at 01:07
So - wonder which Magma bassist is the favourite ??
My guess that most would say Jannik Top. They are all monsters .
I'm impressed with Bussonnet.
For me, this order (of who I'm familiar with) :
Francis Moze
Jannik Top
Bernard Paganotti
Philippe Bussonnet
Guy Delacroix
Marc Eliard
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