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Attahk
''Attahk'' is the seventh studio album by French rock band Magma, released on 5 March 1978. Its sound marks a noticeable shift from the sound of the band's previous albums, predominantly consisting of funk and jazz fusion music that incorporates elements of rhythm and blues, gospel, and pop music. Magma had disbanded for a year after the release of their 1976 album ''Üdü Ẁüdü'', before reuniting under the new musical direction, with a more accessible sound. Some songs on this album – such as "Rindë" - as well as some from ''Live/Hhaï'' (1975) and ''Üdü Ẁüdü'' – are incorporated into the compositions of the band's 2009 album ''Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré''. Track listing All music written by Christian Vander. Side one # "The Last Seven Minutes (1970-1977, Phase I)" - 7:35 # "Spiritual (Negro Song)" - 3:17 # "Rindë (Eastern Song)" - 3:07 # "Liriïk Necronomicus Kahnt (in which our heroes Ürgon & Ğorğo Meet)" - 4:59 Side two # "Maahnt (The Wizard's Fight Versus the De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magma (band)
Magma is a French progressive rock band founded in Paris in 1969 by classically trained drummer Christian Vander, who claimed as his inspiration a "vision of humanity's spiritual and ecological future" that profoundly disturbed him. In the course of their first album, the band tells the story of a group of people fleeing a doomed Earth to settle on the planet Kobaïa. Later, conflict arises when the Kobaïans—descendants of the original colonists—encounter other Earth refugees. The style of progressive rock that Vander developed with Magma is termed Zeuhl, and has been applied to other bands in France operating in the same period, and to some recent Japanese bands. Vander created a fictional language, Kobaïan, in which most lyrics are sung. In a 1977 interview with Vander and long-time Magma vocalist Klaus Blasquiz, Blasquiz said that Kobaïan is a "phonetic language made by elements of the Slavonic and Germanic languages to be able to express some things musically. The l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré
''Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré'' is the tenth studio album by French rock band Magma. It was released on 20 October 2009. Parts of it have been played live since 1975 and can be found on various albums as extracts or live versions. Included with the CD is a making-of DVD called "Phases". Background Like the band's previous release, ''K.A (Köhntarkösz Anteria)'', ''Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré'' is formed of material Magma wrote and performed live during the mid 1970s to 1980. Unlike ''Köhntarkösz Anteria'' however, where the album consisted entirely of unreleased material, ''Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré'' is formed of both unreleased and released material from that era, the first half of the album serving as a large-scale rerecording: * The song "Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré I" combines "Ëmëhntëht-Rê (Announcement)" from the album '' Live/Hhaï'' (1975) and "Rindë (Eastern Song)" from the album ''Attahk'' (1978). * The song "Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré II" combines "Ëmëhntëht-Rê (Extrait n' deux)" (released on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inédits
''Inédits'' is an album by French rock band Magma. It was released in 1977 and features unreleased pieces and music that would eventually be used in the band's 2004 studio album '' K.A. (Kohntarkosz Anteria)''. The album was first released on Tapioca, then on LTM, and more recently on Seventh. It is noted for its poor sound quality. Track listing Personnel * Klaus Blasquiz – vocals, percussion (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) * René Garber – vocals, contrabass clarinet (5, 6) * Louis Toesca – trumpet (5) * Teddy Lasry – saxes (5) * Jeff Seffer – saxes (5) * Didier Lockwood – violin (3) * Gabriel Federow – guitar (3) * Claude Olmos – guitar (1, 4) * Marc Fosset – guitar (6) * Jean-Luc Manderlier – keyboards (5, 6) * Michel Grailler – keyboards (1, 2, 4) * Benoît Widemann – keyboards (3) * Jean-Pol Asseline – keyboards (3) * Francois Cahen – keyboards (5) * Gerard Bikialo – keyboards (1, 2, 4, 6) * Francis Moze – bass (5) * Jean-Pierre Lembert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Retrospektïẁ (Parts I+II)
''Retrospektïẁ (Parts I+II)'' is a live album by French rock band Magma. Released in 1981, it documents live recordings from a series of Magma reunion shows in Paris on 9, 10 and 11 June 1980. It was originally released on RCA, and has been re-released on Seventh Records. Track listing LP track listing Disc one Side One # "Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh - Pt. 1" - 22:37 Side Two # "Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh - Pt. 2" - 17:20 Disc two Side three # "Theusz Hamtaahk - Pt. 1" - 17:10 Side four # "Theusz Hamtaahk - Pt. 2" - 19:05 CD track listing # "Theusz Hamtaahk (1st movement)" - 36:05 # "Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh (3rd movement of ''Theusz Hamtaahk'')" 40:04 Legacy The version of "Theusz Hamtaahk" available here is considered the definitive version. Also, many people prefer the version of ''Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh'' here because the drums are much louder in the mix. Personnel * Klaus Blasquiz – vocals * Stella Vande ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funk Albums By French Artists
Funk is a music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African Americans in the mid-20th century. It de-emphasizes melody and chord progressions and focuses on a strong rhythmic groove of a bassline played by an electric bassist and a drum part played by a percussionist, often at slower tempos than other popular music. Funk typically consists of a complex percussive groove with rhythm instruments playing interlocking grooves that create a "hypnotic" and "danceable" feel. Funk uses the same richly colored extended chords found in bebop jazz, such as minor chords with added sevenths and elevenths, or dominant seventh chords with altered ninths and thirteenths. Funk originated in the mid-1960s, with James Brown's development of a signature groove that emphasized the downbeat—with a heavy emphasis on the first beat of eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albums With Cover Art By H
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl long-playing (LP) records played at rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the popularity of the cassette reached its peak during the late 1980s, sharply declined during the 1990s and had largely disapp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1978 Albums
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Chamberlin
The Chamberlin is an electro-mechanical keyboard instrument that was a precursor to the Mellotron. It was developed and patented by the American inventor Harry Chamberlin from 1949 to 1956, when the first model was introduced. There are several models and versions of the Chamberlin. While most are keyboard-based, there were also early drum machines produced and sold. Some of these drum patterns feature the work of Chamberlin's son Richard. Development Harry Chamberlin's idea for the instrument came from recording himself playing an organ, and conceiving its playback as entertainment. He designed the first Chamberlin instrument as early as 1949, intended as a home entertainment device for family sing-alongs, playing the big band standards of the day. The Chamberlin's use as a commercial instrument in rock (or rock and roll) music was not considered, as Harry Chamberlin disliked rock music and rock musicians. The Chamberlin has a piano-style keyboard. Underneath each key is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oberheim
Oberheim is an American synthesizer manufacturer founded in 1969 by Tom Oberheim. History and products Tom Oberheim founded the company in 1969, originally as a designer and contract manufacturer of electronic effects devices for Maestro (most notably the Maestro PS-1A Phase Shifter),, and briefly a retail dealer for ARP Instruments, eventually designing the company's first Oberheim-branded product, the Oberheim DS-2, one of the first digital music sequencers. In 1975 Oberheim introduced the Synthesizer Expander Module (SEM) to complement the DS-2 sequencer and enable a user to play one synthesizer while the DS-2 played a sequence on another. The SEM featured a two-pole filter that could operate as a low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, or band-reject filter, giving it a different sound than the Moog and ARP filters popular at the time. The company later combined multiple SEM modules with a digitally-scanned keyboard and a 2-channel voltage-controlled sequencer to create a series o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minimoog
The Minimoog is an analog synthesizer first manufactured by Moog Music between 1970 and 1981. Designed as a more affordable, portable version of the modular Moog synthesizer, it was the first synthesizer sold in retail stores. It was first popular with progressive rock and jazz musicians and found wide use in disco, pop, rock and electronic music. Production of the Minimoog stopped in the early 1980s after the sale of Moog Music. In 2002, founder Robert Moog regained the rights to the Moog brand, bought the company, and released an updated version of the Minimoog, the Minimoog Voyager. In 2016 and in 2022, Moog Music released another new version of the original Minimoog. Development In the 1960s, RA Moog Co manufactured Moog synthesizers, which helped bring electronic sounds to music but remained inaccessible to ordinary people. These modular synthesizers were difficult to use and required users to connect components manually with patch cables to create sounds. They were a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhodes Piano
The Rhodes piano (also known as the Fender Rhodes piano) is an electric piano invented by Harold Rhodes, which became popular in the 1970s. Like a conventional piano, the Rhodes generates sound with keys and hammers, but instead of strings, the hammers strike thin metal tines, which vibrate next to an electromagnetic pickup. The signal is then sent through a cable to an external keyboard amplifier and speaker. The instrument evolved from Rhodes's attempt to manufacture pianos while teaching recovering soldiers during World War II. Development continued after the war and into the following decade. In 1959, Fender began marketing the Piano Bass, a cut-down version; the full-size instrument did not appear until after Fender's sale to CBS in 1965. CBS oversaw mass production of the Rhodes piano in the 1970s, and it was used extensively through the decade, particularly in jazz, pop, and soul music. It was less used in the 1980s because of competition with polyphonic and digita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stella Vander
Stella Vander (born Stella Zelcer, also known as Stella; 12 December 1950) is a French singer and musician. Early years Born in Paris into a family of Polish immigrants, she began writing music in the early sixties together with her uncle Maurice Chorenslup. Their songs were parodies of the Yé-yé style that was popular at the time. Stella's first EP, which included "Pourquoi pas moi", was released in November 1963, when she was twelve. In 1966, "Un air du folklore Auvergnat" ("a folk song from Auvergne", mocking Sheila's "Le Folklore Américain") increased her fame, followed by protests by the Auvergnat association—which took the lyrics seriously. Her take on music was "engagingly sarcastic". 1966's ''Beatnicks D'Occasion'' targeted weekend scenesters. Her final record as Stella was released in 1967. "I wasn't even 17 yet, but I just said 'Ok, pfft. Leave it. Magma She married Magma Magma () is the molten or semi-molten natural material from which all igneous rocks ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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