''Ẁurdah Ïtah'' is the fourth studio album by French

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. The album was originally released June 15, 1974 under the name ''Tristan et Iseult'' as a Christian Vander solo studio film soundtrack. The soundtrack was for Yvan Lagrange's 1972

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and incredibly obscure film ''

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''. The album was recorded by a core quartet of Magma members (only consisting of drums, bass, piano, and vocals). It was re-released on Magma's label

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in 1989 with the Magma logo on its cover, and ever since, it has been retrospectively contextualised as a Magma album. ''Ẁurdah Ïtah'' (which translates from Kobaïan roughly as ''Dead Earth'') is the second part of the Theusz Hamtaahk Trilogy. It is preceded by '' Theusz Hamtaahk'' (''Time of Hatred''), which is only available on live albums, including '' Retrospektïẁ (Parts I+II)'' (1981), and '' Trilogie Theusz Hamtaahk (Concert du Trianon)'' (2001), and succeeded by ''

Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh ''Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh'', also abbreviated as ''MDK'', is the third studio album by French rock band Magma, released on 6 May 1973. The album marks a shift away from the jazz style of the band's first two albums, encompassing progre ...

'' (1973).

Track listing

Source: Seventh Records, Discogs

Personnel

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 ...

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* Klaus Blasquiz – vocals, percussion *

Jannick Top Jannick "Janik" Top is a French bass player and composer, born in Marseille. Top plays the electric bass and the cello. In the 1970s, he was a lead member of the influential zeuhl band Magma, along with Christian Vander and Didier Lockwood. Fr ...

– bass * Christian Vander –

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, vocals

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wurdah Itah Magma (band) albums 1974 albums