''1001° Centigrades'', alternative title ''2'', is the second album by French rock band

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, released on 5 October

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. Future reissues use both titles as ''2: 1001° Centigrades''. The first track, "Rïah Sahïltaahk" was later re-recorded as a full length studio album, ''

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'', in 2014, as Christian Vander did not consider himself satisfied with the arrangement on this album.

Background

For this album,

Track listing

Legacy

On ''1001° Centigrades'' the "

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" sound that later came to define Magma develops, but it lacks the operatic female vocals and primal driving rhythm of the following album, ''

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''. Between the release of this album and ''

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'', a number of band members left the band due to disagreements on its future sound. Two (saxophonist Yochk'o "Jeff" Seffer and keyboardist

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) left to form Zao, a band which follows in the footsteps of Magma's first two releases.

Musicians

* Klaus Blasquiz – vocals, percussion * Teddy Lasry –

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* Yochk'o "Jeff" Seffer – saxophone,

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* Louis Toesca –

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– acoustic &

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s *

Francis Moze Francis Moze (born 2 February 1946) is a French bass player, best known for his work in Magma, Gong and Pierre Moerlen's Gong. Moze played in an early line-up with Magma. When he left the group, Giorgio Gomelsky introduced him to Gong. He played o ...

–

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* Christian Vander –

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Production

* Produced by Roland Hilda * Engineered by Dominique Blanc-Francard * Louis Sarkissian –

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References

1971 albums Jazz fusion albums by French artists Magma (band) albums Philips Records albums {{1970s-rock-album-stub