''Félicité Thösz'' is the eleventh studio album by French band
Magma
Magma () is the molten or semi-molten natural material from which all igneous rocks are formed. Magma (sometimes colloquially but incorrectly referred to as ''lava'') is found beneath the surface of the Earth, and evidence of magmatism has also ...
, released on 3 July 2012.
Background
The album was Magma's first studio release in 27 years to contain new material written after the band's reformation in 1996.
"Félicité Thösz" was written during 2001-02 by Christian Vander, but only played live by the band from 2009. "Les hommes sont venus" was written and performed in 1992 by
Les Voix De Magma, and again in 1995 for the band's 25th anniversary, then called "Tous Ensemble".
''Félicité Thösz'' is sung almost entirely in Magma's constructed language
Kobaïan
Magma is a French progressive rock band founded in Paris in 1969 by self-taught drummer Christian Vander, who claimed as his inspiration a "vision of humanity's spiritual and ecological future" that profoundly disturbed him. The style of progr ...
, apart from a passage in French named "Seule une fleur est venue au fond des bois en mon cœur (âme)".
Track listing
Personnel
*
Christian Vander – drums, vocals, percussion, glockenspiel (11), clavier (11)
*
Stella Vander
Stella Vander (born Stella Zelcer, also known as Stella; 12 December 1950) is a French singer, musician and record producer.
Early years
Born in Paris into a family of Polish immigrants, she began writing music in the early sixties together with ...
– vocals, percussion, chant (11)
* Isabelle Feuillebois – vocals, chant (11)
* Hervé Aknin – vocals, chant (11)
* Benoit Alziary – vibraphone
* James Mac Gaw – guitar
* Bruno Ruder – piano
* Philippe Bussonnet – bass guitar
* Sandrine Destefanis – chant (11)
* Sylvie Fisichella – chant (11)
* Marcus Linon – chant (11)
References
Magma (band) albums
2012 albums
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