Magma (Magma album)
Magma (reissued under the name Kobaïa) is the debut album by progressive rock or "zeuhl" group Magma, which was released as a double-LP in 1970. The album tells the story of a group of people fleeing a doomed Earth to settle on the fictional planet Kobaïa.
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| Released | December 24, 1970 | |||
| Genre | Zeuhl, jazz fusion | |||
| Length | 82:20 | |||
| Language | Kobaïan | |||
| Label | Philips | |||
| Producer | Laurent Thibault | |||
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Track listing
Side one
- "Kobaïa" (Christian Vander) – 10:15
- "Aïna" (Vander) – 6:15
- "Malaria" (Vander) – 4:20
Side two
- "Sohïa" (Teddy Lasry) – 7:00
- "Sckxyss" (François Cahen) – 3:47
- "Auraë" (Vander) – 10:55
Side three
- "Thaud Zaïa" (Claude Engel) – 7:00
- "Naü Ektila" (Laurent Thibault) – 12:55
Side four
- "Stöah" (Vander) – 8:05
- "Mûh" (Vander) – 11:13
Legacy
The title track, "Kobaïa", has been played as a regular part of Magma concerts since its original recording, although in a jazzier version akin to that of the version on the live album Live/Hhaï (1975), which also featured new lyrics, in Kobaïan, instead of English.
Personnel
Performance
- Klaus Blasquiz – vocals
- François Cahen – piano
- Alain "Paco" Charlery – trumpet, percussion
- Claude Engel – guitars, flute, vocals
- Teddy Lasry – soprano sax, flute
- Francis Moze – electric bass, contrabass
- Richard Raux – alto and tenor sax, flute
- Christian Vander – drums, vocals
Production
- Claude Martelot – engineer
- Laurent Thibault – production
- Lee Hallyday – production supervision
- Louis Haig Sarkissian – stage manager
- M. J. Petit – make-up
- Marcel Engel – technical assistant
- Roger Roche – engineer
gollark: Create a system for automatically taking from people according to ability and distributing according to need.
gollark: No. Automated.
gollark: What about the whole dig roads down to bedrock & fill with lava idea?
gollark: Okay, another one: an automated system for central planning of your communist society.
gollark: I had great ideas!
External links
- Explanation of each track
- "Magma (6) - Kobaïa (2xLP, Album) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
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