Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh

Mekanik Destruktïw Kommandöh is the 1973 LP (LP) released third and most famous album by the French progressive rock band Magma. The album, a central work of the group is a single belonging together composition of band leader and drummer Christian Vander, even if it is divided into different sections. The composition is the third ( the first published ) Set the trilogy " Theusz Hamtaahk " and was released from magma in various studio and live versions. The lyrics are completely " Kobaïanisch " written in the developed by Vander and singer Klaus Blasquiz art language and are part of the myth of Kobaïa act from which all Magma albums.

The first set of the trilogy, the piece " Theusz Hamtaahk " belonged since the mid-1970s to the live repertoire of the band, but was only published in 1981 on the live double album Retrospektïw 1 & 2, the second sentence Ẁurdah ITAH appeared in 1974 under Vanders name as soundtrack album for the film Tristan et Iseult by French director Yvan Lagrange, since the CD re-release 1989 label Seventh Vanders but with the Magma logo as a cover.

The music magazine eclipsed chose Mekanik Destruktïw Kommandöh on the 28th place its list of the 150 most important prog albums.

Music

The originally proposed by Magma Publication recording included drums, organ, bass, piano and a mixed choir and consisted of a piece of 38 minutes in length. Its focus was on the choral singing and more " acoustic " music including extended piano passages. These ( published in 1989 on the CD Mekanik Kommandöh ) version was rejected by magma former record company because they did not meet their demands for rock music. Therefore the occupation by e- was Guitar, Brass, flute, bass clarinet, vibraphone, xylophone and other singers expanded, and the electrically amplified musical instruments and the wind determine the quite " rock " sound of the album Mekanik Destruktïw Kommandöh much with.

"After the edgy chords and declaimed, geflehten, commanding vocals of the beginning starts a rousing, majestic tour -de- force, a musical maelstrom, a desert, exhausting orgy of hypnotic pounding rhythms, powerful brass blocks, incessant opera moderate choir in a barbaric fantasy language, driving, crooked rhythms, whipping trumpet blows, Falsettgekreische and barking, pulsating powerful Baßgeriffe, ecstatic drums, howling guitar with many highs and a few breathers. uniquely and especially great "

The two previous albums Magma (1970 ) and 1001 ° Centigrades (1971 ), were still more focused on jazz, their compositions were contributed by various members of the band; with Mekanik Destruktïw Kommandöh created Vander / Magma their typical style, " Zeuhl ", which has been preserved to this day by changing magma occupations and starting point of the Zeuhl genre was ( " Zeuhl Wortz " means in Kobaïanisch as much as " music of the all-encompassing power "or" heavenly music ").

Title list

On the first CD version published in 1988 by Seventh Records a 34 -minute, mostly instrumental version of Mekanik Destruktïw Kommandöh was included as uncharted eighth piece.

Occupation

• Christian Vander - Drums, Vocals, Organ, Percussion
• Jannik Top - Bass
• Klaus Blasquiz - Vocals, Percussion
• Jean Luc Manderlier - piano, organ
• Rene Garber - bass clarinet, vocals
• Claude Olmos - Guitar
• Stella Vander - Vocals
• Muriel Streisfield - Vocals
• Evelyne Razymovski - Vocals
• Michele Saulnier - Vocals
• Doris Reinhardt - Vocals
• Teddy Lasry - Brass, Flute