BBC 1974 Radio Londres (Remastered)

by MAGMA

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fjparada Amazing seminal live versions of two cult classics. Amazing to have it remastered both as a historical record and as a badass alternative versions.

neu-mann You may think you know them already, but the embryonic live versions of these two classic Magma tracks might totally challenge that perception. The more stately tempo of Theusz Hamtaahk better accentuates its uncanny sense of power and dread, and to these ears the much looser space-jazz arrangement of Köhntarkösz easily eclipses its more conservative studio counterpart. Essential listening. Favorite track: Köhntarkösz

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	1.	Theusz Hamtaahk 29:56
	2.	Köhntarkösz 27:08

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Avec cet enregistrement réalisé le 14 Mars 1974 dans les studios londoniens de la BBC, c'est un cadeau merveilleux et inespéré qui nous est fait.Le miracle de pouvoir écouter, avec une qualité sonore excellente, "THEUSZ HAMTAAHK" et "KOHNTARKOSZ", deux pièces maîtresse de l'oeuvre magmaïenne, dans des versions uniques, exécutées par le groupe qui fut à l'origine de leur création. Si les versions "abouties" jouées par le MAGMA des années 75-76 nous sont les plus familières, celles qui nous sont offertes ici présentent un intérêt majeur à plusieurs niveaux : leur structure, tout d'abord, qui à cette époque n'était pas encore définitive, et comportait des séquences qui furent par la suite soit agencées de manière différente, soit supprimées; leur exécution, ensuite, avec un "THEUSZ HAMTAAHK" dont la pseudo-lenteur du tempo n'a d'égale que la violence contenue qui l'habite, et un "KOHNTARKOSZ" où la magie des claviers apporte à cette oeuvre une alternative tout aussi envoûtante que celle engendrée, à la Taverne de l'Olympia l'année suivante, par les divines envolées du violon de Didier LOCKWOOD. Enfin, ces deux pièces permettent de pouvoir apprécier, pour la première fois dans des conditions "live", une formation, soudée autour du tandem Christian VANDER/Jannick TOP, dont on avait peut-être un peu oublié, avec le temps, la valeur exceptionnelle.

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released March 5, 2020

Klaus BLASQUIZ: Chant, Percussions
Claude OLMOS: Guitare
Michel GRAILLIER: Piano Fender, Claviers
Gérard BIKIALO: Piano Fender
Jannick TOP: Basse
Christian VANDER: Batterie, Chant

Enregistré par la BBC le 14 mars 1974
Remasterisé en 2020
Gérald NIMAL: Réalisation de la pochette

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In 1970 an explosive compound of a cavernous bass and a hammering beat erupted from our record players, as an otherworldly voice chanted in a mysterious language. Thus began a first, double album, simply entitled Magma. Its strangeness and creative force meant that Magma’s landmark debut immediately guaranteed them a place in music history. ... more

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