Zess (Le Jour Du Néant)

by MAGMA

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Jordan Vauvert Depuis bientôt quinze ans que j'écoute du metal, j'ai fini par croire que le thème de la fin du monde était la chasse gardée de la musique extrême. MAGMA me remet les pieds sur Terre avec cet album en me propulsant dans l'espace. Zëss (Le Jour Du Néant) est la preuve que rien ne dure. Simon Goubert et Morgan Agren construisent un squelette que rien ne semble pouvoir ébranler. Mais à mesure qu'on progresse, il est attaqué par un chaos sublime et nous atteignons le néant.
MAGMA, je vous dis merci. Favorite track: Zi Ïss Wöss Stëhëm.

Frederik Gonzalez Olsen In gestation since 1979, Zëss is the final chapter of Christian Vander's Kobaïan saga. The apocalypse is heralded with Wagnerian bombast as Magma expands on its number of voices and is joined by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. While some listeners are going to miss Vander's screaming and the guitar solo found on previous live recordings, the restraint lets the hypnotic piece breathe and stand on its own terms as a Magma experience that differs greatly from the classic works. Favorite track: Zi Ïss Wöss Stëhëm.

psi39 An incredible album, well structured and composed with an excellent buildup and dramatic conclusion. Another example of Vander's fine work! Favorite track: Dïwööhr Spraser.

fistounet Franchement , un tres tres bel album .

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	1.	Stade WöhmDëhm Zeuhl 04:55
	2.	Da Zeuhl Wortz Dëhm Wrëhntt 06:22
	3.	Dïwööhr Spraser 05:12
	4.	Streüm Ündëts Wëhëm 06:04
	5.	Zëss Mahntëhr Kantöhm 08:08
	6.	Zi Ïss Wöss Stëhëm 03:15
	7.	Dümgëhl Blao 03:58

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“Zëss”—the name itself is sharp as a blade, slender as a cut, sudden like a darting meteor, fast as it is acute. While the inspiration that permeates Zëss comes from time immemorial, a first draft emerged in 1977. After being gradually completed, the piece debuted in concert in the spring of 1979. It became a staple of Magma’s repertoire until it was set aside in 1983.
The music itself seems born out of the night in order to transfigure it. The first chords ring out in the dim dawn, then rise and cast their great shadows against the day. Already their orb suggests the oval shape of an ancient stadium set in the cosmic darkness. It is an immense celestial arena, an agora where all the voices of the universe resonate. Everyone has assembled for a last celebration, a gathering of the innumerable into a single point where everything comes together for the Day of Oblivion.
Zëss had long been plagued by its incompleteness and its recording was deferred for years. Four decades after its first draft, the work has finally been recorded in an orchestral version that gives it both its true dreamlike dimension and its transcending power. For Zëss is above all the visionary reflection of an immemorial dream haunting the most obscure part of our souls.
Zëss treads a line between a vital overflowing and the edges of the unlivable. It is an incandescent and heady oratorio where consciousness questions its other side in a measureless journey. Zëss indicates the ultimate reversal out of which bursts a beyond of music that only music can reach. Magma’s whole story condensed…

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released June 14, 2019

Christian VANDER: Chant, Incantations
Stella VANDER: Chant, Choeurs
Isabelle FEUILLEBOIS, Hervé AKNIN, Julie VANDER, Sandrine DESTEFANIS, Sylvie FISICHELLA, Laura GUARRATO, Marcus LINON: Choeurs
Simon GOUBERT: Piano
Rudy BLAS: Guitare
Philippe BUSSONNET: Basse
Morgan AGREN: Batterie

The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Adam KLEMENS: Direction
Lucie SVEHLOVA Concertmaster
Rémi DUMOULIN: Orchestrations

Christian VANDER: Compositions, Paroles, Musique

Stella VANDER LINON: Production
Francis LINON: Enregistrement (Chants), Mixage
Marcus LINON: Enregistrement (Guitare), Mastering
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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