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French Music Legends Magma Release EPOK 5 On DVD

French Music Legends Magma Release EPOK 5 On DVD

Paris, France - After the success of the DVDs EPOK 1-2-3-4, published in 2006 and 2007, the jazz club Le Triton again welcomed Magma in June 2011. This was for a nine concerts cycle to complete the DVD series “Myths & Legends."
 EPOK 5 not only includes pieces from 1971, 1977 and 1978 but also Félicité ...

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Article: Album Review

Kazuhisa Uchihashi and Tatsuya Yoshida: Barisshee

Read "Barisshee" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


Since its inception, the Tzadik label has continued to introduce musicians from the vibrant Japanese underground scene. Prolific drummer Tatsuya Yoshida is one of the most famous, active in countless outfits--most of them duos and trios. Guitarist Kazuhisa Uchihashi, who now resides in Berlin, is a close collaborator, guesting in Yoshida's legendary Ruins, recording a series ...

News: Recording

Music Legends Magma To Release New CD "Felicite Thosz"

Music Legends Magma To Release New CD "Felicite Thosz"

Paris, France - One of music's most innovative and eclectic ensembles, Magma, has released a new CD titled 'Felicite Thosz' internationally on Seventh Records (June 2012). Having emerged unscathed from STAR WARS, don't just sit there waiting for the end of the world. Take a leap into the MAGMA universe and grab their new studio album ...

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Article: Book Excerpts

Concepts of Pain: The Stuff of the Sixties

Read "Concepts of Pain: The Stuff of the Sixties" reviewed by Gordon Marshall


This chapter is an excerpt from Naked Mind: On Music and Power, a work in progress by All About Jazz contributor Gordon Marshall. It is said that the '60s ended in 1974, with Richard Nixon's resignation. On the one hand, there was nothing left to believe in. On the other, there was ...

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Magma

Label: Grappa
Released: 2010
Track listing: Magma; Life; Journey Home; Stone; Maria's Intro; Winds; Earth Song; Time; Light Years; Karingana; Ghiculo.

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Article: Live Review

Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville: Day 1 - May 20, 2010

Read "Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville: Day 1 - May 20, 2010" reviewed by Gordon Marshall


Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 Festival International Musique Actuelle VictoriavilleVictoriaville, Quebec, CanadaMay 20, 2010 Festival International Musique Actuelle Victoriaville (FIMAV), translated into English, is an acronym meaning Victoriaville International Festival of Contemporary Music--or, more precisely, “Now" music, or, “the music of now." It distinguishes itself from, ...

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Article: Album Review

Jan Gunnar Hoff: Magma

Read "Magma" reviewed by John Kelman


Keyboardist Jan Gunnar Hoff may not have the international visibility of fellow keyboardist Bugge Wesseltoft, but with a growing discography dating back to the mid-1990s and including, most recently, the powerfully fusion-esque Jungle City (Alessa, 2009), with fellow countryman/bassist Per Mathisen and ex-Weather Report percussionist/drummer Alex Acuna, that deserves to change. At the core of the ...

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Hur! Hommage a la Musique de Christian Vander

Label: Downhill Studio
Released: 2009
Track listing: CD1: Üdü Wüdü (Minimum Vital); Kobah (Olivier Wursten Olmos); Mekajak (surs des motifs de M.D.K.) (Blasquiz / Shehan); Hamtaak (Pochakaite Malko); Braveheart (vision of Z&3203;SS) (Marcus); Aïna (John Trap); Ronde de Nuit (Alifair); Cosmos / A Fïïh (Ain Soph Aur); Aïna (Post Image); Malawëlëkaahm (Thollophonie); Dondaï (Musique Noise); The Last Seven Minutes (Patrick Gauthier). CD2: Titilbon (Setna); Malaria (Simon Steensland); Otis (Jafis); Afreica Anteria (Forgas Band Phenomena); Guapo (Klaus Kombalad); Stand in the Light (Spiritual) (Mapop & The Rotules); Cosmos (Jannick Top); "La" Dawotsin (Gerard Prevost Trio); Ëk Sün Da Zëss (Bruno Heuze); Waïnsaht!!!/Wlasik Steuhn Kobaïa/Da Zeuhl Wortz Waïnsaht (Neom); Ëmëntëht-Rê (Erik Baron)/d-zAkord); Maahnt (Ptäh Sextet); Köhntarkösz (Maignan).

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News: Recording

French Music Legends Magma to Release Final Installment of Epic Trilogy - Emehntehtt-Re

French Music Legends Magma to Release Final Installment of Epic Trilogy - Emehntehtt-Re

Paris, France - One of music's most innovative and eclectic ensembles, Magma, will be releasing the final installment to their most recent epic trilogy. Titled Emehntehtt-Re, Magma's new opus will be released internationally on November 5, 2009 on Seventh Records. This marks the second trilogy by the legendary French band, the first being Theusz Hamtaahk. Magma ...

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Article: Album Review

Various Artists: Hur! Hommage a la Musique de Christian Vander

Read "Hur! Hommage a la Musique de Christian Vander" reviewed by John Kelman


When French drummer/composer Christian Vander put together the first incarnation of his since-enduring group Magma, releasing Kobaïa (Seventh Records) in 1970, it's unlikely that he'd have known the musical subculture he was spawning. A unique blend of fusion, neoclassicism, symphonic, and progressive rock, heavily reliant on relentless repetition and chanting in Vander's created Kobaïan language, Zeuhl ...


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