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Magma (Magma album)

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Released
  
1970

Language
  
Kobaïan

Release date
  
1970

Label
  
Philips Records

Length
  
82:20

Artist
  
Magma

Producer
  
Laurent Thibault

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Genres
  
Zeuhl, Progressive rock, Jazz fusion

Similar
  
Magma albums, Progressive rock albums

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.

Contents

Side one

  1. "Kobaïa" (Christian Vander) – 10:15
  2. "Aïna" (Vander) – 6:15
  3. "Malaria" (Vander) – 4:20

Side two

  1. "Sohïa" (Teddy Lasry) – 7:00
  2. "Sckxyss" (François Cahen) – 3:47
  3. "Auraë" (Vander) – 10:55

Side three

  1. "Thaud Zaïa" (Claude Engel) – 7:00
  2. "Naü Ektila" (Laurent Thibault) – 12:55

Side four

  1. "Stöah" (Vander) – 8:05
  2. "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 more jazzy version akin to that of the version on the live album Live/Hhaï (1975).

Performance

  • Klaus Basquiz – vocals
  • François Cahen – piano
  • Claude Engel – guitars, flute, vocals
  • Teddy Lasry – soprano sax, flute
  • Richard Raux – alto and tenor sax, flute
  • Alain "Paco" Charlery – trumpet, percussion
  • Francis Moze – electric bass, contrabass
  • 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

    • Songs

    1Kobaia10:09
    2Aïna6:16
    3Malaria4:22

    References

    Magma (Magma album) Wikipedia
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