OFF: Magma?

[Denis Regenbrecht]

Hi Chuck,

>Is this different than a Magma double-LP titled "Live", released in '75 on a
>small European label?

Yup, that's the same. The 7th Records double CD includes bonus tracks btw
(Emehnteht Re and a nearly complete MDK).

>  It's still their only album I have...I like it...but still wonder how
> representative it is?

I think's its the most accesible of all Magma-albums. It is representative
and features both classical "old" stuff like MDK (only as excerpt though)
and Kohntarkosz and newer songs (Hhai, Lihns) which lead to the
funky-gospel Magma of later albums.
The playing is exceptional and it's the nearest thing to a Magma-Best-Of.
The only factor not really representative is the violin-playing of Didier
Lockwood. As great as it is, it is not part of the typical Magma sound.

>I actually had a cassette of...oh, there goes my memory again...that '76
>studioo album...but it kicked the bucket real quick...

That would be Udu Wudu. It's not bad, but lacks a bit of focus IMO. The
most songs are only 3..5 minutes long, which is very untypical for Magma,
and appear more like ideas than "real" complete songs. The exception is "De
Futura", a brilliant tour-de-force of Janik Top's bass-playing.

BTW, there's a new 165min (!!) DVD which features the whole Trianon concert
and a documentation.

(c)IAO

                                 D+R
np: strange sounds made on my new Nord MicroModular <eg>