MAGMA POLL

Simples consists of several earlier Magma prog-rock epics edited down to a length that the band had originally hoped would garner them radio airtime during the 1970s.

What were they thinking?!

http://morfablog.com/07/04/magma.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a359/Stormvogel/PeuterMagma.jpg

http://www.danbbs.dk/~m-bohn/magma/images/magma.jpg

I've got 1001° Centigrades; The Unnamables; Ẁurdah Ïtah; Köhntarkösz but, hand on heart, Köhntarkösz is the only one I really like. Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh is the only other one I've heard, it's probably better than Köhntarkösz, so gets my vote.

1001° Centigrades is all I've ever really been into. Somehow after hearing I didn't need more. Sated, I guess.

They didn't sound like 1001° Centigrades after 1001° Centigrades. I don't really like that album.

How is The Unnameables, is it supposed to be less, um, challenging? So I've read anyway.

It's OK, there's, errrrmmm, "songs" on it, and funky and even folky bits. I haven't heard it in a while but I don't know how much it has to do with Magma really, it's more of a let's kick our shoes off and mess around thing.

So, if I were to go back in on the strength of 1001° Centigrades, willing to hear their next phase of sound - where should I go?

We need the ILM Magma experts to show up

Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh should be your next move - just jump in there, there's no easy way.

Köhntarkösz is a bit of an easier listen

Here's another picture while you're thinking about it :

http://www.progweed.net/reviews/magma/groupe75.jpg

But Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh does have more laffs

This seems to be a Christian Vander tattoo. Is this Steve Davis?

http://www.bmezine.com/tattoo/A80128/high/no36-christian-vander.jpg

Stella & Klaus looking esp. cool in that last pic (xxp)

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Yeah I dunno if Köhntarkösz is an easy listen exactly, it's pretty repetitive. MDK is more like Jesus Christ Superstar, and has a lot of Vander's monkey impressions on it.

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I voted for Udu Wudu - even though it's patchy you get De Futura and the greatest bass riff ever.

xp: love Köhntarkösz though. and the first one. i know it's not the alien prog epic magma, but i still like it.

MDK gets my vote

Merci sucks.

has a lot of Vander's monkey impressions on it.

Some of Iannis Xenakis' more, uhhhh, challenging vocal pieces sound as if he might have been listening to Magma! Unlikely, even if they were based in the same city.

voted Wurdah Itah, but no Hhai, no credibility

Well if you include one live album you have to include 'em all and it gets too confusing, what with the numerous versions of MDK etc.

Of course, "Hhai" is my favourite Magma album tho

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I voted for K.A., actually, because it's a Magma album that for once has good sound/mixing, and I think for most of the other stuff I like the live recordings more than the original studio version (in that sense, "Wurdah Itah" is the only other potential contender). The live "Kohntarkosz" is waaaay better than the studio version.

If "Live/Hhai" was offered, I would have surely picked that one. "Attahk" is also a temptation just because I think it's a great album, even if not 'epic'.

I went with Attahk

Attahk 4 the win.

I went for Attahk too, that's a pretty great introduction to the band. Live / Hhai would have taken it otherwise, disc 2 of that one comes together so well it's more than just a live album

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Attahk after the fahkt

mdk feels a bit grateful dead hippyish and the live album that i have isn't hard enough (reminds me of that rovo double disc live thing too). udu wudu has de futura, but that's it.

i feel like somehow mdk just voted for itself

MDK = grateful dead hippyish ?!!

I think people voted for Udu Wudu because they like the title

mdk feels a bit grateful dead hippyish

alright, you've not heard one of these things.

i'm relistening to mdk and i take back the dead thing. it's been years since i heard it and there's this one guitar tone that i remembered sounding a bit weird and noodly, but today it sounds very concise and on point. i still like attahk better

Listening to Hhaï/Live right now. I have decided 2009 is my year to fully investigate Magma, and have...obtained everything from the debut through Üdü Wüdü, except for the Univeria Zekt disc.