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"Scherzoo is François Thollot's 3rd CD, with a new band, featuring Anthony Béard (bass), François Mignot (guitar), Jeremy Van Quackebeke (piano), Guillaume Lagache (sax alto) & François Thollot (drums).
Neom is an excellent new Magma influenced band from France. In fact the band has recently been opening for Magma. Arkana Temporis is conceived as in 5 parts spread over 2 acts. The band is a quartet consisting of Fender Rhodes, guitar, bass, and drums with some chanting vocals overlaid.
Magma seems to be on a bit of a roll these days. It wasn't that long ago that they gave us KA and now we have the long rumored Emehntehtt Re. Supposedly an old work from the 70s that was never recorded but bit and pieces have cropped up over the years.
2 CD live performance recorded at the Olympia, Paris in 1980. This features the first performance of Theusz Hamtaahk, the first movement of the trilogy along with Wurdah Itah and M.D.K.
Still more material from the Olympia, Paris performances in 1980.
Rare and fairly brilliant material from the period 6/72 to 1/75. Unfortunately none of this was recorded in the studio so the songs solely exists as this fairly miserable sounding live historical document.
With Jannick Top back in the fold offering up his monstrous bass playing, Udu Wudu is classic Magma. For the most part this is the end of the prime period.
Well if you've gotten this far with Magma there probably isn't much I can do to dissuade you from buying this stinker. Shorter tunes, generally weird and annoying. But it does have a cool HR Giger cover so I guess there is something redeeming about it after all.
You can hear the evolution of the band as the traditional Magma sounds start to emerge but at it's core it's still not quite there yet. The Coltrane influence is a bit more prominent as is the Teutonic overtones (read --> Wagner). Overall I just think of it as a smoking jazz rock disc!
This is the soundtrack for Yvan Lagrange's 1974 film "Tristan Y Iseult", recorded shortly before the sessions for Kohntarkosz. It is the second movement of Theusz Hamtaahk, an epic work in three movements of which Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh is the final part.