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Title Time Author

1 - HORTZ FUR DËN STEKËHN WEST 9:36 C.Vander

2 - ÏMA SÜRI DONDAÏ 4:30 C.Vander

3 - KOBAÏA ISS DE HÜNDIN 3:33 C.Vander

4 - DA ZEUHL WORTZ MËKANÏK 7:30 C.Vander

5 - NEBËHR GUDAHTT 6:03 C.Vander

6 - MËKANÏK KOMMANDÖH 4:09 C.Vander

7 - KREÜHN KÖHRMAHN ISS DE HÜNDÏN

3:13 C.Vander

Info

Recorded in 1973 at MANOR et AQUARIUM studios by Simon HEYWORTH and Gilles SALLÉ.

Musician Instrument

Christian VANDER drums, chants, organ, percussion

Jannik TOP bass

Klaus BLASQUIZ chant, percussion

Jean-Luc MANDERLIER piano, organ

René GARBER bass clarinet, chant

Claude OLMOS guitar

Stella VANDER chant, choruses

Muriel STREISFELD, Evelyne RAZYMOVSKI, Michèle SAULNIER,
Doris REIHNARDT choruses

Teddy LASRY

saxophone, flute

Notes

The only members left of the preceding formation, Christian VANDER and Klaus BLASQUIZ, surrounded by a team of renewed musicians, hire in 1973 the studios of Manor in Oxford, to record there MËKANÏK DESTRUKTIW KOMMANDÖH, the album considered by many to be the MAGMA's masterpiece.
A Long articulated piece in seven movements, M.D.K knew a long gestation before reaching its final state. The advance achieved between the short version 45t of the preceding formation where the work of the brass section prevailed, and that which is presented on this album, is considerable. All the merit is due to Christian VANDER who, only from now on, will take in hand in an irreversible way the artistic destiny of MAGMA.
If the instrumental service of the group still gained in power, in particular the arrival with Jannick TOP's bass, whose playing appears in perfect symbiosis with the spirit of Christian VANDER's music, that which strikes above M.D.K is the epic breath which emerges from the masterly work accomplished by the vocal section. Propelled by an inexorable rhythm section and reinforced by a female chorus where Stella VANDER appears for the first time, the voices of Klaus and Christian come to haunt our spirits on these splendid songs which seem to come straight from our collective memory, giving the music of MAGMA a timeless and universal character.

Title	Time	Author
1 - HORTZ FUR DËN STEKËHN WEST	9:36	C.Vander
2 - ÏMA SÜRI DONDAÏ	4:30	C.Vander
3 - KOBAÏA ISS DE HÜNDIN	3:33	C.Vander
4 - DA ZEUHL WORTZ MËKANÏK	7:30	C.Vander
5 - NEBËHR GUDAHTT	6:03	C.Vander
6 - MËKANÏK KOMMANDÖH	4:09	C.Vander
7 - KREÜHN KÖHRMAHN ISS DE HÜNDÏN	3:13	C.Vander
Info
Recorded in 1973 at MANOR et AQUARIUM studios by Simon HEYWORTH and Gilles SALLÉ.

Musician	Instrument
Christian VANDER	drums, chants, organ, percussion
Jannik TOP	bass
Klaus BLASQUIZ	chant, percussion
Jean-Luc MANDERLIER	piano, organ
René GARBER	bass clarinet, chant
Claude OLMOS	guitar
Stella VANDER	chant, choruses
Muriel STREISFELD, Evelyne RAZYMOVSKI, Michèle SAULNIER, Doris REIHNARDT	choruses
Teddy LASRY	saxophone, flute
Notes
The only members left of the preceding formation, Christian VANDER and Klaus BLASQUIZ, surrounded by a team of renewed musicians, hire in 1973 the studios of Manor in Oxford, to record there MËKANÏK DESTRUKTIW KOMMANDÖH, the album considered by many to be the MAGMA's masterpiece. A Long articulated piece in seven movements, M.D.K knew a long gestation before reaching its final state. The advance achieved between the short version 45t of the preceding formation where the work of the brass section prevailed, and that which is presented on this album, is considerable. All the merit is due to Christian VANDER who, only from now on, will take in hand in an irreversible way the artistic destiny of MAGMA. If the instrumental service of the group still gained in power, in particular the arrival with Jannick TOP's bass, whose playing appears in perfect symbiosis with the spirit of Christian VANDER's music, that which strikes above M.D.K is the epic breath which emerges from the masterly work accomplished by the vocal section. Propelled by an inexorable rhythm section and reinforced by a female chorus where Stella VANDER appears for the first time, the voices of Klaus and Christian come to haunt our spirits on these splendid songs which seem to come straight from our collective memory, giving the music of MAGMA a timeless and universal character.