Magma - Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh (1973)
Magma - Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh (1973)
"This album by the large prog/jazz/rock/classical/futuristic group Magma really goes way beyond any definition of 'rock' as most people know it. The group is led by Christian Vander, drummer, who also doubles on organ and vocals on this release. Vander is also the composer for the group, and what he does, I think, goes way off the 'rock' map, incorporating elements of composers such as Bartok, Janacek, Orff along with a very hefty dose of jazz (Vander is an admitted Coltrane devotee), and lots of science-fiction. The final part in a trilogy of albums, this work depicts the destruction and salvation of mankind after their war with a race of exiled humans, the Kobaians. The work, in fact, is sung entirely in Vander's constructed Kobian language, which only adds to the extreme otherworldly atmosphere of this piece. But when I say 'otherworldly' here, don't buy this expecting Tangerine Dream or some such; Magma's work is primal, heavy, harmonically dense, reminding one a lot of the harsher and more pounding sections of a work such as Orff's "Carmina Burana". Definitely music that's in a class all its own." ~ customer review, amazon.com
Tracklist:
1. Hortz Fur Dehn Stekehn West 9:36
2. Ima suri Dondai 4:30
3. Kobaia is de Hundin 3:37
4. Da Zeuhl wortz Mekanik 7:50
5. Nebehr Gudahtt 6:02
6. Mekanik Kommandoh 4:10
7. Kreuhn Kohrmahn Iss de Hundin 3:14