MAGMA POP2, French TV, November 28th 1970

[heresiepoet]

6 Justin Bieber fans don't like this

[VertigoHarvest]

1970; si piangeva la morte di Jimi Hendrix e la fine dei BEATLES, era uscito "Bitches Brew" di Miles Davis, il progressive si stava preparando a sfornare altre pietre miliari dopo quelle dei NICE, FAMILY, COLOSSEUM e KING CRIMSON, Canterbury aveva imboccato la strada del jazz-rock ... e i MAGMA erano già OLTRE!! ... Imbarazzanti? ... Scioccanti? ... "Inopportuni"? ... Avevano VERAMENTE qualcosa da dire e perciò concretizzavano senza inibizioni e timori reverenziali. IMPRESSIONANTI!!

[Darrylizer1]

Hmmm, at around 4:00 Vander seems to be channeling Hitler on helium. That's just nasty;-)

[juandhaltrich]

@Darrylizer1 true!!!! hahaha

[Dominique199]

Awesome !!

[mrMinifloyd]

ESTÁN BIEN FRITOS

[3ertipo]

GREAT performance, AWESOME!!, does someone knows the name of the song?, i know that at the ending of the video the song is Stoah, But what is the song that plays at the start of the video?

Sorry about my horrible english :D

[Pc72]

@3ertipo Aurae!

[frederikolsen]

At 3:38, Vander's voice nearly destroys the tape.

[pitufanegra]

@frederikolsen XD impossible to process on mp3 format

[ResidentMich]

Possibly THE greatest LIVE version of a movement ever!!!!!!

[tyrannicoystercult]

@ResidentMich i totally agree, nobody conjures the sense of politics and stubborn clash of voices like this. Vander's whole story is a great parable

[barbecru]

Seeing it now, of course it could not have been received another way than a "sectarian" music :D ... french people on those days were used to listen to Claude François, or to Ange, the wildest thing they heard was the Rolling Stones !

[dantefontana66]

MAGMA IS ZEUHL, ZEHUL IS GOD, MAGMA IS GOD...

[dantefontana66]

MAGMA IS ZEUHL, ZEHUL IS GOD, MAGMA IS GOD.

[dagostinoification]

absolument géant! quel plaisir de voir et entendre cette vidéo avec le grand claude angel. quelle énergie! dans le contexte hippie ça a dû faire sensation a l'époque.grand respect a christian vander créateur musical et batteur hors pair! didier D'agostino batteur compositeur et prof de batterie(videos sur youtube,dailymotion et myspace.

[leviathonCage]

Does anyone know what songs these are?

This is such a good performance and recording!

[barbecru]

@leviathonCage well, this is the very early period of magma :) you should listen to the Kohntarkosz LP, the MDK (Mekhanik Destruktiv Kommandoh) one, the "live"... also Wurdah Itah of course ! all published in the 70s.. but most of them are still played, you have as much version of a song as it was played !

[Elalepro]

vander qlo feo

[Ghoopty]

Probably one of the greatest oddball music performances in the history of television......which has a tendency to tame most performers!

[BennyGaberMusic]

early magma is trully an underrated period of avant jazz rock!!!

[MalyshevEvgeniy]

This is not the full video.

[petezilla]

I don't care at all about Zappa but I care about these guys

Maybe its because I'm a sci-fi nerd at heart : )

[turntheaaron]

@petezilla youre a little bitch zappa= genius

you = fuck dust

[boogster123321]

its like a french version of chicago on crystal meth

[mioluce]

His beard is so short here!

[The170460]

c'est pas robin des bois à la batterie ???

[ResidentMich]

This was on my 3rd birthday so I feel that it was my birthday present. MAG(MA)nificent!!!!!!

[cheifguggletram]

the tempo change at 3:04 is fucking insane

[znathanson]

Say if Stravinsky and Zappa had a huge picnic and created a mixture of Avant-Garde madness mixed with John Coltrane's jazzy mad scientist-like composition, It would be Magma. Magma, love 'em or hate 'em, they are Zeuhl Prog to the core in a psychotic way, Christian Vander is like Frankenstein on the drums as the band come up with some twisted time changes in the music. No wonder Snooker player Steve Davis and Johnny Rotten loved these guys.

MAGMA RULES!!!!!!!!

[eugenecraddock]

putain l'angoisse

[q13ert]

One time when i worked nightshift and listened to magma this song started when Christian Vander screams (3:30). Scared the shit out of me!

[briandamaged23]

Is the fat sweaty guy with the neckchief on cranking one off behind that piano? He sure looks happy. ;-)

[stereom]

Christian Vander's screeching circa 3:30 sounds just like the kind of altissimo skronking that some free-jazz tenor sax players (most notably Vander's hero Coltrane) often make. If someone wonders what the hell was Vander trying to do with that screaming and ranting, then at the very least it sounds like an homage to Coltrane (of "Ascension" persuasion at least). It's remarkable how similar the human voice and the timbre of sax can sound.

[Nergaloroth]

Which album are those songs ?? Thanks !

[MorganKai]

dream theater and symphony x are a lot more annoying than this... ....this is kinda relaxing,

[senseitre]

The more I watch this the more I think the pianist is the truly scary one ;)

[camelspottergr]

tell mue stupid. I listend to many things and part of that is some Zheul stuff but i never got it with Magma... music is a side thing. they focus on the lyrics and some speaking (Vander's squicky voice is so annoying...)there is lack of cohesive music arrangements. all for that (stupid in my opinion Kobaia language..)

[senseitre]

@camelspottergr: I reckon the best thing on this video is Klaus Blasquiz's vocal tricks. I like Magma in general- but not this era as much- and I can definitely sympathise with anyone who finds it annoying. Udu Wudu is a lot better- for my vote.

[ninaaaaaaaah]

Wow! This is insane! Nothing of that kind nowadays... Unfortunately! =/

Love it, thanks for posting!

[nchune]

whoa!

[FatallyWanderer]

I simply love this!

[hilarleo]

illumination: Thanks

[rejrockmetal]

Uh, listening and seeing this was an amazing experience.Thanks for posting this

[KingCrimsonBR]

I'm from Brazil and i love Magma!!!

Christian Vander is awesome!!!

[valantarn]

666

[ResidentMich]

I was 3 on this date!!!!!!!

[CAKmusic]

Historic stuff! Christian Vander's vocal part is incredible...like he's channeling the wild and wooly side of Coltrane without a saxophone

[mtopper66]

I also think there's a big "Weasels Ripped My Flesh"-era Zappa influence here as well.

[Merzbowxnoise]

@mtopper66

Yeah! It really reminds me on some early Zappa stuff, just like 200 Motels or Weasel ripped my Flaesh!

[progjazzfusion]

@mtopper66 - maybe some 60s xhol caravan or soft machine influence too musically

[mtopper66]

Good god...if anything could be more twisted and insane than Magma, it's *early* Magma...

[tyrannicoystercult]

@mtopper66 do i sense confusion? the story of the albums makes it all clear what is being displayed, the clash of civilizations between the different planets and space travellers. the insanity is built into the characters and the figures on stage channel it perfectly.

[oscarclash]

meravigliosi...

[passionatearts]

Cool clip! Magma's always been a fascinating group. This medley seems to have some influences from Arnold Schoenberg ("Pierrot Lunaire"), Igor Stravinsky ("The Wedding" and "The Rite of Spring"), Bela Bartok, and John Coltrane ("Ascension" and his other avant garde works).

[ztarcheg]

does the complete video exist? i would like to have it, or, at least, see

[ghellogm]

Nope, that's all there is as far as I know. A pity because I've been told this is the only live version of "Muh" that has surfaced so far

[Ruveg]

Where can i buy this Concert?

[Magmamommie]

At :35 you can hear the final words of the 2004 Kontarkosz Anteria:

Hoï Hamtaï Sïm rïm

Hamtaï

Hoï Hamtaï Sïm rïm

Hamtaï

Magma's been working over some of their mystical themes and prophetic ideas for a long time....

[BassLudeman]

that shows up(or at least the rythym does) many times in 1,001 degrees centigrade as well

[bobgreen623]

Christian Vander is without doubt facking bonkers!!! Fantastic!!!!

[unsubscribed]

This music pretty much saved me from the brink of despair. The fact that everyone around me seems to hate it makes me love it even more.

[Rodomagus]

Fabulous!

[SpaceRitual]

I love how happy the keyboard guy is to be playing.

[ThomasHowellOrg]

Francois Cahen always looks jolly when playing the piano. Check out his material from ZAO too! He played a great piano with another former Magma member, Yockho Seffer

[SpaceRitual]

When I search for Zao (on youtube) all I can find is a metal band of the same name. I guess there aren't any clips on youtube, I'll keep an eye out though.

[jaydude214]

0:34 oy pad thai.. oy sim pad thai

[mshakhz]

thai food rocks. XDDD

[posthumanhero]

magma in 1970 seemed alot more arranged and schizy........plus they had horns.......by the mid 70s , i notice, they got more into electronice keys......the early stuff uses piano

[SpaceRitual]

I love everything about about this video. I only have MDK and Udu Wudu... what album is most of this material on? It's several songs isn't it? Or is it just cut up weird.

Magma is amazing, I understand people considering them... "weird." But it's sad that weird is viewed as such a negative thing by music listeners. God forbid someone try to do something different. I think people are missing out not taking this music a little more seriously.

Magma rules.

[mshakhz]

This video includes two songs from Kobaia album: Auraё and Stoah. If you like this you'll like the album. Magma has a lot of great stuff :)

[SpaceRitual]

Thanks a lot for the reply!

[alanboro]

5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/5/!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!

[eugenecraddock]

il hurle comme une fan des beatles. Insupportable de prétention.

[Deristor69s]

ouvre tes oreille un peu

[eugenecraddock]

hey ho on a le droit de ne pas aimer et de dire ce que l'on pense. C'est de la branlette de pseudos intellectuels magma.

[Deristor69s]

si t'aime pas pourquoi t'ècoute.

[eugenecraddock]

pour ne pas mourir idiot.

[louison79]

Cher Eugène, Magma n'est pas si intellectuel, c'est de la musique organique, violente, qui prend aux tripes. Peut-etre qu'Il faut le voir en live pour comprendre.

[Darrylizer1]

@eugenecraddock

True, people are free to like the music or not. But I'm not sure at all how Magma could be considered pseudo intellectual. They are creative artists who are following their own muse, like it or not.

[eugenecraddock]

kasatchok, chapi chapo, bali balo, pouet pouet. Moi aussi je cause en n'importe quoi.

A chier.

[Deristor69s]

mais le truc c'est que eux il reprennent pas des truc conn

[JabariP6]

WOW YOU CAN REALLY "FEEL" THIS ! ! ! ! ! !

[momolein92]

Acidkamele auf Joghurtsafari durch dunkle Täler der genugtuung mal quer durch den Fleoschwolf gedrechselte Kacke

[carvin67]

I agree knuteboy whole heartedly

[knuteboy36]

Once you ears open up to the dissonant structures, the layers start to unfold and you hear how this music is beautiful.

Excellent stuff.

I'm impressed.

[p0werlunch]

ZA my friend, ZA!!!

[Byron961]

Thanks kaplanyorks !!!

[Byron961]

Magma, vi ascolto tutti i giorni, siete unici, inimitabili, grandiosi, all' avanguardia nella musica, Christian Vander e tutti i musicisti del gruppo dei geni, vi ho visti a Lille a marzo 2009, certo il suono non è piu suono anni '70, ma va bene comunque, W MAGMA (italiano)

come si chiama questo brano?

quel es le titre de cette chanson?

[andreaviolent]

è in tre parti: 0:00 è la fine di Aurae, 3:28 - 7:05 è una versione accorciata di Stoah, e il resto è l'inizio di Muh, sono tutte nel primo album.

Questa band è fantastica al livello di sperimentazioni sonore e vocali, mi ricordano band come gli Area e King Crimson...

Li ho scoperti da pochi mesi e gia li ascolto regolarmente!

Semplicemente Grandi.

Did someone know about any Magma's future projects?

[foutupourfoutu]

What is the name of this song?

[kaplanyorks]

It's three pieces - 0:00-3:28 is the end of "Auraë", 3:28-7:05 is a shortened version of "Stoah", and the rest is the beginning of "Müh"; they are all on the first album.

[rashzitzandpimple]

Very authentic, i'm amazed!

[chuckybastard]

I wonder why Magma stopped using horns..they added a lot of freakiness to the already weird music. This footage is awesome!!!

[stereom]

Christian Vander stated that it was difficult to work with the horn section. He basically wants the band to work as one unit and it's difficult to find brass players that can work this way. As if all of them tend to solo too much. In fact, one of the sax players (not in this video though), Jeff Seffer quit because he wanted to do more improv, but CV was interested in through-composed music. The similar reason (horn players want to play solos) was why Zappa gave up horns after 1976.

[warboner]

zappa used horns plenty after 1976, and he almost always had parts in his compositions that left room for improv and solos, he only scaled his band back dramatically in the late 70s for a little while because of the difficulty of dealing with, and being the employer of, so many people.... at least, from what I've read

[stereom]

I've read a lot about Zappa too. In one 1980 interview he specifically stated that he used the synth brass sound because he thought it was too much of a hassle to organize a band with brass players who wanted to play solos more than charts. Yes, he gave keyboardists and others a space for solos but he mostly demanded them to play the parts. Besides, the his late70s-early80s bands were just as big (8-9 musicians) as his earlier bands that also had the horns. He just had more guitars and keys.

[emachine000]

who is the guitarist's name, i think he is Claude Engel, but not sure

[stereom]

That's him, alright. He left in 1971, leaving Magma guitar-less until another guitarist named Claude, Claude Olmos came in 1973 just in time for the Mekanik Destrüktiw Kommandoh sessions.

[emachine000]

thanks man, i love magma!!, and sorry for my bad english,

[cartahut]

la première fois que j'ai écouté "Magma" c'était en 1969. J'ai reçu un coup de poing au coeur : c'est exactement la musique que j'avais toujours voulu entendre sans savoir qu'elle existait !

Vander est un pur créateur qui a réussi l'incroyable tour de force d'imaginer une musique nouvelle alors qu'on pensait que tout avait été fait...

Quarante ans après, la Zheul n'a pas pris une ride : elle restera intemporelle.

[TheAmazingBass]

that was... odd...  but amazing

[malemiasteczko]

pure orgasm I think

[barbiche92100]

MORE!!!!

[getstek]

This is the most wonderful clip on the Internet, ever.

[malemiasteczko]

yes it is,fuck

[Wiiman257]

This would be fucking great on acid DMT or shrooms, but i'm only smokin dope atm and this is fucking ridiculously weird and hilarious.

[BassLudeman]

wow...this has to be the WEIRDEST band I have ever heard! And listening to Soft Machine, Frank Zappa, Gong, etc, that saying a lot! I dont really care much for the vocals, in whatever languagethey made up. I love the big band sound, though. I wish more rock groups had wind sections...

[mshakhz]

the comparison is bullshit. just my humble opinion though..

[sjugge]

...soundorgasm...

I humbly thank you...

[phantomas1989]

name of the first song not stoah, the intro (the improvissation)

[stereom]

Aurae (0.00-3.28)

Stoah (3.29-7.04)

Müh (7.05-end)

[Ouhconmerde]

Merci pour cette vidéo... Ca me rappelle ma jeunesse... Sacré Vander !! Tout jeune..!!

[bartolome3]

name of song is?

[ResidentMich]

Stoah

:o)

[nusrat1971]

si esto es lo mas alto a lo que puede llegar la creatividad humana estamos listos....

[jountao]

Tu parlerais kobaien, ça s'rait pareil.

[BaghNakh]

Esto está dentro del punto más alto a lo que peude llegar la creatividad de la mente humana. Y ciertamente... como dijeron anteriormente, el hecho de estudiar musica no te hace tener una opinion mas "certera" de lo que un grupo hace, ya que el tema va por que tan abierto de mente eres, no que tanto sabes de musica, estructuras, etc.

Grande Magma. Esto es un aportazo y es muy agradable de escuchar, en comparacion a la mierda que se escucha hoy en la radio.

[kingcat61]

et cela passait en 1970 a la tele francaise

en 2008,qu avons nous? la star ac;quelle regression

merci d avoir poste cette video

[TheRipper999]

Man I hate Christian Vander's SCREECHING! But the rest of the song is great.

[chapaev36]

holy shit .. this rules.

[applewontons]

The thing with Magma, is that the vocals and linguistics, actually more or less complements the music greatly. The thing is, the way Christian Vander created the Kobian language set, was less for the intelligible communication, but more for the musical audities, and using the voices instrumental qualities instead. Notice that Klaus blasquiz and Christian and Stella Vander do alot of jazz scatting to "jam" with other instruments.

If you love Acid Jazz, experimental music. Magma is a good start!

[OneBigRetard]

What the hell has this got to do with Acid Jazz?

How does one start with Magma and get to Acid Jazz? Is that the end of the progressive journey!!??

[Wiiman257]

It does sound jazzy at a lot of times. And this is total acid music. I would just see one taking the exact opposite journey and ending up with these guys, as it has been for me. This is certainly the epitomy of acid music, along with much of the Ozric Tentacles' works.

[Sunchild333]

Acid? Have you heard of Carl Orff? Did he use acid in your opinion?

[EriktheHermit]

No, he didn't. However, complex music is totally acid music. Yes weren't huge acid heads, but their music is wonderful on an acid trip due to its complexity. It'd be hard to make something like this as a regular acid user.

[styx49]

To whoever said that Magma played "acid music", sorry to disappoint you but i'm afraid it's impossible to be stoned and play such a demanding music at the same time!!

[EriktheHermit]

i never said it's music played on acid, i know damn well you couldn't play this on acid... but it would be trippy as fuck on acid

[mildew2yahoo]

What's the name of the 1st song they play?

[ct323rx]

BDark 41 is an ignorant piece of shit. this band as well as all of the other bands previous and following Magma paved the way to the shit thats on the radio now. Christian Vander has a beautiful voice worthy of recognition. it is completely close minded not to recognize the fact that these bands contributed to music in such a way to alter it. your entitled to your opinion but your also obligated to know what your talking about

[BDark41]

mmm about the ignorant think...I study music in the best university of my country so i'm not that ignorant as you say

andabout the magma band....it have a lot of instruments but it just dont compplement each other and dont make a point...like the screams of th drummer...ihe can say the same thing without yeling it like a crazy bitch

[ct323rx]

well its sad that your studying music at such a prestigious school of music and you are this close minded. study harder please, for all of us. the layers within the music is what gives it its beauty. and let me ask you something, can you scream like that and keep a note? im not thinking so

[BassLudeman]

sorry, its not falsetto, its definitely screaming. it wouldnt have the same effect if he hadnt done it that way, though.

[ogrodnik]

simplemente brillante e insuperable...

los que no les gusta que se vayan a la mierda

[nusrat1971]

mierda mas grande, so payasos, que se vayan de vuelta a kobaia

[kaurismatico]

Una maravilla. Para mí, nunca superaron su primer disco. Geniales

[Aneurismo]

I need to know what Vander says from 3:30!

[BDark41]

Man I think I lost like the half of my neurons after look at this piece of junk. Sorry about the comment but after look at the minute 3:30 my feelings about the music of the 70's has just become useless.

And one more thing, my cousin likes this band, he is a total asshole.

[Aneurismo]

I think that's ok that's your opinnion, which I totally disagree but well :)

[kasamatzu]

3:30 ...

...

W T F!!!

[tie32101]

the lny magma song i like

[wearemartians83]

Awesome!

[Zeuhl75]

Worlds greatest band! At it´s best period.

[prolapso]

tremenda puesta en escena!, tremenda atmósfera!, llega al alma y hace visible en la imaginación el concepto que comunican.

[PD1972]

Soft machine son los padres

[carlotuz]

la cago esta wea filet ete amo

[amalesev]

The Wedding by Igor Stravinsky is a highly recommended piece to listen in the background of this area. Enjoy!

[dadoo1617]

il me semble que les debuts de Magma sonnaient assez Canterbury Scene pour els cuivres etc ... mais c vraiment a partir de leur album phare Mekanick Destructiw Kommandoh qu'il ont creer vraiment leur style de ZEuhl je pense

[madonofrio]

Awesome. I never noticed that Magma has a bit of the Canterbury Sound...

[ultramimo]

beautiful stuff. i'm speechless.

[ResidentMich]

I was 3 on this day. This is fantastic!!!!!!!!!!

[theinsectmachine666]

Hehe..Thats ok man...Nice Feedback sir....MAGMA TO THE PEOPLE..

Hallo ;from Jacob

[berthy75]

enorme merci very big thanks !

theinsect machine you are my youtube IDOL !! I LOVE YOU !!(i'm not gay)

[kontarkosz]

nunka habia visto un vid de MAGMA del 70...la cagaron estos weones pa ser visionarios en su estilo......Christian Vander la rája como compositos.Klaus Blazkit canta la rája el idioma Kobaya...mercy¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

[AhmStramGrahm]

un grand merci, de la part des fans de magma trop jeunes pour avoir vécu cette période du groupe!!!!

[sigkil]

Fantastic. Thanks for sharing.