Magma and Gong Retrospectives
Magma Series
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My 2023 reviews of the French zeuhl-pioneering band Magma’s full studio discography, plus a few related zeuhl acts and Vander solo works.
Magma (Kobaïa) (1970)
Magma 2: 1001° Centigrades (1971) / Rïah Sahïltaahk (2014)
Univeria Zekt — The Unnamables (1972)
Magma — Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh (1973)
Zao — Z=7L (1973)
AKT II: Vander / Top / Blasquiz / Garber — “Sons” Document 1973 — Le Manor (1993)
Magma — Theusz Hamtaahk (Trilogie Au Trianon) (2001)
Magma — Ẁurdah Ïtah (1974)
Magma — Köhntarkösz (1974)
Magma — Üdü Ẁüdü (1976)
Magma — Attahk (1978) (& Live Records)
AKT XVI: Alien — Antibes 1983 (2011)
Magma — Merci (1985)
Magma Présente Offering: Parts I & II (1986)
Magma Présente Offering: Parts III-IV (1990)
AKT XII: Graillier / Cullaz / Goubert — It Was A Very Good Night — Strasbourg 1990 (1998)
AKT XVII: Stella Vander — Passage du Nord-Ouest 1991 (2011)
AKT III: Christian Vander — Les Voyages De Christophe Colomb (1992)
Magma Présente Offering: A Fïïèh (1993)
AKT VII: Baba Yaga La Sorcière (1996)
Magma — Flöë Ëssi/Ëktah (1998)
AKT XIV: Christian Vander — Korusz (A La Recherche Du Chorus Suprême) (2000)
Magma — K.A (Köhntarkösz Anteria) (2004)
Magma — Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré (2009)
Magma — Félicité Thösz (2012)
Magma — Šlaǧ Tanƶ (2015)
Magma — Zëss (Le Jour De Néant) (2019)
Magma — Kãrtëhl (2022)
Gong Series
Gong-adjacent recordings 1967–69
Gong — Magick Brother (1970)
Gong-adjacent recordings 1971–2
