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Magma (aka Kobaïa) 
Studio album by Magma Released 1970 Genre Zeuhl, progressive rock Length 82:20 Language Kobaïan Label Philips Producer Laurent Thibault Magma chronology Magma
(1970)1001° Centigrades
(1971)Singles from Magma - "Kobaïa" b/w "Mûh"
Released: 1970 (Philips 6009-59)
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[1]Magma (reissued under the name Kobaïa) is the debut album by zeuhl artists Magma, which was released as a double-LP in 1970. In the course of this album, the band tells the story of a group of people fleeing a doomed Earth to settle on the fictional planet Kobaïa.
Track listing
Side one
- Kobaïa (Christian Vander) – 10:15
- Aïna (Vander) – 6:15
- Malaria (Vander) – 4:20
Side two
- Sohïa (Teddy Lasry) – 7:00
- Sckxyss (François Cahen) – 3:47
- Auraë (Vander) – 10:55
Side three
- Thaud Zaïa (Claude Engel) – 7:00
- Nau Ektila (Laurent Thibault) – 12:55
Side four
- Stoah (Vander) – 8:05
- Muh (Vander) – 11:13
Legacy
The title track, Kobaïa, has been played as a regular part of Magma concerts since its recording, although in a more jazzy version more akin to that of the version on Live/Hhai.
This album is not a completely Zeuhl album. It, along with their second album 1001° Centigrades, is more of a straight jazz fusion effort, although it still shows a lot of the future Zeuhl sound.
Personnel
Performance
- Christian Vander – drums, vocals
- Claude Engel – guitars, flute, vocals
- Francis Moze – electric bass, contrabass
- François Cahen – piano
- Teddy Lasry – soprano sax, flute
- Richard Raux – alto and tenor sax, flute
- Alain "Paco" Charlery – trumpet, percussion
- Klaus Basquiz – vocals
Production
- Claude Martelot – engineer
- Laurent Thibault – production
- Lee Hallyday – production supervision
- Louis Haig Sarkissian – stage manager
- M.J.Petit – make-up
- Marcel Engel – technical assistant
- Roger Roche – engineer
References
External links
- Explanation of each track
- "Magma (6) - Kobaïa (2xLP, Album) at Discogs". www.discogs.com. http://www.discogs.com/Magma-Koba%C3%AFa/release/1572760. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
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- Magma albums
- Debut albums
- Double albums
- Philips Records albums
- "Kobaïa" b/w "Mûh"
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