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Magma Announce Retrospektïw I & II and III Due Nov. 24 on Southern Lord

Posted in Whathaveyou on October 20th, 2017 by JJ Koczan

Progressive, psychedelic and interplanetary legends Magma will play a Southern Lord showcase in Amsterdam at the end of this month. The impetus in part behind the appearance is the impending release of Retrospektïw I & II and III a 3LP compilation of compilations — because when you’re Magma you can do that kind of thing and put out a record that spells out and as well as uses an ampersand and have it make sense. Also you can make up your own language. Also pretty much anything else you want at this point because, well, because you’re friggin’ Magma and Planet Earth is lucky to have you.

Southern Lord has the comp o’ comps out on Nov. 24 and will host the French mainstays on Oct. 29 at a label showcase with Circle, SunnO))) and — in awesome contrast — Unsane, among others. Sure to be a raucous night. Info follows on that and the release, via the PR wire:

MAGMA Georges Besnier

MAGMA To Release Volume I & II And III 3xLP Collection Via Southern Lord November 24th; Group To Appear At The Southern Lord Showcase Evening In Amsterdam On October 29th

MAGMA, one of the most influential of all French bands, will release the Retrospektïw 3xLP collection, including Retrospektï? Volume I & II and Retrospektï? Volume III via Southern Lord on November 24th. The collection will be made available as a limited pressing of 1500 hand-numbered copies, remastered by Brad Boatright, including original artwork by Eva Nahon, also including the classic comic strip by Solé, Dister, and Gotlib depicting MAGMA’s trials and tribulations.

Southern Lord and MAGMA’s collaboration doesn’t end there, as the label has invited the group to perform at their label showcase on October 29th at the Melkweg in Amsterdam, alongside Sunn O))), Unsane, Circle, Okkultokrati, Wolfbrigade, Big|Brave, and Vitamin X. The official show poster artwork was created by Savage Pencil and Eva Nahon.

Southern Lord Europe Presents:
10/29/2017 Melkweg – Amsterdam, NL w/ Magma, Sunn O))), Unsane, more

The first ten years of MAGMA were celebrated on three memorable evenings in June 1980 at the Olympia theatre in Paris. This retrospective, reuniting most of the musicians who had performed in the group, was issued as two albums; the Retrospektï? I & II double-LP and Retrospektï? III LP. Issued first, Retrospektï? III comprises three titles. “Retrovision” is a long piece in the style of the album Attahk, in which the vocalists Stella Vander, Guy Khalifa, and Maria Popkiewicz turn in a blazing performance over a driving rhythm section. There is a supercharged version of “Hhai,” in which the trio of Lockwood, Paganotti, and Widemann works miracles. And finally, “La Dawotsin,” where, in a more muted register, the voice of Christian Vander triumphs through its mastery and profound sensibility.

Recorded, like Retrospektï? III, during the soirees at Olympia in June 1980, Retrospektï? I & II is an absolutely fundamental album in which “Theusz Hamtaahk” — the first movement of the trilogy of the same name — is presented for the first time. The second and third movements, “Wurdah Itah” and “Mekanik Destruktiw Komandoh,” were of course already well known. Although played in concert since 1974, Christian Vander had waited for years before recording it for posterity as he wanted every note to be as beautiful, magical, essential and definitive as possible. It is with the same respect for his music that he releases here the most successful version of “Mekanik Destruktiw Komandoh,” considered outstanding on account of two incredible improvisation from Bernard Paganotti and Didier Lockwood. Klaus Blasquiz, who did not perform on Retrospektï? III, is the lead vocalist on this version – and justifiably so, since he was indeed the MAGMA singer who first sang these two masterworks.

There’s no doubt about it, MAGMA has left a legacy of music that defies any of the standard and convenient classifications of rock, operating instead in a realm of their own creation. Southern Lord looks forward to being part of their ever-evolving story…

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Magma, “Slag Tanz” live at Roadburn 2014

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