Magma is a concept first, certainly, but organized around Christian Vander. Son (adopted) by composer Maurice Vander and feeling son (spiritual) Coltrane. On the death of this one, and after looking like his idol suicide in drugs, it will be a day of enlightenment, decide to revive his music in a group that will go up, Magma. Unusual group, led by a leader and Vander drummer influenced by Elvin Jones, crossed with his father in the family. But Magma will be more than one group, it will be mainly an "experience" within the meaning of the term hendrixien. A sound space without borders or limits, welcoming within it the option of multiple changes of line-up, while the elite musicians from French studio seventies. An additional illumination made Vander create a new language, kobaïen, which will be an integral part of all titles. With such bases in quite a unique originality, Magma could only be a group unconventional, elusive and unclassifiable. It will soon prog fans of the happiness that will account, which will change the bouillasse to which they are accustomed. Although Magma has nothing to do with the school of Canterbury ... Magma will be the first (in any case, there was no that much since) French group to enjoy a (small) international notoriety. "Mekanik DESTRUKTIW Kommandoh" (MDK for friends and some CD reissue of pockets), is the third disc of Magma and often cited as their centerpiece. Moving away from the first two times jazz overtones, Vander directs his music to something martial, paramilitary limit (we sometimes think of ideologically questionable and Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana"), often implacable ... He Just read the text ("Terrien, accursed race ...") of the book, according to the music. This kind of texts and moods are obviously taken literally, but a low forehead will see an apology for totalitarianism ... Magma remain forever a group here that it will be fashionable to ignore or despise. "MDK" is a CD to listen to in one go, by the way most of the titles are linked, based on repetition and evolution of a musical phrase (much like Dylan in his soundtrack of Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid), alternating passages appeased before sonic explosions accompanied by haunting vocals. Many things, moods, through this disc. Certainly airtight enough for ordinary earthlings ... but hard to remain indifferent to this maelstrom of sounds and unheard words. Always great, but avoiding the pitfall of pompiérisme prog groups in which (among others) were copiously wallowing in the mid-seventies. "MDK" features those many consider the "royal" training Magma democratic dictatorship Vander surrounded by people like Jannick Top, Klaus Blasquiz Claude Olmos, his wife Stella Vander ...
