Magma (album)

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Magma (aka Kobaïa)
Studio album by Magma
Released	1970
Genre	Zeuhl, progressive rock
Label	Philips Records
Producer	Laurent Thibault
Magma chronology
Magma (1970) 1001° Centigrades (1971)
Singles from Magma
"Kobaïa" b/w "Muh" Released: 1970 (Philips 6009-59)

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 planet Kobaïa.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Side A 1.2 Side B 1.3 Side C 1.4 Side D 2 Personnel 3 Links

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side A

1. "Kobaïa"
2. "Aïna"
3. "Malaria"

[edit] Side B

1. "Sohïa"
2. "Sckxyss"
3. "Auraë"

[edit] Side C

1. "Thaud Zaia"
2. "Naü Ektila"

[edit] Side D

1. "Stoah"
2. "Mûh"

[edit] Personnel

Musicians

• Christian Vander – drums and vocals
• Claude Engel – guitars, flute, vocals
• Francis Moze – electric bass, contrabass
• Francois Cahen – piano
• Teddy Lasry – soprano sax, flute
• Richard Raux – alto and tenor Sax, flute
• Alain Charlery 'paco' – trumpet, percussion
• Klaus Basquiz – vocals

Technical department

• Claude Martelot – engineer
• Laurent Thibault – production
• Lee Hallyday – production supervision
• Louis Haig Sarkissian – stage manager
• M.J.Petit – makeup
• Marcel Engel – technical assistant
• Roger Roche – engineer

[edit] Links

http://myhome.hanafos.com/~jangminsu/magma/MAGMA-MYTHES-kobaia.html - Excellent explanation of each track.