Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh

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Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh
Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh cover
Studio album by Magma
Released 1973
Recorded The Manor Studio / Aquarium
Genre Zeuhl, Progressive Rock
Length 38:47
Label A&M
Producer Giorgio Gomelsky
Professional reviews
Magma chronology
1001° Centigrades
(1971)		 Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh
(1973)		 Köhntarkösz
(1974)

Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh is an album released by French progressive rock band Magma in 1973 (see 1973 in music). It is Magma's most famous and acclaimed record, although it was still not a big commercial success.

Contents

[edit] Concept

As with most of their albums, Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh is sung completely in their own fictional language, Kobaian. It continues to explain Christian Vander's visions about the supposedly bad future of the earth. In this case, the story of the prophet Nebehr Güdahtt. He tells the people of the earth that if they want to save themselves, they must work to cleanse themselves and sing the "Zeuhl Wortz" — the sacred Kobaian music — in worship of Kreuhn Kohrmahn, the Kobaian supreme being. The people of the earth don't believe this and start marching against him. But slowly, some people begin to believe him and start marching with him instead of against him.

The record is the third and last movement of the Theusz Hamtaahk Trilogie, albeit it is the first to be released (the second movement is "Wurdah Itah" and the first, which was released later, is "Theusz Hamtaahk")). Theusz Hamtaahk means, or so it is believed, "Time Of Hatred" and narrates the story of the war between Kobaïa and Earth: apparently, a Kobaïan party was sent to Earth in order to bring the enlightment achieved in Kobaïa to the rest of Humanity. The reaction to the Kobaïans message is mixed, and Earth authorities arrest the party, causing Kobaïa to declare war and threaten to make use of their ultimate weapon (which is Mekanïk Destrutïw Komandöh). The end of the trilogie is rather controverse: while some say it finishes when Earth joins Kobaïa and sings the Zeuhl Wortz, it is also believed Kobaïa destroys Earth. Christian Vander doesn't seem to want to make it clearer.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Hortz Fur Dëhn Stekëhn West" — 9:34
  2. "Ïma Süri Dondaï" — 4:28
  3. "Kobaïa Iss de Hündïn" — 3:35
  4. "Da Zeuhl Wortz Mekanïk" — 7:48
  5. "Nebëhr Gudahtt" — 6:00
  6. "Mekanïk Kommandöh" — 4:08
  7. "Kreühn Köhrmahn Iss de Hündïn" — 3:14

[edit] Personnel

  • Christian Vander — Drums, Vocals, Organ, Percussion
  • Jannick Top — Bass
  • Klaus Blasquiz — Vocals, Percussion
  • Jean Luc Manderlier — Piano, Organ
  • Rene Garber — Bass Clarinet, Vocals
  • Claude Olmos — Guitar
  • Stella Vander — Vocals
  • Muriel Streisfield — Vocals
  • Evelyne Razymovski — Vocals
  • Michele Saulnier — Vocals
  • Doris Reinhardt — Vocals
  • Teddy Lasry — Brass, Flute

with

  • Giorgio Gomelsky — Producer
  • Eddie Sprigg — Engineer
  • Gilbert — Engineer
  • Gilles Sallé — Engineer
  • Simon Heyworth — Engineer
  • Steve Michell — Engineer
  • Tom Rabstener — Engineer
  • Loulou Sarkissian — Stage Manager

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