Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh

Studio album by Magma

Released

1973

Recorded

The Manor Studio / Aquarium

Genre

Zeuhl, Progressive rock

Length

38:47

Label

A&M

Producer

Giorgio Gomelsky

Magma chronology

1001° Centigrades
(1971)

Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh
(1973)

Ẁurdah Ïtah
(1974)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Tiny Mix Tapes	^[2]

Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh (MDK) is an album released by French progressive rock band Magma in 1973. MDK is Magma's most famous and stylistically acclaimed record; and although it has not become a commercial success, the band continues to present this 'classic' or 'symphonic rock' material to audiences. The French edition of Rolling Stone magazine named this album the 33rd greatest French rock album (out of 100).^[3] In 2015, Rolling Stone ranked the album 24th on its list of the '50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time'. Magma's original recording of MDK was refused by their record company at the time, it was later published as Mekanïk Kommandöh (recorded in 1973, released 1989).

Track listing

All songs by Christian Vander

Side one

Hortz Fur Dëhn Štekëhn Ẁešt – 9:36
Ïma Süri Dondaï – 4:30
Kobaïa Is de Hündïn – 3:34

Side two

Da Zeuhl Ẁortz Mëkanïk – 7:48
Nebëhr Gudahtt – 6:02
Mëkanïk Kömmandöh – 4:10
Kreühn Köhrmahn Ïss Dëh Hündïn – 3:13

Bonus Track on some CD reissues

M.D.K. (alternate version) – 34:35

Track 8 is a (mostly) instrumental demo of the piece that also appears on the double-CD rarities compilation Archiẁ I & II, available only on the 12 disc box set Studio Zünd: 40 Ans d'Evolution.

Personnel

Klaus Blasquiz – vocals, percussion
Stella Vander – vocals
Muriel Streisfield – vocals
Evelyne Razymovski – vocals
Michele Saulnier – vocals
Doris Reinhardt – vocals
René Garber – bass clarinet, vocals
Teddy Lasry – brass, flute
Jean-Luc Manderlier – piano, organ
Benoit Widemann – keyboards
Claude Olmos – guitar
Jannick Top – bass
Christian Vander – drums, vocals, organ, percussion

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

References

↑ Couture, François. Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
↑ Tiny Mix Tapes
↑ Magazine Rolling Stone, n°18 of February 2010, ISSN 1764-1071

External links

Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh at AllMusic
"Magma (6) - Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2010-01-31.

Magma

Christian Vander Stella Vander Isabelle Feuillebois Hervé Aknin Benoît Alziary James MacGaw Bruno Ruder Philippe Bussonnet Francis Moze Jannick Top Klaus Blasquiz Didier Lockwood Bernard Paganotti Benoît Widemann Frédéric d'Oelsnitz Teddy Lasry Himiko Paganotti Antoine Paganotti Emmanuel Borghi

Studio albums	Magma 1001° Centigrades Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh Ẁurdah Ïtah Köhntarkösz Üdü Ẁüdü Attahk Merci K.A. (Kohntarkosz Anteria) Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré Félicité Thösz

Live albums	Live/Hhaï Inédits Retrospektïẁ (Parts I+II) Retrospektïẁ (Part III) Theatre Du Taur Concert, 1975 (Akt IV) Akt V: Concert Bobino 1981 Akt VIII: Bruxelles 1971 Akt IX: Opéra De Reims, 1976 Akt XIII: BBC 1974 Londres Theusz Hamtaahk Akt XV: Bourges, 1979 Live in Tokyo 2005

Videos	Akt VI: Concert Bobino 1981 Theusz Hamtaahk Mythes et Légendes Epok 1 Mythes et Légendes Epok 2 Mythes et Légendes Epok 3 Mythes et Légendes Epok 4 Mythes et Légendes Epok 5

Other material	The Unnamables Mythes Et Legendes Vol. I Mekanïk Kommandöh Akt I: Les Voix de Magma Akt II: Sons: Document 1973 Floë Ëssi/Ëktah Simples Archiẁ I & II

Boxsets	Studio Zünd

Related articles	Zeuhl Kobaïan

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