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  • čas přidán 14. 05. 2009
  • A short clip of the French group Magma, jamming brilliantly on the final part of De Futura, from the EPOK 2 Mythes et Legendes DVD, offered by Seventh Records. Magma is a legendary group in Europe, currently celebrating their 40th anniversary. Shockingly, they have only a cult following in the USA, but those who like them are absolute fanatics. I describe Magma as follows: the energy of Otis Redding, the spirit of John Coltrane, the brooding depths of Bartok, and a melange of jazz fusion, hard rock, and classical chorale that creates a magic unique unto themselves. Listen to more of this group, and you will be amazed at the variety and spiritual depths of their music. De Futura Hiroshima is far from my favorite work (a little too dark, not all Magma is bleak!), but a good place to start for those who like to rock out.

Komentáře • 373

  • @thewavingbear
    @thewavingbear Před 10 lety +151

    If this doesn't blow your mind you haven't got one.

  • @bobgreen623
    @bobgreen623 Před 6 lety +105

    For me, Jannik Top is the ideal bass player for Vander's drumming, his sound is just so heavy!

    • @LisaBellaDonnaMusic
      @LisaBellaDonnaMusic Před 6 lety +5

      Luke Green He’s soooooo fucking good.

    • @earinsound
      @earinsound Před 5 lety +5

      tunes his bass like a cello

    • @JohnShadeLIVES
      @JohnShadeLIVES Před 5 lety +2

      FUCKING A

    • @bobgreen623
      @bobgreen623 Před 4 lety

      @Izno Iznogoud didn't Top do session work for Celine Dion?

    • @aidangallagher8703
      @aidangallagher8703 Před 3 lety +1

      Yh jannick is a sick bassist, but don't really enjoy his compositions as a part of magma as much as ganders - Though I agree he does suit the style, but I prefer philippe bussonnet on the whole

  • @isaiahharrell20
    @isaiahharrell20 Před 4 lety +50

    Wow! First day ever hearing this band! Wow! And yes! My life is getting better as of today.

  • @SalmanRuzdi
    @SalmanRuzdi Před 15 lety +59

    This is a true modern art! It has best of classical, jazz and rock music. And they present it in such unique way, they sound as one...completely serving to music and coresponding to each other perfectly. Vander is yet to be discovered as composer and drummer....because he is ahead of his time.

  • @The-Autistocrat-
    @The-Autistocrat- Před 5 lety +41

    I bet these guys are extremely congenial and down-to-earth people. You can tell they enjoy their art as much as they've enjoyed sharing it with us for 40+ years. Lives well spent attaining fulfillment through passion, it's a beautiful thing we're seeing here beyond the music.

    • @chucku00
      @chucku00 Před 4 lety +15

      You have no idea. I asked Christian if I could film him during a short concert/showcase of Offering in a shop I worked in 1995. He smiled and simply answered : "With great pleasure !". This guy is a galactic treasure.

    • @The-Autistocrat-
      @The-Autistocrat- Před 3 lety +5

      @@chucku00 wow, that's really cool, the world needs more Mr Vanders in it

    • @Violentwave6
      @Violentwave6 Před rokem +1

      Well said!!

    • @eliunger16
      @eliunger16 Před 3 měsíci

      The drummer has connections to neo nazis is what I heard.

  • @Mersey59
    @Mersey59 Před 6 lety +13

    Went to see them in London 1987, Steve Davies sent me! So good I went again the next night!! BRILLIANT!! Never to be forgotten nights!

    • @robbolandsvids
      @robbolandsvids Před 2 lety

      Steve Davies and his band are supporting Magma for two dates at The Garage in London next June. I just got a ticket for the second night, cannot wait !

  • @yutehube4468
    @yutehube4468 Před měsícem +3

    if you know about these and most people don't... then you know they are one of the best bands of all time. Most drummers do a beat and do fill ins and rolls to fill in. This guy is doing the fill ins and rolls ALONG WITH the main beat. Who does that! Who can.

  • @dragon-id5uj
    @dragon-id5uj Před 3 lety +5

    must be a big influence for "Ruins" band! i can hear the lineage

  • @KOCHONNET
    @KOCHONNET Před 4 lety +6

    La plus belle chouette formation jamais réunis la grande classe merci Magma

  • @richardlanchester249
    @richardlanchester249 Před 3 lety +11

    I saw Magma in tbe mid-1970s at the time of the release of Mekamic Destructiv Commandoh, appearing in the middle of an all day special at tbe London Roundhouse headlined by Caravan. Unbeleivably intense, they had an effect ln the audience i have never seen before, many people blown away and overawed. More intense than King Crimson. Half hour so from Christkan Vander, duetting with himself comvbining falsetto vocals in his own space people (but very teutonic sounding) langhage, with a drum solo of high level technical mastery that seemed about 25 minutes long, all on a dark stage with one green spotlight on his wolf like face, then a 15 minute bass solo from Jannik Top, all glissandos and thundering full chords, and the rest of the set dominated by the extraordinary operatic vocals of Klaus Blasqviz, a tall man in a black beard and long cape with a vocal range fron high falserro to
    the deep croak of a Tibetan monk, also playing a huge rack of metal percussion , gongs and bells. It was way too intense for people in the audience who were tripping!
    I saw them again a week later at the Marquee Club on Wardour Street, a very different vibe on a small close club stage but equally intense.
    Definitely not music for a snowflake! The strongest musical experience of any kind i ever had, followed closely by King Crimson in LA in 1999, the double--trio format.

    • @timwaterson
      @timwaterson Před 2 lety

      Awesome Great throwback I remember Magma from Way Back Very Cool Band

  • @Jez2008UK
    @Jez2008UK Před 7 lety +16

    I saw Magma in London in the mid 80's - I was in my 20's. They blew me away then and now, 30 years later, they blow me away still.
    Their intensity, their authenticity is unmatched in my opinion. A little bit of a cult so I'm a little wary :) but I still am in awe of them.

    • @Misa_Susaki
      @Misa_Susaki Před 4 lety

      How is Magma a cult? lol

    • @JonathanGoslan
      @JonathanGoslan Před 3 lety +3

      I am still recovering from a Queen Elizabeth Hall performance, late 90s. Craziest, most affecting thing I have ever seen and heard.

  • @el_mal_de_ojo
    @el_mal_de_ojo Před 9 měsíci +6

    Genius Vander. Totally possessed, completely 'in' the moment. It's because of this that I say this is more than music. This is evidence of reaching a transcendental state through sheer focus. I've been fortunate to see other musicians reach this state on stage, it is a beautiful thing to see.

  • @MrDaveangelo1
    @MrDaveangelo1 Před rokem +6

    There`s never been a video on CZcams with a title that would so accurately reflect the content.

  • @marfars
    @marfars Před 4 lety +6

    The greatest band of our time, pure artistry, Human emotional communication and expression in its highest form in a musical context.

  • @jackmioff100
    @jackmioff100 Před 13 lety +18

    One of the great things about Magma is they prove you don't have to be incredibly loud, distorted, or downtuned to be intense.
    Much like Zappa, Christian Vander pushes the shit out of his musicians, but doesn't ask of them anything he's not capable of doing.

  • @pascalpro06
    @pascalpro06 Před 4 lety +4

    can't be more agree with your comment; this band is out of this world. Saw them like 30 times live. Long live Christian Vander

  • @Ruveg
    @Ruveg Před 12 lety +3

    Its my life since 1973 and it will be for the rest of my life "the" music

  • @frankalfar
    @frankalfar Před 7 lety +48

    Vander is adsolute percussion its like if Buddy Rich had a cosmic twin , the intensity of Vander and MAGMA is astonishing, exuberant, prog, fusion, Berg, Bartók, Wagner , every prog band you've known including King Crimson. God I wish peeps would open their ears to MAGMA, wow!!!!!!

    • @modulusquantum6455
      @modulusquantum6455 Před 3 lety +1

      Think I just did. Late to the party. Here from "Dupree's Paradise" by Nasal Retentive Orchestra 2007

    • @7karlheinz
      @7karlheinz Před 2 lety +2

      If Vander is Buddy Rich's "cosmic twin" he must have changed his mind about matched grip on the drumsticks, Rich had very negative views on it compared to the traditional drumstick grip. As a drummer myself, I never agreed with his arguments against a matched grip. BTW, I have loved Magma/Vander for years, it is great to see them still going strong.

  • @rimshot2952
    @rimshot2952 Před 5 lety +4

    Incredible Musicians in an Incredible Band, in a musical world they created. Epic!

  • @johnappleseed8369
    @johnappleseed8369 Před 10 lety +34

    WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is amazing :) I don't have much else to say, this is beyond my language

  • @iscaleto
    @iscaleto Před 4 lety +11

    I hope one day I can be as passionate and possessed towards something like Christian Vanders is towards the drum set

  • @YitroBenAvraham
    @YitroBenAvraham Před 7 lety +3

    Where are all of the people who have been listening to Magma since the 70s? I want to hang out with them and hear what they're listening to now.
    I only discovered them 6 years ago.

    • @JohnShadeLIVES
      @JohnShadeLIVES Před 5 lety +4

      I DID hang out with a couple members of Magma, in 2002! I believe they are, in fact, aliens. They came to our hotel room, and smoked ALL of our weed. Which was a fuck ton. And we thanked them for it.

  • @mescalineformule4
    @mescalineformule4 Před 2 lety +4

    I was on their 50's anniversary gig in Renne's Opera, Jannick Top's son was on the bass, it was a mystical experience.

  • @spacerockwizard
    @spacerockwizard Před 7 měsíci +1

    The first Magma record I heard, Udu Wudu.

  • @sound-ur1bq
    @sound-ur1bq Před měsícem

    One of their best

  • @PrinceEnki2112
    @PrinceEnki2112 Před 3 lety +3

    I saw them on this tour, there was an air of reverence that permeated the entire evening. Christian Vander and Magma are indeed the most important band of our times. Musicianship of the highest order by every member of the band, it didn't take me long to realize that I was in the presence of greatness.

  • @dornomac
    @dornomac Před 3 lety +4

    How did i make it to forty and never hear of this band?! Amazing!

  • @YanusDV
    @YanusDV Před 6 lety +12

    hahaha I love jannick top's laugh at 0:40 like "lmao here we go" lol

  • @coosoorlog
    @coosoorlog Před 6 lety +7

    Nebëhr Gudahtt, the great preacher, sent me here

  • @jameshicks7125
    @jameshicks7125 Před rokem +1

    My best friend turned me onto Magma when I was 16 around 1982. I wish I could afford to see them live in Europe. If they ever came to the US, I have never heard about it. Incredible band. There is nothing like them.

  • @LisaBellaDonnaMusic
    @LisaBellaDonnaMusic Před 2 lety +2

    No band as mighty as MAGMA.
    🔥🙌🏻🔥

  • @vladimirperkovic3126
    @vladimirperkovic3126 Před 2 lety +3

    The greatest band that ever walked this planet.

  • @jeanclaudegardini2785
    @jeanclaudegardini2785 Před 5 lety +2

    Christian toujours aussi puissant avec le groupe merci à vous le groupe

  • @alanboro
    @alanboro Před 13 lety +2

    de futura

  • @cpdaddy7
    @cpdaddy7 Před 14 lety +1

    Wow.................just Wow.

  • @comprehensiveboycomprehens8786

    That's some strong shit man.

  • @jpslebassiste
    @jpslebassiste Před 4 měsíci

    Prodigieux, incomparable, transcendant. Merci Christian, Jannick, Klaus et tous les autres.

  • @matthew9488
    @matthew9488 Před měsícem

    in awe! 😀

  • @patricksummey
    @patricksummey Před 14 lety +3

    hear that bass drum? that's what my heart is doing right now.

  • @paulclotar9429
    @paulclotar9429 Před 4 lety

    I lived in France from 1969 to 1978 and Magma was awesome!

  • @gnomechonky
    @gnomechonky Před 5 měsíci +5

    I had the privilege of seeing Magma live once. It was the best concert I've ever seen. Unbelievable intensity, precision, stamina, and probably the most original band I can think of, all using standard rock music instrumentation.

    • @jpslebassiste
      @jpslebassiste Před 4 měsíci

      Saw them maybe 30 times since 1976
      Always astounding.

    • @gnomechonky
      @gnomechonky Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@jpslebassiste With a name like yours, you must be a fan of Jannick Top! I know I am...

    • @jpslebassiste
      @jpslebassiste Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@gnomechonky I am ! Saw him with Magma in 1976, it was a life changing experience

  • @bernhardsart
    @bernhardsart Před 11 lety +1

    It would've been the greatest collaboration the world would ever know!!!!!

  • @PISSED8
    @PISSED8 Před 11 lety +1

    Thank you guys from The Mars Volta for sending me here.

  • @andykrone7760
    @andykrone7760 Před rokem +1

  • @anonymitos8987
    @anonymitos8987 Před 3 lety +1

    Mars Volta is the reason how I got here ...

  • @musicgarryj
    @musicgarryj Před 5 lety +1

    Saw them at Newcastle City Hall UK in 1974! Beat that! lol

  • @aureliemarchand1795
    @aureliemarchand1795 Před 3 lety

    Propre, net , précis, brutaaaaallll!!! Magma quoi...❤️

  • @toddbulky
    @toddbulky Před 14 lety +3

    That is utter genius - how the hell do they keep that staggering groove at faster-than-light speed??

  • @KSTsonic
    @KSTsonic Před 6 lety +1

    Amazing. Wow

  • @emilianoortega-guerrero2925

    the soundtrack our lives... rock n roll yeah

  • @ivomdcoliveira
    @ivomdcoliveira Před 4 lety +2

    this is so much better than the studio version :O

  • @MrJacquounet
    @MrJacquounet Před 13 lety

    De futura. Amazing moment. never heard anything better.

  • @PinStripes41
    @PinStripes41 Před 8 lety +29

    Docta Cahhhvey's easy shave butttaahhhhh

  • @mrprogjazzgto
    @mrprogjazzgto Před 14 lety

    We used to groove to Magma back in the 70's..
    Lots of bong hits and other mental rearrangements..LOL
    Thanks for posting this artwork..!

  • @organicplanets
    @organicplanets Před 7 lety +1

    no such thing as greatest anything. these like other bands, composers, are PHENOMENAL.

  • @vernefits1953
    @vernefits1953 Před 2 lety +4

    Bass player is great

  • @leridanas
    @leridanas Před 2 lety

    exellent comme toujours le batteur... le bassiste.........le guitariste............... la création....... quelle fusion bien au delà des concepts .........

  • @garyspencer6854
    @garyspencer6854 Před 2 lety

    Absolutely fantastic.

  • @patrickdussac7914
    @patrickdussac7914 Před rokem

    Incroyable! Du jamais vu!

  • @oddbodjr1
    @oddbodjr1 Před 15 lety +1

    LOVE the intro to this song
    And ofc the song itself :P
    Thanks for uploading!

  • @Daltonn0810
    @Daltonn0810 Před 13 lety +1

    wow.................just wow

  • @artense2957
    @artense2957 Před 5 lety +1

    Au top!

  • @menderbanah
    @menderbanah Před 14 lety +1

    BRUTAAAL

  • @progkast
    @progkast Před 7 lety +15

    How many Magma fans know of Univeria Zekt? Magma went undercover in 1972 and released an album titled "Unnamables" under the guise of Univeria Zekt.... Just curious how many knew of this? This album is in the free music archive, and is played a couple of times (#1 and #17) on "Jul's" Progkast podcast

  • @Paulrafael
    @Paulrafael Před 2 lety

    ES UNA LOCURA ESTA BANDA...ME ENCANTA!! desde Lima - Perú

  • @shuvamghosh999
    @shuvamghosh999 Před 4 lety

    Thanks Steve Wilson for introducing me to this great band ... I love Mr bungle and I loved it too

  • @user-ni3vu7xt5r
    @user-ni3vu7xt5r Před 4 měsíci

    I think it was this song that got them gigs at kids’ birthday parties.

  • @ys-lk5sb
    @ys-lk5sb Před 3 lety +1

    Oh RIP James! 😢

  • @countgr
    @countgr Před 3 lety

    from cobaiasi with love !!!

  • @josealexandreferreiradasil2054

    Taquiupariu.quanto mais escuto mais eu gosto dessa banda maravilhosa.

  • @michaelsnyder1492
    @michaelsnyder1492 Před 10 lety

    wow. speechless!

  • @TheTitanixband
    @TheTitanixband Před 8 lety +5

    Bill Burr and the Lovely Nia sent me here :) cool

  • @zorac91
    @zorac91 Před 10 lety +9

    Holy shit this stuff is like listening to a cerebral experiment on LSD. I think is genius.

  • @udomatthiasdrums5322
    @udomatthiasdrums5322 Před 6 lety

    still love it!!

  • @andykrone7760
    @andykrone7760 Před rokem

    what a great band!

  • @theyareintheradiator7495
    @theyareintheradiator7495 Před 6 lety +2

    Gong more importantly daevid Allen sent me here , the yin to gongs yang :) peace and love x

  • @grahamlewis6777
    @grahamlewis6777 Před rokem

    Sent here by Steve Davis!

  • @philosofou
    @philosofou Před 12 lety

    voici une version formidable de "De futura"! enfin!

  • @whitysonthemoon
    @whitysonthemoon Před 8 lety +4

    Ol' Billy Redface sent me here!

  • @cjchristman
    @cjchristman Před 8 lety +12

    GRANNY FUCKING WADA!!!!

  • @HelmutZappa
    @HelmutZappa Před 12 lety

    saw them yesterday at the zappanale.....outstanding..

  • @opsysbug
    @opsysbug Před 14 lety

    Oh yea !! Off to see them in New York tonight.

  • @Meat_and_Potatoes
    @Meat_and_Potatoes Před 11 měsíci

    Hate to say it. I've never heard of this band till last night. I'm intrigued.

  • @canicannonball4464
    @canicannonball4464 Před 3 lety +4

    La secuencia 0:23 es impagable las caras de flow de vander y como lo mira Jannick en el 0:41 una maravilla

  • @batzeth
    @batzeth Před 4 lety

    I love them ♥

  • @666johnnyp
    @666johnnyp Před 12 lety

    GENIUS!!!

  • @linder156
    @linder156 Před 7 lety +1

    The Church of What's Happening Now Uncle Joey!

  • @lifecock1
    @lifecock1 Před 7 lety

    Thanks

  • @vernefits1953
    @vernefits1953 Před 6 lety +1

    Drummer is killing it ! Freaking awesome

  • @colinboyton1747
    @colinboyton1747 Před 3 lety

    saw them twice when i lived in London

  • @bartlettandbosc
    @bartlettandbosc Před 9 lety

    I just found out about these through Julian Cope's Repossessed. Amazing!!!

  • @sanctimartinez3683
    @sanctimartinez3683 Před 8 lety +3

    Freeeeeeeeee!

  • @cpdaddy7
    @cpdaddy7 Před 9 lety

    Still WOW, five years later

  • @tedcullington4684
    @tedcullington4684 Před 8 lety +4

    Steve Davis, Snooker Champion, sent me here

  • @MrDiscordinated
    @MrDiscordinated Před 14 lety

    awesome magma

  • @jessegill363
    @jessegill363 Před 3 lety

    The leading experts in the field of Beuhluponemology

  • @IAmisMaster
    @IAmisMaster Před 4 lety +2

    3:30 Just when you thought it’s not humanly possible to play faster. Incredible.

  • @boxant
    @boxant Před 10 lety +59

    Jodorowsky's Dune

  • @santyrush
    @santyrush Před 4 lety

    Impresionante

  • @TheRosanna55
    @TheRosanna55 Před 4 lety

    great!