Attahk is the eighth studio album by Magma

Magma (band)

Magma is a French progressive rock band founded in Paris in 1969 by classically trained drummer Christian Vander, who claimed as his inspiration a "vision of humanity's spiritual and ecological future" that profoundly disturbed him. In the course of their first album, the band tells the story of a...

. It was released in 1978.

After Üdü Wüdü

Üdü Wüdü

Üdü Wüdü is the sixth studio album by French progressive rock band Magma. It was released in 1976. Christian Vander later said that Üdü Wüdü could be regarded as Jannick Top's solo album, because of the number of Top's compositions on the album....

, Magma disbanded for a year until reuniting under a slightly different direction than before. This album incorporated elements of funk

Funk

Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...

, R&B, gospel

Gospel

A gospel is an account, often written, that describes the life of Jesus of Nazareth. In a more general sense the term "gospel" may refer to the good news message of the New Testament. It is primarily used in reference to the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John...

, and pop music

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

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Some songs on this album - such as Rinde - as well as some from Üdü Wüdü are incorporated in Ëmëhntëhtt-Rê

Ëmëhntëhtt-Rê

Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré is the tenth studio album by French progressive rock group Magma. It was released on November 5, 2009. Parts of it have been played live since 1975 and can be found on various albums as extracts or live versions. Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré I combines Ëmëhntëht-Rê and Rindë ...

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Side one

1. "The Last Seven Minutes (1970-1971, Phase I)" - 7:00
2. "Spiritual (Negro Song)" - 3:17
3. "Rindë (Eastern Song)" - 3:07
4. "Liriïk Necronomicus Kahnt (In Which Our Heroes Ürgon & Gorgo Meet)" - 4:59

Side two

1. "Maahnt (The Wizard's Fight Versus The Devil)" - 5:29
2. "Dondaï (To An Eternal Love)" - 7:59
3. "Nono (1978, Phase II)" - 6:17

Personnel

• Christian Vander
  Christian Vander (musician)
  Christian Vander is a French drummer, musician, and founder of the band Magma. Besides his work with Magma, he has also performed solo, with the Christian Vander Trio and Christian Vander Quartet, and in Offering....
  
   (Dëhrstün) - lead vocals, drums, percussion, grand piano, rhodes, chamberlin
• Guy Delacroix (Ürgon and Gorgo) - "Earth" bass, "Air" bass
• Klaus Blasquiz (Klotz) - vocals
• Rene Garber (Stundehr) - vocals
• Benoit Widemann (Kahal) - grand piano, rhodes, mini-moog, oberheim polyphonic
• Stella Vander
  Stella Vander
  Stella Vander is a French singer and musician.-Early years:Born in Paris into a family of Polish immigrants, she began writing music in the early sixties together with her uncle Maurice Chorenslup. Their songs were parodies of the Yé-yé style that was popular at the time...
  
   (Thaud) - vocals
• Lisa Bois (Sïhnn) - vocals
• Tony Russo - trumpet
• Jacques Bolognesi - trombone

with

• Laurent Thibault - production, engineering
• Michel Marie
  Michel Marie
  Michel Marie is a member of the National Assembly of Seychelles. He is a member of the Seychelles People's Progressive Front, and was first elected to the Assembly in 2007.-References:*...
  
   - assistant
• H. R. Giger
  H. R. Giger
  Hans Rudolf "Ruedi" Giger is a Swiss surrealist painter, sculptor, and set designer. He won an Academy Award for Best Achievement for Visual Effects for his design work on the film Alien.-Early life:...
  
  - cover illustration

External links

• Attahk at www.seventhrecords.com