Theatre Du Taur Concert, 1975 (also known as Akt IV) is an official bootleg live album by French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 group 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 recorded in Toulouse on September 24, 1975, but it was not released until 1994.

The live version of "Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh

Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh

Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh 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...

" recorded here is very distinct from the studio releases, as it features prominent instrumental contributions and improvisations by Didier Lockwood on violin and Bernard Paganotti on bass.

Track listing

1. "Kohntarkosz" - 32:29
2. "Hhai" - 11:19
3. "Kobaia" - 11:48
4. "Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh" - 38:16

Line-up

• Klaus Blasquiz - vocals & percussion
• 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...
  
   - vocals
• Didier Lockwood
  Didier Lockwood
  Didier Lockwood is a French jazz violinist. He played in the progressive rock/jazz fusion band Magma in the 1970s and is known for his use of electric amplification and experimentation on different sounds on the electric violin....
  
   - violin
• Gabriel Federow - guitar
• Benoit Widemann - keyboards
• Patrick Gauthier - keyboards
• Bernard Paganotti - bass
• 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....
  
  - drums