Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré is the tenth studio 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 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 (Announcement) (from Live/Hhaï) and Rindë (Eastern Song) (from Attahk). Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré II combines Ëmëhntëht-Rê (Extrait n' deux) (from Üdü Wüdü), Hhaï (from Live/Hhaï), and Zombies (Ghost Dance) (from Üdü Wüdü).

Included with the CD is a making-of DVD called Phases.

Tracklist

Legacy

Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré is the third chapter of the Kohntarkosz trilogy. It is supposed to tell the story of Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré. But since Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré was murdered in Antiquity and Kohntarkosz supposedly found his tomb in the '70s (and had a vision of Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré's life) the album can be seen as the third and final chapter of the trilogy and a prequel as well.

Personnel

• 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, Percussion
• Isabelle Feuillebois — Vocals
• Hervé Aknin — Vocals
• Benoît Alziary — Vibraphone
• James Mac Gaw — Guitar
• Bruno Ruder — Fender Rhodes
• Philippe Bussonnet — Bass, Piccolo 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, Vocals, Piano, Fender Rhodes, Keyboard, Percussion

Also featuring :

• Emmanuel Borghi — Piano
• Claude Lamamy — Vocals
• Marcus Linon — Vocals
• Pierre-Michel Sivadier — Vocals
• Himiko Paganotti — Vocals
• Antoine Paganotti — Vocals