Šlaǧ Tanƶ
by Magma
- Type: Album
- Released: 27 January 2015
- Label: Seventh
- Country: France
- Length: 20:54
- Community rating: 3.64/5 from 3 ratings
Artists on this release: Benoît Alziary, Jérémie Ternoy
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Originally composed by Christian Vander in 2009 but left unrecorded until this release, the brief, 21-minute EP acts as a concentrated burst of the band's signature zeuhl sound. Driven by militaristic snare marches, rumbling fuzz bass, and the intense, operatic chanting of the Kobaïan language, it possesses a distinctly aggressive and menacing momentum. It serves as a formidable, modern addition to their sprawling science-fiction mythology.
Genres
Descriptors: Avant Garde, rhythmic, repetitive, suite, uncommon-time-signatures, progressive, avant-garde, theatrical, vocal, percussive
Tracklist
- Imehntosz alerte ! (2:19)
- Slag (3:02)
- Dümb (2:57)
- Vers la nuit (3:29)
- Dümblao le silence des mondes (2:57)
- Zü zaïn (2:16)
- Slag tanz (2:29)
- Wohldünt (1:22)
Credits
- Magma - primary artist
- Philippe Bussonnet - bass [basse]
- Christian Vander - drums [batterie], piano, words by [paroles], music by [musique], vocals [chant]
- James Mac Gaw - guitar [guitare]
- Jérémie Ternoy - piano, electric piano [fender rhodes]
- Gérald Nimal - sleeve [pochette réalisée par]
- Benoît Alziary - vibraphone
- Hervé Aknin - vocals [chant]