Magma

Some of the Best of 2022

Happy New Year! Another strange year – this seems to be becoming a habit! At least there has been plenty of new music to enjoy and live performances are well and truly back on track. As is usual at this…

Magma – Kãrtëhl

The history of Magma can be traced right back to 1969, and during that time they have forged their own path with consistency and dedication. To describe their music to a new listener is difficult as they sit in their…

Magma / The Utopia Strong

The Garage, Highbury, London Friday 17th and Saturday 18th June 2022 Roger Trenwith … and now, over to Philomena for the weather… Only in the UK – or more specifically in the southern half of the UK – could you…

Geoffrey Feakes – 1973: A Year in Progressive Rock / Richard Rees Jones – Peter Hammill On Track: Every Album, Every Song

Sonicbond’s series of books by amateur music enthusiasts continues with these two volumes, and before I go any further, I would simply say that the many and mostly, if not all, amateur enthusiasts, are all far more disciplined than me.…

Magma – Retrospektïw I-II-III [Remastered]

I came late to the wonder that is Magma, my musical tastes developing as I got older, looking for more challenging listening. Magma fitted the bill perfectly. I purchased a number of their albums and they really spoke to me.…

TPA Best Albums of 2019

Happy New Year! It’s that time again where we look ahead to the audible delights that might give us a quick peck on the cheek, a full-blown snog or have us running screaming from the singles bar in 2010. It’s…

Islington Assembly Hall, London Friday 4th October 2019 It’s three years since Magma last swooped over la Manche to enthral and delight with their otherworldly sounds, and the faithful are out in force to catch an event that can only…

Magma – Zëss

Since the dawning of the new millennium, Christian Vander has been quite content to rest on his laurels, only re-entering the studio to re-record pieces that never made it to the studio back in the ’70s (and even some that…

Magma avec le Metalïk Orkestraah

L’Olympia Bruno Coquatrix, Paris 2nd February 2017 While briefly communicating with the Earthlings present at the Magma Café OTO gig in London last year, Stella Vander informed us supplicants of a gathering of the tribes to be held at the…

Magma – Köhnzert Zünd

Say the phrase ‘box set’ and you’ll immediately grab anybody’s interest. It may be a brightly coloured flimsy bit of cardboard clasping your CDs or DVDs together, but somehow in the eye of the beholder, that simply makes it immeasurably…