Comments on: HAMATAI!

HAMATAI!

kenko — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 12:06:33 -0800

A bunch of videos of the great sui generis French band Magma, including what appears to be a complete performance of Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh. Can't understand the lyrics? Try a Kobaian dictionary [cache].

By: jokeefe

jokeefe — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 12:12:12 -0800

MAGMA! RAWK! That is all.

By: alteredcarbon

alteredcarbon — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 12:58:59 -0800

Dude, my face and zain melted it is so AWESOME!

By: alteredcarbon

alteredcarbon — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 13:15:01 -0800

More info on Magma and what they are about.

By: stinkycheese

stinkycheese — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 14:16:10 -0800

C'est magnifique! Merci.

By: pmbuko

pmbuko — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 14:41:25 -0800

sui generis, mein butt.

By: Joeforking

Joeforking — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 14:54:04 -0800

Aaagh, the flashbacks have started again!

By: johngoren

johngoren — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 14:58:32 -0800

I love this sci-fi plot in a Jon Anderson kind of way.

By: kenko

kenko — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 15:01:37 -0800

Well, pmbuko, it's true that Vander was influenced by Orff and Coltrane a lot, and it's also true that they have a lot of followers, both offshoots (Paga, Zao, Wiedorje) and bands founded by others (Ruins, Eskaton, Bondage Fruit, Kultivator, et al.), but they really were quite original.

By: stemlot

stemlot — Sun, 23 Apr 2006 21:11:20 -0800

I really hope that the pianist's flaming tentacle-head costume in the 1978 video is a serious representation of Vander's vision of the future.

By: pmbuko

pmbuko — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 09:28:03 -0800

I just wanted to mix three languages in a short sentence.