Side one
"Kobaïa" (Christian Vander) – 10:15
"Aïna" (Vander) – 6:15
"Malaria" (Vander) – 4:20
Side two
"Sohïa" (Teddy Lasry) – 7:00
"Sckxyss" (François Cahen) – 3:47
"Auraë" (Vander) – 10:55
Side three
"Thaud Zaïa" (Claude Engel) – 7:00
"Naü Ektila" (Laurent Thibault) – 12:55
Side four
"Stöah" (Vander) – 8:05
"Mûh" (Vander) – 11:13
Magma Band Members / Musicians
Klaus Blasquiz – vocals
François Cahen – piano
Alain "Paco" Charlery – trumpet, percussion
Claude Engel – guitars, flute, vocals
Teddy Lasry – soprano sax, flute
Francis Moze – electric bass, contrabass
Richard Raux – alto and tenor sax, flute
Christian Vander – drums, vocals
Magma (reissued under the name Kobaïa) is the debut album by progressive rock or "zeuhl" group Magma, which was released as a double-LP in 1970. The album tells the story of a group of people fleeing a doomed Earth to settle on the fictional planet Kobaïa.
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 group of people fleeing a doomed Earth to settle on the planet Kobaïa. Later, conflict arises when the Kobaïans—descendants of the original colonists—encounter other Earth refugees. The style of progressive rock that Vander developed with Magma is termed Zeuhl, and has been applied to other bands in France operating in the same period, and to some recent Japanese bands.
Magma Discography Full
1970: Magma (reissued as Kobaïa)
1971: 1001° Centigrades
1973: Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh initial copies of the CD included a vinyl rip of the album with a different version of the album as a bonus track
1974: Ẁurdah Ïtah (originally released as Tristan & Iseult by Christian Vander)
1974: Köhntarkösz initial copies of the CD included a vinyl rip of the album with a different version of the album as a bonus track
1976: Üdü Ẁüdü
1978: Attahk
1984: Merci
2004: K.A (Köhntarkösz Anteria)
2009: Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré (CD + DVD)
2012: Félicité Thösz
2014: Rïah Sahïltaahk
2015: Šlaǧ Tanƶ
2019: Zëss
Live albums
1975: Live/Hhaï
1977: Inédits
1981: Retrospektïẁ (Parts I+II)
1981: Retrospektïẁ (Part III)
1989: Akt X: Mekanïk Kommandöh (earlier studio recording of Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh from
1973) [different from the bonus track mentioned above]
1992: Akt I: Les Voix De Magma (from August 2, 1992 at Douarnenez)
1994: Akt IV: Theatre Du Taur Concert, 1975 (from September 24, 1975)
1995: Akt V: Concert Bobino 1981 (from May 16, 1981)
1996: Akt VIII: Bruxelles 1971 (from November 12, 1971 at Theatre 140)
1996: Akt IX: Opéra De Reims, 1976 (from March 2,
1976)
1999: Akt XIII: BBC 1974 Londres (from March 14, 1974 at the London BBC studios)
2001: Trilogie Theusz Hamtaahk (Concert du Trianon), CD + DVD
2008: Akt XV: Bourges, 1979 (from April 17, 1979)
2009: Live in Tokyo 2005
2014: Zühn Wöhl Ünsai – Live 1974 (2 CD; Radio Bremen recordings)
