Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh
| Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh | ||||
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| Studio album by Magma | ||||
| Released | December 1973 | |||
| Recorded | April 1973 | |||
| Genre | Zeuhl | |||
| Length | 38:47 | |||
| Label | A&M | |||
| Producer | Giorgio Gomelsky | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | [2] |
Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh, also abbreviated as MDK, is the third studio album by French progressive rock band Magma, released in December 1973. Magma's original recording of the composition that makes up the album was refused by the record company at the time, but was eventually released as Mekanïk Kommandöh in 1989.
MDK is the group's most famous and acclaimed record. The French edition of Rolling Stone magazine named the album the 33rd greatest French rock album (out of 100).[3] In 2015, Rolling Stone ranked the album 24th on its list of the '50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time'.
Track listing
All music by Christian Vander.
Side one
- Hortz Fur Dëhn Štekëhn Ẁešt – 9:36
- Ïma Süri Dondaï – 4:30
- Kobaïa Is de Hündïn – 3:34
Side two
- Da Zeuhl Ẁortz Mekanïk – 7:48
- Nebëhr Gudahtt – 6:02
- Mekanïk Kommandöh – 4:10
- Kreühn Köhrmahn Ïss Dëh Hündïn – 3:13
- Bonus track on some CD reissues
- M.D.K. (alternate version) – 34:35
Track 8 is a (mostly) instrumental demo of the piece that also appears on the double-CD rarities compilation Archiẁ I & II, available only on the 12 disc box set Studio Zünd: 40 Ans d'Evolution.
Personnel
- Klaus Blasquiz – vocals, percussion
- Stella Vander – vocals
- Muriel Streisfield – vocals
- Evelyne Razymovski – vocals
- Michele Saulnier – vocals
- Doris Reinhardt – vocals
- René Garber – bass clarinet, vocals
- Teddy Lasry – brass, flute
- Jean-Luc Manderlier – piano, organ
- Benoit Widemann – keyboards
- Claude Olmos – guitar
- Jannick Top – bass
- Christian Vander – drums, vocals, organ, percussion
with
- Giorgio Gomelsky – producer
- Eddie Sprigg – engineer
- Gilbert – engineer
- Gilles Sallé – engineer
- Simon Heyworth – engineer
- Steve Michell – engineer
- Tom Rabstener – engineer
- Loulou Sarkissian – stage manager
References
- ↑ Couture, François. Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
- ↑ Tiny Mix Tapes
- ↑ Magazine Rolling Stone, n°18 of February 2010, ISSN 1764-1071
External links
- Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh at AllMusic
- "Magma (6) - Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2010-01-31.