Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh

Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh
Studio album by Magma
Released December 1973 (1973-12)
Recorded April 1973
Genre Zeuhl
Length 38:47
Label Vertigo Records
Producer Giorgio Gomelsky
Magma chronology
1001° Centigrades
(1971)1001° Centigrades1971		 Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh
(1973)		 Ẁurdah Ïtah
(1974)Ẁurdah Ïtah1974
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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.[2] In 2015, Rolling Stone ranked the album 24th on its list of the '50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time'[3].

Track listing

All music by Christian Vander.

Side one

  1. "Hortz Fur Dëhn Štekëhn Ẁešt" – 9:36
  2. "Ïmah Sürï Dondaï" – 4:30
  3. "Kobaïa Ïss Dëh Hündïn" – 3:34

Side two

  1. "Da Zeuhl Ẁortz Mëkanïk" – 7:48
  2. "Nëbëhr Gudahtt" – 6:02
  3. "Mëkanïk Kömmandöh" – 4:10
  4. "Kreühn Köhrmahn Ïss Dëh Hündin" – 3:13
Bonus track on some CD reissues
  1. "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
  • 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

  1. ↑ Couture, François. Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
  2. ↑ Magazine Rolling Stone, n°18 of February 2010, ISSN 1764-1071
  3. ↑ 50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time
  • Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh at AllMusic
  • "Magma (6) - Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2010-01-31.
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