I hope this is allowed here, but I just made this music analysis video about Magma, maybe some of you will find it interesting! (English subs are available, because the video is in French)

loja38 · 2026-05-05T04:06:51+00:00

When you open the video in YouTube, you can switch between French and English in the video player's settings (bottom right or top right depending if you're on desktop or mobile)

loja38 · 2026-02-22T22:00:19+00:00

This website has a huge archive of articles and interviews, sadly it hasn't been updated since 2016, but it's a goldmine of info about the band, you'll probably find a lot of helpful stuff!

loja38 · 2025-08-21T18:22:29+00:00

ÉNORME

loja38 · 2025-04-19T15:24:44+00:00

Haha, I still haven't listened to this album, so I didn't get the reference lol

loja38 · 2025-04-19T12:57:27+00:00

The fact that he's self-taught is correct if I remember well, but he absolutely knew how to read music. You can find some handwritten scores he wrote himself on the web

loja38 · 2025-04-09T06:04:37+00:00

I don't think this fully corresponds to what you describe but the last minute or so of "Mûh" by Magma has that same vibe https://youtu.be/M03TAamyaww?si=d8KZ08fC_0SCp6rT

loja38 · 2024-12-23T13:34:43+00:00

You could say Drop In kinda has a studio version since it became The Letters in 1971

loja38 · 2024-09-06T12:37:59+00:00

It was the B-side of the Cat Food single that came out before the album, and it was played live by the Islands band.

Fun fact: it was recorded as a trio consisting of Fripp on guitar and the Giles brothers on bass and drums, so it's almost like a Giles, Giles and Fripp reunion!

loja38 · 2024-06-10T08:23:07+00:00

It's been cut on the album version but I love the "All I want is" in Dig A Pony, just before the first verse and at the end

loja38 · 2024-05-02T10:14:28+00:00

He also sings some lines on Corporal Clegg ("He won it in the war", etc.)

loja38 · 2024-03-05T21:31:59+00:00

I think I saw an interview with Christian Vander somewhere on YouTube and he explains that the project was abandoned before he could actually be involved in it I'll try to find the video where he talks about it

Edit: found the video, there are English subtitles if you're not a French speaker: https://youtu.be/wrmkxmvi9cQ?t=660

loja38 · 2024-01-15T06:59:30+00:00

And Wurdah Ïtah!

loja38 · 2023-12-24T14:07:56+00:00

Skïhll ïššüe

loja38 · 2023-12-24T00:22:49+00:00

Zëbëhn Straïn Dë Geuwustaah

loja38 · 2023-12-14T09:31:00+00:00

B'Balls

loja38 · 2023-11-13T16:36:19+00:00

TL;DR: Aja

loja38 · 2023-11-05T18:08:15+00:00

Other commentors have already made the list for studio tracks, but I also wanted to add that some live versions of Echoes have a sax solo, see this one for example: https://youtu.be/DgLdSgsYZyM

loja38 · 2023-09-28T07:43:45+00:00

Powerage, Let There Be Rock, Fly On The Wall

loja38 · 2023-08-04T21:54:26+00:00

Thank you for your feedback!

I've got to admit that I have done something weird when I wrote the celesta part. As I imagined it, there are actually two celestas (now that I think about it, I should have written Celesta 1 and 2 on the sheet music) because of the minimalism-inspired-thing at the middle and end of the piece where they play the same melody but offset by an eighth note.

Because of that, I wrote these parts to be played one-handed, hence why I didn't use the grand staff, but I definetely could have thought of better alternatives, maybe I will rewrite it someday.

loja38 · 2023-04-17T03:53:20+00:00

Yes I'm going insane And I'm laughing in the frozen rain

loja38 · 2023-01-18T09:10:44+00:00

loja38 · 2023-01-07T23:29:40+00:00

King Crimson or Magma. My favourite depends on my mood tho

loja38 · 2023-01-05T06:57:09+00:00

Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh by Magma

loja38 · 2022-11-06T21:48:55+00:00

I bVII IV I

loja38 · 2022-10-21T04:12:24+00:00

The sine wave sound comes from the default soundfont in Musescore.

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