RETROSPEKTÏW 1 & 2
CD REX XVI - XVII
Christian VANDER 
 vocals, keyboards, drums 

Didier LOCKWOOD 
 violin 

Gabriel FEDEROW,
guitar 

Jean Luc CHEVALIER
guitar 

Patrick GAUTHIER
keyboards 

Benoît WIDEMANN
keyboards 

Bernard PAGANOTTI
bass 

Klaus BLASQUIZ, Stella VANDER,
Liza DELUXE, Claire LABORDE,
Maria POPKIEWICZ
vocals

ZUND I
THEUSZ HAMTAAHK

ZUND II
MËKANÏK DESTRUKTÏW KOMMANDÖH

Recorded, like RETROSPEKTIW 3, during the soirees at Olympia in June 1980, RETROSPEKTIW 1 & 2 is an absolutely fundamental album in which THEUSZ HAMTAAHK, the first movement of the trilogy of the same name, is presented for the first time. The second and third movements, WURDAH ITAH and MEKANIK DESTRUKTIW KOMMANDOH, were of course already well known. Although played in concert since 1974, Christian VANDER had waited for years before recording it for posterity as he wanted every note to be as beautiful, magical, essential and definitive as possible. It is with the same respect for his music that he releases here the most successful version of MEKANIK DESTRUKTIW KOMANDOH, considered outstanding on account of two incredible improvisations from Bernard PAGANOTTI and Didier LOCKWOOD. Klaus BLASQUIZ, who did not perform on RETROSPEKTIW 3, is the lead vocalist on this version - and justifiably so, since he was indeed the MAGMA singer who first sang these two masterworks.
Recorded live at l'OLYMPIA June 
9th, 10th & 11th 1980  by Alain FRANCAIS.
Mixed at ACOUSTI studio
with Alain CLUZEAU, Bruno MENNY, 
Jean-Bernard PLÉ and Benoît WIDEMANN.

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