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| Upon leaving Magma in
1976, bassist Bernard |
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| Paganotti and ex-Heldon
keyboardist Patrick |
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| Gauthier formed
Weidorje to extend the |
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| school of Wagnerian
jazz-rock dubbed |
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| “Zeuhl music” by
Magma founder Christian |
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| Vander. Though
Weidorje’s sole |
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| album lacks the
scope of Magma’s |
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| MDK or Kohntarkosz, Weidorje |
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| comes closer to the heart and
power of |
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| Magma than any other group.
The issue |
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irrelevant in the |
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inspiring vitality and passion |
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music. Paganotti and |
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| Yvon Guillard
adhere to the soulful, |
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| soaring vocal style
Klaus Blasquiz |
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| developed for
Magma, while wisely |
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| never reaching for their
predecessor’s |
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| operatic extremes.
Blasquiz was Weidorje’s |
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| first choice as
vocalist, but sessions began |
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| without him due to
the group’s mistaken |
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| impression that he
was committed to |
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| staying with Magma.
Paganotti’s growling |
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foundation upon which |
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| the septet (bass,
drums, two keyboards, |
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| guitar, sax, and
trumpet) construct |
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| their simultaneously martial and |
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Twisted Cinema |
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| spiritual songs.
Surges of Ligetti-like choral |
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| chromaticism invest
the 16-minute |
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| “Eloheim’s Voyage” with an eerie, |
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| unearthly air. Two
previously unreleased |
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| live tracks from 1978
display Weidorje’s |
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| strength, unity and
confidence, rendering |
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| rendering all the
more regrettable the |
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| brevity of a group which
held the promise |
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| of becoming a major
force in French |
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| rock.
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| Published in Audion, 1993 |
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| www.musearecords.com |
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