Mythes And Legendes

Led by classically trained drummer Christian Vander, the Paris-based Magma have been, in their way, perhaps the ultimate progressive rock group; while other artists have achieved greater commercial success and critical acclaim, Magma have typified the many ambitions and excesses of the genre that won them as many detractors as fans, even going so far as to invent their own lyrical and musical language in order to bring their unique vision to life…

Last year, Magma were able to celebrate their 35th anniversary. The band played 4 weeks at Triton in Paris, each week with a different setlist representing the different eras in the history of Magma, and a different notable guest musician from the band's past. "Mythes Et Legendes Vol. 1" is an excellent document of the band's first week at Triton…

Much like volume 1 and 2, volume 3 of the Mythes et Legendes series is absolutely stellar. The series is a true culmination of everything Magma has accomplished, and on this volume we see what is to be of Magma in the future…

Paris, France – After the success of the DVDs EPOK 1-2-3-4, published in 2006 and 2007, the jazz club Le Triton again welcomed Magma in June 2011. This was for a nine concerts cycle to complete the DVD series “Myths & Legends ”…

The last in the «Myths & Legends» series of DVDs, EPOK 4 brings this brilliant retrospective cycle, covering 35 years of musical creativity, to an end…

On a beaucoup écrit sur les fleuves, qui ignorent les frontières, brassent cultures et marchandises, créent des civilisations - mais on ignore le vent. Et pourtant ! Sans lui il n'y aurait sur Terre aucune vie, l'humidité stagnerait sur les océans, les plaines seraient des déserts de feu ou gèleraient, et faute de pollinisation tout deviendrait stérile. …

Mark Twain, le rappeur Jay Z, Marion Zimmer Bradley, George Romero, Robert Taylor, Alexandre Astier, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jack Kirby, Lawrence d'Arabie, John Boorman, les Kinks, les Who, Jackie Kennedy, Steven Spielberg, John Steinbeck, Terry Gilliam, Winston Churchill, Éric Rohmer ou encore Alan Stivell, tous ont en commun d'avoir été influencés par la légende du roi Arthur. …

Evadez-vous pour un voyage musical inédit dans l’univers du fantastique. Pour la 1ère fois réunis dans un luxueux coffret 3CD à petit prix, découvrez les plus célèbres et merveilleux contes et mythes ayant inspirés les plus grands compositeurs : Mozart et la Flûte enchantée, Tchaïkovski et le Lac des Cygnes, Wagner sublimant Tristan et Isolde ainsi que les tubes Carmina Burana de Carl Orff, Ainsi parlait Zarathoustra de Richard Strauss, Roméo et Juliette de Prokofiev…