| Kartëhl | ||||
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| Released | 30 September 2022 | |||
| Recorded | 7 March - 12 June 2022 | |||
| Studio | UZ Studio | |||
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| Length | 53:16 | |||
| Label | Seventh Records | |||
| Producer | Stella Vander | |||
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Kartëhl or Kãrtëhl[1] is the fifteenth studio album by French progressive rock and zeuhl group Magma, released on 30 September 2022 by Seventh Records as a compact disc and three-sided double LP. The album is a collaborative work between the band members, with royalties from the track Dëhndë to benefit the French charity La Fondation Initiative Autisme for people with autism.[2]
The album was recorded by Francis Linon at the band's own UZ Studio between 7 March and 12 June 2022, and mastered by Marcus Linon at Greasy Records Studio in Paris.[1]
Background
After the previous album, Zëss, the subject of which is of a universe-ending apocalypse, the band members wanted to produce a brighter and more optimistic album with Kartëhl.[2] Kartëhl is notable for being the first album since 1976's Üdü Ẁüdü to have songs not written by Vander fill up half of the album's tracklist.
Tracklist
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Instrumentation | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hakëhn Deïs" | Christian Vander | 7:12 | |
| 2. | "Do Rïn Ïlï Üss" | Hervé Aknin | 4:38 | |
| 3. | "Irena Balladina" | Christian Vander | 5:11 | |
| 4. | "Ẁalomëhndᴧëm Ẁarreï" | Thierry Eliez | 7:36 | |
| 5. | "Ẁiï Mëlëhn Tü" | Simon Goubert | 8:54 | |
| 6. | "Dëhndë" | Christian Vander | 6:55 | |
| 7. | "Hakëhn Deïs" (Bonus title, recording of 1978.) | Christian Vander | Christian Vander: piano, vocals; René Garber: vocals | 6:11 |
| 8. | "Dëhndë" (Bonus title, recording of 1978) | Christian Vander | René Garber: piano, vocals | 6:38 |
| Total length: | 58:16 | |||
Personnel
- Christian Vander - percussions, vocals, tambourin
- Stella Vander - vocals, backing vocals, chime
- Hervé Aknin - vocals, backing vocals
- Isabelle Feuillebois - vocals
- Sylvie Fisichella - vocals
- Caroline Indjein- vocals
- Laura Guarrato - vocals
- Rudy Blas - guitar
- Thierry Eliez - piano, Fender Rhodes, keyboards
- Simon Goubet - piano, Fender Rhodes, keyboards
- Jimmy Top - bass
- René Garber - vocals, piano
Reception
On the progressive rock website Prog Archives Kartëhl received a rating of 3.55 of 5 points from 41 ratings,[3] and on AllMusic it received a 4.5/5 stars rating from nine users.[4] Nik Brückner of German progressive-rock-website Babyblaue Seiten, Kartëhl is: "not the best Magma album, and certainly not the most intense, but it's still a strong middle-of-the-road album in their catalogue." He rates the "wonderfully diversified" album, compared to its predecessor Zëss.[5] Michael Büttgen of the internet music portal Betreutes Proggen rates the album 12 out of 15 points and judges: "Kartëhl is somehow a classic Magma album, but it seems to leave the 1970s behind a bit and surprises instead with many new and also unusual ideas."[6]
References
- 1 2 "Kãrtëhl". Seventh Records: Mamga. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
- 1 2 "KARTËHL". Seventh Records. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
- ↑ "MAGMA Kãrtëhl". Prog Arichives. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
- ↑ "Kartehl". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-06-27.
- ↑ Nik Brückner (2022-09-27). "Magma Kartëhl". Babyblaue Seiten (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-20.
- ↑ Michael Büttgen (2022-09-24). "Magma – Kartëhl". BetreutsProggen.de (in German). Retrieved 2022-10-20.