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Live/Hhaï
Live album by Magma
Released	12 December 1975
Recorded	1–5 June 1975, Paris
Genre	Zeuhl jazz-rock
Length	86:11
Label	Utopia
Producer	Giorgio Gomelsky
Magma chronology
Köhntarkösz (1974) Live/Hhaï (1975) Üdü Wüdü (1976)

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Live/Hhaï (also known as Magma Live, Live Köhntark, and Hhaï Live) is the first live album and fifth album in total by French rock group Magma. It was recorded in Paris between the 1st and 5 June 1975 at the Taverne de l'Olympia, and was first released in 1975.

The album has been re-released many times: in 1975 on Utopia Records, in 1978 on Tomato Records, 1989 and 2009 on Seventh (the band's own label), 2001 on Victor, and 1996 and 2001 on Charly. The original album is available as a single cd and a remixed version with two bonus tracks is available as a two cd set.

It is widely regarded as one of the band's seminal releases.

The track titles were slightly altered due to copyright restrictions on the preceding albums. The first two tracks are the title track from Köhntarkösz (1974). "Ëmëhntëht-Rê (Announcement)" and "Hhaï" were eventually incorporated into the complete composition Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré. "Kobah" is a rearranged version of "Kobaïa" from their 1970 debut album. "Lïhns", a previously unreleased track, has yet to be recorded in the studio, but was performed live at the Triton club for their 35th anniversary DVD release, Mythes et Légendes, Volume III, which was released in 2007. The last two tracks make up the second half of Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh, with "Mëkanïk Zaïn" substituting for "Nebëhr Gudahtt" and "Mekanïk Kommandöh".

Track listing

All music by Christian Vander.

Disc one

1. "Köhntark (Part One)" (15:45)
2. "Köhntark (Part Two)" (16:14)
3. "Ëmëhntëht-Rê (Announcement)" (8:10) (only on the 2CD version)

Disc two

1. "Hhaï" (9:20)
2. "Kobah" (6:36)
3. "Lïhns" (4:55)
4. "Da Zeuhl Wortz Mekanïk" (6:14) (only on the 2CD version)
5. "Mëkanïk Zaïn" (18:57)

LP track listing

A

1. "Köhntark (Part 1)" (15:44)

B

1. "Köhntark (Part 2)" (16:16)

C

1. "Kobah" (6:23)
2. "Lïhns" (5:51)
3. "Hhaï" (8:41)

D

1. "Mëkanïk Zaïn" (19:17)

Personnel

Musicians

• Klaus Blasquiz – vocals
• Stella Vander – vocals
• Didier Lockwood – violin
• Gabriel Federow – guitar
• Benoit Widemann – keyboards
• Jean-Pol Asseline – keyboards
• Bernard Paganotti – bass
• Christian Vander – drums, vocals

Production

• Christian Vander – inside design
• Frank Owens – engineer
• Georges Besner – inside design
• Giorgio Gomelski – production
• Klaus Blasquiz – ideograms, cover design

Literature

• Gonin, Philippe (2010), "Magma Live", Magma - Décryptage d'un mythe et d'une musique (in French), Marseille: Le Mot et le Reste, pp. 179–188, ISBN 978-2-36054-000-6

References

1. ^ Dawson, Michael P. "Magma Live - Magma : Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
2. ^ "MAGMA - HHAI - Solution eCommerce PEEL". V2.seventhrecords.com. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
3. "Live". Charly. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
4. "Ground and Sky review - Magma - Live/Hhai". Progreviews.com. Archived from the original on 2012-08-13. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
5. "Live by Magma : Reviews and Ratings". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 2012-07-31.
6. "Magma – Magma Live (Magma Hhaï) (1975, Vinyl)". Discogs.

• 1975 live albums
• Albums produced by Giorgio Gomelsky
• Jazz fusion albums by French artists
• Magma (band) albums