Christian Vander (musician)

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Christian Vander
Christian Vander at the Roadburn Festival 2017
Background information
Birth name	Christian Vander
Born	(1948-02-21) 21 February 1948 (age 73) Nogent-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, France
Genres	Progressive rock (zeuhl)
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Drums vocals piano
Associated acts	Magma Stella Vander

Christian Vander (born 21 February 1948) is a French drummer, musician, and founder of the band Magma.

Career[]

Vander is known for his extended compositions, drumming, and shrill falsetto improvisational/scat singing. His music fuses jazz, rock, classical and operatic influences, and draws on the work of musicians as diverse as John Coltrane and Carl Orff.^[1]

Family[]

Christian Vander is the adopted child of famous French jazz piano player Maurice Vander (who was a long time sideman of the French singer Claude Nougaro). Most of Vander and Magma's recorded work is still available through Vander's own record label, .

He was married to singer Stella Vander who released many EPs herself in the 1960s and has performed vocal duties for Magma since 1972.^[1] They divorced in the 1980s, with speculations of this occurred in the hiatus years. Christian and Stella have a daughter, Julie, who has appeared on several Magma and Offering releases.^[2]

See also[]

• Romantic Warriors II: A Progressive Music Saga About Rock in Opposition
• Romantic Warriors II: Special Features DVD

References[]

External links[]

• Official site

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