Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh

Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh
Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh
Studio album by Magma
Released	May 6, 1973
Recorded	April 1973
Genre	Zeuhl, progressive rock
Length	38:53
Label	A&M Records (most of the world); Vertigo Records (original French release); Mercury Records (French reissues)
Producer	Giorgio Gomelsky
Magma chronology

Professional ratings
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AllMusic	^[1]

Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh, also abbreviated as MDK, is the third studio album by French zeuhl band Magma, released May 6, 1973. Magma's original recording of the composition that makes up the album was refused by the record company at the time, but was eventually released as Mekanïk Kommandöh in 1989.

MDK is the group's most famous and acclaimed record. The French edition of Rolling Stone magazine named the album the 33rd greatest French rock album.^[2] In 2015, Rolling Stone ranked the album 24th on its list of the '50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time'.^[3]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Christian Vander.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hortz Fur Dëhn Štekëhn Ẁešt"	9:36
2.	"Ïma Sürï Dondaï"	4:30
3.	"Kobaïa Iss Dëh Hündïn"	3:34
Total length:		17:40

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Da Zeuhl Ẁortz Mëkanïk"	7:48
2.	"Nëbëhr Gudahtt"	6:02
3.	"Mëkanïk Kömmandöh"	4:10
4.	"Kreühn Köhrmahn Ïss Dëh Hündin"	3:13
Total length:		21:13 (38:53)

Bonus track on some CD reissues
No.	Title	Length
8.	""M.D.K." (alternate version)"	34:35

Track 8 is a (mostly) instrumental demo of the piece that also appears on the double-CD rarities compilation , available only on the 12 disc box set Studio Zünd: 40 Ans d'Evolution.

Personnel[]

– vocals, percussion
Stella Vander – vocals
– vocals
– vocals
– vocals
– vocals
– bass clarinet, vocals
– brass, flute
– piano, organ
– guitar
Jannick Top – bass
Christian Vander – drums, vocals, organ, percussion

with

Giorgio Gomelsky – producer
– engineer
Gilbert – engineer
– engineer
– engineer
– engineer
– engineer
– stage manager

References[]

^ Couture, François. Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-24.
^ Magazine Rolling Stone, n°18 of February 2010, ISSN 1764-1071
^ 50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time

External links[]

Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh at AllMusic
"Magma (6) - Mekanïk Destruktïẁ Kommandöh at Discogs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 2010-01-31.

[1] Couture, François. Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh at AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-06-24.

[2] Magazine Rolling Stone, n°18 of February 2010, ISSN 1764-1071

[3] 50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time

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Studio albums	Magma 1001° Centigrades Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh Ẁurdah Ïtah Köhntarkösz Üdü Ẁüdü Attahk Merci K.A (Köhntarkösz Anteria) Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré Félicité Thösz Rïah Sahïltaahk Šlaǧ Tanƶ Zëss
Live albums	Live/Hhaï Inédits Retrospektïẁ (Parts I+II) Retrospektïẁ (Part III) Theatre Du Taur Concert, 1975 (Akt IV) Akt V: Concert Bobino 1981 Akt VIII: Bruxelles 1971 Akt IX: Opéra De Reims, 1976 Akt XIII: BBC 1974 Londres Theusz Hamtaahk Akt XV: Bourges, 1979 Live in Tokyo 2005
Videos	Akt VI: Concert Bobino 1981 Theusz Hamtaahk Mythes et Légendes Epok 1 Mythes et Légendes Epok 2 Mythes et Légendes Epok 3 Mythes et Légendes Epok 4 Mythes et Légendes Epok 5
Other material	The Unnamables Mythes Et Legendes Vol. I Mekanïk Kommandöh Akt I: Les Voix de Magma Akt II: Sons: Document 1973 Floë Ëssi/Ëktah Simples Archiẁ I & II
Boxsets	Studio Zünd Köhnzert Zünd
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