Theusz Hamtaahk

Theusz Hamtaahk is a live album by the French rock band Magma, released in 2001. The album was recorded in 2000 over the course of two days during Magma's 30th anniversary shows at the Trianon theater, Paris, France and released both as a 3 audio CD box with a 16-page color booklet and libretti containing all the lyrics, and as a DVD. It is the first record to contain all three movements of the trilogy Theusz Hamtaahk:

The first movement, "Theusz Hamtaahk", had already been part of Magma's live repertoire since the mid-1970s and was first recorded "live" in a London BBC studio session in 1974, but was not released on record until the 1981 live album Retrospektiw (Parts I+II), recorded in 1980.
The second movement, Ẁurdah Ïtah, was released before by a core quartet of then Magma members in 1974 under the name of bandleader Christian Vander as a soundtrack studio album for Yvan Lagrange's 1972 avant-garde film Tristan et Iseult. Re-released on Magma's label Seventh in 1989, it is mostly regarded as a Magma album, though.
The third movement, "Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh", was first released as a Magma album in 1973, probably their most famous work.

The words to the music are sung completely in Magma's constructed language Kobaïan.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Christian Vander.

CD 1

First Movement: Theusz Hamtaahk

"Malaẁëlëkaahm" − 6:28
"Sëẁolahẁëhn öhn Zaïn" − 6:42
"Dëümb ʌëwëlëss dölëhn" − 3:52
"Zeuhl Ẁortz" − 2:28
"Ğorutz ẁaahrn" − 3:15
"Tü lü lï ʌë üi dü wiï" − 1:08
"Sé Lah Maahrï Donsaï" − 2:31
"Slibenli dëh Theusz" − 5:21
"Zortsüng" − 3:09

CD 2

Second Movement: Ẁurdah Ïtah

"Malaẁëlëkaahm " − 4:21
"Bradïa da zïmehn iëgah " − 2:35
"Manëh fur da Zëss " − 1:42
"Fur dï Hël Kobaïa " − 5:38
"Blüm tendiwa " − 5:49
"Ẁohldünt mᴧëm dëwëlëss " − 3:08
"Ẁaïnsaht !!! " − 3:11
"Ẁlasïk steuhn Kobaïa " − 2:44
"Sëhnntëht dros ẁurdah süms " − 6:00
"C'est la vie qui les a menés là!" − 4:32
"Ëk sün da Zëss " − 2:37
"De Zeuhl ündazïr " − 6:11

CD 3

Third Movement: Mëkanïk Dëstruktïw Kömmandöh

"Hortz fur dëhn Štekëhn Ẁešt" − 10:16
"Ïma sürï Dondaï" − 4:13
"Kobaïa iss dëh hündïn" − 2:07
"Da Zeuhl Ẁortz Mëkanïk" − 7:20
"Nebëhr Gudahtt" − 7:39
"Mëkanïk Kömmandöh" − 8:05
"Kreühn Köhrmahn iss dëh Hündïn" − 1:30
"Da Zeuhl Ẁortz ẁaïnsaht " − 1:53
"Untitled " − 5:41

Personnel

Stella Vander − vocals, Fender electric piano, percussion
Isabelle Feuillebois − vocals, percussion
Jean-Christophe Gamet − vocals
Antoine Paganotti − vocals, Fender electric piano
Emmanuel Borghi − Fender electric piano
James Mac Gaw − guitar, Fender electric piano, vocals
Philippe Bussonnet − bass
Christian Vander − drums
Claude Lamamy − vocals
Julie Vander − vocals
Benoît Gaudiche − trumpet
Yannick Neveu − trumpet
Fred Burgazzi − trombone
Ronan Simon − trombone