Üdü Ẁüdü Explained
Üdü Ẁüdü |
Type: | studio |
Artist: | Magma |
Cover: | Üdü Wüdü Magma alternate.jpg |
Caption: | Album cover used for all later releases |
Released: | 10 September 1976 |
Recorded: | May – June 1976 |
Studio: | Studio de Milan (Paris, France) |
Genre: |
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Length: | 38:20 |
Prev Title: | Live/Hhaï |
Prev Year: | 1975 |
Next Title: | Inédits |
Next Year: | 1977 |
Üdü Ẁüdü is the sixth studio album by French rock band Magma, released on 10 September 1976.
This album was first issued with a provisional sleeve, as Klaus Blasquiz's artwork was not finished on time. This art features in all later issues.
Track listing
Source: Discogs,[1] Seventh Records[2]
Legacy
In order, bonus track "Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré (extrait no. 2)", "Hhaï" (from live album Live/Hhaï), and "Zombies" were incorporated into the Magma composition Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré, constituting the entirety of "Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré II".[3]
Bassist Jannick Top re-recorded his compositions "Soleil d'Ork" and "De Futura" for his 2001 debut solo album, Soleil d'Ork.
Bassist Bernhard Paganotti and keyboardist Patrick Gauthier formed their own zeuhl band, Weidorje, in 1977.
Personnel
Musicians
Magma
- Christian Vander – percussion (1–3), vocals (1–3, 5, 7), keyboards (1, 3, 5), drums (2–7), synthesizer (3, 5), piano (7)
- Jannick "Janik" Top – bass (1, 3–7), horn arrangement (1), fret-cello (3, 5, 6), vocals (4, 6), percussion (4), synthesizer (4), O.R.S. bass synthesizer (6), keyboards (6)
- Klaus Blasquiz – vocals (1, 2, 6, 7), growl (4)
- Stella Vander – vocals (1, 7)
- Michel Graillier – piano (1)
- Patrick Gauthier – piano (2) synthesizer (2, 7)
- Bernard Paganotti – bass (2), percussion (2), vocals (2)
Additional Musicians
- Lisa Deluxe – vocals (1)
- Lucille Cullaz – vocals (1)
- Catherine Szpira – vocals (1)
- Alain Hatot – saxophones (1), flutes (4)
- Pierre Dutour – trumpets (1)
Technical
- Giorgio Gomelsky – producer
- Jean Peal Malek – engineer, mixer
- Alain Français – engineer
- Gilles Grenier – mixer
- Klaus Blasquiz – cover art (after original issue)
Notes and References
- Web site: Üdü Wüdü. Discogs.com. 19 April 2011.
- Web site: Üdü Wüdü at Seventhrecords.com. 19 April 2011.
- Web site: Member: maribor. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140104210832/www.progressiveears.com/asp/reviews.asp?albumID=5166. 2014-01-04.