The Magma box set. It contains all the Magma studio albums and a 2 CD set of rarities and alternate versions of released songs. For the uninitiated, Magma is the band led by drummer, singer and keyboard player Christian Vander. Magma music falls under a sub-genre category called "Zeuhl". Zeuhl music generally incorporates elements of jazz, rock and classical. Zeuhl is also sung in a made-up language. Magma lyrics are mostly in "Kobaian", an extraterrestrial language. One of the bands I think that sometimes has a comparable sound is Weather Report but even then there is not a strong resemblance. Christian Vander's great influence in music is John Coltrane and there are elements of Coltrane's music found in Magma as well.
Here is a live version of "The Last Seven Minutes" off the 1977 album "Attahk". This version is taken from the Mythes & Légendes vol.3 DVD which was recorded in 2005.
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