Christian Vander Korusz 3 Assembled drum extravaganzas from 1972 - 1978 (sdb and audience recordings) PLEASE NOTE: THESE ARE ONLY DRUM SOLOS! 1. PTAH - Studio F, Radio Bremen, Germany, February 6th 1974 (19:37) 2. PTAH - Orleans, France, June 22nd 1977 (05:13) 3. PTAH - Fabrik, Hamburg, Germany, February 8th 1974 (18:24) 4. PTAH - St.Malo, France, August 14th 1978 (22:18) 5. PTAH - La Grande Motte, France August 14th 1974 (06:04) 6. PTAH - Metz Jazz Festival, France 1972 (06:20) Get ready for he weird stuff, folks. Assembled here are drum solos by Christian Vander in his prime. During the Seventies he started to showcase long drum solos during MAGMA shows, and by 1974, they had evolved into several movements of energetic improvised sections: 1. Acorss the set free form 2.cymbals 3.ostinato playing (with a bassdrum-bassdrum-hihat-hihat pattern(RRLL) underneath and then playing the weirdest shit up there with his hands) mostly climaxing in him singing along in high shaman voice, and mumbling strange snippets of Kobaia, the language invented (or "channeled" as some might say) by Magma and Christian Vander. Christian Vander has reportedly dedicated his whole life to John Coltrane, as he says "For Life, for Death, and for After...", and you can clearly feel the Elvin Jones influence. Listen to the early Metz 1972 solo, to get an image of Vander, still not fully into the later trilogy solo style, still researching and more jazz oriented. By 1974, the group Magma had massively changed their sound and composing. While more jazz rock oriented during 1970-72, they now had created that big, heavy ZHEUL sound with Janik Top on bass, playing very dark psychedelic rock, and it is from that phase, that half this disc stems from. The Bremen 74 solo is a classic, one of the best Magma shows out there, and good sounding too. Hamburg 74 is not too good in sound, please adjust your hifi accordingly, but it is worth it. Crazy playing. La Gronde Motte is severely cut and begins with the end section, featuring Christian on vocals and drums. The St. Malo 1978 is a very interesting solo. Too bad that audience tape is a bit of a rough listen. Here we have Vander in a much more groove oriented beginning, then the cymbal interlude to finally end with a maaybe 10 minute vocal drum duet,very nice. But you can see, how the more spiritual, holy aspect of his drumming has turned into something else. Without rating.... Orleans 77 is a very powerful solo typical for 1977. Nothing to say, just listen to it, sound is excellent. Amazing power. Brought to you by olvator 1/2007