71 I have heard that Magma created their own language. Is this true? (Progressive music)
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This article is from the Progressive Music FAQ, by Phil Kime(Philip@kime.org.uk) with numerous contributions by others.
71 I have heard that Magma created their own language. Is this true? (Progressive music)
Yes. Magma's drummer (and leader) Christian Vander created the
language "Kobaïan", which is what you are hearing sung on most
Magma albums. Recently, work has gone into compiling a phrasebook
of Kobaïan worlds and their Engligh translations. You can find this
on the Magma home page at
<URL:http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/8366/>
From Marcelo Spindola Bacha (dronsz@if.ufrj.br): Kobaïan is not
exactly a Vander idea, it was based in an original project from Klaus
Blasquiz, as results of some of their studies about representing
graphically other kind of phonemas ... Kobaïan is not really a
language, it is quite incomplete, and it is always changing, as
Vander says. It sounds rather Germanic and slightly Russian.
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