Event Archive:

France's legendary MAGMA: MAGMA

Thu. April 2nd 2015 Venue Vancouver BC $30-$60

Event Navigation

Event Details
Artists (1)
Presenters (2)
Ticket Outlets (4)
Other Dates (0)
Description
Articles (0)
Video (0)
Photos (1)
Venue
Get involved and submit your listing

Event Info

France's legendary MAGMA: MAGMA

• About Magma • Paris, France - One of music's most innovative and eclectic...
Event can be attended in person In-Person Event
Music Pop / Rock / Indie Punk / Metal / Hardcore
Thu. April 2nd 2015 + Add to Calendar Venue (No Minors)
7:00pm - 10:30pm $30 GA - $60 VIP

Artists

MAGMA

Presented by:

The Invisible Orange
The Invisible Orange is a Vancouver BC concert promotion and...
Vancouver BC
Open / Operational
Blueprint/VenueLive

Hard-copy tickets

Physical tickets at: Red Cat Records, Zulu Records, Scrape Records, ElectroStub.com

Event Description

• About Magma •
Paris, France - One of music's most innovative and eclectic ensembles, Magma will be performing select dates beginning in April 2015! Swirling riffs in odd time signatures, theatrical choir arrangements, heavy and distorted pulsing bass guitar, bombastic and minimalistic (sometimes both at the same time), dark and brooding, adventurous and angelic, jazzy or classical, but always with the highly innovative and original drums of founder and main composer Christian Vander. On the forthcoming dates the legendary ensemble will be performing selections of new and classic Magma music!

VIP Packages available - includes early entry to VENUE and a Meet + Greet with MAGMA
$60 advance + s/c

• Follow Us •
http://bplive.ca/
http://venuelive.ca/
http://theinvisibleorange.com/
http://instagram.com/blueprintLIVE
http://instagram.com/venueLIVE

“MAGMA is happy to return to the United States to play for Americans. We know you are passionate, respectful and curious about music. We find you to be generous and open. It will be a joy for us to see you this year.” - Christian Vander

Magma was founded in Paris in 1969 by Christian Vander, who derived his inspiration from a "vision of humanity's spiritual and ecological future" that profoundly disturbed him. Vander was a self-taught musician, who received some tips from drum legend Elvin Jones. In the course of Magma's first album, the band tells the story of a group of people fleeing a doomed Earth to settle on the planet Kobaïa. Later, conflict arises when the Kobaïans, who are descendants of the original colonists, encounter other Earth refugees. A distinguished aspect of Magma's music is that Vander actually invented a constructed language, Kobaïan, in which most lyrics are sung. Later albums told different stories set in more ancient times; however the Kobaïan language remained an integral part of the music. Reportedly, Christian Vander is also highly influenced by the work of jazz legend John Coltrane. “For my work, it is still Coltrane who actually gives me the real material to work on, to be able to move on.,” says Vander.

Photos

Venue

Venue
881 Granville Street
Bar / Nightclub
Open / Operational

Event Poster

France's legendary MAGMA: MAGMA @ Venue Apr 2 2015 - Dec 20th @ Venue

Other Events

Welcome to your Arts Directory

We are an open, community-owned platform to help artists and arts organizations reach their audiences and each other.

Calendar

Upcoming Events Event Archive Events Digest Emails Posters (Upcoming)

Artists

Bands + Ensembles Musicians All Artists

Resources

Organizations + Resources Venues

Media

Event Photos Articles Video Poster Archive

About

About Advertise Contact
Featured Resource

Andrew Mayes Photography

→ View Profile
Get involved and submit your listing

Search the Directory / Archive

List an Event in the Calendar

List a Physical Single Date or Recurring Event

For physical events that happen at a specific time. For example a concert, or dance performance. If there are multiple shows, you can still duplicate your event to cover them all.

List an Online Livestream Event

For online / livestream events. This will allow you to include a livestream url and have it featured in our livestream listings.

Submit a Profile to the Directory

List a Music Band / Ensemble

(Band / Choir / Orchestra etc.)

List an Individual Musician

(Guitarist, Singer, DJ etc)

List a Music Resource

Venues, Event Promoters, Support Services etc.

News + Media

Add / Link a Video

Add a video, which will be linked to profiles, and appear in the video feed

Add / Link an Article

Add, or link to an article about content in the directory.

Log In to Your Account

Forgot Your Password?

Create a New Account