BBI is Philippe Bussonet on bass (Magma's magnificent bassist since 1995, as well as one of the powers behind One Shot), Jean-Claude Buire on drums (drummer for Offering in the late 1980s) and Laurent Imperato on guitar (a founding member of Xaal, although he had left by the time they started recording.
This was Philippe's side-band before co-forming One Shot and this studio work was recorded in 1996, but never released until now. They are a power trio that mixes the most 'rock' aspects of One Shot...

This is the second release by this excellent jazz/rock/zeuhl band, led by drummer, vocalist & composer Serge Bringolf. His first album was entitled Strave and then when he formed a more permanent band, the band became known as Strave. The sound is a bit different and a little bit harder-edged than the 1st one, although the band is still a nonet (although with pretty different personnel): Claude Boussard-bass, Serge Bringolf-drums, Bertrand Eck-horn, Philippe Geiss-saxes, Alain Lecointe-bass...

File Under: Avant/Industrial jazz/rock. The Dematerialized Passenger is Combat Astronomy's second full length release...masterminding this cult underground act, James Huggett (bass, guitar, electronics, programing) has built on the power and creativity...

Andrea Calderón (Itzpapalotl) - violin, vocals
Paco Casanova - keys, synths, organ, vocals
Patrick Shiroishi - saxophones, guitar, glockenspiel, vocals
Ryan Kamiyamazaki - bass
Gopala Bhakta - drums, tabla, vocals

Not that they have a lot of competition in 2026, but I would like to cast my vote for Corima as the best Zeuhl band currently extant.
A great Los Angeles five piece who always tear the house down in performance, (I’ve seen them do it twice a dozen years apart)...

Emerging in the very late 1970's, Eskaton were an early Zeuhl band. This was their first album, and is reissued on vinyl for the very first time.
Dual female vocals chant and soar above the churning bass and drums which ably support the busy dual Rhodes piano/synth and guitar work! If you like Magma, Weidorje, Potemkine, you will enjoy this tremendously.

“Eskaton is part of that generation of French Zeuhl bands that arrived on the scene a little too late in the 1970s, on the cusp of the...

Camille Petit: Piano, Keyboards
Marie-Lousse Revranche: Vocals
Laurent Skoczek: Trombone
Gilles Le Rest: Drums, Percussions, Vocals
Matthieu Metzger: Alto and Soprano Saxophones
Yann Phayphet: Bass, Upright Bass
Alexis Delva: Guitars

This is the fourth release from a zeuhl-ish septet + more who bring enough originality to the table that they got themselves signed to Magma’s label for their first two album!! Note that the keyboardist is Camille of Ghost Rhythms (altho

Caroline Indjein: Vocals and Vocal Solo
Laura Guarrato: Vocals
Alexandre Indjein: Drums, Vocals
Jimmy Top: Bass
Thomas Baudin: Guitars

Sort of a Magma off-shoot (Caroline and Laura have been some of the female vocalists with Magma for some time and Jimmy the bassist). This is very zeuhl, with really good singing and a unique slant on the zeuhl sound. Recommended to any zeuhl fan!

“GORGONE is a French progressive rock band founded in 2024 by Caroline and Alexandre Indje

Antoine Arnera - Piano, electronics, voice, composition
Boris Cassone - Bass, mellotron, voice
Jessica Martin Maresco - Voice
Guilhem Meier - Drums, amplified percussion, voice, composition
Marie Nachury - Voice
Grégoire Ternois - Marimba, toms, dun dun bells, gong
Mihaï Trestian - Cimbalom
Anne Quillier - moog, rhodes, voice

Well, all you need to do is to scroll to the video at the end of all this and you will know very, very quickly whether or no

Happy Family are a Japanese instrumental quartet (keyboards, guitar, bass, drums) who are influenced by groups such as Magma, Univers Zero, Weidorje, King Crimson & Area. If you can imagine a full CD's worth of the kind of inspired playing & intensity ...

This title has been out of print for ages, but in anticipation of their new, third album, we made one last printing. Here it is, with the previously Japanese-only bonus track "Dear My Daughter", while they last!

Happy Family are a Japanese...

“Takes punk and prog-rock to the opera house for an immaculately arranged mosh pit.” - NPR

“Following the release of their album “Dhorimviskha” (one of Bandcamp Daily’s albums of the year) and during the height of the covid pandemic, Japan’s Koenjihyakkei played a rousing set to an empty Club Goodman and live-streamed their performance around the world. Now, vocalist / composer / drummer extraordinaire Tatsuya Yoshida has returned to the original recordings, and has meticulously mixed and...

This is a re-working of the unavailable 3rd release by this Ruins offshoot project, led by Tatsuya Yoshida-drums, vocals, with Jin Harada-guitar, Sakamoto Kengo- bass, Oguchi Kenichi-keyboards (of Kenso) & Sagara Nami (soprano voice).
While not quite a Magma-derived as their first, this is still a wild race into Zeuhl territory, with all the throbbing bass, wild, Vander-inspired drumming, & Kobaian-via-Japan singing you could hope for. Really nice & powerful! For better or worse, it has been....

This quite rare 1981 release (only 500 made on lp) has rightly gained itself a good reputation for its unusual mixing of Zeuhl and Canterbury elements, as well as Swedish folk! The bass and drums churn in the background, setting up Zeuhl-inspired...

Sébastien Rocquefelte: Vocals
Antoine Tharreau: Fender Rhodes & various keyboards
Anthony Lecomte: Electric bass
Louis Godart: Guitar
Fabrice Fosse: Marimba
Daniel Jeand'heur: Drums & percussions
Bruno Ruder: Fender Rhodes and keyboards
Mathilde Borsoni, Solène Gendre & Didier Corbel: Choirs

“The music of LA FIN DES TEMPLES was written by James Mac Gaw in 2004, who was then a member of MAGMA & ONE SHOT. This long track was composed as a homage to the music

One of the greatest, most idiosyncratic & original bands ever. This is a live recording (of reasonably good quality, given the time-period) featuring the 1001o Centigrade band! [Seventh]

Since re-emerging in the late 90s, Magma have put on countless simply great performances and 2 stunning albums. But both of those albums (Kontarkosz Anteria (K.A.) and Emenhntehtt Re (E.R.)) were both recordings of 'big pieces' written during the band's 1970s heyday, but unrecorded until now. So, for me at least, the big question has been, "What happens when they run out of old, unrecorded things to record? Can C.V. come up with new material worthy of the band he's assembled?" Happily, the answer is yes...

Christian VANDER drums, vocaux
Claude ENGEL guitars, flute, vocaux
Francis MOZE bass électric bass
François CAHEN piano
Teddy LASRY saxophone soprano, flute, horns
Richard RAUX saxophones alto & ténor, flute
Alain CHARLERY "Paco" trumpet, percussions
Klaus BLASQUIZ vocals

One of the greatest, most idiosyncratic & original bands ever. Their 1st album, this is baby steps for the band Nice, but don't start here.
“At the end of the 1960s - a time when the

In May, 2005, Magma took over the wonderful Parisian club "Le Triton" for four weeks with an ambitious, over the top project; a retrospective of 35 years of Magma music, showcasing some of their best known pieces from 1970 to the present. The four sold...

One of the greatest, most idiosyncratic & original bands ever. This is from their reunion concert in Paris in 1980. This is sorta weak; don't start here! [Seventh]

Recorded live at Magma's 30th anniversary concerts in May, 2000, this is the first time that the complete Theusz Hamtaahk trilogy has been released in one set. Excellent live recording and terrific energy coming off of the stage. While you've heard the tunes before, you haven't heard them all performed live; essential for fans

“It is the first and only record to contain all three movements of the trilogy Theusz Hamtaahk: 'Theusz Hamtaahk' ('Time of Hatred'), Wurdah Itah ('Dead Earth') & 'Mekanik...

This amazing document has been lying in the archives at Radio Bremen for 40 years. A decade ago, when we were licensing a lot of material from Radio Bremen, I tried to get permission from the band to release this incredible show and they said 'no'. Why they said 'yes' to someone else a decade later, I don't know, but the world is a better place because of it!
This is the entire radio broadcast, featuring the touring version of the Köhntarhosz band:...

Very good first effort from a new generation of French Zeuhl.
Carole Sauvage-Fender Rhodes
Yannick Duchene-guitar, vocals
William Pawelzik-bass
Christophe Gratien-drums

"Influences: Zeühl, Jazz-Rock-Progressif, Classique-Contemporain, Lyrique, Traditionnel, Musiques spirituelles..."
"First CD of this French band that has recently opened for Magma at Bourg les Valence. A superb recording, heavily influenced by Magma (sound, compositions & spirit). Very much recommended...

New Spanish band making their debut recording here, and a really good one it is. This is dark, but not overbearingly so, and heavy all instrumental avant-progressive rock, performed on guitar, keyboards, bass and drums. I can hear touches of some of...

During a fairly incredible 7 year run that began in the mid 1970s,
Richard Pinhas released a large string of influencial albums; 7 by Heldon and 5 under his own name, all of which attempted in one way or another to meld (avant-garde) rock music...

A reissue of a pretty obscure and pretty utterly fantastic big band Zeuhl album (14 players) consisting of one long, amazing track that was self-released in the early 1980's. This has cool horn charts, growling fuzz bass, powerful drumming...