Üdü Ẁüdü

Üdü Ẁüdü is the sixth studio album by French rock band Magma, released on 10 September 1976.

Üdü Ẁüdü
Album cover used for all later releases
Studio album by Magma
Released	10 September 1976
Recorded	May – June 1976[1]
Studio	Studio de Milan (Paris, France)
Genre	Zeuhl jazz-rock[2]
Length	38:20
Label	Utopia RCA Seventh
Producer	Giorgio Gomelsky Magma
Magma chronology
Live/Hhaï (1975) Üdü Ẁüdü (1976) Inédits (1977)
Alternative cover
Original provisional album cover

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

This album was first issued with a provisional sleeve, as Klaus Blasquiz's artwork was not finished on time. This art features in all later issues.

Track listing

Source: Discogs,^[3] Seventh Records^[1]

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Üdü Ẁüdü"	Christian Vander	4:10
2.	"Weidorje"	Bernard Paganotti, Klaus Blasquiz	4:30
3.	"Tröller Tanz (Troll's Dance)"	Vander	3:40
4.	"Soleil d'Ork (Ork's Sun)"	Jannick Top	3:50
5.	"Zombies (Ghost Dance)"	Vander	4:20

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"De Futura"	Top	17:40

Bonus track on Seventh CD

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
7.	"Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré (extrait no. 2)"	Vander	3:12

Legacy

In order, bonus track "Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré (extrait no. 2)", "Hhaï" (from live album Live/Hhaï), and "Zombies" were incorporated into the Magma composition Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré, constituting the entirety of "Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré II".^[4]

Bassist Jannick Top re-recorded his compositions "Soleil d'Ork" and "De Futura" for his 2001 debut solo album, Soleil d'Ork.

Industrial hip-hop group Death Grips sampled "De Futura" in the song "Known For It" on their debut mixtape Exmilitary.

Bassist Bernhard Paganotti and keyboardist Patrick Gauthier formed their own zeuhl band, Weidorje, in 1977.

Personnel

Musicians

Magma

• Christian Vander – percussion (1–3), vocals (1–3, 5, 7), keyboards (1, 3, 5), drums (2–7), synthesizer (3, 5), piano (7)
• Jannick "Janik" Top – bass (1, 3–7), horn arrangement (1), fret-cello (3, 5, 6), vocals (4, 6), percussion (4), synthesizer (4), O.R.S. bass synthesizer (6), keyboards (6)
• Klaus Blasquiz – vocals (1, 2, 6, 7), growl (4)
• Stella Vander – vocals (1, 7)
• Michel Graillier – piano (1)
• Patrick Gauthier – piano (2) synthesizer (2, 7)
• Bernard Paganotti – bass (2), percussion (2), vocals (2)

Additional Musicians

• Lisa Deluxe – vocals (1)
• Lucille Cullaz – vocals (1)
• Catherine Szpira – vocals (1)
• Alain Hatot – saxophones (1), flutes (4)
• Pierre Dutour – trumpets (1)

Technical

• Giorgio Gomelsky – producer
• Jean Peal Malek – engineer, mixer
• Alain Français – engineer
• Gilles Grenier – mixer
• Klaus Blasquiz – cover art (after original issue)

Literature

• Gonin, Philippe (2010), "Üdü Wüdü", Magma - Décryptage d'un mythe et d'une musique (in French), Marseille: Le Mot et le Reste, pp. 189–198, ISBN 978-2-36054-000-6

References

1. "Üdü Wüdü at Seventhrecords.com". Retrieved 19 April 2011.
2. Üdü Ẁüdü at AllMusic
3. "Üdü Wüdü". Discogs.com. Retrieved 19 April 2011.
4. "Member: maribor". Archived from the original on 2014-01-04.