Thanks to Bilek for the contribution.

(Review from progreviews.com)

Unbelievably enough, Magma did release a few singles during their heyday, presumably to drum up interest in more commercial corners than underground progressive circles could muster. The band edited a couple of album epics down to radio-length, and offered some otherwise unavailable short tracks. Despite their efforts, mass popularity was not Magma’s fate, and this collection serves mostly as an odd, pseudo-schizophrenic sampling of the band’s sound.

Perhaps the strangest music on the album is the embryonic version of Mekanik Destruktiw Kommandoh. It begins as a lounge-y bossanova (no kidding), with ultra-mellow zeuhl-scat by Blasquiz. After a short exposition, the more familiar strains of the epic appear. It’s apparent that MDK needed a considerable amount of midwifing before its final realization.

“Tendei Kobah” is really the first two-and-a-half minutes of “Riah Sahiltaahk” from the 1971 album 1001 Centigrade. The actual piece contained glimpses of the martial, alien zeuhlscapes that would be the group’s signature. Why they thought it had pop potential is another story.

“Mekanik Machine”, easily the best track here, is an uptempo funk-zeuhl workout from 1975. Jannik Top’s bass takes center stage, growling and gutteral, and Vander hammers down the beat like there’s no tomorrow. Add a pinch of stinging electric guitar and some major operatic wail, and you’ve got a jam that almost redeems the disc. As it is, for completists.

Line-up:
- Christian Vander / drums, voice
- Louis Toesca / trumpet
- François Cahen , Gerard Bikialo, Michel Graillier / piano
- Francis Moze, Jannick Top / bass
- Teddy Lasry / soprano sax
- Jerry Seffer / tenor sax
- Brian Godding / guitar
- Klaus Blasquiz / voice
- Stella Vander / chorus

Track List:
01. Hamtaak – 2:37
02. Tendei Kobah – 2:50
03. Mekanik Kommandoh – 5:04
04. Klaus Kombalad – 4:27
05. Mekanik Machine – 5:17

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