Ẁurdah Ïtah
| Ẁurdah Ïtah | ||||
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Cover of the 1974 LP release on Barclay Records | ||||
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| Released | 15 June 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 4, 5, and 8 April 1974 | |||
| Genre | Zeuhl | |||
| Length | 39:04 | |||
| Label | Egg Records | |||
| Producer | Christian Vander | |||
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Cover of the 1978 LP release on Egg Records | ||||
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Cover of the CD release | ||||
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Ẁurdah Ïtah is the fourth studio album by French progressive rock band Magma. The album was originally released on 15 June 1974 under the name Tristan et Iseult as a Christian Vander solo studio film soundtrack. The soundtrack was for Yvan Lagrange's 1972 avant-garde film Tristan et Iseult.
The album was recorded by a core quartet of Magma members (only consisting of drums, bass, piano, and vocals). It was re-released on Magma's label Seventh Records in 1989 with the Magma logo on its cover, and ever since, it has been retrospectively contextualised as a Magma album.
Ẁurdah Ïtah (which translates from Kobaïan roughly as Dead Earth) is the second part of the Theusz Hamtaahk Trilogy. It is preceded by Theusz Hamtaahk (Time of Hatred), which is only available on live albums, including Retrospektïẁ (Parts I+II) (1981), and Trilogie Theusz Hamtaahk (Concert du Trianon) (2001), and succeeded by Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh (1973).