Zeuhl

Zeuhl
Other namesCelestial music
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsLate 1960s - Early 1970s France

Zeuhl (pronounced ['zœl]; meaning "Celestial") is a music genre that is a hybrid of jazz fusion, symphonic rock and neoclassical music, established in 1969 by the French band Magma.[1] The term comes from Kobaïan,[2] the fictional language created by Magma's Christian Vander and Klaus Blasquiz for Magma, in which Zeuhl Ẁortz means approximately "Celestial Force".[3][2]

  1. ^ a b c d Jeff Wagner (2010). Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal. Bazillion Points Books. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-9796163-3-4.
  2. ^ a b Paul Stump (July 1995). "Different Drummer: Magma – interview with Christian Vander, page 3". The Wire. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2009-10-16.
  3. ^ Culshaw, Peter (1 October 2009). "Magma interview for Celestial Mass". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 2009-10-16.