Christian Vander (born February 21, 1948) is a French drummer, musician, and founder of the band Magma. Besides his work with Magma, he has also founded Offering (which saw him put away the drumsticks and focus on the vocals), a self titled jazz trio/quartet, and two fusion bands [a=Fusion (29)] and [a=Alien (34)]. All these bands featured Magma alumni. In 2012 he started also to perform solo.
He is known both for his unique songwriting, virtuosic drumming, and shrill falsetto improvisational/scat singing. His compositions fuse jazz, rock, classical and opera influences, and draw on the work of musicians as diverse as John Coltrane and Carl Orff. Vander's music in Magma is broadly classified as Progressive rock, but the style is so unique that it falls under its own category - an idiosyncratic style of music that Vander himself calls “Zeuhl”. For Magma he devised also a new language known as Kobaïan.
He is – together with his first wife Stella Vander - co-founder of the label Seventh Records.
Adopted son of Maurice Vander.
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November 3, 2018
Theater Aan Het Spui
The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands1. Blues for Alice
2. Celui qui a donné
3. Le ballet des sorcières
4. Ronde de nuit
5. Zëss (Introduction)(Magma cover)
6. C'est pour nous(Offering cover)
7. Ehn deiss(Offering cover)
June 29, 2017
Le Triton
Les Lilas, Île-de-France, France1. Ehn deiss(Offering cover)
November 13, 2015
Le Triton
Les Lilas, Île-de-France, FranceJune 29, 2012
Le Triton
Les Lilas, Île-de-France, FranceNovember 19, 2010
Cedac de Cimiez salle Grappelli
Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, FranceMay 14, 2009
Théâtre de Verdure du Pinsan
Eysines, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, FranceJanuary 30, 2009
Le Bikini
Ramonville-Saint-Agne, Occitanie, FranceNovember 10, 2005
Le Triton
Les Lilas, Île-de-France, FranceChristian Vander has released 5+ albums. Some of their notable releases include John Coltrane L'Homme Suprême, Korusz, To Love. Explore their complete discography on this page.
Some of Christian Vander's most popular tracks include Des profondeurs, Maneh Fur Da Zess, Le vent, Blum Tendiwa, Malawelekaahm. Listen to these songs and discover more from their extensive catalog.
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