Otis

June 19, 2014 4:05 PM

Magma pay tribute to Otis Redding as only Magma can. [slyt]
posted by mediocre (6 comments total)

That guy uses his voice like a next level theremin. If not for the framing, I never would have guessed Otis Redding was involved in any way.
posted by oceanjesse at 4:20 PM on June 19, 2014

That was the dumbest goddamned thing I've seen in a long time, and I spend a lot of time on the internet. I'm impressed. Good show sir.
posted by nushustu at 4:26 PM on June 19, 2014

Speaking of Otis Redding...I still can't wrap my head around the fact that he died at 26 and fucking looked like this.
posted by mullacc at 4:33 PM on June 19, 2014 [1 favorite]

I've been on a little bit of a Magma kick lately. I think I'm gearing up for a push into further zeuhl.

There's a full band 11 minute version, as well.
posted by AtoBtoA at 4:43 PM on June 19, 2014

This was posted here a while ago, but it's worth seeing again:
http://www.metafilter.com/92321/Maximum-Zeuhl

In the previous thread, we learned that the language he's singing is Kobaïan
posted by jonathanhughes at 6:55 PM on June 19, 2014

Falsetto crescendo Zeuhl is my natural reaction to warm water running out under the shower. For the sake of the neighbors I usually stop before I reach maximum "ortz würgen steben struben".
posted by pseudocode at 2:32 AM on June 20, 2014 [1 favorite]