Editing Magma (band) (section)

=== ''Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh,'' to ''Üdü Wüdü'' (1972–1977) ===
In August 1972, Magma released the album ''[[The Unnamables]]'', under the alias Univeria Zekt. However, the album sold only 1,500 copies. Many musicians left the band that year, including François Cahen, Louis Toesca, Jeff Seffer, [[Francis Moze]], and Teddy Lasry.<ref name=":0" /> That same year, Christian Vander recorded the soundtrack for Yvan Lagrange's film ''[[Tristan et Iseult]].<ref name=":0" />''

In 1973, Vander formed a new lineup of the band, adding [[Stella Vander]] as a second vocalist, Claude Olmos on guitar, [[Jannick Top]] replacing Francis Moze on bass, René Garber on saxophone and clarinet, and Jean-Luc Manderlier on keyboards, among others. This new version of the band would release their most famous work ''[[Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh]],'' which would later become their most acclaimed album, and gave them international fame,<ref name=":0" /> including a spot at the prestigious [[Newport Jazz Festival]], their first American performance. In 1974, under Vander's name, the band released a soundtrack album accompanying Yvan Lagrange's 1972 film ''Tristan et Iseult'', also known as ''[[Ẁurdah Ïtah]]''; under Magma's name, they followed up with ''[[Köhntarkösz]]'', which was successful among fans, but not received as well among the public as ''Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh''.<ref name=":0" /> The band would then go on a long, year-and-a-half long tour of France, and after another member shakeup (Bernard Paganotti replacing Jannick Top on bass, [[Didier Lockwood]] added as a violinist, Jean-Pol Asseline and Benot Widemann replacing Gerard Bikialo on keyboards, and Gabriel Federow replacing Claude Olmos on guitar), released their first live album, [[Live/Hhaï|''Live / Hhaï'']], in December 1975, recorded at the Taverne de l'Olympia in [[Paris]].<ref name="seventhrecords1">{{cite web|url=http://v2.seventhrecords.com/en/magma-19/magma-hhai-64.html|title=MAGMA - HHAI - Solution eCommerce PEEL|publisher=V2.seventhrecords.com|access-date=2012-07-31}}</ref>

In 1976, Top briefly rejoined the band for the recording of the album ''[[Üdü Ẁüdü]]'', but left soon after due to strained relations with frontman Christian Vander. More lineup turnover followed in 1977, with Jean DeAntoni replacing Gabriel Federow on guitar, Guy Delacroix replacing Bernard Paganotti on bass, and Clement Bailly hired as a second drummer.