Christian Vander
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Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday21 February 1948 (78 years old)
Place of birthNogent-sur-Marne, Val-de-Marne, France
Known credits13
Biography
Christian Vander (born 21 February 1948) is a French drummer, musician, and founder of the band Magma. Vander is known for his extended compositions, drumming, and shrill falsetto improvisational/scat singing. His music fuses jazz, rock, classical and operatic influences, and draws on the work of musicians as diverse as John Coltrane and Carl Orff. Christian Vander is the adopted child of famous French jazz piano player Maurice Vander (who was a long time sideman of the French singer Claude Nougaro). Most of Vander and Magma's recorded work is still available through Vander's own record labe…
Riviera 76, le Woodstock oublié
2026 · Self
The Music of Magma
2017 · Self
Ëmëhntëhtt-Ré Trilogy
2017 · Self - Drums, Vocals
Jodorowsky's Dune
2013 · Self - Singer
Magma - Myths and Legends Volume V
2013 · Self (batterie, chant)
Romantic Warriors II: A Progressive Music Saga About Rock in Opposition
2012 · Self
Magma - Myths and Legends Volume IV
2008 · Self (batterie, chant)
Magma - Myths and Legends Volume III
2007 · Self - Drums, Vocals
Magma - Myths and Legends Volume II
2006 · Self (batterie)
Magma - Myths and Legends Volume I
2006 · Self - Drums, Vocals
Magma - Theusz Hamtaahk Trilogy
2005 · Self (drums)
Tristan and Isolde
1972 · Music
Le Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
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