Magma is a French progressive rock band founded in Paris in 1969 by classically trained drummer Christian Vander, who claimed as his inspiration a "vision of humanity's spiritual and ecological future" that profoundly disturbed him. In the course of their first album, the band tells the story of a group of people fleeing a doomed Earth to settle on the planet Kobaïa. Later, conflict arises when the Kobaïans — descendants of the original colonists — encounter other Earth refugees. Vander invented a constructed language, Kobaïan, in which most lyrics are sung. In a 1977 interview with Vander and long-time Magma vocalist Klaus Blasquiz, Blasquiz said that Kobaïan is a "phonetic language made by elements of the Slavonic and Germanic languages to be able to express some things musically. The language has of course a content, but not word by word." Vander himself has said that, "When I wrote, the sounds [of Kobaïan] came naturally with it – I didn’t intellectualise the process by saying "Ok, now I’m going to write some words in a particular language", it was really sounds that were coming at the same time as the music." Later albums tell different stories set in more ancient times; however, the Kobaïan language remains an integral part of the music.

Magma ist eine 1969 gegründete französische Progressive-Rock-Band. Die Band hat das Genre des Zeuhl begründet und trug viele Texte in der Kunstsprache Kobaïanisch (s. u.) vor. Diese Sprache wurde zudem zum wichtigen Stilmerkmal des Zeuhl.

Magma est un groupe français inclassable fondé en 1969 par le compositeur-batteur-chanteur Christian Vander. Toujours en activité, cette formation légendaire est à l'origine du genre musical baptisé « Zeuhl ».

Magma - francuska grupa muzyczna grająca awangardową odmianę rocka progresywnego. Powstała w Paryżu w 1969 roku, a jej założycielem był perkusista Christian Vander. Magma wykreowała styl muzyczny określany jako Zeuhl. Bazuje on na sekcji rytmicznej i specyficznych harmoniach (a inni przedstawiciele tego gatunku toUnivers Zero, Art Zoyd).

NB: Ci sono state almeno altre tre band meno note chiamate Magma: un gruppo pop polacco che nei primi anni '80 pubblicò un solo album ed alcuni singoli (tra cui Aisha) e poi si sciolse, un gruppo di rock progressivo argentino autore di due album ed un gruppo sudcoreano che nei primi anni '70 cercò di riprodurre lo stile dei Magma di Christian Vander.