{{Infobox album | name = The Unnamables | type = Studio | artist = Univeria Zekt | cover = The Unnamables Univeria Zekt.jpg | alt = | released = January 1972 | recorded = 23-29 August 1971 | venue = | studio = Château d'Hérouville | genre = *Jazz-rock *zeuhl | length = 33:47 | label = Thélème | producer = Laurent Thibault | chronology = Magma | prev_title = 1001° Centigrades (aka. 2) | prev_year = 1971 | next_title = Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh | next_year = 1973 }} '''''The Unnamables''''' is the only album recorded by Magma under the alias Univeria Zekt. Released in 1972, the album shows a more accessible jazz fusion sound, in an attempt by the band to experiment and reach a broader audience.
==Background and recording== From the 27th to 30th July 1970, Magma would record material at Europa Sonor for the never released film ''24 Heures Seulement''. This material would remain unreleased until it was later released as the '''Archiw 1''' disc as part of the 2008 Studio Zünd boxset.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://seventhrecordsmagma.bandcamp.com/album/archiw-1-2|title=Archiw 1 & 2 - Magma|website=Bandcamp|date=September 10, 2008|access-date=19 February 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1646295-Magma-Studio-Z%C3%BCnd|title=Studio Zünd - Magma|website=Discogs|access-date=19 February 2026}}</ref>
Shortly after the recording of ''1001° Centigrades'', Magma would record ''The Unnamables'' at the Château d'Hérouville, featuring almost the same line-up. The album was approached as a side-project and a vehicle for the band to explore new directions, to re-record material that was originally composed for ''24 Heures Seulement'', and as a gesture to original member Laurent Thibault to release on his record label Thélème.<ref name="MagmaBook1978">{{cite book |last=Michel |first=Albin |title=''Magma'', livre d'Antoine de Caunes |isbn=978-2226005632|language=fr}}</ref>{{rp|36-38}}
==Reception and legacy== Due to a distribution issue, only 1500 copies were produced of the album. As such, the album was released to little-to-no fanfare, nevertheless, it sold out.<ref name=":0"/>
This incarnation of Magma would tour relentlessly throughout 1972, recording their last original song together in September 1972 for Jean Yanne's 1973 film ''Moi y'en a vouloir des sous'', which remains unreleased.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://magma.fan.free.fr/info013.html|title=Moi y'en a vouloir des sous|access-date=19 February 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070401|title=Moi y'en a vouloir des sous (1973)|website=IMDB|access-date=19 February 2026}}</ref> Shortly after, a major personnel shuffle in Magma occurred due to Vander's ever-growing control and disagreements on the band's sound. Excluding Vander, Lasry and Klaus Blasquiz, none of the personnel who performed on ''1001° Centigrades'' or ''The Unnamables'' would feature on the band's next album, ''Mëkanïk Dëstruktïẁ Kömmandöh''.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.bigbangmag.com/dmagma1.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070520204906/http://www.bigbangmag.com/dmagma1.php|url-status=usurped|archive-date=May 20, 2007|title=Magma - Rétrospective (1)|website=www.bigbangmag.com|access-date=2019-01-04}}</ref> Saxophonist Yochk'o Seffer and keyboardist François Cahen would leave to form Zao, a band following in the footsteps of Magma's first two releases.
== Track listing == {{Tracklist | headline = Side one | title1 = You Speak and Speak and Colegram | length1 = 2:10 | writer1 = Teddy Lasry | title2 = Altcheringa | length2 = 3:27 | writer2 = François Cahen, Zabu | title3 = Clementine | length3 = 3:00 | writer3 = Lasry | title4 = Something's Cast a Spell | length4 = 4:16 | writer4 = Lasry, Lionel Ledissez | title5 = Ourania | length5 = 4:23 | writer5 = Christian Vander | total_length=17:16}} {{Tracklist | headline = Side two | title1 = Africa Anteria | writer1 = Vander | length1 = 11:30 | title2 = Undia | writer2 = Vander | length2 = 4:47 |total_length=16:17}}
== Personnel ==
* Christian Vander – drums, percussion, voice (6) * Teddy Lasry – saxophones, flute, organ * Jeff Seffer – saxophones * Tito Puentes – trumpet * Francois Cahen – pianos * Claude Engel – electric and acoustic guitars * Francis Moze – bass guitar, organ * Klaus Blasquiz – percussion, vocals (4, 7) * Lucien "Zabu" Zabuski – vocals (2) * Lionel Ledissez – vocals (4)
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==External links== * [http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2182 ''The Unnamables''] at www.progarchives.com * [http://www.discogs.com/Univeria-Zekt-The-Unnamables/master/16697 ''The Unnamables''] at Discogs * [http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-univeria-zekt-mw0001284122 ''The Unnamables''] at AllMusic
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