Rhûn

Rhùn is a Magma-influenced band from the Basse-Normandy region of northwest France, with members residing in and around the regional capital of Caen and two coastal communes, Coutances and Cherbourg. The group incorporates many stylistic elements of Christian Vander's longstanding zeuhl pioneers of the '70s onward, including martial beats, free jazz fixations, chanted vocal choruses in the style of Magma's invented Kobaïan language, and a love of diacritical marks, particularly umlauts. However, the band is somewhat less severe than Magma, tipping a bit toward rambunctious ava...