In their early years, KAIPA was one of Sweden's best seventies symphonic prog bands. Roine STOLT from THE FLOWER KINGS was a member of KAIPA. Their albums contain a mostly instrumental music, drawing its influences from Progressive music (CAMEL, YES, GENESIS...), classic music (BACH) or Swedish folklore. The first three albums ("Kaipa", "Inget Nytt Under Solen" and "Solo") are a beauty and probably most indicative of their style - dreamy symphonic rock with simple, yet very effective melodies and a great deal of emotion. "Notes From The Past" is their 6th studio album since 1975 and the first one since 1982.
Review:
If you are a fan of Kaipa as it is organized today, you are in for a treat when you go into their back catalogue and discover the music they were making in their salad days. Though I can't claim to have been a Kaipa fan then, I certainly wish I had been as I would have had many more years of enjoyment of these obscure early prog masterpieces. And though the term "masterpiece" is often overused, when you take into account the age and experience of the musicians at the time of issue, you will hear that the term applies here. This set is loaded with some positively astounding tunes!
- Ingemar Bergman / drums & vocal - Tomas Eriksson / bass & vocal - Hans Lundin / Hammond organ, Wurlitzer electric piano, Davoli synthesizer & vocal - Roine Stolt / electric guitar & vocal
"1974 Unedited Master Demo Recording"
1. Saker har tva sidor (0:00) 2. Under stora grona trad (6:49) 3. Pa fard (9:52) 4. Taktus (22:27) 5. Folke 2 (26:16) 6. Allting har sin borjan genom solen (27:56) 7. Cirrus (33:05) 8. Akrobaternas flykt (34:15) 9. Akrobaternas dans (40:06) (Homage to Samla Mammas Manna) 10. Nattens affar (42:40) 11. Karavan (46:48)
