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Solo
Genres: Pop, Rock
 
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Very few people only are able to name Roine STOLT?s first professional band ! Even though he seems to have an eternally young face, TRANSATLANTIC?s famous guitarist was already a veteran when he created the quite famous TH...  more »

     
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All Artists: Kaipa
Title: Solo
Members Wishing: 4
Total Copies: 0
Label: Musea Records France
Release Date: 5/30/2000
Album Type: Import
Genres: Pop, Rock
Styles: Progressive, Progressive Rock
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1

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Very few people only are able to name Roine STOLT?s first professional band ! Even though he seems to have an eternally young face, TRANSATLANTIC?s famous guitarist was already a veteran when he created the quite famous THE FLOWER KINGS. The answer ?? Twenty years earlier, this very young Swedish musician was "only" one of KAIPA?s members, the band of the excellent keyboardist Hans LUNDIN, now re-formed for the outstanding "Notes From The Past" (A undeniable success, applauded in the year 2001 by both fans and critics !). However, it was not a one-time project ! A proof of this is that Musea has re-issued three albums of this leading Seventies Scandinavian Progressive rock band. With such references, we could expect some high-quality standards, especially given that the guitar riffs already showed their author?s genius. Even though they are mostly instrumental, the eponymous album (1974), "Inget Nytt Under Solen" (1976) and "Solo" (1978) benefit from the warmth of the Swedish tongue (With some previously unreleased tracks sung in English). Their influences can be traced back to such varied styles as Progressive rock (CAMEL, YES, GENESIS?), classical music (BACH?) or local folklore. The enormous success of those re-issues places KAIPA among Musea?s best sales, and shows, as if it were not evident, this original music?s great value? Each album also includes some previously unreleased tracks. A real piece of history !

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CD Reviews

Obscure 70s Prog
Kurt Harding | Boerne TX | 08/22/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Its likely that very few North Americans have heard of Kaipa. Not even most of those who lived in the day when progressive rock was daily fare on college and "underground" FM stations are likely to have heard them then. Prog rock airplay on this side of the pond was limited mostly to bands whose work was in English, and that's a shame. Had we had the chance to hear Kaipa then, it is likely that budding guitar guru Roine Stolt and master keyboardist Hans Lundin would be household names today.

Though I like the entire CD, I naturally have my favorite cuts. These are the inspired opener Den Skrattande Grevinnan, the dreamy Vissan I Sommaren, the relaxing Taigan, the soaring Respektera Min Varld, the majestic En Igelkotts Dod, and the epic Total Forvirring. You'll find the last half of Sist Pa Plan a stunner if you keep in mind that prog was in its infancy when it was recorded.

Technological progress and the reissue of Kaipa's obscure 1970s work give prog fans old and new the opportunity to hear some excellent music most of us would have missed had Kaipa not resurrected itself as a working band. If you are a prog fan open to a little musical adventure, then I highly recommend that you add Solo to your music library. Then pick up the rest of their 70s output if you have not already done so."