Label: Musea Records (France), FGBG 4091.AR
Style: Progressive Rock, Symphonic Rock
Country: Sweden
Time: 48:09
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 265 Mb
In the summer of 1974 the group shortened the name and became simply KAIPA. The music and lyrics were essentially the responsibility of Hans Lundin, who also doubled lead vocals, with Tomas and Ingemar singing backing vocals. In spite of his major role as composer and lyricist, Hans didn’t act as Kaipa’s front man. The group always acted as a collective, with considerable freedom allotted to each member. Kaipa’s early songs were based on a non-traditional song structure: after an intro of folk or classical flavour, the song generally developed a jazzier orientation, before ending with a solemn symphonic conclusion, restoring the classical element.
Kaipa’s first live appearance was as a trio. It occurred at an open-air festival in Norrtalje in June 1974. In August the trio formally asked Roine to join as full-time member. They were now certain of his ability to develop a personal style to suit the group’s evolution. The new line-up debuted in an open-air festival at “Gardet” in Stockholm that same month. The group performed well and received a rapturous audience response. The band eschewed stage histrionics, preferring to rely on the quality of their music. They sometimes included circus music and humorous rock’n’roll pastiches in their repertoire and were also fond of lengthy improvisations.
On 21 October 1974 Kaipa performed its first radio broadcast, playing live in the programme “Tonkraft” on Swedish national radio, a show devoted entirely to the national and international progressive rock scene. Under these stressful circumstances, the band’s showing was somewhat nervous and lacklustre, but this first broadcast proved a great opportunity to emerge from their relative isolation and get some national recognition.
Kaipa kept rehearsing busily to improve their cohesion and instrumental technique. Roine Stolt started contributing tunes and the entire group polished up some lengthy pieces of ten-minutes-plus duration.
Anxious to record their efforts and obtain wider recognition, the band decided to contact record companies. To that end, they sent a demo tape to the MNW and Silence labels, which reacted negatively, and then to their old friend Leif Mases, who now worked at Marcus Music Studios. Leif played the tape to Markus Osterdahl, the studio’s owner. He liked it very much and immediately offered the group the chance to record a professional demo on to 24 tracks. The numbers “Pa Fard”, “Karavan”, “Fran det ena till det andra” and ”Skogspromenad” were recorded on 3, 5, and 6 February 1975, and the last track was later included on the band’s debut album.
Marcus knew Carl-Eric Hjelm from the Electra label, a Swedish company who distributed Decca, RCA and Philips nationally, and played him the tape. Charmed by the music, Hjelm told the band to record him an album, preferring to await the results before signing them officially. Eventually, Decca would sign Kaipa and issue their debut album.
(kaipa.info/History/kaipa-the-history-part-1-1973-1982.html)
01. Musiken Ar Ljuset (07:07)
02. Saker Har Tva Sidor (04:37)
03. Ankaret (08:40)
04. Skogspromenad (03:42)
05. Allting Har En Borjan (03:12)
06. Se Var Morgon Gry (08:54)
07. Forlorad I Istanbul (02:25)
08. Oceaner Foder Liv (09:28)
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