NOTES FROM THE PAST

When I heard the news that KAIPA were going to release a album in the 2000's I must admit I was a bit shocked. KAIPA's early albums are amongst the best from Scandanavia with the recent addition being now included in this impressive discography. KAIPA derived a very jazz oriented symphonic rock and I must say that "Notes From The Past" really carries more of a FLOWER KINGS feel than KAIPA in a lot of ways and this is not a bad thing ! From the original line-up only Hans Lundin (keyboards) and Roine STOLT (guitars) remain with the addition of Morgan Agren (drums) and Patrik Lundstrom with the magical voice (boy can this guy sing!). Musically this is emotionally enriched album with some wicked performing with standout drumming, wild keyboards (lots of mellotron) and wicked driving lead guitar.