Prog Randomness Thread - Progressive Rock Music Forum

A thread with no theme or topic, which is for odd little comments or observations relating to prog that don't warrant their own thread.

I just had to have a little chuckle at the review I just read that, reviewing In The Wake Of Evolution, commented that "Kaipa's sound cannot be found anywhere else in the music industry."

Textbook wrote:

A thread with no theme or topic, which is for odd little comments or observations relating to prog that don't warrant their own thread.

I just had to have a little chuckle at the review I just read that, reviewing In The Wake Of Evolution, commented that "Kaipa's sound cannot be found anywhere else in the music industry."

That's like saying, as someones avatar here says, that Diana was alive just hours before she died. However, our friend is correct - Kaipa has a unique sound. It's just that many bands also have unique sounds. One often raised criticism on this site is that some artists sound like other artists. Neo-prog as a genre receives this frequently, and I can totally see that. I don't listen to a lot of Neo-prog, just Fish era Marillion and IQ, yet I cannot listen to them without hearing something immediately reminiscent of classic Genesis. Still, I like their music and listen to them frequently. My question is what qualities make Kaipa sound like no one else? Most of us can hear it, but how many of us can actually dissect the music to uncover what it is? I'll chalk it up to one of my old maxims: The meaning is not the message.

The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"