Band:
Hans Lundin
Max Åhman
Ulf Wallander
Olof Åslund
Johan von Feilitzen
Roine Stolt
Ingemar Bergman
Mats Löfgren
Hasse Bruniusson
Discography:
Tales (1984)
Visions of Circles of Sounds (1985)
Houses (1989)
Guests:
Info:
CD 1:
All music composed, arranged, played, produced and recorded by Hans Lundin at Sonja Studio, Uppsala, Sweden 1983 (on Teac 8-track)
Instruments: Yamaha CS-60 and Prophet 5 synthesizers, drums, Roland TR-808 drum machine, voices, electric bass (track 7) and acoustic guitar (track 12)
Remixed by Hans Lundin at HGL Studio Uppsala Sweden 2018, mastered by Martin Igelström at MI Sound Design Uppsala Sweden 2018
CD 2:
Music composed, arranged, produced and recorded by Hans Lundin at Sonja Studio, Uppsala 1985
Hans Lundin: Synthesizers (Yamaha CS-60 & DX7), Yamaha CP-70 Electric Grand Piano, Sequential Circuits Drumtraks & vocal
Ulf Wallander: Saxophone on Visions of Circles part III
Max Åhman: Guitar on Circles of Sounds part II & III
Cover design and photos: Håkan Lindholm, Tandem
Remixed by Hans Lundin at HGL Studio Uppsala 2018
Mastered by Martin Igelström at MI Sound Design Uppsala 2018
CD 3:
Hans Lundin: Synthesizers (Yamaha CS-60, DX7, TX802, Roland D50 and more), Alesis HR-16B drum machine & vocal
Guitar on “Two girls in a black house”: Roine Stolt
Saxophone on “House of pain and confusion”: Olof Åslund
Vocal on “In the red house”: Johan von Feilitzen & Hans Lundin
Recorded and produced by Hans Lundin at HGL Studio Uppsala 1988-89
Design and photography: Håkan Lindholm, Tandem
Remastered 2018 by Hans Lundin at HGL Studio and Martin Igelström at MI Sound Design Uppsala
CD 4:
Hans Lundin: Yamaha CS-60 & DX7 Synthesizers, Yamaha CP-70 Electric
Grand Piano, Sequential Circuits Drumtraks & vocal
Music composed, arranged, produced and recorded by Hans Lundin at
HGL Studio, Uppsala Sweden 1986-1987
Mixed by Hans Lundin at HGL Studio 2018
Mastered by Martin Igelström at MI Sound Design Uppsala, Sweden 2018
Original artwork by Per Nordin
CD 5:
Music composed, arranged, produced and recorded by Hans Lundin at Sonja Studio, Uppsala Sweden 1980-1984
Hans Lundin: Yamaha CS-60 & Prophet 5 Synthesizers, Yamaha CP-70 Electric
Grand Piano, drums, Roland TR-808 & vocal (Part I), Yamaha CS-60 & DX7 Synthesizers, Sequential Circuits Drumtraks & vocal (Part II)
Max Åhman: Guitar & Mats “Microben” Lindberg: Bass on track 4
Mixed by Hans Lundin at HGL Studio Uppsala, Sweden 2018
Mastered by Martin Igelström at MI Sound Design Uppsala, Sweden 2018
Original artwork by Per Nordin
CD 6:
Hans Lundin: Yamaha CS-60 & Prophet 5 Synthesizers, Yamaha CP-70 Electric Grand Piano, drums, Roland TR-808, vocal & Sequential Circuits Drumtraks (on track 8)
Hasse Bruniusson: Drums (track 2)
Max Åhman: Guitar (track 4 & 7)
Ingemar Bergman: Drums (track 4, 5, 7 & 10)
Mats Löfgren: Vocal (track 9)
Recorded and produced by Hans Lundin at Sonja Studio, Uppsala Sweden 1979-1984
All songs written by Hans Lundin except track 6 written for ”Ungdomsteatern i Uppsala (The youth theater in Uppsala)” 1984, music by
Hans Lundin, words by Lina Petrovska and track 9 music by Hans Lundin, words by Mats Löfgren
Mixed by Hans Lundin at HGL Studio Uppsala, Sweden 2018
Mastered by Martin Igelström at MI Sound Design Uppsala, Sweden 2018
Original artwork by Per Nordin
Released 2019-03.29
Reviewed 2019-06-10
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tempus fugit
Synthesizer music, electronic music, progressive rock, those are probably the genre labels you can put on the albums of this release. It is a diverse release, Hans Lundin doesn’t stay in one place to do the same stuff over and over so we get a good spread of musical styles over six disks. The first two are more electronic and instrumental; the third is a bit more diverse and bears some resemblance with later Kaipa stuff in some material. The fourth is a good dancey album that is hard not to be swept along with, strong electronic album. The fifth is more akin to the first two as they are with material made for the first two albums but not included on them and the final one are of Kaipa demos and most rock music of the release and also the one with most vocals – good vocals.
I think the sound is very good, it doesn’t sound dated or anything like that – I guess we have to say that the remastering done in 2018 is very good, really impressive. It is not a release you play through all six disks in one go, you listen to and enjoy them one at a time and separate from one another. All disks are good but I think the last one with Kaipa demos and more progressive rock is the one I like the best, it has some really good songs. The fourth album isn’t too bad either; I really like the electronic stuff and how Lundin experiments while still keeping it easily accessible. Quite an enjoyable release overall I think, perhaps a bit long and too diverse to write up a good review about but if you like Lundin’s work with Kaipa and that sort of thing I am quite sure that you will like this release as well.
Difficult to come up with a short and simple conclusion or a favourite track, anything like that. It is a really strong release; a box of treasures is what we are getting with this box. And for the Kaipa fan or anyone who likes their music a bit more interesting and creative it is probably well worth the money, about 40 euros with shipment. A very fine release with good songs and lots of variation, it is worth checking out.
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