The overall effect is simply breathtaking. Pure mastery of prog rock essentials. The music itself takes us back into the 70s, then hurls us back into the 90s and into the future. KAIPA is a bridge between the past and the future. It has no prejudice while looking back into the crazy 70s and no fear looking into the uncertain future. To sum up, rarely do we get the chance to hear such an amazing musical production.
Progresy
The keyboard work from Mr. Lundin (who wrote all of the music for this recording) is at a minimum, incredibly powerful and imaginative in sound structure.
Delicious Agony
The melodies are tremendous. The keyboard solos are astonishing. The song is just truly engrossing.
Progressiveworld
Lundin´s keyboards are as always supreme, ever present and joy for any keyboard freak.
Progplanet
Notes from the Past has shown that Hans Lundin still has plenty of tricks up his sleeve and is a viable member of the progressive rock community.
My life is filled with signs. They enter my consciousness from a musical universe somewhere inside of me. This universe is filled with an enormous power built on all the positive experiences I’ve captured through the years, and it guides me in my decisions of what’s right and what’s not. I think I act as a bridge between my inner universe and the unknown receiver in the outside world. I transform moods and feelings from inside my mind into music and words, to establish a connection with the audience and to transfer these feelings into the consciousness of the listener.
I’ve grown in awareness that this is some kind of mission, and that I am a messenger. My mission brings joy into my life, and if I can bring joy into other peoples lives, and get their feedback, it’s like an enormous circle of energy built on creative capacity.
Today our world is full of people trying to be famous. They don’t really care how they obtain fame. They have a lot of self-confidence but almost no self-knowledge, no higher mission. I am not interested in celebrity; it’s the contents of my music I wish to spread.
In the summer of 1964 a schoolmate, who played drums in a pop group, asked me if I was interested in playing organ and singing in his band. This band, “The Shakemen”, was the beginning of my musical career. My first public appearance took place on 22 August 1964. After a few months the name was changed to “S:t Michael Sect”. Like most bands of the time we played mostly covers. Some of our favourite groups were: Zombies, Beatles, Rolling Stones, Animals, Downliners Sect and Manfred Mann. The band was successful, rated in Oslo as the best Nordic pop group of 1965. We recorded three singles, of covers and original compositions penned by guitar player Thomas Frisk. Over the years we changed members and styles. In 1968 Tomas Eriksson became our bassist. In 1970 the name was shortened to “San Michael’s”. At this time I had started to write songs with Swedish lyrics. In 1971 we recorded an eponymous LP with original material only. A second album was recorded in 1972, but never released. These two albums were recorded at ULAB Studio in Uppsala and it was my first meeting with sound engineer Leif Mases. In January 1973 the group was finally split. I continued to work with Tomas Eriksson backing popular artists like Emile Ford and Harpo.
In 1967 I bought my Hammond organ, one of my best friends. I have never been interested in playing like Jimmy Smith. My inspirations were bands like Steppenwolf, Spencer Davis Group, Procul Harum and ELP. I got a kick out of the band Ekseption, who showed what could be done with classical music; and Swedish organ player Merit Hemmingsson, who showed how to play Swedish folk music on the organ. I think these were two of the many sources of inspiration that sparked my song writing in KAIPA. In the autumn of 1973 I asked Tomas Eriksson to join me in the forming of this new band. Our debut album was released in 1975. The first version of Kaipa (1973-1982) recorded five albums and became the leading Scandinavian progressive rock band.
For more information about KAIPA please visit: www.kaipa.info and www.myspace.com/kaipa
At the end of 1982 the last version of the band Kaipa decided to take a break.
This break would last a long time. Between 1984 – 1989 I recorded three solo albums and released them on my own record label ÖRAT Records: “Tales” (1984), “Visions of circles of sounds” (1985) and “Houses” (1989). Musically, all these albums are a journey back to the basic “Kaipa music” with their focus on melodies. The first album contains all the music I wrote beside working with the last Kaipa album “Nattdjurstid”. I also wrote for radio, television, theatre and video productions.
I became the father of two wonderful daughters, Tove (1984) and Jessica (1986). During the years when they were growing up I wanted to spend much of my time at home. I wrote a lot of music during these years, but nothing was recorded after “Houses”.
In 1996 fiddle player Anders Rosén asked me to be part of a new project called “Hagen”. The idea was to make a record mixing Swedish folk music and heavy rock. I thought this was an interesting idea, and I saw it as a challenge and a possibility to learn more about the roots of the traditional Swedish music. The record “Hagen: Corridors of time” was released on the German label Angular Records in 2001. Working with this record gave me a lot of new inspiration in my own writing. Maybe this was the injection I needed. In the beginning of 2000 I started to compile the best songs I had written, convinced that time was on my side, and that I had to do something about it. I contacted Roine Stolt and presented my ideas. That was the beginning of the new Kaipa.
The Kaipa album “Notes from the past” was released on InsideOut Music in 2002 and it has been followed by “Keyholder “ 2003, “Mindrevolutions” 2005 and “Angling feelings” 2007.
1965 S:T MICHAEL SECT: Road runner/One night’s dream (Sunset Records SSR 1 single) Farfisa organ, lead vocal on “Road runner”
1966 S:T MICHAEL SECT: Something you got/Why not tonight (Sunset Records SSR 2 single) Farfisa organ, lead vocal on “Why not tonight
1968 S:T MICHAEL SECT: And most of all/I can’t see (Sweden Records S 4506 single) Hammond organ and backing vocal
1971 SAN MICHAEL’S: San Michael..s (California CLP 33505 LP) Hammond organ, piano, guitar and lead vocal (with Tomas Eriksson – bass & Gunnar Westbergh – drums)
1972 SAN MICHAEL’S: Second album (Still unreleased – Two songs from these recordings released 1974 as the single URAKAIPA: För sent/Bay-e Bay-o) Hammond organ, Hohner Clavinet, Accordion, Toy Organ and lead vocal (with Tomas Eriksson – bass, Nane Kvillsäter – Guitar & Gunnar Westbergh – drums)
1974 URA-KAIPA: För sent/Bay-e bay-o (Four Leaf EFG-1013089 / single)
1978 KAIPA: Sen repris/Visa i sommaren (Decca FM 44598 / Maxisingle)
1980 KAIPA: Händer (Polar POLS 311 / LP).
1980 KAIPA: Äntligen/Staden lever (Polar POS 1264 / single)
1982 KAIPA: Cellskräck/Bländad i kväll (Piglet PR 201 / single).
1982 KAIPA: Nattdjurstid (Piglet Records PR 2006 / LP)
1984 HANS LUNDIN: Tales (Örat Records RAT 1 LP) Yamaha CS 60 & Prophet 5 synthesizers, vocal, electric bass, acoustic guitar, drums and drum programming
1985 HANS LUNDIN: Visions of circles of sounds (Örat Records RAT 2 LP)
Yamaha CS 60 & DX 7 synthesizers, vocal, piano and drum programming
Guest appearances: Max Åhman: Guitar, Ulf Wallander: Saxophone
1989 HANS LUNDIN: Houses (Örat Records RATCD 3 CD) Synthesizers, vocal and drum programming Guest appearances: Roine Stolt: Guitar, Olof Åslund: Saxophone, Johan von Feilitzen: Vocal
1993 KAIPA: Stockholm Symphonie / Bootleg / Japan
2001 HAGEN: Corridors of time (Angular Records SKAN 8220.AR CD) Hammond organ, synthesizers, mellotron and backing vocal
2002 KAIPA: Notes from the past (Inside Out IOMCD 097/SPV 085-41982CD)
1979 RÄVJUNK: EP (Sub Z-102 EP) Yamaha CS-60 Synthesizer
1980 JOHN GRAFF: Vision og virkelighet (Lotus Records LS 4107 LP) Synthesizers and arrangements
1982 FRANS MOSSBERG: Tystnader (Piglet Records 2005 LP) Synthesizers and arrangements
1984 MIA SANDBERG: Tider att älska (Sonet SLP-2754 LP) Hammond organ, synthesizers, piano and arrangements, with Mats Lindberg (the 1st - Kaipa) bass, Coste Apetrea (Samla Mammas Manna) guitar and Åke Eriksson (Wasa Express) drums
1984 ANNELI NILSSON: Ett ögonblick av sanning (Casette, number unknown) Synthesizer, drum programming and arrangements
1986 STOJANOV BLAGOJ: 2 songs released in Yugoslavia (Single, number unknown) Synthesizer, drum programming and arrangements
1988 JAN ALPSJÖ: Utflykter – Visor av Birger Sjöberg (Siljum BGS 8814 LP) Synthesizers, drum programming and arrangements
1994 AARON SPRINGFIELD: House in the country (BLM CD-706 CD) Hammond organ on one song
Hi Hans, Thanks for the friends add. Wonderful music you've made through the years. I wish you much continued success in life and with your music. Mike
