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Studio Album, released in 1998, Hungary.

Eerste Prog Folk solo-project van Solaris fluitist Attila Kollar met medewerking van o.a. Solaris toetsenist Robert Erdesz.
Een op klassiek en Folk gebaseerde reis in de tijd; niet alleen voor Tull liefhebbers.

Kollar is the flautist/flutist for SOLARIS. As such, the flute is the centerpiece for this instrumental album, but the guitar is outstanding as well. "Musical Witchcraft" (fabulous flute accompanied by some great rock musicians... much harder rock than SOLARIS... sort of a Progressive Folk Metal sound. Almost all the members of the 1990 SOLARIS line-up are on this album. You'd have to say this is SOLARIS reincarnated with a vengeance. 

Hungarian prog band Solaris' leader and flutist extraordinaire goes on a wondrous little solo excursion, deep into the misty realm of the "Devil's Kitchen" , a baroque-tinged instrumental odyssey of tasty proportions. The opening 19 minute suite wastes no time in establishing the rules of conduct: this is primo stuff indeed, heavily influenced by medieval expanses, led by the magic flute. A curt percussion romp suddenly explodes into a Tull crunching rocker, beefed up with some driving rythm work, clearing the way for a blistering lead solo courtesy of the now sadly departed Csaba Bogdan . dueling with a very Anderson-esque flut solo , culminating in a jolly return to the main theme. What a start! Part 3 then proposes an acoustic guitar/flute duet with the usual pastoral grace associated with baroque tradition. This interlude sets the table for a Part 4 that is simply a devastating slice of pure symph-prog, in hommage to J.S.Bach ( the very first progger,after all) , with Zsolt Vamos' sinewy guitar excursions blasting away with unparalleled frenzy. Couldn't help smiling every time I hear this finale!



Songs / Tracks Listing

1. Musical witchcraft suite (19:16)
2. Music from the spheres (3:36)
3. Soleriade (4:57)
4. Morning dance in the garden of Chenonceau castle (2:03)
5. Silent man´s prayer (7:22)
6. Rocks and waves from Saint-Malo (4:32)
7. Alchemy (4:32)

Total Time: 45:30


Line-up / Musicians

- Attila Kollar / flute, recorder, whitsle, tambourine, ketboards
- Casaba Bogdan / acoustic & electric guitar
- Gabor Naszadi / acoustic guitar
- Zsolt Vamos / guitar
- Robert Erdesz / keyboads
- Laszlo Gomor / conga, percussion
- Gabor Kisszabo / bass
- Tamas Pocs / bass
- Fernc Gerdesits / vocals
- Szilvia Attila / vocals
- Zsuzsa Ullmann / vocals