In 1995 (November) the Solaris was the headliner at the Los Angeles Progfest. Greg Walker invited the band, which has not existed for years. Greg's faith and hope led to success. After six years silence the band started to rehearse and the band had a fantastic gig in L.A. The DVD contains the complete live material of that unforgettable concert. This is an official bootleg from VHS and Umatic recordings.
Bonus: interviews with the band members from 2010.
„It was a dream for me to see Solaris play live as it was for many other people who attended. …Forgotten Group?! Progressive music is timeless and you have more fans throughout the world than you can ever imagine. … Thanks for all your time and efforts in realizing a dream…”
Greg Walker – 11.12.1995
Csaba BOGDÁN - guitar
István CZIGLÁN – guitar, Moog synthesizer
Róbert ERDÉSZ - keyboards
László GÖMÖR - drums
Gábor KISSZABÓ - bass
Attila KOLLÁR – flute, Moog synthesizer
Tamás PÓCS – bass
Recorded live at Monterrey Teatro de la Ciudad in 23th and 24th March 2004.
- Nostradamus suite concert version
- 3 short trip documentary from Mexico City, Monterrey and Baja
- 3 minutes excerpts from the Musical Witchcraft concert in Monterrey
- 1,5 minutes excerpts from the Welcome to My Brain concert in Monterrey
- the CD contains the full concert
Csaba Bogdán – guitar
Róbert Erdész - keyboards
László Gömör - drums
Attila Kollár – flute, blockflőte, vocal
Tamás Pócs – bass
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The long-awaited second part of the ARCHIVE TRILOGY OF SOLARIS with rare and unreleased songs.
NOAB: this more then 20-minute long suite was one of the basic Solaris compositions, which should have been the A-side of the very first Solaris album. The band picked out short pieces of this concept track using the tunes in ’The Martian Chronicles’ and ’Los Angeles 2026’. As we had not even one complete and good recording of this composition this final edited version on this CD was compiled and put together into one from 11 different concert recordings. It was a huge work of Soalris members and this is also one of the reasons why we had to wait for more then 2 years of this album.
Róbert Erdész - keyboards
Gábor Kisszabó - bass
Ferenc Raus - drums
Csaba Bogdán - guitar
István Cziglán - guitar
Vilmos Tóth - drums
Attila Kollár - flute
1.
NOAB (21:48)
2.
Szép, új világ - Brave New World (3:57)
3.
Marrakech (7:44)
4.
Toatelle (5:54)
5.
Újjászületés 2. - Reborn 2. (11:09)
6.
Dr. Mabuse ezR szeme - Dr. Mabuse’s Thousand Eyes (5:31)
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BGCD 154
CD
2005  
14.00
€
Archive 1. - Back to the Roots... (Archive 1. - Az Első Idők)
This album is the first part of the ARCHIVE TRILOGY OF SOLARIS. Rare and unreleased songs from the very beginning, from 1980. This line-up has been together only for 8 months!
István Cziglán - guitar
Róbert Erdész - organ
Attila Kollár - flute
Attila Seres - bass
Vilmos Tóth - drums
1.
Újjászületés - Revival (11:54)
2.
Ellenpont - eredeti verzió - Counterpoint - original version (4:33)
3.
Solaris szvit (Ősviking - Solaris - A dűne hullámai) - Solaris Suite Parts (Ancient Viking - Solaris - Waves of the Dune) (18:53)
"We have been interested for long in the 'legend of Nostradamus'.
Of course, not necessarily in the way of believing in it. Morover in such a way as a mystical variation to an important question: how far are we linked to the flow of the time? Indeed, are we separated from time by a wall which cannot be crossed over. This question makes us think because there is no reply. We have drawn from several sources, put the picture together from several elements, that became the historical basis of the album. We handled our sources without any criticism. As if they were true from the very first word to the very last one, though they contradict not only to each other, but many times also to themselves. We have not studied which of them can stand the truth-value. If a gap was found somewhere, we filled it with our own phantasy. We have weaved further the legend. We have simply imagined the thrilling world of "what would be if...".
"We have imagined a monumental, mysterious film. And we composed the music to it. To sequence of pictures that have never existed."
Csaba Bogdán – guitar
Róbert Erdész - keyboards
László Gömör - drums
Gábor Kisszabó – bass
Attila Kollár – flute, vocal
Tamás Pócs – bass
Featuring:
Zsuzsa Ullmann - vocal
György Demeter - vocal
Ferenc id.Gerdesits - vocal
Tamás Bátor - vocal
János Varga (ex-East) – guitar
Zsolt Vámos – guitar
Ferenc Muck - sax
1.
Book of Prophecies - I. Foreword / Próféciák Könyve - Előszó
2.
Book of Prophecies - II. Birth of Visions / Próféciák Könyve - Látomások születése
3.
Book of Prophecies - III. At the Gate of Eternity / Próféciák Könyve - Az örökkévalóság kapujában (20:35)
4.
The Duel / A párviadal (7:20)
5.
The Lion's Empire / Az oroszlán birodalma (6:40)
6.
Wings of the Phoenix / A főnix szárnyai (5:08)
7.
Ship of Darkness / Sötétség hajója (5:46)
8.
Wargames (4:28)
9.
The Moment of Truth / Az Igazság Pillanata
10.
The Moment of Truth II. - Last Poem / Az Igazság Pillanata - Az utolsó vers (6:40)
11.
Book of Prophecies / Próféciák Könyve - Radio Edit (3:25)
26th February,1990. The group Solaris would be 10 years old today. The reason why they're not, is that they stopped playing music in 1986. During this period they released only one album, entitled 'Marsbéli krónikák'. This new CD was first published in 1990, and it's a brand new version with two bonus tracks and five new musical transmissions added to the suite in the second part of the album. It's published with new cover artwork and the title is written with the original SOLARIS-letters. It consists of four different parts. '1980' - with seven pieces - is a collection of non-released radio recordings. The second part - 'Los Angeles 2026' - is the A-side of their never-published second LP, which lasts more than 23 minutes. 'Éjszakai tárlat' is an almost half-an-hour long suite - sounds interesting, don't you think? - ,and the last part is titled 'A ceremonial concert for the 40th anniversary of the wind up of the band in 2026'. Seven great pieces again. This CD is a great evidence to prove that Solaris was probably the best Hungarian progressive group in its time.
Csaba Bogdán - guitar
István Cziglán - guitar
Róbert Erdész - keyboards
László Gömör - drums, percussion
Gábor Kisszabó - bass
Attila Kollár - flute, blockflöte
Tamás Pócs - bass
In 1995 (November) the Solaris was the headliner at the Los Angeles Progfest. Greg Walker invited the band, which has not existed for years. Greg's faith and hope led to success. After six years silence the band started to rehearse and the band had a fantastic gig in L.A. This double CD contains the complete live material of that unforgettable concert. After a long “fight” the Solaris was convinced of putting a brand new song on this CD. The bonus track is a 11:56 minutes long real Solaris sound, just as if it was 15 - 20 years ago. This CD is the first, long awaited “Live” material from one of the most famous Hungarian progressive bands. Finally we can listen to it, we can keep it in our hands. You’ll enjoy it! Buy it!
Csaba BOGDÁN - guitar
István CZIGLÁN - guitar
Róbert ERDÉSZ - keyboards
László GÖMÖR - drums
Gábor KISSZABÓ - bass
Attila KOLLÁR - flute
Tamás PÓCS - bass
Solaris came together in 1980 and immediately became popular at university clubs and festivals. After releasing two singles ("Solaris" and "Eden/Ellenpont") by 1983 Solaris was ready with this first album, The Martian Chronicles, choosing to base its musical concepts on Ray Bradbury's science fiction story of the same name.
In 1995 on the Progfest (Los Angeles) Solaris was the main event on the first day. They have not played together for years,but the band gave an unforgettable gig for the sympathetic audience.
There are two bonus tracks on this CD, both recorded in 1995.
István Cziglán - guitars
Róbert Erdész - keyboards
László Gömör - drums
Tamás Pócs - bass
Attila Kollár - flute
And also featuring:
Csaba Bogdán - guitars
Gábor Kisszabó - bass
Vilmos Tóth - drums
Ferenc Raus - drums
1.
The Martian Chronicles I. - Marsbéli krónikák I.
2.
The Martian Chronicles II-III. - Marsbéli krónikák II-III.
3.
The Martian Chronicles IV-VI. - Marsbéli krónikák IV-VI.