Par Lindh Project

Sunday, 04 January 2009

Par Lindh Project

Members:

Par Lindh - Keys
William Kopecky - Bass
Svetlan Råket - Drums

Countr: Sweden

Biography:

At the dawn of the new wave of Swedish progressive rock The Swedish Art Rock Society was founded in 1991 with Pär Lindh as chairman. This movement helped to launch the Swedish progressive rock wonder of the nineties with bands like Änglagård, Galleon, Anekdoten, The Flower Kings, and of course The Pär Lindh Project (PLP).

Gothic Impressions, PLP’s first album--in reality a solo album by Pär--was released in 1994 and exploded in the progressive rock market with surprisingly high sales as well as an avalanche of stellar reviews and awards from around the world. As gig offers started to come in, Pär was in a rush to get a live act together. After having met Lee Jackson at a gig where Pär had performed with Änglagård in Los Angeles in 1993, Lee and Brian Davison (both from the legendary sixties progressive rock act The Nice) came up with the idea to form a trio with Pär ..boards called “The New Nice.” Unfortunately the lack of proper management stopped the launching of the trio. Pär then formed a band with local musicians instead.

Mundus Incompertus, PLP’s second album, was released in 1997 at the Rio de Janeiro Art Rock Festival with PLP as headlining act. During the years 1996 – 2000 PLP was the most successful Swedish progressive rock group with an intense period of touring in both North and South America as well as in Europe. Their third studio album Veni Vidi Vici, which included both symphonic orchestra as well as a choir, was released in 2001. However, due to differences in musical taste and severe health problems of one of the members, PLP gradually dissolved as a band in the early years of the new millennium.

In 1999 William Kopecky approached Pär after a PLP concert at the House of Blues in Chicago, and by the NEARfest festival in June of 2000 Mr. Kopecky was playing bass for the band. William and Pär have continued to work together in PLP and in the band KOPECKY with whom Pär was invited to do a tour as guest artist in the USA and Mexico in 2002. A Lindh/Kopecky duo album has also been recorded, and is due for release in 2008.

After an audition in the summer of 2006, talented drummer Svetlan Råket (Zello) was invited to join the ranks of PLP. The band is now hard at work recording their fourth studio album for release in 2009.

Discography:

In Concert, Live In Poland (2008)

Track Listings

DVD
1. Night on Bare Mountain (incl. The Black Stone)
2. Baroque Impression
3. Mundus / Veni Vidi Vici Medley
4. Suite in Progress
5. Montagues & Capulet
6. Bill’s Solo
7. Gradus ad Parnassum

DVD special features
Interview
Biography
Discography etc.

Total Length 120 minutes approx.

CD:

1. Night on Bare Mountain (incl. The Black Stone)
2. Baroque Impression
3. Mundus / Veni Vidi Vici Medley
4. Suite in Progress
5. Montagues & Capulet
6. Bill’s Solo
7. Gradus ad Parnassum

Live In Iceland (2002)

Track Listings

1. Adagio (Intro)
2. Gradus Ad Parnassum
3. Veni Vidi Vici
4. Tower Of Thoughts
5. Montagues & Capulets (By Prokoviev)
6. Charleston Rag (By Eubie Blake)
7. The River Of Tales
8. Juxtapoint
9. Hymn
10. The Premonition

Total Time: 56:31

Veni Vidi Vici (2001)

Track Listings

1. Adagio (0:56)
2. Veni, Vidi, Vici (7:56)
3. Gradus ad Parnassum (13:55)
4. Tower of Thoughts (5:01)
5. River of Tales (3:12)
6. Juxtapoint (4:16)
7. Le Grande Chambardement (2:13)
8. Adagio con flauto et clavicembalo (0:54)
9. Hymn (4:55)
10. The Premonition (7:34)

Total Time: 50:52

Live At Nearfest (2000)

Track Listings

1. Introduction
2. The Proclamation
3. Baroque Impression #1
4. The Crimson Shield
5. The Iconoclast
6. Green Meadow Lands
7. Untitled new
8. Mundus Incompertus
9. Jerusalem

Live In America (1999)

Track Listings

CD 1: (45:42)
1. Baroque Impression No 1 (7:19)
2. The Cathedral part 1 (5:53)
3. The Cathedral part 2 (9:30)
4. Jersusalem (2:37)
5. The Iconoclast (5:09)
6. Green Meadow Lands (6:34)
7. Allegro Barbaro (2:57)
8. The Crimson Shield (5:43)

CD 2: (48:08)
1. Bilbo Medley (5:53)
2. Rondo (10:49)
3. Mundus Incompertus part 1 (9:38)
4. Mundus Incompertus part 2 (13:04)
5. 21st Century Schizoid Man (8:44)

Total Time: 93:50

Mundus Incompertus (1997)

Track Listings

1. Baroque Impression No. 1 (9:10)
2. The Crimson Shield (6:38)
3. Mundus Incompertus (26:43)

Total Time: 42:34

Gothic Impressions (1994)

Track Listings

1. Dresden Lamentation (2:06)
2. The Iconoclast (7:04)
3. Green Meadow Lands (7:24)
4. The Cathedral (19:33)
5. Gunnlev's Round (2:50)
6. Night on Bare Mountain (13:50)

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