Flame Dream

Calatea (1978) ...

Flame dream were a Swiss progressive group, this was their debut with Yes harmonies and mellotron touches ...

Gate to Calatea ...

Peter Wolf - vocals, woodwinds
Roland Ruckstuhl - keyboards
Urs Waldispühl - guitar
Urs Hochuli - bass, vocals
Peter Furrer - drums, percussion

The band could have been compared to Genesis during the Peter Gabriel era (similar vocals, flutes and keyboards) with influences of Van Der Graaf Generator (dark climates and sax) and Gentle Giant (syncopated structures), however it was by no means a clone! The compositions were characterised by the stress on the keyboards and the virtuosity of the keyboards wizard playing tunes, always melodic and often melancholy, on top of a very dynamic and complex rhythm section, the whole stuff embroidered by superb flute and sax parts. The sound was characterised too by the absence of guitars, and by the singer's peculiar colour, often reminding Peter Gabriel and Phil Collins... ezhevika.blogspot.co.uk ...

Calatea on grooveshark ...

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