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DISCUS URSI
Written by Greger Rönnqvist

This is the debut solo album from the multi-instrumentalist Björn Johansson who is known for his work with Pär Lindh. If you have heard Pär Lindh & Björn Johansson's CD "Bilbo" from 1996, you've got a picture of how this CD sounds like. Pär Lindh is participating on this CD too, as he's playing the main part of the keyboards and the drums.

Four of the albums six tracks are instrumental. The music has influences from progressive rock from the 60's to the 90's, baroque and classical music, and it's a mix between Bach, Mussorgsky, Mike Oldfield, Sinkadus, Änglagård and of course Pär Lindh Project. Both Björn Johansson and Pär Lindh are excellent musicians, and to my joy, as always when Pär Lindh is involved there's a great amount of Church Organ, Hammond Organ and Mellotron.

The best tracks are "King of Gold", "The Last Minstrel of Marble" and "Discus Ursi's rapsody".

This is a true masterpiece in progressive rock and I can only recommend it to you. This was one of the top-releases in 1998.

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