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n 1991 the original Kaipa with Hans, Roine, Tomas and Ingemar tried to re-form the band and make a new album to follow up the reissue of the original albums on CD. Hans and Roine came up with a lot of new songs for this project, but the attempt failed as no bass was added, leaving Ingemar's recorded drums alone in the rhythm section. The right chemistry was missing and as individuals and musicians they had developed in very different ways.Hans realised at an early stage that this constellation would not be able to effect his musical intentions. Roine acted like a Henry Kissinger of prog, spending countless hours over the phone, trying to restore the different members' faith in each other but finally the whole idea was discarded. Some of Roine's songs written for this reunion were later recorded by The Flower Kings; one of Hans', "Lantlåt 1&2 " (Country-side song), where all members actually play together, was included on a VIMUS compilation CD; and another of Hans', "Folke's final decision", was included on "Notes from the past". After this failure Hans and Roine met some times trying to find other solutions, but it all ended up somewhere in 1995 as an unfulfilled possibility.
n February 2000 Hans Lundin decided to realise his idea of making a new album. He had written a lot of new songs, and his participation in the making of the album "Hagen: Corridors of time" had proved that he was still a force to reckon with. During these recordings and meetings with fiddle player ANDERS ROSÉN he also became aware that his song writing, inspired by traditional Swedish folk music, was something to be proud of. This awareness gave him a new incitement to incorporate more of these folk themes in his compositions.The first step was to find a singer and a lyricist. MICHAEL OLSSON was the singer in Hagen and he also wrote all the lyrics in this band. Hans thought he could be a possibility. He invited him, and they listened and discussed the material. Michael brought the songs with him with the intention that he should write lyrics and try out the song melodies.
The real beginning of "Kaipa, the history, part II" dates back to a meeting between Hans Lundin and Roine Stolt in the spring of 2000.
Hans wanted Roine to play guitar on the new album, so he returned to the possibility mentioned in chapter 1. Hans considered this to be a musical project and not the forming of a new band. During this meeting they discussed calling it KAIPA. The new music had a lot in common with the old Kaipa music, without Roine knowing it, as he had not heard a single note. But since all songs in this project were written by Hans, they decided to dismiss this idea and wait for another opportunity when they both could be involved as writers. During the recording of the new songs the project was called "INSIDE THE GREEN GLASS", the name of the first song on Hans' first solo album "Tales". The basic structure of this song returns on the new album in an elaborated version called "Second journey inside the green glass".
Hans saw this as a summary of his intentions for the album project. He wanted a synthesis, to bring the best parts of his own musical history into the present, to add all his new knowledge and experience and try to create a new masterpiece out of these parts. The 70's "progressive music" included, and was compelled by, an unending search for new challenges and an avoidance of repeating oneself. Today the term "progressive rock" mostly means bands lacking a musical identity, doing a pale reiteration of what other musicians developed mostly during the 70's. With the new album Hans wanted to test the possibilities that arise when you allow yourself to be proud of your past without losing your present identity, and to search for new challenges.
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