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Author's product rating:   

Originality	Definitely a cut above the rest
Lyrics	Thought-provoking
Quality and consistency of tracks	A couple of weak links
Value for Money	Excellent

Advantages:	Brilliant musicianship .  Excellent Recording .
Disadvantages:	None !

Recommend to potential buyers:

no

Full review

Samla Mammas Manna are a Swedish band from ' Uppsala' . A very important group of the underground scene since the early 70's.They fused Rock , Jazz , Folk and their own unique eccentricities into a very personalized fusion. Largely instrumental with some vocals that were mostly tongue in cheek lyrically. They soon became the swedish contingent of RIO ( Rock In Opposition ) and were certainly one of it's finest exponents.They later transmuted into Zamla Mammaz Manna and then Von Zamla until recently reforming

'Kaka' is one of there more recent CD's which consists of studio and live performances 1993 - 1998.All in all it's a fantastic display of this groups mix of styles....which again has that typical swedish sound to it.Brilliant musicianship as ever and delight after delight running through the 14 songs contained here.

No doubt a lot will probably never have heard of these...there music is rather difficult to describe ..discover them for yourselves is all i can say! This is a very good CD for starters ,not there best i wouldn't say , but still very HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!! I would not place these in the ' World ' music category by the way. Definitely RIO .

Track listing
1. Stämma Lite (0:29)
2. Lyckliga Titanic (5:12)
3. Oh Sa Masalana Jämfört Med Alman River (2:03)
4. Första Ikarien (6:39)
5. Reptilgärna (2:16)
6. Satori (3:28)
7. Vegetariskt Impro, Svar Direkt (2:38)
8. Frestelsens Cafe (8:14)
9. Tung Krupa Tejpraga Tra La La (2:36)
10. Andra Ikarien (3:33)
11. Även Oss Far Tiden Aldras Spasmodskij / Engelbert Humperdinck Blues (5:12)
12. Hatman (2:28)
13. Tredje Ikarien (5:30)
14. OQ (0:19)

Line-up
- Coste Apetrea / guitar, bouzouki, vocals
- Hans Bruniusson / drums, percussion, marimba, vocals
- Lars Hollmer / keyboards, accordion, melodica, vocals
- Lars Krantz / bass, vocals