Solaris is a Hungarian progressive rock band formed in 1980. Their music is strongly melodic, often drawing on Eastern European themes, and makes extensive use of dynamic contrasts. A defining feature of their sound is the interplay between flute, guitar and keyboards, which are used collectively for extended thematic development rather than as vehicles for individual soloing. The band takes its name from Stanisław Lem’s philosophical science‑fiction novel Solaris. Their debut album, Marsbéli Krónikák (Martian Chronicles), references the well‑known novel by Ray Bradbury. The members have noted that these and other science‑fiction works influenced their artistic direction. Most Solaris compositions are instrumental. The opening track of Marsbéli Krónikák is a notable exception, featuring a short spoken passage. Due to pitch‑shifting, distortion and the album’s concept, many listeners assumed the narration was in a fictional Martian language, but it is actually Hungarian:Megrepedt tükrök / Kormos acélfalak / Halott szeméthegyek / És szennyes tavak / Azt mondod, itt élt valaha az ember? (Translation: Cracked mirrors / Sooty steel walls / Dead piles of garbage / And polluted lakes / Do you say mankind used to live here?) The track “Egészséges Optimizmus” (Healthy Optimism) from the 1990 Solaris LP appears in several pieces on the later album Nostradamus: Próféciák könyve. Between 1986 and 1990, several Solaris members formed a new band, Napoleon Boulevard, with vocalist Lilla Vincze. This project had a more mainstream rock sound and released five successful albums.
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The Martian Chronicles I
Martian Chronicles III
Book Of Prophecies (Part II)
Wings of the Phoenix
Apocalypse
M’ars Poetica live
The lion’s empire
Viking
Ha felszáll a köd
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