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    Posted: November 07 2004 at 17:57
Anybody have any opinions on the band Cairo? I have two of theirs?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 22 2004 at 19:51
Never heard that one!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 23 2004 at 09:08
My friend suggested me to listen Cairo a month ago , and i think their music sounds good ...i got 5 of them ,sure that Cairo's music is Progressive Rock ... 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 31 2004 at 15:55
Cairo is one of the best band signed on the most popular prog american label, Magna Carta, along with Enchant at their debuts and Altura. Their music is strongly keyboard-oriented, some reviewers calling them an ELP clone, the second album being more aggre
"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 03 2005 at 19:18
Originally posted by the overlord the overlord wrote:

Anybody have any opinions on the band Cairo? I have two of theirs?
I listened to all 3 official albums of them and they all sound very good, very much keyboard orientated, maybe sometimes the hammond becomes a bit too much as on
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 05 2005 at 22:52

 

My fave Cairo album is their third, "Time of Legend" - their energy stays the same (despite having lost their guitarist and sticking to session players as mere hired guns), and their usual bombast gets more focused, less over-the-top.

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