Morgan Ågren (born 1967) is a Swedish drummer who plays with the

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band

Kaipa Kaipa is a Swedish progressive rock band. History The band was formed as Ura Kaipa by Hans Lundin (keyboards) and Tomas Eriksson (bass) from San Michael's. Roine Stolt joined Kaipa as guitarist when he was 17. In 1974, shortly after they had ...

Biography

A native of

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, Ågren began playing drums at a young age, eventually joining forces with Mats Öberg in 1981. Together they formed "Zappsteetoot" in 1984, a band known for performing

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's music. Ågren later shared the drummer's seat with

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and

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's band AZ/DZ's album '' Shampoohorn''. In 1996, Ågren toured throughout Europe as a member of Glenn Hughes's band, and later to Japan in 1997. 1996 also saw the formation of Morgan Ågren's own record label, Ultimate Audio Entertainment, dedicated to the release of "new" music. Ågren has recorded several albums as a member of Fleshquartet (Swedish: Fläskkvartetten), among them ''What's Your Pleasure?'' and the Grammy Award-winning ''Goodbye Sweden'' in addition to his international performances with Zappa's Universe and with Mats Öberg in Mats/Morgan Band. Ågren is also the drummer in the Swedish prog band

since 2002, recording several albums with the band. In May 1997, Ågren was featured in a unique project of the

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, making his debut in movie theaters and at several international film festivals. Described as a sound experience, the 4-minute 35 mm short-film ''Lullaby for Lost Souls'' showcases him in "a free-form Stereo Dolby drum explosion". Ågren is also highly recognized by fans of extreme and heavy music for his studio performance on

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's solo album, ''

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'', released in 1997. He is the subject of a 2013 two-hour documentary directed by Carl King a.k.a. Sir Millard Mulch, called ''Morgan Ågren's Conundrum: A Percussive Misadventure''. It also features

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, and

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, creator of ''

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''. Ågren was also featured on the eponymous album by

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Discography

Solo

* 2015 – ''Batterie Deluxe'' * 2016 – ''Through the Eyes of a Morgchestra''

Mats/Morgan Band

* 1996 – ''

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'' * 1997 – ''The Music or the Money'' * 1998 – ''Radio DaDa'' * 1998 – ''The Teenage Tapes'' * 2001 – ''Live'' * 2002 – ''On Air with Guests'' * 2005 – ''

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'' * 2008 – ''Heat Beats Live'' (+ Tourbook 1991–2007) (DVD+CD) * 2014 – ''Schack Tati'' * 2016 – ''35th Anniversary Collection'' * 2018 – ''Live with Norrlandsoperan Symphony Orchestra''

Kaipa

*'' Notes from the Past'' (2002) *'' Keyholder'' (2003) *''

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'' (2005) *''

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'' (2007) *''

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'' (2010) *''

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'' (2012) *''

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'' (2014) *''Children of the Sounds'' (2017)

With other artists

* 1987 – ''Chinese Garden'' — Cabazz * 1990 – ''Far Away'' — Cabazz * 1988 – ''What's Your Pleasure?'' – Fläskkvartetten * 1990 – ''Goodbye Sweden'' — Fläskkvartetten * 1993 – ''Open Your Eyes'' — Agamon * 1993 – '' Zappa's Universe'' — various artists * 1993 – ''Flow'' — Fläskkvartetten * 1994 – ''Shampoohorn'' —

* 1995 – ''The Zombie Hunter'' (

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) — Simon Steensland * 1996 – ''The Music of Captain Beefheart – Live'' — various artists * 1997 – ''Spare Parts'' — Denny Walley * 1997 – ''

'' — Fredrik Thordendal's Special Defects * 1999 – ''Led Circus'' — Simon Steensland * 2000 – ''Automatic'' —

* 2001 – ''Glass Finger Ghost'' — Jimmy Ågren * 2003 – ''Close Enough for Jazz'' — Jimmy Ågren * 2011 – '' BLIXT'' — Morgan Ågren,

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* 2012 – ''Live in the US'' - Karmakanic * 2013 – '' Freak Guitar: The Smorgasbord'' – Mattias IA Eklundh * 2013 – ''Into the Void of Fear'' –

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* 2014 – ''Casualties of Cool'' –

* 2016 – ''DOT'' - Karmakanic * 2019 – ''Empath'' –

* 2019 – ''Zëss'' –

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* 2019 – ''Requiem'' – Evan Marien &

* 2020 – ''Of the Sky –'' Hassan Iqbal * 2023 – ''Layers'' – Anatole Muster (feat.

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& Morgan Ågren)

References

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