Solaris - Topic

Solaris is a Hungarian progressive rock band formed in 1980.
Their music has a strong melodic content, often with Eastern European themes, and use of dynamics. There is interplay among the lead instruments of flute, guitar and keyboard, which is used regularly for extended thematic development. Rather than emphasising solos for the various instruments, the band employs them together within the context of musical development.
The band is named after Stanisław Lem's philosophical science fiction novel, Solaris. Their first album's title, Marsbéli Krónikák, is named after a famous novel of Ray Bradbury. The members have said that they were influenced by these, and other science fiction books.
The majority of Solaris' songs are instrumentals. The first track on their first album Marsbéli Krónikák is an exception, with a few lines spoken over the music. The pitch-shifting, distortion, and album's theme have led many listeners to assume that the voice-over is in a putative Martian language, but it's actually in Hungarian: "Megrepedt tükrök / Kormos acélfalak / Halott szeméthegyek / És szennyes tavak / Azt mondod, itt élt valaha az ember?".