In 1994 the internationally hailed Swedish guitarist Steven Kautzky Andersson formed a band to present his visionary mix of Jimi Hendrix, gipsy music and high energy psychedelic progressive rock. Twenty-five years after the debut album Gipsy Power was nominated for a Swedish Grammy, highlighted by Guitar World and sold in thousands in Japan the band now returns - with new music, new faces and a new album that remains distinct and virtuosic. 

Steven Kautzky Andersson had his first international breakthrough in the 90’s, when he was hailed by the leading music magazine Guitar Worlds’s legendary talent scout Mike Varney and released his debut album Gipsy Power. ”Steven reveals a gift of composing original material that is both raw and aggressive. It is hauntingly melodic, with crisp and concise solos”, wrote Mike Varney in Guitar World.

Immediately upon release Steven was hailed as the new guitar hero from Sweden and his skills as composer was internationally praised. In a short time, he signed contracts with major international companies, such as Warner Music, Universal Music Publishing, Gibson Guitars and EMI-Toshiba in Japan, where he achieved substantial success. But never being the typical archetype for a traditional guitar hero, Steven focused on taking his music forward and explore new different ways of musical expression. He found inspiration in the sounds of the forest and through his journeys in Eastern Europe. Gipsy Power’s concerts in the nineties featured oriental dancers together on stage with both a snake charmer and two jesters. After the release of his second solo album Missa Magica [Atrium / Warner Music] Steven wrote and performed music on commission for electric guitar and symphony orchestra.

His major influences remained Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck and Ritchie Blackmore, but with an urge for developing his own characteristics. Steven commenced the new millennium with studies of the Arabic string instrument Tar under the Persian master Ali Shakuori. He also spent time in Istanbul participating in cross-border collaborations with Turkish painters and artists. 

In the late noughties Steven had an accident that caused damage to his arms, with a following inflammation. After numerous lithotripsies, cortisone injections and different acupuncture techniques Steven was forced to put his guitar on the shelf, where it more or less was left untouched for years. But in 2014, Steven decided to give it a try, and…

When Steven once again started to play the guitar, he developed a rougher way of expressing himself. He made plans for a new band called Electric Religions that made their first tour of China in 2014 and performed in front of an audience of more than 30 000 people at the Zhuhai International Beach Music Festival. During their tour a documentary “The Golden Awakening” was produced and later awarded the gold prize at Macau International Movie Festival, where the band performed their Bruce Lee-tribute Lee Chao Long in front of the cream of China's movie industry. The show was broadcasted to an estimated audience of 1,8 billion viewers in Asia. 

In Spring 2019 he was invited to perform music by Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd at the launch concert of the designed “smash-proof” guitar The Beast made of steel, designed especially for Yngwie Malmsteen. Parallel to this Steven had secretly started to outline his plans for the comeback of his 90’s band Gipsy Power – with new music, new faces and a new album. 

“I don’t take anything for granted, and what I am passionate about is playing live and in finding new ways in how music can reach out to an audience that like progressive music such as Gipsy Power and I sincerely hope this is just the beginning.”

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Gipsy Power (Steven Kautzky Andersson)