Róka Hasa Rádió
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Róka Hasa Rádió is the fourth full-length album from Hungarian avant-garde metal group Thy Catafalque
. It is a concept album
about "the relationship between the ever evolving, solid and massive physical matter and the fragileness of humans and all living spirits, throughout distant childhood memories and scientific explanations of nature. Revolving, rotating movements of past and future, colours, sounds, long lost scents by a strange transmission from a timeless radio." It features a mix of atmosperic instrumental music, Hungarian folk elements and traditional black metal, making it very experimental.
Music videos were made for the songs "Köd utánam" and "Molekuláris gépezetek".
Thy Catafalque
-History:The band was formed by Hungarian musician Tamás Kátai, along with a fellow bandmate from a previous group, Gort. In their early years, the band started off playing black metal. As time progressed, so did the band's overall sound. They began adding in much more electronic and experimental...
. It is a concept album
Concept album
In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...
about "the relationship between the ever evolving, solid and massive physical matter and the fragileness of humans and all living spirits, throughout distant childhood memories and scientific explanations of nature. Revolving, rotating movements of past and future, colours, sounds, long lost scents by a strange transmission from a timeless radio." It features a mix of atmosperic instrumental music, Hungarian folk elements and traditional black metal, making it very experimental.
Music videos were made for the songs "Köd utánam" and "Molekuláris gépezetek".
Track listing
- "Szervetlen" - 11:22
- "Molekuláris gépezetek" - 19:11
- "Köd utánam" - 5:31
- "Űrhajók Makón" - 4:25
- "Piroshátú" - 6:38
- "Esőlámpás" - 4:18
- "Kabócák, bodobácsok" - 6:30
- "Őszi varázslók" - 4:41
- "Fehér berek" - 5:34
Credits
- Tamás Kátai - Vocals, keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
/synthesizers, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, programs - János Juhász - guitar
Guest musicians
- Attila Bakos - vocals (Woodland Choir, Taranis)
- Ágnes Tóth - vocals (The Moon and The Nightspirit)
- Balázs Hermann - bass guitar (Gire)
- Zoltán Kónya - guitar (Gire)
- Ádám Tóth - violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
(Mocun) - Anita Bíró - violin
- Andrea Derdák - celloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
- Sándor Deák - clarinetClarinetThe clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
- Viktória Varga - narration