Co Lee
La Promenade
"La Promenade" by Co Lee is his third Hungarian-language full-length album. The album is a deeply moving and uncompromising work, marked by visceral honesty and bold, extreme musical solutions that make it truly unique. La Promenade tells the story of an adult's difficult coming-of-age journey, a dramatic tale of a second birth. On the album, Co Lee articulates his inner journey with exemplary ingenuity. La Promenade is both a harrowing and uplifting work, and its solemnity is heightened by innovative musical solutions, such as the sample of the Epic of Gilgamesh featured in "Porban" (In the Dust).
All beats on the album were produced by Blaize, with contributions from musicians like Klausz Ádám and Varga Dániel. The album also features a longer version of Beton_hofi, and the WAVY collective is represented as well: Indigo appears on the track Régi (Old), and Aminon on Sárkány (Dragon). The album's powerful, soul-piercing sound was mixed and mastered by Christian Hegyi. The album was released under Golem Records, a sublabel of XLNT Records.
- ÉRKEZÉS A HÁZBA
- CITADELLA
- AGAPÉ
- HARCOSOK KLUBJA
- EGYEDÜL BUDAPESTEN
- UKG TEA
- SZOMORLÁNYOK
- POR
- PÁNCÉLSZEKRÉNY
- SÁRKÁNY feat. Aminon
- OLYAN GYEREK feat. Beton.Hofi
- ESŐEMBER
- RÉGI feat. Indigo
- GYÖNYÖRŰ REGGEL
- A SÉTA ELEJE feat. Varga Dani
Ripoff Raskolnikov
Twilight Tales
On his latest album, Twilight Tales, Ripoff continues to nurture the roots he has cherished since his youth: heartfelt, soul-driven, guitar-based blues-folk storytelling. The 2024 album represents the most mature work of Ripoff Raskolnikov's career to date and features the world-renowned slide guitarist Roberto Luti.
- Voice On The Wind
- Enemies
- Stone Desert
- Spanish Lady
- John Merrick pt.1. - Stranded in Brussels
- Drifting Away
- John Merrick pt.2. - Ross' Lament
- Black Rain
- Charity
The Ripoff Raskolnikov Band: Szabolcs Nagy - piano, melodica, Wurlitzer Laca Varga - bass guitar Lajos Gyenge - drums+percussion Ripoff Raskolnikov – guitars, Irish bouzouki+vocals
Co Lee
A Program
A Program is the second Hungarian-language album by Co Lee. After the circus-themed Cirque de L'Homme, which followed the mixtape format that is considered a classic in the Hungarian rap scene, A Program is a much more stripped-down, edgy soundtrack. The album was born on a single guitar over a summer weekend, then smoothed by DOÓR into hot and occasionally heartbreakingly subtle beats. The album features bass from a rumbling train, an ethereal choral solo and a poem about half of a poem with a visceral confession. Concave rhymes, almost habitually exciting rhythms and totally unique lyrics characterise this special soundtrack.
With A Program, Co Lee takes the visceral honesty that already pervades his music to a new level. The album is a staggeringly bold step in the journey of an artist who doesn't want to reach the masses in the tried and tested way, but wants to create something so big that it will have a lasting taste-forming effect on his home audience.
- A PROGRAM 2:54
- ÁTOK 3:15
- LÉGY 2:38
- SODRÁS 2:46
- CSINÁLOD 2:12
- VALTON 2:41
- HEGYEK ALATT 2:58
- R.I.P. 2:37
- LYUK - Interlude 1:16
- BŐRÖNDKÍSÉRŐ 3:11
Slapstick?
LIFTOFF
Set on a spaceship stranded in outer space, this is the debut album from Slapstick?, who have named themselves after a Vonnegut book. Premier!
LIFTOFF is a concept album, each song is set on a spaceship carrying a crowd of people fleeing Earth to their new home, but it malfunctions and becomes stranded in space. The songs, which range from dancing funky, to catchy jazz-pop, to experimental balladry, are about different passengers, and explore feelings of loneliness, stuckness, disorientation and the nihilism, melancholy and despair that go with it. towpe was responsible for the blur.
- Liftoff 1:30
- Midlife Disco 3:22
- The Spaceboys 4:11
- Steps 6:01
- Az Ötödik Bolygó 3:12
- Hallway 5 4:00
- The Upload 4:42
- Blue Space - Remastered 3:23
- Pale blue Dot 3:38
Zækar
VilágHB
In their songs, the sunset gleams on a south coast beer belly, mixed with the despair of a young man crying out in anguish as he drops a chocolate pudding sponge cake cube to the ground. It's a bit difficult to narrow down their music, which is full of grooves and virtuosic, provocative lyrics, but if there is one thing that could succinctly describe the band's sound, it would be: sad, melancholy, melancholy jazz-pop. The album they are trying to present is WorldHB.
- Jamcsy 5:50
- Jatt? 4:00
- Tökéletes Popdal 5:09
- Ég a város 4:04
- Pihenés keletkezett 4:39
- Tenx Lenx 6:30
- Húsz év múlva 4:52
- Fékezőkocsi 2:53
- Keresztben hullámverés 3:36
- Öröklét 3:18
- Hobbiország 3:54
- Hűdegecijó 2:20
Co Lee
Cirque de L'homme
Cirque du L’Homme is the widely anticipated Hungarian-speaking debut album of Co Lee, who is already denoted as the next big in the country’s hip-hop scene. Punkish honesty and visceral naturalness, unique rhythm patterns, innovative lyricism and exquisite overall sound characterise the whole album. Catchy gothic sounding anthems, like Szentély and Szeretem are instant hits; the booty-shaking hip hop of Malaga, a classic banger, will define local radios’ rotations over the summer. The album features Beton.Hofi, the no.1 local alternative hip hop artist, Gyuris, the trap star from Szeged, Kolibri, the hottest singer-songwriter of the local alternative scene and old-school hip hop artists, like Goulasch and Imi Lájt from Slow Village.
- OLYAN VAGYOK 2:53
- JÁTÉK 2:32
- PITYPANG 2:14
- NINCS JEGY 2:45
- LÁMPALÁZ 2:53
- G.I.JOE 2:55
- SZERETEM 3:09
- EMBERÖLELÉS 2:59
- MIA 2:01
- MALAGA 2:49
- VALENTINO PINK 2:02
- SZENTÉLY 3:04
- ELMEBAJ - BONUS TRACK 3:26
Ripoff Raskolnikov
Lost and Found
Spectacular and soulful studio album of austro-hungarian singer-songwriter Ripoff Raskolnikov.
Robert Kepes– Bass Guitar Mátyás Pribojszki (track: 14) – Blues Harp Péter Glaser (tracks: 4, 12) – Contrabass Lajos Gyenge– Drums, Percussion Ripoff Raskolnikov– Guitar, Vocals Péter Glaser (track: 11) – Percussion Szabolcs Nagy– Piano, Percussion
- Always on your Side 5:23
- Not to Be 4:32
- It’s not Easy 4:01
- The Real Thing 6:39
- Second Hand Love 3:38
- Early Days 5:00
- Far Side of Town 6:31
- Waltz in A Minor 4:42
- Kiss me Conny 4:19
- You’re Gonna Love Me 5:47
- Magic 4:58
- Walk Walk 2:50
- Rainy Day Love 4:22
- Sweet Dreams 3:57
Zækar
Színcápa
Zækar makes its debut with a swinging jazz-rock show!
- Tavalyi hoe 5:11
- Mielőtt 2:32
- Világ HB 4:24
- Színcápa 5:05
Európa Kiadó
Nincs Kontroll
The iconic hungarian alternative rock band from the 80's released this EP after 20 years of silence, featuring one old and three new songs. On their newest EP you can listen to songs about the world’s problems our personal little secrets and things, you can feel an iceberg or a bouquet of red roses and then a switch from Budapest to New York. It’s only four songs but still it makes us feel a lot of things. Three out of four songs are totally new – Mindenki egyenlő in which you can hear a little rock and roll, Nincs kontroll mostly art-funk and staying true to themselves Még egyszer újra – and one of them is their first studio recorded cover Levert vagy.
Mindenki egyenlő 3:44 Mégegyszer újra 4:02 3. Nincs kontroll 4:38 Levert vagy 3:48
Co Lee
Iceberg feat. Beatrick
Co Lee (Kolos Halász) is a bilingual rapper from the bustling underground scene of Budapest. His genuine and cleverly flowing sound and unique, reckless style elevated him to a leading role amongst a new generation of local hip hop artists - and to the brink of international success. His latest project with Beatrick and John Foyle Iceberg provides glimpse into what's about to come: to track is a great example of his mesmerizing flow and catchy rhymes – you only have to hear it once to remember
Ripoff Raskolnikov
Odds and Ends
Ripoff Raskolnikov after a break of four years released a new album in 2016. One of Central Europe’s most original singer-songwriter the classic storyteller follows Bob Dylan’s and Tom Waits’ direction on his 12th album too. It has 12 songs on it but these are completely diverse, there are songs with a little folk melody, a little americana, which evokes Bruce Sprinsgteen and then there are the blues songs but in the end it fully becomes a whole.
The return album of Ripoff Riskolnikov, featuring award-winning guitarist Little G Weevil, the most outstanding hungarian blues piantst Szabolcs Nagy, Laca Varga on bass and the best hungarian drummer - Lajos Gyenge.
- Virgo Angel 05:02
- I Don’t Wanna Know 03:48
- Abalone Earrings 04:44
- Late Monday Night 03:17
- The Edge 03:14
- Dead End Blues 04:44
- Train 03:51
- Get Away (From That Woman) 03:20
- Evil-Hearted Woman 04:30
- Sailor Song 05:04
- Odds And Ends 05:38
- Cheap Hotel 03:25
https://recorder.blog.hu/2016/04/02/albumpremier_ripoff_raskolnikov_odds_and_ends
Európa Kiadó
Love2020
40 Years after the iconic Love 82', the legendary underground rock band, Európa Kiadó released Love 2020, featuring both remastered old songs and some classic hits from the bands recent years. This new (mini)album which not only recalls the decades-long song in it’s title, but one of the strongest early EK songs has now received a new highly psychedelic orchestration.
- Tánc
- Szabadíts meg
- Megáll az ész
- Nem látta senki
- Egyedül
- Ezt nem szerettem
- Mindenki egyenlő (Live)
Ripoff Raskolnikov
Alone and Accoustic
Referring to Buddy Guy's iconic album, this solo album is one of Ripoff's true masterpieces.
Ripoff Raskolnikov
Small World
The much-hailed 2018 album of Ripoff Raskolnikov that received widespread critical appriciation both in Hungary and abroad. He follows Bob Dylan’s storytelling music tradition on this album. “… While I used to travel a lot, now I live like a hermit. I look at the world from distance, but it doesn’t mean it doesn’t touch me…” Ripoff developed a diverse yet individual style in the past years, Small World is his 13th album. You can hear a song which laid in the drawer for over 20 years. He recorded these 11 songs with his permanent band Szabolcs Nagy – pianist – Laca Varga – bassist – Lajos Gyenge – drummer. Attila Herr contributed the contrabass, and Sándor Tóth (saxophone), Balázs Szokolay Dongó (flute) and Zsolt Pintér (mandolin, banjo, violin) can be heard on the record.
- Sharks 7:03
- The Way The Wind Blows 3:06
- Inuit Girl 5:19
- Blue Afternoon 5:48
- People 4:14
- So Much Water 7:17
- Thang 2:56
- Ada 2:57
- Small World 5:43
- Small Town Beauty 3:09
- I Walk Away 4:11
Braindogs
Real Live Brains
Iconic live tribute to Tom Waits by some of the most outstanding figures of the contemporary European blues scene.
Ian Siegal (UK): vocals, guitar Ripoff Raskolnikov (A): vocals, guitar Mischa den Haring (T-99, NL) : vocals, guitar Livius Varga (Quimby) (HU): vocals, percussions Frenk (Budapest Bár, ex-Hiperkarma) (HU): vocals, keyboards, drums Szabolcs Nagy (HU): piano Laca Varga (PUF) (HU): bass
- Goin’ Out West
- Shore Leave
- Everybody’s Talking At The Same Time
- Underground
- Jockey Full Of Bourbon
- Dirt In The Ground
- Heartattack And Vine
- 16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought-Six
- Yesterday Is Here
- 2-19
- Rain Dogs
- The House Were Nobody Lives
- Union Square
- Downtown
Európa Kiadó
Valahol Lenni
The return album of Európa Kiadó after some 20 years. After twenty-year creative break new Európa Kiadó songs were being born in 2013 with new members they started to work more regularly and actively again. As the early stages of this process the Annak is kell CD was released that year with new tracks. This new album both in terms of its creators and its implementation contained the most suggestions. It was a process to search for a form and content. At the same time, it gave new impetus to the process which led to a more mature published material - Valahol Lenni. The mosaic-like structure of this Cd consists of four new songs from the 2013 material and four songs which was released since then. Eight stories of people trying to somehow live their lives in this rushed world.
Jenő Menyhárt : singing, guitar János Másik : keys Péter Kirschner : guitar Bence Darvas : keys, violin, trumpet, percussion instruments Csaba Winterverber : bass Lajos Gyenge : drums
- Vágódj be 3:24
- Smirgli és Virsli 4:42
- Feri 4:06
- Annak is kell 5:15
- Ennek a szobának 6:26
- A tánc 4:46
- Ki tudja hol van Nórika 4:10
- Megmondtam neked 4:40