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'PIMASZ' GOES GOLD. It was announced on Friday 12th January that Kerekes' third album Pimasz had been given the gold award for sales.
 

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AUDIO - VIDEO SAMPLES AND LINKS

SEE VIDEOS OF KEREKES RECENT CONCERT AT SENDIM INTERCELTIC FESTIVAL IN PORTUGAL

INTRO        FROM THE STAGE         PIMASZ (OUTRO)

 

KEREKES new album Pimasz gets a great review in Songlines Magazine and is track 1 on the covermount sampler CD, see: http://www.songlines.co.uk/topoftheworld/top-of-the-world.php?id=18

Formed in Eger in 1995 Kerekes soon became a well-known dance-house band across Hungary and have had a regular dance-house in Eger since 1997.

Lead by virtuoso flautist Zsombor Fehér playing a Shepherd’s Flute and backed by a modified Viola (The viola's bridge is flattened to allow all the three strings to be played in unison) Bass, Drums and Koboz (a short-necked Lute of Middle Eastern origin). Kerekes play what we now know as "Magyar Funk". A lively, eclectic, jazz-funky and dance friendly interpretation of traditional tunes from their local Hungarian roots. An interpretation that is as equally accessible to a rock, jazz, roots or world music fan, of any age.

Kerekes Band originally played traditional roots and folk music from Gyimes & Moldova and spent many of their early years playing and studying with the masters of Hungarian traditional music, especially Viktor & János Timár from Gyimes, with whom they learnt and collected over 250 folk- tunes, and with whom they learnt the craft of making music for dance. Kerekes craftsmanship and dedication earned them the title of "Young Masters of Folk Art", an award given to them by the Ministry of National Cultural Heritage in Hungary in 1998.

Exposed to the many different contemporary music styles now audible from around the world Kerekes took it upon themselves to announce to the world that music from Hungary can also be funky. Inspired by Folk tunes from the distant past, handed down through generations, Kerekes new CD absorbs jazz, roots, funk and even drum & bass on its journey, its haunting melodies counterpoint to its rock –n-roll attitude. If Hendrix or Coltrane played the simple shepherd’s flute, he’d play it like this

Mixed by Hungarian mix-master, Lepes Gabor, Kerekes’ new album Pimasz (Magyar Funk) released in May 2006 reflects the band’s new musical direction and signals a new movement on the contemporary Hungarian music scene. Read Songlines review of Kerekes new album at: http://www.songlines.co.uk/topoftheworld/top-of-the-world.php

Kerekes have toured their music in many parts of Europe & Scandinavia and are regularly invited back to perform in Finland, Sweden, Ireland, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Poland, Russia and Lithuania. On their 2005 tour of Ireland Kerekes were asked to play a shortened version of their tune ‘Tuz Langla’ on the national television station RTE1. A video clip of this performance can be seen at Kerekes Video Link

Periferic Records previously released 2 albums by Kerekes that became best sellers in the folk music genre.

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