tapeunderground - úgy lépek

A conversation of reminiscing with a friend had compelled me to revisit tapeunderground. It was then I realized, I haven't made a blog post about these guys!

I had stumbled upon tapeunderground back in 2009, which opened my music taste to trip-hop. There was just something about their sound that grabbed me. A year later I planned a trip to Hungary to see Képzelt Város and Marionette ID. Since it was a month-long trip, I might as well cram in as many concerts as I could. I was super pleased to find out that tapeunderground was playing, and only within a few days of my arrival!

As the day arrived I was incredibly excited. I had invited my Hungarian Couchsurfing host to join me on this musical excursion. She was shocked that I knew of so many small Hungarian bands and intrigued at what this small band could bring. We arrived at the venue, Cökxpôn. To this day I've never been to a more chill venue. The ground floor was the cafe while the basement was the music venue. Pillows and low tables were everywhere. I don't normally like sitting for concerts, but this was definitely the music to sit on a comfortable pillow to. The decor was colourful and trippy.

The environment complimented the music so well. Despite the two jocks seemingly putting extra effort to making everyone's experience less awesome, a potential fight breaking out between them and a guy in front of me, and the entire venue yelling at them... the evening was quite magical. It was definitely a mixed emotion concert. But getting to see tapeunderground was just so much better than I even expected.


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(Their albums are free to download from their website. Letoltesek.)

Secta Chameleon feat. Judie Jay - More than a feelin'

I came across Emil Goodman's music video for the popular Tears For Fears cover on my friend's facebook page. It was a very artistically amazing video. I love the song so much that I'm very critical of any visuals added to it other than what it was intended for, Donnie Darko. But I liked that a lot.

Then I came across this... wow.

Secta Chameleon
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Judie Jay
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Emil Goodman (Visual artist)
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(Secta Chameleon's albums are available for purchase on iTunes. I couldn't find any source to purchase/download Judie Jay's work.)

Asbestoscape - Return

Ambient? Post-Rock? Trip-Hop? This artist has elements of all three but it's hard to say what category this would fit into. Some call them apocalyptic post-rock, I just call it awesome.

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(Album available for purchase on cdbaby.)

Korai Öröm - 2000/1

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(2005, 2009, and 2010 available for purchase on iTunes. I forgot how I got a hold of their 2001 album. Their other albums may just have to be requested from their website.)

Hexstatic - Pulse

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(I'm not quite sure how to get a hold of all of their albums, but one is available on bandcamp.)

tapeunderground - gyere a holdra

Tapeunderground was the band that got me into Trip-Hop. There have been artists that I had listened to previously, but at the time I wasn't quite as receptive. I was way too obsessed with Post-Rock. By the time I stumbled upon tapeunderground I was ready to open myself to different genres. Their seductively smooth, jazzy music with sensual vocals was just too... cool.

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(Albums freely available on their website. Requires registration first. Register Here. From top to bottom: Name, Username, Email, Password, Confirm Password. After registering and getting the email confirmation, log in on the main page. Download links are here. Kind of a pain for those that don't understand Hungarian, but it's well worth the trouble.)

Realistic Crew - One Year

I just received these guys' album, Overcome, earlier tonight. I will admit, the exclusivity of owning a tangible item from a small-time artist in another country (in this case, Hungary) is kind of a neat feeling. You know that you're one of only a handful of people in your country that owns it. But at the same time it makes me want to go, "hey, listen to this" and try to turn that handful of people into a multitude.

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(Freedom Eats The Soul available for free download via Website. Overcome available for purchase on iTunes.)

Music video:
created by Ab Szurdi
director of photography - Károly Spáh
stills - Lili Érmezei
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