Hungarian Albummm! - Fonograph by Edison, guest: János Bródy
◖ Big music turntable ◗
If we remember listening to music when Little Richard sang on glossy black records, we also know what record-playing gave music fans; dedicated listening time, deep attention, lyrics to browse and memorable covers. And even more than that, because the medium itself had an impact on songwriting; the A and B side-signs on the singles themselves raised the question of the priority and order of the songs, which led to the birth and application of the musical or conceptual concept that organised the whole album. An album is a tangible object, which also strongly shapes the personal relationship with the composers and performers.
Schedule
We revive the ritual of listening to records by listening together to the albums of Hungarian artists who have made an exciting contribution to the history of Hungarian popular music in some way. We will listen to the albums in the composer's or performer's own words, recalling their own experiences, in the library of the Hungarian House of Music, which has a growing collection of albums and will thus become a playhouse for a major Hungarian music album.
"The real great artists made a great album as a work of art, and these made it worth listening to music and songs," writes Gábor Presser in his autobiography, adding that he usually sold albums with one or two "pulls". The title of our series of recordings is a paraphrase of LGT's third album (Bummm!), from which many more songs became popular and are still memorable.
In the series opener, we will listen to a multi-disc album that reflects the name of the band, the technology that made record listening possible, and the era in which it was born. He has done this with extraordinary, sophisticated irony and memorable songs. All the while, he has achieved one of the most playful examples of the so-called album concept in the country; an artistic vision in which he has strung the songs throughout the album around a central idea. And in doing so, he creates a self-reflexive work of art that even art critics can relate to.
House of Music Hungary
A music education centre and concert venue in the heart of the City Park, behind the airy futuristic glass facade of Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto.
