Writers circle

++ Ambrus Tövisházi ++

Ambrus Tövisházi is an award-winning film composer, songwriter and music producer. In the 90s he started his own band, Amorf Ördögök, together with lyricist and singer Szabolcs Tariska, in which they mixed classic chansons and Hungarian songs in a new guise, with trippy and various world music elements. The singer of the formation, which was only active for a few years in the early 2000s, became Bori Péterfy in 1999, and in 2007 she and Bori Péterfy founded the Péterfy Bori & Love Band, which is still active today and is more energetic and more popular than the parent band. Tövisházi's other musical workshop is the Erik Sumo formation, which also combines a wide range of influences (dub, electronica, world music), and in the beginning he worked with Juli Fábián and Erzsik Kiss, and later with Veronika Harcsa. The Erik Sumo band is still active today, with the latest line-up featuring Edina Kutzora (ex-Yonderboi, Zagar) singing alongside Erzsi Kiss. In addition, he is a composer of Tövisházi film scores (Panic, Liza the Fox Fairy, Love Sliding In, etc.) and a producer of other artists' releases, having worked with Kiscsillag, Heaven Street Seven, Márton Hó, Unbending Trees, János Kulka, among many others.

++ Sisi ++

In January 2022, Sisi's first song and homemade music video, Yalla, hit the web, followed by the Hungarian Klipsziele award-winning Hands Up, the pun champion MagasLow, the more melancholic Manifesto and finally the old school Rappelj jobban. Sisi has the performing arts in her guts, so it soon became clear during her first performance at Akvárium Klub Lokál at the end of last year that besides songwriting and making music videos, the microphone and the stage are her number one passion. In light of this, 2023 is already a year of constant gigging for him, and he has become one of the most popular artists in the Hungarian underground hip hop world. She has also been voted the current female face of the Spotify EQUAL campaign, and has collected a Fonogram nomination for 'Discoverer of the Year' and the Artisjus Junior Creator Award. Her debut EP SISTEMATIIK was released this spring and her first full-length album is due out later this year.

++ Domokos Lázár ++

Domokos Lázár is a songwriter, lyricist and music producer born on 27 May 1989 in Mezőtúr. In 2006 he formed his band Esti Kornélt, where he is guitarist, songwriter and lyricist. Esti Kornél has recorded six albums, played numerous club and festival concerts and has become one of the most important figures in the Hungarian alternative music scene in recent years. Esti Kornél's second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth albums are not only his songwriting and lyric writing, but also his musical direction (production) and sound engineering. In the meantime, in 2011, he founded another band, Pegasus Don't Exist, with which he recorded a full-length album in 2014. He also produced and engineered this album. He is currently active in the Lázár brothers, which he founded in 2018 with his brother Ágoston Lázár, who plays drums in Esti Kornél. He is also the sound engineer and producer of the Lázár brothers' debut album, released in summer 2020. He has also worked as a producer with Kiscsillag, Szabó Benedek and Galaxis, and Felső Tízezer, among many others.

++ Dávid Sajó ++

Dávid Sajó is a journalist for Telex and host of the After Podcast. He started his career with the Flaming Guitars, organised concerts for a while and worked for the culture column of Index until he quit in 2020. Last year, he authored and edited the book Backstage, which was produced for the 10th anniversary of Budapest Park.