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A joy to write, a joy to read | Favorite articles from the Hype&Hyper team II.
It takes real teamwork to get quality writing published. Finding an exciting topic, researching sources, or hunting down interview subjects all require creativity and determination. In addition to the text, beautiful photos and unique illustrations are essential, and in our case, we shouldn’t forget that the articles need to
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The show must go on – concert venues in Budapest
Suppose you only have one night in the city and you’d like to spend it as if you were living here the whole year round. Authentically, in sync with the local world, picking a location that gives you a chance to blend in, even as a tourist. Put on
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Key locations of Hungarian music
Every corner of Budapest boasts an exciting detail that makes it worth setting off. This is also true if you’d like to know more about the capital’s key music venues and architecture. The most important institutions are fundamental elements of the cityscape and they make Hungarian musical creations,
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Compressed sounds – digging for vinyl in Budapest
Either physically or online, music collection is important for every decent music listener, but after peaking in the 70s and 80s, vinyls are living their renaissance worldwide, as in Budapest, as well. In recent years, several record stores have opened up alongside existing, older ones, often owned by collectors themselves
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“Folk art is bursting with power.” – 10 questions for Дeva
Dorina Takács, a. k. a. Дeva, embarked on her solo electro folk project in 2019, infusing her music with the energies of nature and floral motifs. As a child, Dorina was surrounded by music: she sang in a choir, studied piano and solfège, and even formed a band called ROOM11
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Ivan Dorn: The Renaissance man forever in motion
The 33-year-old singer/songwriter was born in Russia, in the final hours of the Soviet Union. After its dissolution, his family moved to Ukraine, which is where little Ivan grew up. Even though he was successful in sports, he gave that up for music and being on stage, and has
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Alina Pash – A good witch
The music of the 29-year-old Ukrainian singer and rapper is an ideal – and remarkably exciting – blend of tradition and modernity. With her two albums to date, she has demonstrated that she wants to be more than a promising up-and-comer, and is looking to break into contemporary pop music as a
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FVLCRVM: The bridging solution
FVLCRVM is Slovakian musician-producer and audio-visual artist Stefan Kralovic’s one-man music project, which Kralovic started in the early 2010s. His name was already known to audiences from the indie pop band Nvmeri. FVLCRVM, however, is a whole different world: an entertaining audio-visual game that excels at finding a balance
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„I guess you can never learn too much about anything.” – An interview with Sylwia Lipka
Sylwia has been comfortable performing on stage since she was 6. The singer-vlogger is only 25, but her career is already nothing short of amazing. She was 12 when she wrote an email to the Disney Channel, and a few years later, she became a sitcom star. She then launched
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Lenny: „I never take performing for granted”
Lenka Filipová (aka Lenny) is a Czech songwriter, composer, lyricist and pianist. The young singer has been writing songs for more than ten years, but music has been an important part of her life from a very young age. It’s no wonder, if you consider that her mother is
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Golan: The harmonic triad
This Romanian three-person band has been around since 2013, and has made two albums so far. The first one came out in 2017, with the sequel arriving last year. The electronic pop music of the Bucharest-based Golan is catchy, silky smooth, danceable, melancholic and light-hearted, all at once. It is
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Blending the sounds of Vienna and London – Interview with Cid Rim
Clemens Bacher, aka Cid Rim, grew up in Vienna, where, thanks to his father, he was in close contact with music from an early age. He learned to play drums and piano, played in bands, and later studied to become a jazz drummer at the University of Music and Performing
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Ofelia – A woman of many talents
Ofelia (official birth name: Iga Krefft) is a 26-year-old singer and songwriter who originally came from a tiny Polish town, but grew in renown until the whole country knew her name. She switched from sombre, alternative rock music to lighter musical genres. These days, she portrays various different female characters
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The key to success is constant renewal, be it on stage or in the kitchen – An interview with Thomas Anders
Thomas Anders is known all over the world as a member of pop duo Modern Talking, and has been enjoying unwavering popularity since the 80s. Lovers of gastronomy also know that apart from making music, he also enjoys working in the kitchen, as well as sharing his recipes in his
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Modern, classical music in Budapest, with a touch of Italian romanticism – An interview with Bruno Bavota
Bruno Bavota feels like he stepped out of a movie: a real larger-than-life, romantic character. Not only is he a musician specialising in Italian and classical styles, but he is also a truly gentle and sensitive man. His passionate and evocative style makes it hard to believe that he was
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Niklas Paschburg: The alchemist of sounds
The 28-year-old musician, who was born in Hamburg, is the master of atmosphere creation and the up-and-coming star and young titan of German music. Besides the classics, electronic music, Brian Eno and ambient all had an impact on his work. An artist with a special talent, who is not only
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Welcome the Echoes of Hungary
What comes to mind for a foreigner when they hear the term ‘Hungarian music’? What happens when a foreign musician visits Hungary, discovers the atmosphere of its landscapes and cities, and in the process puts the experiences and compositions they have already acquired into a new context? The sounds, tastes