Hungarian Albummm!

Those of us who still remember how we used to listen to music back when Little Richard sang from shiny black vinyl discs also know what playing records gave music fans: time dedicated to listening to the music with deep absorption, printed lyrics to browse and memorable album covers. And there was even more, because the medium itself influenced the songwriting: the very designation of sides A and B of singles raised the question of the priority and order of the songs, which brought with it the genesis and application of the musical or ideological concept that served as the organising principle behind the entire album.

A record is a tangible object that powerfully shapes the personal connection one has with both the composers and performers. Our aim is to revive the ritual of listening to records by together playing albums by Hungarian artists whose contribution to our country’s pop music history has been extraordinary in some way. We will listen to the records in the company of the composer or performer, as they recall their own experiences, in the library of the House of Music Hungary, from whose ever-expanding music library we have selected the albums, making it a veritable playground for playing a different record by one of Hungary’s greats at each instalment of the series.