Alternative versions created by Kiss Balazs between October 2019 and January 2021

Mixed and mastered by Gazdag Istvan between February and May 2021

Thanks to Bakos Attila for the vocals in Regret and Unburied Hopes

In Darkness

White

From the cassette SenkWaves - A Senkrecht Compilation
senkrecht.bandcamp.com/album/senkwaves-a-senkrecht-compilation

A tribute to CMC
Originally written in April 2012
Recorded, mixed and mastered in February 2022

Cawatana, originally from Békéscsaba, now from Budapest, Hungary has been an active member of the international dark underground music scene for more than 20 years, the current incarnation focusing on darkwave/minimal wave with analog synths and drum machines started to take form around 2018. Their song Splintered was written originally in 2012, but it was recorded only now, exclusively for this compilation. It's a tribute to the Hungarian industrial legend CMC - stripped down minimal wave, or even we could say minimal industrial, pounding drums, tight bass synth, rigid vocals, alienating noises, absolving guitar melodies.

SenkWaves - A Senkrecht Compilation

Splintered

From the forthcoming album Behind The Glory, to be released in May 2025.

Written and recorded by Kiss Balázs
Mixed and mastered by Buza Péter

We Live Silently

Second single from the forthcoming album Behind The Glory, to be released in May 2025.

Written and recorded by Kiss Balázs
Mixed and mastered by Buza Péter

Real, Open

Third (and last) single from the forthcoming album Behind The Glory, to be released in June 2025.

Written and recorded by Kiss Balázs
Mixed and mastered by Buza Péter

The long awaited new album from Cawatana is finally released. Almost exactly 4 years after the previous album, Victory Of Regret, which contained 8 reworked songs from the band’s history, here are another 8 reworked tracks on the new album Beyond The Glory.

This year there is the 25th anniversary of the first Cawatana EP, the 15th anniversary of the “returning” mini album Advocation For Privileges, the 10th anniversary of the EP/mini album Decline Of Privileges, and 5th anniversary of the first concert with the new setup. The new album is dedicated to all these events; it includes songs from all the three mentioned releases in new versions, with the same setup/equipment that was used on the concert. Musically it goes in the same direction as the previous album: analog minimal electronics with darkwave/coldwave/minimal wave influences, this time without acoustic guitars, just analog synths and drum machines (and vocals with vocoder).

A special version of the song We Live Silently. Different notes/scale/key, so a bit different mood, analog drum machine, so a bit different sound, vinyl master (also a bit different sound).

Released on the Wave Earplug No. 7 compilation 12" vinyl LP by 4mg Records (Slovakia).

Written, performed and recorded by Kiss Balázs
Mixed and mastered by Buza Péter
Compilation master by Miki Bernáth

Equipment used in the song: Novation BassStation 2, Moog Minitaur, Behringer Deepmind 12, DSI Tetra, Behringer RD-6, TC Helicon Voicelive 3 

We Live Silently (Major Analog Version)

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