(Rel: M.= Addiction 2002) .. 320 - One of those rare times that a demo has caused consternation within our City Centre Offices family was when Dictaphone s compelling and unbeleiveably complete debut album reached us some time earlier on this year. The main player behind the dictaphone name is Oliver Doerell, a multi instrumentalist originally from Brussels who now resides in the musical heartland of Berlin. The last 3 years have been spent working on the Dictaphone project, assisted by the saxophone and clarinette playing Roger Döring. Their past has been spent in similar fields, Oliver has composed numerous scores for theatre work, and Roger has a film soundtrack for "Alaska.de2000" which was a major box-office hit in Germany. Their first full length work, M.=addiction is a beautifully crafted work that trancends classification with all its throwbacks to Jazz, Electronica and found sound works. Points of reference ranging from the Cinematic Orchestra through to Boards of Canada and down to a deeply unconscious underground aesthetic, the beauty of this album is in its warmth, its accessability and its undeniably microscopic, home-baked construction. One of the loveliest albums that we´ve released to date, retaining a gloriously widescreen cinematic edge, we are immensly happy that this album is finally available to public consumption, warming up the cockles of any who come in its way. Sublime.
http://www.dictaphone-music.de/oliverdoerellworks.html 

Dictaphone - Esc. meetings

I composed "Tour De Pyrénées” after a trip through them in 2012. The tour lasted five days and nights and I saw some unbelievable, beautiful ‘lost places’. The music represents the ups and downs of driving the car through the mountain pass, the voices of the people, and the landscape. 

Bjorn Rohde - Tour De Pyrénées

Instrumental, Cinematic, latin, guitars, soundtrack

La Ultima Frontera_mix01

SONAE + Werkstatt:	Between Two Worlds 	03:58
Mixed and produced by Sonae  
using material from the Werkstatt performed by Sonae, Picciotto, Islaja, AGF, Krach
taken from the album
va: Monika Werkstatt
m90

Monika Werkstatt

Sonae + Werkstatt: Between Two Worlds

"You'll Be Fine." is the first release on Archives of german producer Sven Laux. Well known for his vast discography, including releases on Archipel, Whitelabrecs and Dronarivm. 
A perfect mix between ambient and modern classical music, with a beautiul palette of sounds. From ambient lines to strings and piano keys, with his refined cinematic style.

Written and Produced by Sven Laux
Mastered by Sebastian Mehl
Archives48 // ArchivesCD29 
Archives | 2018

you'll be fine

Buy CD/Digital

Sven Laux - Where To Begin

Kobza Vajk - Kara Libanon
12" black vinyl with Kobza Vajk's drawings 
PRE-ORDER >>> https://budabeats.bandcamp.com/album/kara-libanon

A&R: Dj Gandharva & Von Yodi
Mastering: Anders Peterson (GS Mastering, Stockholm)

Label: Budabeats Records
Cat. number: BUBE-039
Release date: 18. 11. 2019

The title track is a live recording from 2008, perfectly setting the mood for the whole EP: psychedelic shaman music with powerful oud chords and a hypnotic Middle Eastern atmosphere. 

Kobza Vajk is a Hungarian self-taught psychedelic folk musician who has been playing the oud and other obscure stringed instruments, like kithara or the lute for more than 15 years. His main influences are folk and ancient music of all kinds, what brings these together is his contemporary approach of composing and the oriental technique he plays his instruments with. This release focuses on his original work from the late 2000's with a few reinterpretations coming from established e-music producers.

Stay tuned for other remixes by Perdu, Multi Culti boss Dreems, and long time Budabeats family member, BéTé.

www.facebook.com/budabeats

Kobza Vajk - Kara Libanon (Live version 2008)

Kobza Vajk - Kara Libanon
12" black vinyl with Kobza Vajk's drawings
PRE-ORDER >>> budabeats.bandcamp.com/album/kara-libanon

Vajk Kobza - oud
Balázs Major - udu, percussions
Csaba Pengő - double bass 

A&R: Dj Gandharva & Von Yodi
Mastering: Anders Peterson (GS Mastering, Stockholm)

Label: Budabeats Records
Cat. number: BUBE-039
Release date: 18. 11. 2019

The title track is a live recording from 2008, perfectly setting the mood for the whole EP: psychedelic shaman music with powerful oud chords and a hypnotic Middle Eastern atmosphere.

Kobza Vajk is a Hungarian self-taught psychedelic folk musician who has been playing the oud and other obscure stringed instruments, like kithara or the lute for more than 15 years. His main influences are folk and ancient music of all kinds, what brings these together is his contemporary approach of composing and the oriental technique he plays his instruments with. This release focuses on his original work from the late 2000's with a few reinterpretations coming from established e-music producers.

Stay tuned for other remixes by Perdu, Multi Culti boss Dreems, and long time Budabeats family member, BéTé.

www.facebook.com/budabeats

Kara Libanon

Kara Libanon (2019 version)

Kobza Vajk • Kara Libanon "2019 version" | Budabeats Records | oud ud عود ούτι Ուդ עוד

A Lesson For The Future, Farewell To The Old Ways

2020 plays out to the sound of "Ghost Sounds" by Polaroid Notes, who returns to the British label Whitelabrecs following 2017’s ‘Unsung Memories’.

"Ghost Sounds" treads the cinematic lines of atmospheric piano and electronic ambient music, with unsettling undercurrents which occasionally creep into view. It has been in production since November 2019 as the sound of Polaroid Notes was pushed to develop a wider variety. The recording methods, effects and techniques were painstakingly adapted through experimentation and some truly spooky moments were captured. From here, "Ghost Sounds" became an obvious working title for the album.

The basic approach behind Polaroid Notes album is an attempt to deal with our weird and uncertain times in politics, health, social separation, isolation and cocooning. "Ghost Sounds" tries to capture this strange atmosphere - somewhere between deep despair, silent hope and the wish to wake up from restless and unfullfillable dreams.

The album artwork features photographs by Polaroid Notes shot during heavy snowfall in the first few winter days of 2020 in the Black Forest.

Tracklist:
1. Remember How It Is To Float / 2. We Burn Like Stars / 3. Ghost Sounds / 4. Mute Signals / 5. Beyond The Dark / 6. Silent Dreams / 7. Stellar / 8. When The Moon Dies Again / 9. Night Tunes / 10. Drifting Slowly Towards Infinity / 11. And Morning Comes

Written and produced by Polaroid Notes
Mastering by James Edward Armstrong
Photos by Polaroid Notes
Artwork by Harry Towell

Digital download and limited edition CD available @ https://polaroidnotes.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-sounds

Release Date: 21st Nov 2020
Whitelabrecs WLR 084

Bandcamp

Polaroid Notes - Snippets of Ghost Sounds (Album)

Here's a teaser of the forthcoming Kraut Sounds album, due to be released in Spring 2021.

Kraut Sounds - Fjorden

A teljes album mától itt hallható: langolo.hu/rejtek-szabo-sandor…emezenek-premierje/

» Rejtek Stream: https://backl.ink/143782103
» Bandcamp: https://bit.ly/39T3Jtk
» Website: https://kobzavajk.com
» Insta: https://bit.ly/2IRCfKD
» YT: https://bit.ly/3qM924i
» Fb: http://bit.ly/2kO9Xn8

Zeneszerzők | Composers:
Szabó Sándor: ku-cseng | guzheng
Kobza Vajk: úd | oud; pszaltérium | psaltery; baglama | bağlama

Special digital edition: 24bit 48kHz
Felvétel, mix és utómunka | Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by: Szabó Sándor
Tandem Records Studio - Vác, Hungary 2016, 2020.
Borító | Cover: Kobza Vajk

Szerzői kiadás | Author's Edition © Szabó Sándor & Kobza Vajk
Minden jog fenntartva! All rights reserved!
2021

Rejtek

Egy újjászületés látomása

Szabó Sándor & Kobza Vajk • Egy Újjászületés Látomása | Rejtek Album | 2021 | oud ud عود

Kobza Vajk is a hungarian oudplayer and multi-instrumentalist. He play early fusion and contemporary oriental music from the Carpathian basin, which is building from the inner path.

Kobza Vajk • Kara Libanon "2019 version" | Budabeats Records | oud ud عود ούτι Ուդ עוד

Kobza Vajk Official