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Release Date: 25-09-1996
Label: Erdenklang Musik
Catalog Number: EK60942
Barcode: 723091609425
Musical Style: World
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gaga-Janus  | 5 | Hindigeetála |
| 2 | Hemis-Mela | 6 | Mong-Riddum |
| 3 | Sangha-Kirtan | 7 | Sol-Acidhun |
| 4 | Terra Dei | 8 | Trance Macabre |
Description:
Terra Dei is the Earth of our God. It belongs to the God who has been created by us. Therefore our Earth and its world are exactly the same as our God. This world is not the one that was originally created, it is a smashed version of it. Therefore, seen from this perspective, the most beautiful thing is destruction itself and its art. This kind of art is that of alienation of the human race and its fake consciousness which has been artificially conditioned. In this world music has changed direction and the oscillation of its slewing rhythm crushes again and again the traditional form of music. So the music of Terra Dei - although it wants to be a spiritual exodus from the world that was made uninhabitable by us - is only a faithful relection of the world of our God's planet. (László Hortobágyi)
Biography:
László Hortobágyi's music is fiction and reality at the same time. He creates musical worlds in which we can rediscover ourselves, just to forget ourselves all over again. The essence of his music is that the 20th century was not culturally influenced by the Occident, but from the Orient instead, just imagine that the Western and Asian polyphony had united, such as, for example, baroque organ music with phrases of Indian Ragas. A harpsichord player performing Northern Indian sitar music on his polyphonic instrument supported by a psychedelic reggae bass. Or an orthodox Slavic church choir was to sing in a classic Indian 'Dhrupad' style, in the course of which repetitive gamelan music utilised compositions of Indian ragas during an electronic rock concert in Java... In 1980 he founded the 'Gayan Uttejak Society', which received its name from the Hindu- Mohammed Music Association that existed from 1884 to 1917 and that was founded by V. N. Bhatkhande. This society expanded in 1984 with the addition of a unique Eastern music archive and a modern electronic studio. LászIó Hortobágyi lives in Budapest as a musician (Rudra-vinâ, Sitar-Surbâhâr, Tablâ), when he is not traveling to Asian or Arabian countries for recordings or research.
