Description
Release Date: 21.November.2025
Style: Ambient, Modern Classical, Experimental
New Mastering by George Emmanuel (Pentagram Studio)
New layout by Tamas Katai
First time on vinyl
2 Bonus Tracks
Limited edition (250 copies)
Format: Double Gatefold Sunburst LP
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The Circle Music proudly presents:
Tamas Katai – Erika Szobája
Tamás Kátai is the founding member of Hungarian avant-garde black metal band Thy Catafalque and throughout the years he have had several diverse musical projects, like Gire, Neolunar, Gort and Darklight. He has released three solo albums under his own name as well. Author of poetic books and photographer, he lives and creates in Budapest, Hungary these days. Erika szobája was written and recorded between 2002 and 2005 and was self-released in 2005 in a couple of copies on CD-R. Italian label Ars Benevola Mater picked up the record and released in as a digipak CD a year later. In 2014 GSP from Russia re-launched the album again and now, 20 years after its birth, this is the first time the album is put on vinyl. For this occasion 2 bonus tracks are added to the original material.
It is with great joy that we announce the release of this album on vinyl for the very first time. It is a work brimming with emotion, vivid imagery, and cherished memories, a journey that has resonated even with the most devoted followers of Thy Catafalque. At the same time, it is an honor to collaborate with such a multifaceted artist as Tamás Kátai, whose brilliance spans across a multitude of artistic realms.
(The Circle Music)
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Tamas Katai comment:
By the time I started working on this album I was already playing extreme metal in Gire and black metal in Thy Catafalque. I have had a previous ambient/neoclassical project called Darklight, but Erika szobája was different to all of them. It was by far the most intimate and personal record I ever written and now I think it is too personal actually. I wouldn’t do an album like this again, especially in terms of the lyrics, but it had been done and here we are. The production and the musicianship is not professional, I didn’t have the experience and the knowledge back then, but the emotions are there for sure.
Tracklist:
LP01 - Side A
01 Télvíz
02 Zölderdő
LP01 - Side B
01 Renoir kertje
02 Esőben szaladtál
03 Ázik az út
LP02 - Side A
01 Sűrű völgyek takaród
02 Őszhozó
03 Mécsvilág
LP02 - Side B
01 Zúzmara
02 Szélben jegenyefa (Bonus Track)
03 Noktürn (Bonus Track)
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Line-up:
Tamás Kátai – keyboards, guitar, vocals
Krisztina Tóth – prose
Anita Biró – violin
Gabriella Setényiné Rácz – violin
Andrea Derdák – cello
Jo Quail – electric cello
Credits:
Recorded between 2002 and 2005, Makó, Hungary.
Szélben jegyenyefa recorded in 2023, Budapest, Hungary and London, United Kingdom.
Noktürn recorded in 2023. Budapest, Hungary.Music and words by Tamás Kátai except Noktürn – Nocturne op. 9 no. 1 in B flat by Frédéric Chopin.
Photography and layout by Tamás Kátai.
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Codice Prodotto: NDR-SHOP 00129
The Circle Music - Credits released 2022