Throughout the passing years the music became more and more experimental with deep touches of electronic and folklorish influences feeding from their homeland in Central Europe. Meanwhile KaOtic Productions ceased to exist, so the third album Tűnő Idő Tárlat (An Exhibition of Vanishing Time) came to sunlight as a self-financed production in 2004. By this time lyrics turned into Hungarian and music turned out to be the most diverse and atmospheric experimentum coming out from the band. Cosmic music from micro to macro, from matter to spirit and then back into the ashes.
This world is about to be painted by more vivid colours in the latest release entitled Róka Hasa Rádió released by Epidemie Records on the 12th of May, 2009 and in November 2009 by Soyuz Music. The main concept behind the album is the relationship between the ever evolving, solid and massive physical matter and the fragileness of human and all living spirits throughout distant childhood memories and scientific explanations of nature. Revolving, rotating movements of past and future, colours, sounds, long lost scents by a strange transmission from a timeless radio.
After the very well appreciated Róka Hasa Rádió album, in 2010 Epidemie Records decided to print a re-issue of previous recording of Thy Catafalque entitled Tűnő Idő Tárlat. It was originally released by the band itself in 2004 in a very small scale. Limited to 500 pieces of beautful digipak, the music is untouched while the artwork is renewed.
In 2011 Thy Catafalque signed to Season Of Mist. The fifth album entitled Rengeteg was released on 11 November 2011 in Europe and 10 January 2012 in North-America. All the instruments have been reccorded by Tamás Kátai alone this time, as János Juhász left the band in 2011. Guest musicians: Attila Bakos (Woodland Choir, Taranis) - all clean male vocals, Ágnes Tóth (The Moon And The Nightspirit) - female vocals, Mihály Simkó-Várnagy - cello.
In October, 2015 Season Of Mist releases the band's sixth album, Sgùrr in vinyl and 36-page digibook CD.
In November, 2015 Blood Music re-releases Cor Cordium (Demo), Sublunary Tragedies and Microcosmos as The Early Works in 3xCD and limited vinyl box-set edition.
Line up:
Tamás Kátai - vocals, keyboards, guitar bass, programming (Gire, Nebron, Darklight, Gort, Towards Rusted Soil)
Discography:
1999 Cor Cordium (demo)
1999 Sublunary Tragedies
2001 Microcosmos
2004 Tűnő Idő Tárlat
2009 Róka Hasa Rádió
2011 Rengeteg
2015 Sgùrr
2016 Meta
2018 Geometria
2020 Naiv
2021 Vadak
Köd utánam
Thy Catafalque Lyrics
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Fйnye az ablakom, takarуmon rezdьl
A csillagos йgbolt, йji kerйk jбr
Kцrbe a hбz fцlцtt, szбzezer йv mбr
Elmъlt йs alszom йs бlmodom egyre,
Zakatol a vaskocsi fel a palahegyre.
Бt a mezхkцn, tъl a kaszбlуn
Futnak a felhхk, szбll a kabбtom
Andezit dolgozik, zъg a sцtйtben,
Zьmmцg a szйntelep, hunyorog a testben.
Alszom йs alszom йs бlmodom egyre,
Futnak a felhхk fenn dideregve.
Futnak a felhхk, szбllok a szйlben
Бt az idхkцn, mint a mesйben,
Alszom йs alszom йs бlmodom egyre,
Szalma zizeg, pцrцg, hull a szememre
A holdbуl, у a holdbуl.
The first verse of Thy Catafalque's song "Köd utánam" describes the beauty of nature and the night sky. The forest is soaring, with the moon resting in its hair, and its light dances across the singer's bedroom window. The starry sky turns in its dark night circle above the house, which stands surrounded by its fields and meadows. The lyrics suggest a sense of calm and relaxation with the singer asleep and dreaming while listening to the sound of a passing train. The singer is then transported by the wind while watching the clouds fly by through the sky.
The second verse describes the ongoing work at a factory at night. The lyrics suggest a sense of detachment from the world of work that the singer is experiencing. He remains in a state of dreaming while being conscious of the workings of the world around him. The dark sky continues to spin as he watches the moving clouds that are jittery in the cold. The singer dwells on this dreamlike journey, allowing the straw rustling to lull him back to a peaceful sleep.
Overall, the lyrics in "Köd utánam" convey the natural beauty and the contrast between the active world we live in, with its factories and machines, and the peaceful, dreamlike nature world surrounding us.
Line by Line Meaning
Szбrnyal a rengeteg, hajбban a hold ьl
The forest soars with the moon in its hair
Fйnye az ablakom, takarуmon rezdьl
Its light shines on my window and sways on my covers
A csillagos йgbolt, йji kerйk jбr
The starry sky spins like a nocturnal wheel
Kцrbe a hбz fцlцtt, szбzezer йv mбr
Around the house above, a hundred thousand years have passed
Elmъlt йs alszom йs бlmodom egyre
It's gone and I sleep and dream continually
Zakatol a vaskocsi fel a palahegyre.
The iron carriage chugs up the thatched hill
Бt a mezхkцn, tъl a kaszбlуn
Across the fields, beyond the mowed grass
Futnak a felhхk, szбll a kabбtom
The clouds run, my coat flies
A szйlben, у a szйlben.
In the wind, yes, in the wind.
Andezit dolgozik, zъg a sцtйtben,
Andesite works, hums in the dark,
Zьmmцg a szйntelep, hunyorog a testben.
The coal pile hums, the body squints.
Alszom йs alszom йs бlmodom egyre,
I sleep and sleep and dream continually,
Futnak a felhхk fenn dideregve.
The clouds run up shivering.
Futnak a felhхk, szбllok a szйlben
The clouds run, I fly in the wind,
Бt az idхkцn, mint a mesйben,
Across the ages, like in a tale,
Alszom йs alszom йs бlmodom egyre,
I sleep and sleep and dream continually,
Szalma zizeg, pцrцg, hull a szememre
Straw rustles, twirls, falls on my eyes
A holdbуl, у a holdbуl.
From the moon, yes, from the moon.
Contributed by Miles V. Suggest a correction in the comments below.