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
Kék ingem lobogó
Thy Catafalque Lyrics
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Kék ingem kiszabom az égből
Kék ingem lobogó, s nézd csak
Kék erdőn korona a harmat
Lélegzem eleven kékből
Kék ingem kiszabom az égből
Kék ingem lobogó, s nézd csak
Nézz rám, jó nap anyám, nézz rám
Járd át a gyökerem, a vénám
Töltsd színig szívemet fénnyel
Lüktessen a fekete földdel
Fond össze levelem, cérnám
Járd át a gyökerem, a vénám
Töltsd színig szívemet fénnyel
Dobbanjon a fekete földdel
The above lyrics are from Thy Catafalque's song Kék ingem lobogó (My Blue Flag is Fluttering). The song is sung in Hungarian, a language known for its unique vocabulary and grammar, which poses a challenge for those who do not understand the language. However, the lyrics are poetically composed and offer a rich imagery of nature and life.
The song opens with the phrase "Kék hajnal kihasad, feltör" (Blue dawn bursts, breaks out), which sets the tone for the rest of the song. The singer then declares that he will cut his blue shirt from the sky and wear it as his banner. The blue flag is a symbol of his identity, strength, and freedom. He then asks his mother to look at him and walk through his roots, filling his heart with light and connecting him to the earth.
The second verse repeats the first but emphasizes the blue color, which is a recurring theme in the song. The singer breathes the "living blue" and wears the blue flag as his banner. He wants the mother to fill his heart with light, making it pulse with the black earth.
In the final verse, the singer asks his mother to weave his leaves and roots and fill his heart with light so that it beats with the black earth. The lyrics suggest a love for nature and a deep connection to it, as well as a desire for identity and strength.
Line by Line Meaning
Kék hajnal kihasad, feltör
The blue dawn breaks, it emerges
Kék ingem kiszabom az égből
I cut my blue shirt from the sky
Kék ingem lobogó, s nézd csak
My blue shirt waves, just look at it
Kék erdőn korona a harmat
On the blue forest, dew is a crown
Lélegzem eleven kékből
I breathe from vivid blue
Nézz rám, jó nap anyám, nézz rám
Look at me, good day my mother, look at me
Járd át a gyökerem, a vénám
Walk through my roots, my veins
Töltsd színig szívemet fénnyel
Fill my heart with light up to the brim
Lüktessen a fekete földdel
Make it pulsate with the black earth
Fond össze levelem, cérnám
Weave together my leaf, my thread
Dobbanjon a fekete földdel
Let it beat with the black earth
Contributed by Aaliyah E. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
EvandEra
Szerelmes lettem ebbe a dalba, minden egyes hallgatás után újabb és újabb képet látok rá. Katartikusan jó ez a szám, borzalmas mélységeket rejt.
Evelien K
This song is so great, I cannot stop listening to it. Greetings from the Netherlands
PrograMeando
Una de mis favoritas, muy buena música.
Miro čevela
This is so fucking good, cheers from Slovakia
Erik Renczés
Miro čevela je to super veru :)
erenya88
Weöres Sándor is azt mondaná rá, ez igen! A zene pedig... fenomenális!!! Álomvilágba vezet, és valahol mégis az egyedül megfogható, örökkévalóságot festi elénk... Tényleg, mint az érintetlen erdő.
Eduardo Aguirre Alvarado
Es de las mejores canciones que he escuchado en toda mi vida la verdad 😎
zsmonostori
Nem találok szavakat, egyszerűen lélegzetelállító, gyönyörű, felemelő, és magyar!
daniele vitelli
el talento musical d thy catafalque me envolvio, gracias x subirlo! saludos desd los cabos san lucas, mexico 😃
Jessica Lizarraga
@daniele vitelli saludos 😃!