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
Szamojéd Freskó
Thy Catafalque Lyrics
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Kúp van és gúla.
Testem rejtekéből
Kitör a félelem.
A tudás mit sem ér,
A semmiből vétettem.
Száraz magom hull
A Holdon túli
Hatalmas terek,
Néma csarnokok
Tükrében állsz.
The lyrics of Szamojéd Freskó by Thy Catafalque are highly poetic and abstract, but refer to common themes of fear, ignorance and the vastness of the unknown. The song begins with the lines "Nincsen semmi más, Kúp van és gúla," which translate to "There is nothing else, just a cupola and a tower." These structures represent the heights of human achievement but are ultimately meaningless in the grand scheme of things.
The next line, "Testem rejtekéből Kitör a félelem" translates to "Fear erupts from within me," indicating a deep sense of anxiety and uncertainty in the face of the unknown. This fear is further compounded by the line "A tudás mit sem ér," which means "Knowledge is worthless." This could be interpreted as a suggestion that no matter how much we try to understand, the universe will always remain inscrutable.
The final two lines of the song are "A Holdon túli Hatalmas terek, Néma csarnokok Tükrében állsz," which roughly translates to "In the vast spaces beyond the Moon, you stand reflected in silent halls." This imagery conjures up a sense of awe and insignificance in the face of the universe, where even the greatest achievements of humanity pale in comparison to the enormity of the cosmos.
Line by Line Meaning
Nincsen semmi más,
There is nothing else,
Kúp van és gúla.
Only cones and domes.
Testem rejtekéből
From the hiding place of my body
Kitör a félelem.
Fear is bursting out.
A tudás mit sem ér,
Knowledge is of no use,
A semmiből vétettem.
I was born out of nothing.
Száraz magom hull
My dry seed falls
A fekete sárba.
Into the black mud.
A Holdon túli
Beyond the moon
Hatalmas terek,
There are vast spaces,
Néma csarnokok
Silent halls
Tükrében állsz.
You stand in their reflection.
Writer(s): Tamas Katai
Contributed by Caden C. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
ZolixiusRex
Hűha. :) Minden tiszteletem Kátai úr! :) - Respect!
Ben Purcell
I heard one song from this artist a few months ago but didn't ever listen to it again or hear or see anything about them since. I just randomly found this song just now, and it is probably my best find of the week. There's a lot going on between the instruments and a lot of odd directional and emotional changes in this track, and it simply amazes me. Extremely creative and original and so so talented. I'm gonna listen to an entire album from them right now and fall asleep to it if it doesn't keep me awake. I'm overly impressed
6d6f7274686f6e
funny how everyone has different favorite albums
mine would be a close race between roko hasa radio and sgurr
Evan P
My favorite is Sgurr, give it a listen
BNT Sloma
My favorite album is Roka Hasa Radio
Silgrond
My favourite is Rengeteg from him, give it a listen if you can
Csaba Oldal
Whenever i listen to a Thy Catafalque track i almost feel like it's good to be Hungarian...
Nederbörd
@Csaba: You echoed my thoughts. Agreed.
heres johnny
i didn't even know this band is now located in Edinburgh
Dávid Várnai
Agree.