About Me
The Moon
and the Nightspirit was formed in 2003 by Agnes and Mihaly. It is a mystical
journey into the amaranthine realm of dreams and beauty, long-forgotten by modern
man. A journey inspired by pagan fables, ancient Hungarian folk music and nature
itself.
The band recorded a promotional EP in 2004, which earned them a deal with Equilibrium
Music for the release of their first album, "Of Dreams Forgotten and
Fables Untold", recorded and released on the following year. This album was
very well received and made a name for The Moon
and the Nightspirit in the musical
scene. They played several festivals/concerts, both in Hungary and abroad, and
even at a live TV show on one of Hungarian National television's programmes dedicated
to folk/world music.
Recordings for their second album, "Regõ Rejtem", began around mid 2006,
again at the band's own studio, Elysion. "Regõ rejtem" is a line from ancient
Hungarian minstrel songs, which means "I conjure with magic", or, in words even
closer to Shamanism, "révüléssel révülök" ("I am ecstatic in a trance"), a vision
that suits perfectly the mood on the duo's songs. This time they have traveled
further into times bygone, rekindling the flames of the Taltos (Hungarian shaman)
and reawakening the spirits of the Elders. The music has acquired a more varied
and colorful tone through the use of varied ethnic instrumentation (such as kaval,
tapan, jew's harp or zither), and has also become significantly more energetic
and vibrant, without sacrificing the unique ambiance that the band had found on
their debut album.
"Regõ Rejtem" also finds the duo leaving behind the English language, and
using only Hungarian lyrics this time. They come in the form of poems - chants
dedicated to Mother Earth, the spiritual world and the ancient wisdom, and have
also served, together with the music, as inspiration for several superb paintings
that Agnes has produced to illustrate the album. These three elements (music,
lyrics and illustrations) form a strong unity, and only with the existence of
these three does "Regõ Rejtem" become a whole.
The album is presented in a DVD-size Digipak, and comes with a full-colour booklet complete with Agnes' paintings and both Hungarian and English versions of the lyrics.
