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After Crying

About Me


The oeuvre of After Crying - turning 23 this year - stands unparalleled in Hungarian music palette, and is also rare in international comparison.
The aim of this creative community has ever been to compose contemporary, up-to-date classical music that is possible to understand for many people – since it uses elements of today’s everyday musical idiom; and at the same time is able to convey deep meaning at a high artistic level, dealing with serious issues of our time.
A kind of "up-to-date classical music" that addresses both its own contemporaries and eternity at the same time. On the stage, their regular instrumentarium ranges from classic-acoustic instruments (cello, trumpet, piano, flute) to the standard setup of a modern rock band. From time to time they play shows with a chamber or symphony orchestra. On their studio-albums countless variations of classical and modern compositional methods and instrumentation appear, from acoustic chamber lineup to 21st century symphonic and electronic sounds.
All these are mounted in an organic dramaturgy, where the pieces ranging from song-format to long instrumental compositions all find their appropriate content.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 25/01/2008
Band Website: http://www.aftercrying.hu
Band Members: Zoltán BÁTKY-VALENTIN
lead vocals

He came into the picture as an After Crying fan. He joined the band autumn 2002 (as a temporary member, but soon he became a full member).

Gábor EGERVÁRI
flute, narration, texts and thoughts, live sound

He has been a member of the creative community since the beginnings. He took part in several productions and bands even before After Crying was founded. One of the founders of After Crying.

Zoltán LENGYEL
piano, keyboards, vocals

First appeared in 1997 on the album "6", became a regular member in 1998.

Zsolt MADAI
drums, percussion, vibraphone

First appeared in Spring 1998 in the band, and he is a regular member since.

Péter PEJTSIK
composition, orchestration, cello, bass guitar, vocals

One of the founder members of After Crying, he is the only member working in the band continuously since the beginning.

Ferenc TORMA
guitar, synthesizer, composition

Has been a member of the creative community since the beginning, took part in several productions and bands before After Crying, and joined the band on guitar even before he became a regular member in 1993.

Balázs WINKLER
composition, orchestration, trumpet, keyboards

He appeared on the first album and in concerts of '90-'91, he became a regular member of the band and a decisive person of the creative community in 1992.

Influences: Everything from rock to classical - from: King Crimson or Emerson Lake & Palmer to Bach.
Sounds Like: ...something you've never heard before. Or something you've heard but in a different way. :-)
Record Label: Periferic
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Waking up...

Dear Friends,After some silent times, the band is waking up. Although Gercsi (Gábor Egervári) is still in a hospital, recovering from his really nasty sickness, we have planned some "warm-up" concerts...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:31:00 GMT