Sc.Art

György Kurtág Jr. (FR) sound design, synthesizer, electronic percussion

Miklós Lengyelfi II (HU) bass guitar, effects

András Márton (HU) electronic drums

Sc.Art was established in 2008 with the concept of blending the acoustic characteristics of various places with their own sound imagery and motifs. In its initial productions, musicians created a musical composition built on cosmic sounds originating from space.

György Kurtág Jr., the contemporary music composer and sound designer lives in France. With András Márton and Miklós Lengyelfi II., members of one of the most characteristic bands in Hungarian new wave music, the KFT, gave their first concert with Sc.Art in August 2009.

„It was an exciting task to discover musical elements in the cracks and whistles originating from the celestial bodies of the Solar System. Sometimes during rehearsals I felt as if I changed my career to a space audio archeologist. We were dividing sound samples into second-long segments. In some we heard melodies that we transcribed for the synthesizer, and used others as part of an electronic percussion sound set. We also found tones that we reproduced on our instruments.
We were curious about the effect it would have on the audience at the first concerts, and were happy to see the surprise on their faces and the pleasure when our music, woven from cosmic sounds, and our own notes sounded out.” (András Márton)

Special thanks to:
Barnabás Takács (Digital Elite Inc., www.PanoCast.com)
István Szapudi (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii)
Prof. Don Gurnett (University of Iowa) – early 2003
Bill Kurth (University of Iowa)
Csaba Mecseki
Péter Háry
Judit Csák

Photo: Andrea Gáspár, Lenke Szilágyi
Graphics: Reverb Productions