BUDABEATS
Date of release: Jan 31 2025
The psychedelic scene that never was – the perfect subtitle to this compilation. There were barely any drugs in Hungary to begin with. In this era, alcohol, music, and imagination have served as the primary means of mind alteration among the youth. The Communist party had
a firm grip on culture through monopole control over venues, the media, and the recording industry, western records were not available, clubs enforced a strict dress code of suits, shirts, and longer skirts, and the police harassed young men for not more than having long hair or wearing blue jeans.
There was, however, an undercurrent of smaller semi-professional bands striving to succeed in the shadow of the very few stars privileged by the sole state owned record company.
Given their chances to release music were at best limited to a few 7' singles at the mercy of said record company powers. Psyched Out Grooves from Hungary compiles ten of the most outstanding singles recorded by the underdogs of this period. Some of the bands featured
on here have eventually reached wider success by switching to more commercial styles, like Bergendy, Neoton, and Apostol. Most, like Echo, Meteor, Kék Csillag, Non-Stop, were temporal formations that dissolved after a few years due to personal conflicts, lack of success, or both. Others, like Scampolo or Juventus, lasted a longer time without an actual break through. Most of these bands never had a consistent, lasting ’psychedelic’ repertoire or identity at any point. These tracks were the exception, not the norm. That coherence - the illusion of a scene - comes from the curation and sequencing of Budabeats head honchos Von Yodi and Gandharva. It is the arrangement of these puzzle pieces that makes them fit together. Limited edition of 300 hand numbered copies.
Edited excerpt from the liner notes written by Gábor Vályi (Dj Shuriken)
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Vinyl release of Various Artist - Psyched Out Grooves From Hungary (1969-1972). Released through Budabeats and available on LP.
(5573070)
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Cat No: BUDB501
Barcode: 5414165091271
Packaging: LP (100g)
| SKU | 5573070 |
| Barcode # | 5414165091271 |
| Artist | Various Artist |
| Artist/Author | VARIOUS ARTIST |
| Shipping weight | 0.6140kg |
| Format | LP (100g) |
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