Most relevant Hungarian export acts

Andras Aron (known as Apey) has a very unique approach to his songwriting and lyrics. Following the footsteps of Neil Young, he is more like a storyteller with an Eastern-European way of humor and self-expression. Played events as MENT Ljubljana, Poznan's SpringBreak, or ESNS19’. Supported Tim Vantol during his European tour, played Lollapalooza Berlin. 

His 4th upcoming 4th full length album titled ‘Book of Changes’ will be released in November, 2020 which takes a huge turn to the classical american folk-country influences. First music video ‘Nothing At All’ is a heart-breaking remembrance about his mother who he lost when he was only 17 years old. Second single ‘Truth About Supermarkets’ was released early 2020, January. 

Success highlights in GSA: 

- Lollapalooza Berlin in 2018

- Toured Kiel, Oldenburg, Aachen, Münster, Trier in 2018

Previous GSA showcases:

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Babé Sila is a Hungarian r&b/soul singer-songwriter based in London.

She used to go to a music school as a kid where she learned to play the violin and then the guitar later in her teenage years. She started her music career at the age of 21 by singing in a jazz-soul band in Budapest and shortly after she started writing poems and melodies and teamed up with producers to turn her ideas into songs. 90’s r&b/soul formed her taste in music, she grew up listening to Whitney Houston, Sade, Mariah Carey, Erykah Badu, Lauryn Hill, Destiny's Child.

Her sound is also heavily influenced by the genre as she writes songs that feature emotional lyrics, soulful chords, 808 beats, deep bass and lot’s of harmonies. She had great success in her home country (after the first releases Hungarian press referred to her as the local queen of r&b) so she decided to try her luck at the international scene. She moved to London and in 2017 she got signed by a Berlin based publishing company and she started working with an international management team. Ever since she splits her time between Berlin, London and NYC to write songs and to perform.

Success highlights in GSA: 

- shows in Berlin (Klunkerkranich, Grus Grus).

- German publisher, label (Wasted Talent Entertainment) and management (Joana Niedecken).

- worked with countless Berlin based artists and producers (D.y.a., Tender Games, Yann Lauren, PNUT, Rob Rox) 

Previous GSA showcases:

Reeperbahn - 2016

CO pop - 2018

Musikmesse - 2018

Eurosonic - 2019

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Belau is a fresh electronica duo who had almost 200 concerts in 23 countries, played festivals such as Primavera, Eurosonic, Reeperbahn, Electric Castle, Sziget, SXSW, supported by mediums like Clash Music, The Line of the Best Fit, Billboard, Atwood and radios like BBC, KEXP, most of the EU National radios. They have one award-winning album, thousands of streams and sync deals with brands like HBO, Pepsi, Telenor.

Success highlights in GSA: 

- German tour in 2018

- airplays in radios such as Radio Eins

- 3 label offers from Germany

- German booking agent interested

Previous GSA showcases:

Reeperbahn - 2017

Waves Vienna - 2017

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Formed in 2009, Bohemian Betyars is a fiddler band with a purpose to spread the feeling of bitter revelry (an oh so Hungarian specialty) the farthest possible. The Budapest-based world music band incorporates a hilarious number of genres into its sound: speed-folk freak-punk spiced up with Hungarian, Balkanic and Gipsy elements. From the USA to Spain, China to Japan, in the last couple of years this real power boost band made the audience dance about a thousand times. Be it on the street, at a club or a festival, the catchy tunes of Bohemian Betyars will yank you out of the mundane weekdays and throw you into the deep waters of delirium, just as it was planned to happen.

Success highlights in GSA: 

- Shows in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Dresden, Cologne

- Fusion Festival, Karneval der Kulturen, Szimpla Badehaus

Previous GSA showcases:

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Come dive into the amazing, glamorous and nonsensical world of Dope Calypso, serving you honest concert experiences from Budapest, Hungary. Their sound is like if all of a sudden, garage punk fell deeply in love with the delicate pop music of the late sixties. This somewhat extraordinary duplexity was born throughout their yearly releases. The two-minute long tracks line up in full blossom: filled with obscure lyrics, tons of references to pop culture and sacredness, telling absurd stories, while also working perfectly as pop song showing everyone how surprisingly entertaining it is when you are totally unable to take yourself seriously.

Success highlights in GSA: 

- full page cover in Hamburger Morgenpost

Previous GSA showcases:

Waves Vienna - 2017

Reeperbahn - 2018

Waves Vienna - 2019

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Freakin’ Disco is deep, psychedelic and groovy. The elemental power of their live shows launches the audience to space. Their second album, MONSTER and its video, RULES appeared on many end-of-the-year top lists of music blogs. RULES was in the finals of the Berlin Music Video Awards and New York’s One Screen film festival. It received the Best Director Award at Hungary’s Music Video Awards. They have played in Berlin, Prague, Transylvania, Denmark’s Slaughterhouse, Sziget and Ozora festivals, toured in Poland and the UK. This year they go on Czech tour, play in Poland, Serbia, Slovakia.

Previous GSA showcases:

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A five-piece Budapestian band carrying the spirit of 70s glam-rock and incorporation of modern psych-rock instrumentation, making for an amalgam reminiscent of a Brian May-Kevin Parker compound, with their flamboyant guitar solos and overdriven octave-pedals on guitars.

Success highlights in GSA: 

- Germany is in top 3 countries among Spotify listeners

Previous GSA showcases:

Reeperbahn - 2017

Waves Vienna - 2019

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Jazz | hip-hop | soul | funk fusion trio from Budapest Hungary (Tamás Czirják - Drums | Bencze Molnár - Synth / Keys | Viktor Sági - Bass). Their debut album, Jazzbois Goes Blunt had a strong impact on both the jazz and hip-hop scene. As a complete newcommer they landed on okayplayer, worldwide.fm, The Find Mag, spotify's "Butter", Joe Kay’s (Soulection), Brownswood's "In The Office" playlists and gained massive respect worldwide. They are planning on big moves with Blunt Shelter Records in 2020.

Previous GSA showcases:

No

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Mayberian Sanskülotts is a Hungarian dream pop band that successfully merges the rigid romanticism of '80-s new wave bands like the Cure, the slow-burning grandiosity of Slowdive-esque shoegaze and the dreaminess and melodic sensibilities of contemporary acts like Beach House.  Singer Zita Csordás brings an ethereal, powerful presence to the mix that evokes Elizabeth Fraser of the Cocteau Twins and Hungarian folk music at the same time. Despite these influences, their music is very much their own, always meandering between the deeply personal and the spiritual. The band released their new album, Neverending Sorry in February published by a legendary Hungarian label. We had some exciting performances in 2019: Primavera Sound (Barcelona), Waves Vienna showcase festival, Sziget Festival (Budapest) as well as we supported the Courtney Barnett show in Budapest too. The band is celebrating the 10. anniversary in 2020 with a special gig in a magnificant building at Müpa Budapest. Previous this show we will be on tour with stops in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy.

Previous GSA showcases:

Waves Vienna - 2019

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Middlemist Red, Hungary’s most evolving neo-psych, synth-wave band, formed in 2012. Soon they had a great impulse on the music scene of Budapest, Hungary as well as significant international acknowledgement at the top showcase events.

Middlemist Red has shown its talent all around Europe, played at legendary venues such as The Old Blue Last in London, Paradiso in Amsterdam, Urban Spree  in Berlin, Roxy in Prague and supported bands like Wooden Shjips, to Preoccupations, Telegram, Black Lips, Desert Mountain Tribe.

Success highlights in GSA: 

- FZW, Urban Spree, Reverberation Festival

Previous GSA showcases:

Waves Vienna - 2019

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“Because bridges are meant to be crossed, and nothing’s meant to burn”

Formed in 2015, the trio is composed of gentlemen from Ireland, Norway, and Hungary. The boys met during their medical studies in South Hungary, and pretty soon they found themselves on stages around Hungary, Germany, Romania, Poland, Estonia, Korea and Japan. The band draw their roots from music across the world, and with blues as their compass, they've set a path that flows from gritty guitar lead lines to catchy rhythms, and is sure to leave the audience tapping their feet, grinding their bodies, and throwing things out of the window...

Success highlights in GSA: 

- Gigmit headline tour: Monheim, Unna, Dortmund, Herdecke, Frankfurt, Marburg, Mainz, Passau, Munich

- Tour supporting Nikki Hill: Münster, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Kammgarn

Previous GSA showcases:

Reeperbahn - 2016

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Folk rock group that draws upon the repertoire of the experimental folk movements of the 60s and 70s (Muzsikás Zenekar, Sebő ensemble, etc). The band's tone and subject matter summons and is driven by the dark presence of the Outlaw. Their first album came out Janurary 2020.

Previous GSA showcases:

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A hand-drawn circle with a line on top introducing a sound you wouldn’t expect from Hungary, that is too catchy to be Jazz, too diverse to be Pop, too groovy to be Indie, too trippy to be Funk, too deep to be party, yet too weird to be taken seriously.

Mörk’s explosive Soul and Funk based performance is a musical journey through a micro-universe of different styles, sounds, emotions, stories, characters and philosophical questions. Uncompromised self-expression, improvisation and audience participation are always to be expected!

Success highlights in GSA: 

- ELBJAZZ main stage 2017

- Ingolstadt Jazz Tage, Leverkusener Jazztage, Aalener Jazztage 2018

- Headline show in Frankfurt 2018, Berlin and Hamburg 2019

- Jamie Cullum support: Parkbuhne Leipzig 2019

- Jazztime Ravensburg 2020

Previous GSA showcases:

Reeperbahn - 2016

Waves Vienna - 2018

Reeperbahn - 2019

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Platon Karataev, named after a Leo Tolstoy character, was formed in 2016. Their frst single, ‘Elevator’ received huge attention, it was ranked no. 4 on Spotify’s German viral top50 playlist and it was among the tracks in the UK viral playlist, too. In 2017 their debut LP, For Her was released in three parts. The album not only received positive feedback from local critics but also brought along new international followers, which resulted in Platon Karataev becoming one of the most streamed Hungarian artists. In less than a year, For Her was streamed more than 3 million times on Spotify, mostly from Germany, the UK, and the USA.

Success highlights in GSA: 

- 2 German headline runs

- over 400 radio airplays in Germany

- Admired by MOJO Magazine

Previous GSA showcases:

Reeperbahn - 2019

Waves Vienna - 2019

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Mimi Kőrös, known as Saya Noé is a Hungarian singer and songwriter, grown up in Kuala Lumpur. Her love with the musical instruments comes from her parents. Her biggest accomplishment so far has been that she was selected by Grammy-winning producer Matt Lawrence (UK) to co-work on one of her upcoming songs during the HOTS SongLab session in the autumn of 2019. Her first EP, "Taboo" was released in May 2019. Its songs can be described as moody and melancholic, electro pop, with hints of hip hop and trap elements.

Previous GSA showcases:

No

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Though far from the seashores, the Budapest based band skeemers reflects the ultimate beach and surf vibe to you in any season. Jump on your surfboard, or get in your vintage japanese cabrio and come with us to the nearest beach and ride the waves of coolness.

Success highlights in GSA:

- Gigmit headline tour: Monheim, Unna, Dortmund, Herdecke, Frankfurt, Marburg, Mainz, Passau, Munich

- Tour supporting Nikki Hill: Münster, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Kammgarn

Previous GSA showcases:

Reeperbahn - 2016

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Dávid Makó, the Hungarian singer-songwriter known as The Devil’s Trade, released second album What Happened to the Little Blind Crow in 2018. From traditional and heartbreaking Transylvanian folk, blues and dark folk, through Makó’s roots as a doom/stoner singer to the spirit of the Appalachians, this full-length recording is the manifestation of an artist ever growing, evolving and adapting.

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"The Qualitons rejuvenate beat era psychedelia so furiously that The Red Hot Chili Peppers once begged them not to split up (long story)" - Gigwise. Their catchy, energetic mod-beat inspired sounds built with rich vocal harmonies and funky guitar grooves were last recorded in a live session at the legendary KEXP radio in Seattle, USA. ‘Echoes Calling’, their newest musical material delivers longer tracks, bolder and more progressive sounds accompanied by the band’s characteristic trait, the rich vocal harmonies building on solid guitar grooves.

Success highlights in GSA:

- Germany in top 3 of streaming platform consumers

Previous GSA showcases:

Waves Vienna - 2019

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