Gergely Kalapis Music

  Gergely Kalapis · Unplugged Concept "With a very few exceptions, I have always written my songs on an acoustic guitar, and in my teenage years I was more often than not accompanied by one too wherever I went. Being a fan of my favourite artists' unplugged albums, I was also very curious to hear how my songs would sound in acoustic orchestration. In terms of sound and atmosphere, I was aiming to achieve something similar to Jamie Winchester & Hrutka Robert's "Wood and Strings" album, while keeping the orchestration relatively simple with two acoustic guitars, bass, drums, piano, and strings or brass, where appropriate." The album was recorded between October 2023 and early June 2024, with mixing and mastering done in June and July. There were a total of 26 songs recorded for purposes of the release, however only 16 made it to the final record, with many of the excluded songs only featuring demo vocals. Of the final tracklist, there are 3 previously unr...

Gergely Kalapis  ·  One Step Closer to Heaven Concept The concept of the LP revolves around Heaven - not just the Heaven people commonly refer to, but also Heaven on Earth , a place of content and happiness, one is working towards to day by day, and hopes to experience once in their lifetime. A place where everything has fallen into its place and where tranquillity and harmony defines existence. Although not every song has direct references to this Heaven or the other, in some way, each relates to the journey one has to take in their quest for this ideal place, as well as some of the joys, sorrows, challenges and realisations along the way. Similarly to my previous LPs, I had a number of ideas for new songs, but I also wanted to include some of my older works that  others really liked. I also aimed to be more picky as to what makes it onto the album, so there are a number of songs I dropped from the tracklist in the end. Many of the songs that made it onto the album were...

So there we were.. My first LP was released, and thankfully received positive feedback and gained a good number of listens (to my standards, that is). So what now? Many popular artists come under intense pressure for having to repeat this success with their next release - well clearly in my case, being virtually unknown, this was not an issue. The context: I have found previously that pumping rock tunes with a good beat and considerable distortion come relatively easy to me (like “We’re Gonna” or “Overdrive”), they were not overly difficult to produce (most of the time) and really got my legs going - low-hanging fruits, essentially. Some of the feedback I received for “Reach into your Soul” also suggested that while variety in terms of style of songs on an album is great to demonstrate an artist’s diversity and versatility, cohesion could help my new album be of a stronger material. Last but not least, I have been wanting to put together a record with songs that I like equally (yes, I ...

  Late 2021, I was already working on material for Eternal Allies, however to try and keep the momentum up, I decided to put out a release while I was working on material for the LP. The EP revolves around the first two songs, “The One Next to You” and “Wonder You”, that I originally wrote a few days apart in late 2007. Despite being of two very different moods, to me they have always been tied together and both channel a medley of warm feelings and memories I associate with winter months. Just listen to the demo of “Wonder You” - can’t you see yourself walking as the snow falls gently on a winter’s night? These two songs also aired on my high school’s radio at the time - oh what a feeling it was! This release was also intended as the "rebirth" of one of my first demo CDs, which featured the demos of “The One Next to You” and “Wonder You”, along with several others, but this time as a single featuring only these two songs. While I was working on them, I decided to add a coupl...

After submitting my first EP to the distributor, I soon began thinking of a concept for my first LP, this time round featuring a mix of reproduced old demos and new songs. Evolved during a period of self-reflection, I think the end result is an almost intimate, but certainly an honest representation of where I was then. The context: With the release date for Lockdown EP still ahead, I have already started working on material for an LP, starting with the complete reproduction of "Another day", which I originally wrote and recorded as a demo in 2005. As it became popular among my friends at the time, it would have been the opening and title song for the new album, however due to delays to the production of new material, it later went on to be released as a single in May 2021, with a reworked version of the 2015 demo "Sway" as a B-side. Soon afterwards, I have resumed writing and producing new songs, again, largely building from voice memos, although in several instan...

2020.. a swear word now, isn’t it? Like many of us, I found myself locked among four walls, not really allowed to go out and amazed how many hours there are in a day! Although I have been producing and releasing singles for over 10 years by then, often years would pass between releases, and even those would only be published on MySpace (good old days!), YouTube or Soundcloud so it was about time to turn it up a notch! The context: I already had a number of ideas accumulating in my voice memos over the previous couple of years or so; these were mainly a few chord progressions on the guitar or a hummed melody, but I also had around 3 or 4 demos created in GarageBand on my phone while I was out and about or just had too much time on my hands. Although I didn't have a solid concept as to what message I wanted the songs to convey, I wanted the EP to be a take on the roots of my influences, from the vibe of 50's-60's rock and beat music to folk.   Artwork: the front cover image...