István Mártha, Sándor Bernáth, Endre Szkárosi - The Wind Rises (1987)

The Wind Rises (Electropleniar Sound Diary), or Támad A Szél - Hangnapló on its 1987 vinyl release by Hungaroton's jazz imprint Krém, was a bizarre collaborative project led by composer István Mártha.  Working with associates Sándor Bernáth and poet/sound artist Endre Szkárosi, as well as several other musicians, Mártha intended The Wind Rises to be the start of a multimedia project, out of which all that was completed was some video footage and this album.  So if the world was denied what could've been a Hungarian Twin Peaks, at least there's some fantastically odd music to listen to.

The album was eventually reissued by ReR Megacorp in 1998 with the cover above, and English track titles, lyrics and liner notes that helped non-Hungarian speakers to somewhat decipher what's going on.  What emerges is a strange narrative of the everyday existence of some timberyard workers in the village of Kapolcs, overlaid with folk singing (some of it seemingly recorded in the early 70s), bits of organ music, folk music, synths, avant-garde chamber music, skronking saxophones... you get the idea.  Tibor Szemző drops by to handle the wind instruments.  In a brief reminisce, Mártha describes the project as "an ex tempore exhibition containing sediments of feelings and documents, a mapping of fading connections with nature", perhaps as clear an explanation as can be found for this remarkable record.

Original LP cover

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