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Modern (Amber Smith Album)
Modern is the sixth studio album recorded by Amber Smith. The album was released on 6 April 2015 by the German Kalinkaland Records. This was the first record with guitarist Tamás Faragó and bassist Oleg Zubkov. This was the first record without former Amber Smith bass guitarist Oszkár Ács. Track listing #"The Day After" #"Barking Dog" #"Hold On to Your Love" #"Let Go" #"Flame to the Fire" #"Memories of TV" #"Same Old Tune" #"Batman vs Joker" #"The Return" #"Into the Blue" Personnel The following people contributed to ''Modern'': ;Amber Smith * Bence Bátor - drums * Tamás Faragó Tamás Faragó (born 5 August 1952) is a former Hungarian water polo player. He competed in all major international tournaments between 1970 and 1980 and won three medals at the Summer Olympics and five at the world and European championships ... - additional guitars * Imre Poniklo - vocals and guitars * Oleg Zubkov - bass ;Additional musicians and production * Bence Brucker - rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amber Smith (band)
Amber Smith are a Hungarian pop trio based in Budapest, Hungary formed in 2000 by Imre Poniklo. The band's current line-up is Imre Poniklo (vocals, guitars), Oleg Zubkov a.k.a. Tooff (bass) and Bence Bátor (drums). Amber Smith were one of the most prominent groups of the Budapest indie music scene in the 2000s. History Amber Smith were formed by singer-songwriter Imre Poniklo in 2000 as a side-project in Budapest, Hungary. Imre Poniklo was the guitarist of the Hungarian alternative band Fanzine. At that time the singer of the Fanzine was José Simon, a professional graphic designer, who is currently the stylist of Amber Smith. In 2000 Imre Poniklo asked his fellow Fanzine mates (Ákos Örményi, Péter Egyedi, Ádám Földes) help him recording a demo entitled ''Above the Clouds''. Later the German Firestation Records released four songs from this early demo entitled ''There's No Way''. After releasing one studio album entitled ''Nincs Ránk Szükség'' (''There's No Need for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indie Rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock or "Pop rock, guitar pop rock". One of the primary scenes of the movement was Dunedin, where Dunedin sound, a cultural scene based around a convergence of noise pop and jangle became popular among the city's University of Otago, large student population. Independent labels such as Flying Nun Records, Flying Nun began to promote the scene across New Zealand, inspiring key college rock bands in the United States such as Pavement (band), Pavement, Pixies (band), Pixies and R.E.M. Other notable scenes grew in Madchester, Manchester and Hamburger Schule, Hamburg, with many others thriving thereafter. In the 1980s, the use of the term "independent music, indie" (or " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amber Smith (album)
Amber Smith is the fifth studio album recorded by Amber Smith. The album was released on 21 February 2012 by the German Kalinkaland Records. This was the first record with guitarist Gergő Szabados and keyboardist Zalán Póka. Track listing #"Unanswered #"Square 1 #"Bourbon and Soda #"Faster Than the Speed of Light #"Ise #"If I Had A Reason #"Your Life Is My Death #"Cinnamon In My Pocket #"Hong Kong Falls Personnel The following people contributed to ''Amber Smith'': ;Amber Smith * Oszkár Ács - bass * Bence Bátor - drums * Zalán Póka - keyboards * Imre Poniklo - vocals and guitars * Gergely Szabados - additional guitars ;Additional musicians and production * Gábor Cserkész - erhu (5) * Sándor Dániel - recording * György Ligeti - mixing * Enikő Hodosi – vocals (4) * Eszter Polyák Eszter is a female Hungarian (language), Hungarian given name of Hebrew (language), Hebrew origin (from Esther) and may refer to: *Eszter Balint (born 1966), singer, violinist, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Tamás Faragó (musician)
Tamás Faragó (born 20 March 1978) is a musician, best known as the lead guitarist of Amber Smith and We Are Rockstars. Early life and personal life Faragó was born in Cegléd, Hungary. We Are Rockstars Faragó is the founding member of the Hungarian indie band We Are Rockstars along with György Ligeti. Amber Smith Faragó joined the Hungarian indie band Amber Smith in 2014. He played on the sixth full length studio album entitled Modern. In 2019 he left Amber Smith. Discography ''With We Are Rockstars:'' ;Albums * ''Lights'' (2017) * ''Second'' (2013) * ''Let It Beat'' (2011) ''With Amber Smith:'' ;Albums * ''New'' (2017) * '' Modern'' (2015) ''With Nemjuci'' ;Albums * ''Nemjuci'' (2012) * ''Nemjuci'' (2009) Instruments Guitars * Ibanez Talman Effect pedals * Boss SD-1 * Boss DD-3 * Boss TU-3 *Pro Co RAT *Ibanez Amplifiers *Orange See also *Budapest indie music scene * Amber Smith * Imre Poniklo References External links Faragóon Bandcamp Bandcamp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleg Zubkov
Oleg (russian: Олег), Oleh ( uk, Олег), or Aleh ( be, Алег) is an East Slavic given name. The name is very common in Russia, Ukraine and Belаrus. It derives from the Old Norse ''Helgi'' ( Helge), meaning "holy", "sacred", or "blessed". The feminine equivalent is Olga. While Germanic in origin, "Oleg" is not very common outside Eastern European countries. Russian pronunciation Олег (Oleg) is pronounced ˈlʲekin Russian. The English pronunciation of Oleg is based on the transliteration of the Cyrillic alphabet, and overlooks three key features of the Russian pronunciation: # The stress is on the second syllable. In spoken Russian, the initial short unstressed 'O' is reduced to similar to the 'a' as in 'about'. # The 'л' (l) becomes palatalized to ʲ─ that is, it gains a 'y'-like quality, and but is still most closely approximated by a plain English 'l'. # The word-final final 'г' (g) is devoiced to Thus, rather than "Oh-leg", the phonetically c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oszkár Ács
Oszkár Ács (born 1969) is a musician, best known as the bass guitarist of Amber Smith. Early life and personal life Ács was born in Szeged, Hungary. He is the co-founder of Időrablók. He joined Amber Smith in 2002. He left the band in 2012 due to his deteriorating illness. Amber Smith Ács also wrote some songs for Amber Smith's eponymous record ( Amber Smith). In January 2013, Ács left the band. Imre Poniklo said that Ács was a creative member of the band and he thought of disbanding Amber Smith after the departure of Ács. In an interview with Recorder Blog, Ács said that Morrissey was his idol when he was invited to analyse Morrissey's World Peace Is None of Your Business release. On 16 October 2015, Ács played the bass on some songs at the 15th anniversary of Amber Smith in Budapest. The Twist In 2010 Ács founded the Hungarian indie band, The Twist, with members of Heaven Street Seven. Discography ''With Amber Smith:'' ;Albums * ''My Little Servant'' (200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bence Bátor
Bence Bátor (born 23 July 1977) is a Hungarian musician, best known as session drummer and the drummer of the Hungarian indie band Amber Smith and "Frenk" and "ABBA Tribute Show" and also of "Bowies Keep Swinging", a David Bowie tribute band and in other projects. Bátor has been pursuing a modeling and commercial acting career in Hungary and worldwide. Early life and personal life Bátor was born in Tatabánya, Hungary. He attended the Kodolányi János University of Applied Sciences. He moved to the capital of Hungary, Budapest in 1997, where he still resides. Amber Smith Bátor joined Amber Smith in 2000. Bátor has played the drums on four Amber Smith albums, ''RePRINT'', '' Introspective'', '' Amber Smith'', '' Modern'' and '' NEW''. Discography ''With Amber Smith:'' ;Albums * ''rePRINT'' (2006) * '' Introspective'' (2008) * '' Amber Smith'' (2012) * '' Modern'' (2015) * '' NEW'' (2017) Instruments Drums Bátor uses TAMA drums: TAMA Silverstar Birch Limited Edit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imre Poniklo
Imre Poniklo (born 16 October 1974) is a musician, best known as the lead singer, songwriter, lyricist and guitarist of Amber Smith. He is also a solo artist under the name Poniklo. As a singer, Poniklo's voice lies in the baritone range. Early life and personal life Poniklo was born in Budapest, Hungary. He grew up in Csepel. His father was a sewing machine-engineer. He started becoming interested in pop music at the age of 12. Since 1988 he has been a big fan of the Manchester artists such as The Smiths and Morrissey. However, his first vinyl record was of Pet Shop Boys' Actually. Poniklo attended the School of Journalism of Bálint György for one year. However, after one year he realized that journalism is not his field. In 1995 he became friends with József Simon, who has been the album designer of Amber Smith, after seeing his advertisement in the Magyar Narancs. Simon was recruiting musicians in order to form a band who like The Smiths. Poniklo and Simon started w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
György Ligeti (musician)
György Ligeti (; born 19 December 1973) is a Hungarian indie musician, record producer, best known as the lead singer, songwriter, lyricist and guitarist of the indie rock band We Are Rockstars, and the disbanded The Puzzle. He is also the singer and guitarist of the Hungarian electro band, Žagar. He is not related to the avant-garde classical composer of the same name, György Ligeti (1923-2006). Early life and personal life Ligeti was born in Kaposvár, Hungary. He attended the Munkácsy Mihály Gimnázium és Szakközépiskola in Kaposvár. Ligeti obtained a Master of Arts in Communication and media studies from the University of Pécs in 2012. Ligeti moved to London, United Kingdom where he worked as a shop assistant at the Algerian Coffee Stores from 2004 to 2009. On 26 February 2009, Ligeti was interviewed by Magyar Rádió. In 2010 Ligeti became the radio presenter of the Stockholm Syndrome Radio which aims to present new Hungarian indie rock bands. On 25 July ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Albums
The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2015. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject. For additional information about bands formed, reformed, or disbanded, for deaths of musicians, and for links to musical awards, see 2015 in music This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2015 in music. Specific locations Specific genres Albums released *List of 2015 albums Awards Bands formed * 3776 * 1Punch * Akishibu Project * April * Bastarz * Big Bra .... First quarter January February March Second quarter April May June Third quarter July August September Fourth quarter October November December References {{DEFAULTSORT:2015 albums Albums 2015 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
