www.zagarmusic.com | Zagar are a five piece band based in Budapest that are turning heads across the globe with their experimental electroni...
www.zagarmusic.com | Zagar are a five piece band based in Budapest that are turning heads across the globe with their experimental electronica. Part of the burgeoning eastern European electronic scene, Zagar create a fresh and unique sound based on wave rock, electronica and psychedelic soundscapes. The Hungarian talented band have already achieved strong critical acclaim, their last album ‘Cannot Walk, Fly Instead’, released worldwide on German label Mole Listening Pearls was nominated twice for the regional award at the MTV Europe Music Awards and entered the Top Ten in the Hungarian music charts. The album won numerous awards, including the prestigious Hungarian Record Industry’s Fonogram Award and hit single, ‘Wings of Love’ featuring Underground Divas (six of Hungary’s most popular independent singers), earned heavy radio play on several radios across Europe. The band went on to accept second place in the Independent Songwriting Competition in the same year. Zagar are also attracting fans overseas, their music has been sampled in both short and feature films, and was included in the soundtrack for popular American TV dramas, CSI:Miami and CSI:New York, reaching millions of viewers worldwide. The band have so far played extensively over Europe including supporting Depeche Mode on their Budapest leg of their ‘Tour of the Universe’. Highly praised for their electrifying live sets, in which they incorporate visual art projection, the band consistently create an atmospheric and unforgettable live experience. For the launch of their new single ‘Space Medusa’ the band decided to raise awareness of the new single by an unusual social media platform, reaching fans via a uniquely developed Facebook music-player application, sponsored by Bang & Olufsen. In the app, the single is separated into different parts in which users can reserve and share short samples, the full track can only be played after each sample is taken by the fans, leaving the release of the new... Less
