About
Our production is an imprint of rural and urban influences. We started as a flute-zither duo in 2015 and have been operating as a band for eight years now, adding a cajon and a bass guitar into the mix.
In 2019, we released our first single, Pusztafless. In 2020, we made it into the Szimpla Lemming program, performed at the Veszprémi Utcazene Fesztivál, and received the Discovery of the Year award at the Öröm a zene national talent competition.
In 2021, as featured artists, we took part in the NKA Hangfoglaló program, the international TREMOLO Project, and came out with our second EP Sötétkamra, and our first music video Csillagánizs.
In 2023, we performed at the Tallinn Music Week and had the opportunity to collaborate with Viola Okos and the Góbé band.
- Gábor Kovács - shepherds flute, jaw harp, Hungarian zither
- Zsolt Moldván - cajon
- Róbert Schneider - bass guitar
- Boldizsár Tamás - Hungarian zither
- 2020 - Szimpla Lemming Program (local talent development program)
- 2020 - Fülesbagoly Budapest Final (local band competiton): 1st place
- 2020 - Öröm a zene (national musical talent development programme): discovery of the year
- 2021 - Kárpát-medencei könnyűzenei verseny és találkozó (Nemzeti Művelődési Intézet), world music category: 1st place
- 2021 - NKA Hangfoglaló program, induló előadói alprogram (nation-wide mentorship programme)
- 2021 - TREMOLO Project
- 2021 - Hungarian Music Video Review (Csillagánizs)
- 2023 - Tallinn Music Week
- Csillagánizs (Zajnal) - M2 Petőfi TV, Én Vagyok Itt!
- “Playing analogue folk instruments over pop-rock drum and bass grooves or electronics is not news anymore, but to combine these musical traditions with such ease and amusement like Zajnal does is still not a common experience in Hungary.” - Recorder.hu, Magyarradar
- “It would be a euphemism to describe Zajnal as world music.” - Recorder.hu
- “Without a singer, we have to fill so much more space” - Musicmedia.hu
- “Is it possible to seduce someone with a zither?” - Hangpróba podcast
- “Unique music for unique people!” - MusicTunnel