Bartók update 2.0 eNerd3 feat. Kézdy Luca és Ben Neill / CAFe Budapest 2016

Bartók’s compositional methods are in many regards similar to those of the latest electronic music. How would Bartók work if he had access to today’s technology? Joining forces with violinist Luca Kézdy and trumpeter Ben Neill (USA), eNerd³ offers answers to this exciting question of music and technology not with simple electronic arrangements of Bartók.

In other words, the concert programme is not limited to reconsiderations of Bartók’s works, but also includes the embedding of the composer’s original recordings of collected folk music in new compositions. These phonograph recordings often served as the starting points of Bartók’s own works.

eNerd³ is drummer-composer Endre Huszár’s solo project with a special technology: its centre, a unique drum system, allows him to create complex, improvised electronic musical textures, while he plays the accompaniment on acoustic drums.

The system comprises custom-made and customized hardware and software elements, which provide control over the complete creative process, including the recording, layering, mixing and processing of musical components.