Platon Karataev / CAFe 2020

Founded in 2016, Platon Karataev, the Budapest band, is named after a character in Tolstoy’s War and Peace. Their debut set, Orange Nights, and particularly the song, Elevator, caused a sensation not only in Hungary, but in Germany and the UK as well. Their first album, the 2017 For Her, was an important stage in their bid for an international breakthrough.

The second record was released in 2020. “Atoms is about the search for our innermost selves, and questioning everything. In one song we may be falling towards ourselves, in another the distance is growing. One key concept of the record is the katharsis we experience when we get near ourselves, our inner selves,” says singer and guitarist Gergely Balla.

Platon Karataev will be supported by Mayberian Sanskülotts, one of the most inventive dream pop bands of the Hungarian scene, who celebrate their tenth anniversary this year.

This concert of the CAFe Budapest Contemporary Arts Festival is presented by Müpa Budapest as a joint event with Akvárium Klub.