Makám Group is the most characteristic Hungarian representative of the New Tradition. Its landmarks are eleven albums. Its music spans tradition and modernity, the East and the West, the duality of the collective and the individual and search for the ancient harmony.

The group which was founded by Zoltán Krulik, broke into musical life here as the Eastern Central European follower of the ethno-avantgarde trend, this period was nuanced by Asian, Far Eastern roots as well as Balkan, African effects or repetitive elements of contemporary music.

The latest period of Makám (SkanZen, 2000; 9 Colinda, 2001; Sindbad, 2001 – Fonó Records; Anzix, 2003 – FolkEuropa) is characterised by the rediscovery of the archaic forms of Hungarian folk music and that of the song first of all.

The legacy of Bartók and Kodály, the synthesis of elements of archaic cultures and contemporary age is the unchanged musical credo of the Makám.

Band members
Zoltán Krulik: guitar, vocal
Balázs Thurnay: winds, vocal
Márta Kisfaludy: violin
Szilvia Bognár: vocal, flute
Bálint Pödör: percussions
Zoltán Kovács: double bass, vocal
Sándor Zsemlye: sax
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Ági Szalóki: vocal
Ágnes Herczku: vocal

Discography
Almanach, 2004
Anzix, 2003
Szindbád, 2002
9 Colinda, 2001
SkanZen, 1999
A Part, 1998
Café Babel, 1997
Diver-Time-Into, 1994
Közelítések, 1988