Panta Rhei (band)
| Panta Rhei | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Debrecen, Hungary |
| Genres | Symphonic rock, Progressive rock, Jazz rock, Electronic |
| Years active | 1974 - 1982 |
| Past members | József Nagy Kálmán Matolcsy Alex (Sándor) Szalay András Szalay Csaba Béke Gyula Moldován Miklós Kiss Enikő Ács András Laár András Schmitt |
| Notable instruments | |
| custom synthesizers | |
Panta Rhei were a Hungarian rock band, known for their progressive rock recordings and adaptations of classical music, for which they created synthesizers, such as the Muzix81 system. The band name refers to the philosophy of Heraclitus.
Panta Rhei formed in Hungary in 1974, consisting of Kálmán Matolcsy who played keyboards and synthesizers, Alex Szalay on guitar, András Szalay on bass and Csaba Béke on drums. They designed and built their own kinds of synthesizers.
Between 1974 and 1982 they played various styles of music ranging from jazz to progressive rock. In 1976 Miklós Kiss briefly joined the group, and contributed to a track for the Bartók album. Also in 1976 Enikő Ács joined the band as a vocalist and Csaba Béke returned on drums, contributing to the other tracks of the Bartók album recorded between 1975-1977. However, this album with adaptations of Béla Bartók's works was never released due to objections by the Bartók family. The recordings were supposed to be released again on the Epilogus 2 CD version twenty years later, but the Bartók family objected again, so the CD was reduced to a single, and the unpublished material is only available on the web [1].
By 1980 Panta Rhei released their first album titled Panta Rhei, having a sound different from the jazz rock and classical adaptations of the rock days of the band, with a more progressive rock / pop rock crossover sound. By then, Enikő Ács and Csaba Béke had left and were replaced by András Laár on guitar and vocals and András Schmitt on drums. Both Schmitt and Laár remained in Panta Rhei until 1981, assuming drummer Béke would return. In 1982 the band performed their last concert and the band also broke up in 1982, returning to their familiar Symphonic Prog Rock sound.
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