

He believed that it is precisely from these differences that art draws the strength that enables further development. “For Bartók, diversity in culture creates enrichment. Together with Greg Lake of Emerson Lake & Palmer, and Jon Lord of Deep Purple, Leslie had worked on the seed of this idea years ago. ‘Hungarian Pictures’ is constructed as a suite, based on compositions and themes byīartók, supplemented with the bands original songs. The Prog Rock Suite ‘Hungarian Pictures’ as a live concert film, supplemented by studio recordings, films and a comprehensive making-of documentary combined into a holistic audiovisual work of art, is further proof of the indomitable creativity of Leslie Mandoki

Watch it in full here:ġ Session In The Village Live In Berlin 00:07:12Ģ Utopia For Realists Live In Berlin 00:02:19ģ Transylvanian Dances Live In Berlin 00:21:42Ĥ You’ll Find Me In Your Mirror Live In Berlin 00:02:54ĥ Return To Budapest Live In Berlin 00:09:22ĩ Session In The Village The Movies 00:03:20ġ0 Transylvanian Dances The Movies 00:02:13ġ1 The Truth Behind The Dance The Movies 00:02:05ġ3 Session In The Academy The Movies 00:03:34ġ4 Utopia For Realists The Movies 00:02:13ġ6 You’ll Find Me In Your Mirror The Movies 00:02:38 Mandoki Soulmates staged a global live stream event earlier this year which has achieved over half a million plays on Youtube and over 700.000 on Germany’s leading TV channel ARD since its release. On ‘Utopia For Realists: Hungarian Pictures’, Leslie Mandoki plays together with Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), Jack Bruce (Cream), Nick van Eede (Cutting Crew), Chris Thompson (Manfred Mann’s Earth Band), Bobby Kimball (Toto), David Clayton-Thomas (Blood, Sweat and Tears), John Helliwell (Supertramp), Al di Meola, Mike Stern, Randy Brecker, Till Brönner, Bill Evans, Cory Henry, Richard Bona, Tony Carey (Ritchie Blackmores Rainbow), Jesse Siebenberg (Supertramp), Steve Bailey, and Julia Mandoki The album will also be released as a standalone Gatefold 2LP+CD+LP-Booklet, and a standard CD jewelcase.

It also provides exclusive insights behind the scenes of the Soulmates production live and in the studio, a “making of”. On the 24th September, a brand-new expanded version of his ‘Hungarian Pictures’ suite, will be released under the title: ‘Utopia For Realists: Hungarian Pictures’.Īlongside the original remixed and remastered music, a brand new Blu-ray audio-visual album will be released, combining the recording of the concert film of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with an impressive cinematic realization of the individual musical episodes.

InsideOutMusic recently announced the signing of Mandoki Soulmates, featuring renowned musician, songwriter and producer Leslie Mándoki.
