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Athmossmusic is an international rock band, founded in June 2015. The group consists of Imre Meszaros “Athmoss” (vocals, keyboards, mixing), Antal “Slinky” Bosnyak (guitar & bass) and Sandor Meszaros “Alexandrex” (drums & percussion).
The two brothers, Imre and Sandor live in Germany while Slinky lives in Sweden. The only time the members have ever met was when they were filming the music video for their single, Constant Change in 2017.
The band’s story began in around 2014 with a simple SoundCloud collaboration between Athmoss and Slinky on the song called Father from Athmoss.
The name, Athmossmusic comes from the band leader Imre Meszaros who is well known from his demanding orchestrations. The designer/musician sees music as something more than audio. A good song must also transmit pictures, colors and feelings. It must have an individual atmosphere, it has to be that magical “rabbit hole” that leads you to a very special place.
“That is why I would never trust anyone else than myself to mix my songs. Sometimes I need weeks to finish a mix because I need to feel the Athmoss-phere”, says he, smiling.
After the classic rock style of the first singles in 2015-2016 (Melt the ice, U R the 1, Hit it hard) the band has switched its style more towards the progressive rock idiom, and in 2017 with the next single “Constant Change” presented a teaser for its future sounds. The next big milestone is a full concept album, named “Music Box (the tragic story of Arabella Jones)” in 2018.
Band line-Up:
Imre Meszaros aka Athmoss – keyboards, vocals and mixing
Antal “Slinky” Bosnyak – guitar and bass
Sandor Meszaros aka Alexandrex – drums and percussion
“Athmoss, born Imre Meszaros is an East European singer-songwriter and music producer. He grew up under the enchantment of Transylvania Romania, where he first discovered his deep love of music. As a child, his first instrument was the accordion and his first songs were traditional Eastern European folk songs. Not satisfied with tradition and wanting more, he looked to find more ways to express himself as a musician. As he grew so did his musical talents and he added the piano and synthesizer to the instruments he played. He also started writing lyrics and music.
Many of his songs have lyrics in his traditional language, Hungarian, but as he found a more international audience he started producing works in English too. He writes and performs with a big rock sound that feels like it should be filling an arena and not just your cars speakers and he seems to specialize in the rock ballad. Some songs even remind people of Guns N’ Roses or Whitesnake, but Athmoss is not a one trick pony and has also collaborated with R&B artists and many other genres to expand upon his musical ideas.
Audiences have found his song Father, particular appealing, especially the piano version. The stripped down nature of the single showcases the song writing and Athmoss’ talent as a lyricist, pianist, and vocalist. In the piano version you can hear a lot more clarity in Athmoss’ vocal tone and you get to understand the richness of emotion through the simplicity of the production that is more about showing you the singer songwriter nature of the song than the fancy tricks that can be done in a sound studio.
The collection of songs on Déjà Vu has some of the same elements of Father, they are more intimate, and tender. Maybe it is because the songs are in Athmoss’ native language of if they are stories contained in songs, but it is a completely different vibe than songs like Hit It Hard and UR the 1. On occasion there is a bit of jazzy electronica going on in the music, but it feels like a homage to the accordion rather than a throwback to the 80’s The best parts on the album are when there is less going on and you have the moments that are simply piano and voice, in those moments the album sounds like an anthology from a singer songwriter instead of a producer.
As Athmoss continues his career we can expect to hear him experiment with more genres and to continue with his unique and boundary busting collaborations.
“…Athmoss is a singer-songwriter who mixes and produces his own music in a variety of genres, that goes from classical to rock and electronic music. He also spent some years working as a Radio DJ as well as in the visual media audio post-production sector. Since August 2013 he lives with his wife and his two daughters in Frankfurt, Germany, and collaborates with many artists from all over the world.”