THIS RECORD IS LIKE MY INNER MONOLOGUE
Classical training, a synth purchased at sixteen, three decades of musical curiosity — and now an album that finally connects every dot. Avarnes is an inner monologue made audible.
I wanted to find out more about myself by going through the process. Avarnes is the result of this journey.
A pianist who grew up surrounded by classical music, discovered electronics as a teenager, toured with bands, wrote for film and stage — and has now made the album that connects every dot.
Bálint Dobozi grew up in a musically rich home. He learned piano early, bought his first synthesizer at sixteen, played with bands, and eventually built a studio practice in Zurich where he writes music for film, stage, and club. He performs solo and with various electroacoustic ensembles.
Avarnes bridges neoclassical and electronica, jazz and ambient — his sixth album and the one that finally says everything at once. Music has always been an open concept for him. This is where that openness lands.
"Creativity has to do with letting the mind flow — but then it's also about catching the good ideas and putting them into context. It's a fine balance between the freedom of the mind and the art of shaping ideas."
Bálint DoboziGreatest inspirations or influences?
- My mother and her friends in classical music — huge talents, impressive performers, innovative composers
- The Beatles — from teen pop to immense psychedelic creativity
- Miles and Herbie — pushing the boundaries of music
- The electronic music pioneers across all styles
- Hungary — my motherland and its music
- Madrid — the city with the best audience I know
What is your creative process like?
Ideas are always there in my mind, or can be triggered by a sound, or a feeling. I record ideas — quick drafts into my phone, or on the piano. Then I develop them in the studio, sometimes on Ableton, because it's fast and intuitive.
Given my strict weekly plan, I had to come up with strategies to enter into a creative state of mind at will. Sometimes I play some of my ideas to my kids — or with them. And the music is in the back of my mind all the time anyway.
How has COVID impacted your industry?
The sudden and almost complete reduction from social to domestic life helped me with finishing my album. It made me more focused and forced me to work at the studio. Which was just perfect for me, at that time.
The live music and clubbing industry is heavily impacted. Of course it will not die — but it will continue under quite different conditions.
On collaborations — what role do they play and what's your preferred way of working?
Collaborations can take on many forms. I love to just talk ideas — but I prefer being in the same room and having that type of creative intimacy with those people involved.
Projects & Collaborations
A career of boundary-crossing ensemblesHelped Kalabrese with his release on Zip's legendary Perlon imprint — one of Switzerland's most respected connections to international electronic music.
Musical director and keys player for Kala's live project — a hybrid ensemble that brings electroacoustic energy to the stage.
His solo alter ego — a different name, a different framing, the same restless creative intelligence working across electronic and acoustic worlds.
One of the hybrid electronic bands where Bálint has explored the edges between club culture and live performance.
Another ensemble context — Bálint's career has been defined by the willingness to build different kinds of musical community around each project.
From his studio in Zurich, Bálint writes music across contexts — cinema, theatre, and club — treating each as equally valid and musically serious.
"Creativity has to do with letting the mind flow — but then it's also about catching the good ideas and putting them into context. A fine balance between the freedom of the mind and the art of shaping ideas."
Bálint Dobozi
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