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An Alternative Moon Landing Space Rock Opera

Help fund Budapest art-rockers TEGNAPUTÁN new album on Vinyl, in a Comic, in Videos & in concert!

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An Alternative Moon Landing Space Rock Opera

An Alternative Moon Landing Space Rock Opera

An Alternative Moon Landing Space Rock Opera

An Alternative Moon Landing Space Rock Opera

An Alternative Moon Landing Space Rock Opera

Help fund Budapest art-rockers TEGNAPUTÁN new album on Vinyl, in a Comic, in Videos & in concert!

Help fund Budapest art-rockers TEGNAPUTÁN new album on Vinyl, in a Comic, in Videos & in concert!

Help fund Budapest art-rockers TEGNAPUTÁN new album on Vinyl, in a Comic, in Videos & in concert!

Help fund Budapest art-rockers TEGNAPUTÁN new album on Vinyl, in a Comic, in Videos & in concert!

TEGNAPUTÁN
TEGNAPUTÁN
TEGNAPUTÁN
TEGNAPUTÁN
1 Campaign |
Budapest, Hungary
$1,257 USD $1,257 USD 16 backers
12% of $9,810 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal

THE MISSION

TEGNAPUTÁN is an art-rock band based in Budapest, Hungary and Krakow, Poland. We're on a mission to recruit a few (hundred) good men and women to help us bring our expansive vision for our new album THE SPACE ERASE to life!

THE SPACE ERASE is an unapologetic concept album that can best be described as a psychedelic space opera. The album is based on a true account of four unknown Hungarian cosmonauts in the late 1960s and it is both an alternative history of the moon landing and a cold war allegory about the dangers of propaganda in the era of fake news.

TEGNAPUTÁN embarks on their most ambitious musical journey to date on THE SPACE ERASE

THE VISION

The concept of THE SPACE ERASE is galaxy’s away from a typical album release, and part of the album's vision is a multimedia multi-format release that includes a custom Vinyl LP as well as a limited edition hand-drawn vintage comic book and a series of original videos, film collages and composites that bring the story of the unknown cosmonauts to life and help create an epic and interactive stage show that takes audiences along for the ride.

So far we have collaborated with 17 artists from 6 countries to help bring our vision to life, and you can see the effects of their work above and below and in the exciting Merch packages to the right. We're over the moon to finally launch THE SPACE ERASE into the stratosphere and we're even more excited for you to come along for the ride!

Our mission can only be accomplished with your help!

THE BACKSTORY

In hopes of beating NASA’s Apollo Program to the moon, the Soviet Union brought together 8 Communist countries in November, 1965 to discuss a new outer space collaboration. In April 1967, these countries signed a convention to formalise their collaborative aerospace projects. With that, the largest space cooperation program in history was born. The intergalactic space pact would later be called Interkosmos in 1970.

 

The first successful Interkosmos project was a Czechoslovakian unmanned satellite launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome (Kazakhstan) in April 1967. While most Interkosmos projects were launched with great fanfare across the communist world to project unity and strength over the US, many were kept top secret, even from other Interkosmos member nations. Such was the case with the 3rd Interkosmos project.

Major Tamás of the Emese crew in his first flight test in 1968.

 

On the morning of July 23rd, 1968 Hungarian Leader János Kádár signed the launch order for a secret mission to send four unknown Hungarian cosmonauts on a test mission to orbit the moon and attempt the first launch and landing of a lunar module. According to leaked documents, the project was codenamed “Emese,” and officially the Hungarian Mission Control based in Tapolca declared the mission a failure as they lost communication with the spaceship before it reached lunar orbit. But what actually happened to those Interkosmonauts was a mystery until...

Flash forward to April of 1992, a Hungarian military cadet visited a local watering hole near the military barracks on the northern shore of Lake Balaton outside the town of Tapolca.  The cadet overheard a drunk military vet mumbling incoherent stories about an underground military base and a secret mission to the moon. The cadet plied the vet with hard alcohol (palinka) until he eventually gave a detailed description of his connection to this so called secret mission and produced a photograph of himself and several other officers standing in front of a flatbed silo truck in front of the Tapolca Volcano where the underground mission control bunker had been supposedly built. 

"What if the vet was speaking moon truth?

                           "What if this was more than fake news?

 "What if there was an Emese mission and crew?

                          "We pass now these questions to you..."

The Crew of the Emese aka TEGNAPUTÁN

THE STATUS

We have poured the last five years of our lives into THE SPACE ERASE and we've pulled well over 30 people into our orbit to collaborate on all the various elements of our grand album concept from a visual, sonic and performance perspective.  Below is a list of what we have ready to go and what we need your help to deliver to bring our vision to life. 

WHAT'S READY TO LAUNCH? ?

Hungarian photographer extraordinaire Zoltán Tischler documented the MISSION and encapsulated the journey of THE EMESE and its crew in stunning photography. 

We've finished recording the 57 minute nine track album of THE SPACE ERASE in Budapest, Hungary and Krakow, Poland.

The album was professionally mastered for Vinyl and digital release by Márton Kopcsik at his studio in Budapest (www.martonkopcsik.com

After 17 months we have finally received The Vinyl records and are ready to ship.

All 40 hand drawn cells for the vintage comic have been finished and the comic is being delivered in early July. 

All four original T-shirt designs have been finalized and delivered to the printers. 


"Come in.. Do you read us?... We need some help up here!"

WHAT WE STILL NEED ROCKET BOOSTED ?

Most of the rewards in this campaign have been finalized and sent off to the best printing and production plants across Central Europe. Budgets are tight and most costs we covered ourselves up front. Our financial target is built around making sure that every artist that contributed to THE SPACE ERASE gets paid and we'll be ecstatic if we come close to breaking even.

This project and album is old school and even when it hits streaming portals, it's not the type of genre-specific algorithmic fodder that you'll hear on shopping mall playlists.  We need your help to spread word about TEGNAPUTÁN and THE SPACE ERASE!!! 

We have been fortunate to work with many amazing visual artists and one of the elements that we have not managed to deliver because of budgetary restrictions has been the professional music video to be directed by official photographer Zoltán Tischler and edited by long-time video collaborator Hana Yamazaki (Éden, News of the World). We hope to shoot in Fall 2023 with your support (and maybe even staring one of you!).

We are planning to take our stage show to theatres across Europe in Fall 2023 and throughout 2024. We need to invest heavily in our stage show, management and promotion so we can send the stage show you see below into the stratosphere! 

 

 

 

 

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DIGISPHERE Package

DIGISPHERE Package

Currency Conversion $9 USD $11 USD (20% off)
€8 EUR
“3..2…1… Lift Off!” THE SPACE ERASE was written and recorded in Budapest, Hungary and Krakow, Poland over a 3 year period and was professionally mixed and mastered by Márton Kopcsik at his studio in Budapest. Download the high quality digital audio of "THE SPACE ERASE" and help us spread our psychedelic space opera around the galaxy.
Included Items
  • High Quality Digital Download
Estimated Shipping
July 2023
1 claimed
TROPOSPHERE Package

TROPOSPHERE Package

Currency Conversion $20 USD $22 USD (10% off)
€18 EUR
“Sit back and enjoy the ride…” Immerse yourself in the epic visual world of THE SPACE ERASE with this 24-page vintage comic book. The comic features original hand drawn art by Hungarian artist Sándor Pinkóczi and graphic design by András Töller & Dave Molus. Read it while listening to the album for a full immersive experience.
Included Items
  • High Quality Digital Download
  • Vintage MOONTRUTH! Comic Book
Estimated Shipping
July 2023
4 out of 100 of claimed
Ships worldwide.
DISCOSPHERE Package

DISCOSPHERE Package

Currency Conversion $24 USD $27 USD (12% off)
€22 EUR
This is a limited edition package for all you flying saucer plastic disc fanatics out there. Included in your vintage copy of MOONTRUTH! is an embossed envelope with a Vinyl CD-R that features high-quality lossless audio of THE SPACE ERASE. Pop it in your discman, blast it on your Blu-ray or slide it into your console on the way to work!
Included Items
  • Vinyl CDR of "THE SPACE ERASE"
Estimated Shipping
July 2023
4 out of 66 of claimed
Ships worldwide.
STRATOSPHERE Package

STRATOSPHERE Package

Currency Conversion $49 USD $52 USD (6% off)
€45 EUR
“Our tin can’s spinning and there’s no time... “ This package officially launches our Gatefold Vinyl LP into the stratosphere. This black circle's been crafted with care and features stunning artwork inside and out from Polish designer Łukasz Wiśniewski & Polish painter Katarzyna Adamek-Chase plus photography from Hungarian Zoltán Tischler.
Included Items
  • High Quality Digital Download
  • Gatefold LP of THE SPACE ERASE
Estimated Shipping
July 2023
0 out of 40 of claimed
Ships worldwide.
MESOSPHERE Package

MESOSPHERE Package

Currency Conversion $60 USD $63 USD (5% off)
€55 EUR
"Are we drifting..?... Engage!" This package is for old school culture vultures like you who want the immersive experience of listening to the analog mastered LP on your Hi-Fi turnstile while flipping through your full color hand-drawn vintage comic (pipe and slippers not included).
Included Items
  • High Quality Digital Download
  • Vintage MOONTRUTH! Comic Book
  • Gatefold LP of THE SPACE ERASE
Estimated Shipping
July 2023
3 out of 40 of claimed
Ships worldwide.
THERMOSPHERE Package

THERMOSPHERE Package

Currency Conversion $83 USD $87 USD (5% off)
€76 EUR
"We may need some tools… suit up!” This package is for true blue Moontruthers like you who've been supporting this project since our flight training. Not only can you not wait to get your hands on the Vinyl LP, but you want to wear your support for TEGNAPUTÁN loud & proud round town in one of 4 custom T-shirt prints designed by Łukasz Wiśniewski.
Included Items
  • High Quality Digital Download
  • Gatefold LP of THE SPACE ERASE
  • TEGNAPUTÁN T-Shirt (4 styles)
Estimated Shipping
July 2023
1 out of 50 of claimed
Ships worldwide.
EXOSPHERE Package

EXOSPHERE Package

Currency Conversion $93 USD $98 USD (5% off)
€85 EUR
"All Systems Go!” This is the big one folks! This is the first package that gets you the "THE SPACE ERASE" holy trinity of merch i.e. a custom T-shirt, the Vinyl LP and the “MOONTRUTH” collectible comic book. Strap in and get ready for launch!
Included Items
  • High Quality Digital Download
  • Vintage MOONTRUTH! Comic Book
  • Gatefold LP of THE SPACE ERASE
  • TEGNAPUTÁN T-Shirt (4 styles)
Estimated Shipping
August 2023
0 out of 100 of claimed
Ships worldwide.
MAGNETOSPHERE Package

MAGNETOSPHERE Package

Currency Conversion $272 USD $327 USD (16% off)
€250 EUR
"A whole new world of opportunities!” This exclusive limited edition package gets you all the gear and Merch featured in this campaign plus much more! You and your co-pilot of choice will get exclusive backstage VIP passes to the Budapest (July 28th) album release concert at A38 plus your very own Space Suite signed by the band after the concert!
Included Items
  • High Quality Digital Download
  • Vintage MOONTRUTH! Comic Book
  • Vinyl CDR of "THE SPACE ERASE"
  • Gatefold LP of THE SPACE ERASE
  • TEGNAPUTÁN T-Shirt (4 styles) (2)
  • +1 VIP Album Release Tix
  • Signed White EMESE Space Suit
Estimated Shipping
July 2023
0 out of 10 of claimed
QUANTUMSPHERE Package

QUANTUMSPHERE Package

Currency Conversion $654 USD $1,090 USD (40% off)
€600 EUR
“A star is born!” Dear space traveller, not only will you receive all the perks above, but you'll be joining our mission and be forever immortalised in our next music video to be directed by Zoltán Tischler. If you feel from afar the pull of a distant star – come join us in the QUANTUMSPHERE and help bring our cosmic mission a light year nearer!
Included Items
  • Vintage MOONTRUTH! Comic Book
  • Vinyl CDR of "THE SPACE ERASE"
  • Gatefold LP of THE SPACE ERASE
  • TEGNAPUTÁN T-Shirt (4 styles) (4)
  • +1 VIP Album Release Tix
  • Signed White EMESE Space Suit
  • Role in TEGNAPUTÁN Music Video
Estimated Shipping
October 2023
1 out of 4 of claimed

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