Kata Horváti - vocals
A folksinger who was born in Kolozsvár and studied folk music in the Conservatoire. Kata has play in many groups and her unique singing style and voice has made her fans everywhere. She has won many prestigious prizes including first place in the National Folksinging Competition and she has been honoured by the national award of Young Master of Folk Art. She was a key member of the Singing Humming Group and since 1999 she has appeared as a solo artist and before joining Katan she contributed to many popular releases and played the lead part in Szomjas’ film, Vagabond.
Mihály Borbély - saxophone, reeds
Is one of the most famous Hungarian saxophone artists on both tenor and soprano sax. He is a founding member of the Vujicsics Music Group and has played as a member in many groups and as a solo artist, in the fields of folk music as well as jazz. He has contributed to many recordings in Europe and in the United States and has worked with great performers such as Herbie Mann, Trilok Gurtu, Márta Sebestyén, Saxophone Summit (Michael Brecker-David Liebman-Joe Lovano), The Sebő band, Károly Binder, Mihály Dresch, Béla Szakcsi Lakatos, Michel Montanaro’s Vents d’Est band, Jirí Stivín, Zbigniew Namyslowski, the National Philharmonics and Group 180.
He plays concerts, and records with bands like Borbély Műhely Quartet B where he is the leader, and he performs with Károly Binder pianist in a duo. Amazingly talented, he combines performing with teaching at the Liszt Ferenc Music Academy Jazz Faculty in Budapest.
Ferenc Kisvári - drums
Is a drummer, a popular session musician and a music producer.
He contributed in the live performances of such great performers like János Bródy, Zsuzsa Koncz, Róbert Szikora, Szandi, St.Martin, Tamás Hevesi, Előd Császár. He has been a permanent drummer for the band Emil RuleZ! since 2005.
He was the director and producer of the “Őskor” album of Róbert Dolák-Saly and also for the musical material of the evening performances and the television programs of the Laár Pour Laár Company which is a hugely successful comedy show. He contributed in the creation of the albums of St.Martin, Andrea Szulák, Linda Király, Bery, and Éva Csepregi. He was one of the judges in the Dalnokok Ligája music program and was a fellow MC of Levente Harsányi in the morning program of Radio DeeJay.
Arnold Antoni - guitars
Tamás Szekeres discovered this self taught musician and with his recommendation, Arnold Antoni soon became an acknowledged member of the Hungarian musician society. He is a popular session guitarist and participated in productions such as Tamás Somló, Márta Téli, Edmond Nagy, Nikola Parov, Eszter Bíró, Judit Halász and V-Tech. Later he studied classical guitar and added that to his repertoire and was awarded prestigious prizes for his work.
Csaba Faltay - keyboards
Is a music producer with multiple gold and platinum records. He is also a sound engineer and a composer. His name can be linked to each and every record of Emil.RuleZ! group and the record “Csintalan” of the Kistehén aka Little Cow and Károly Binder’s ethno-jazz record “Retropolis”. He composed the soundtracks for many movies such as Szép napok (Pleasent Days) and theatrical performances (XXI. Macbeth, Bogármese (Bug Tale), etc.)
Former members:
Anikó Papp- vocals
After specialist musical studies at school Aniko studied song and folk dance. Originally trained in classical techniques she later joined folk music to her studies and the folk music finally took over! Many prestigious competitions as the member of a group and as a soloist brought her many awards. She has won first place in many many festivals including highly valued wins on Duna Tv and Hungarian Radio. She has been honoured by her country with the title Young Master of Folk Art and with her twin sister was a member of the amazing Song Telling Double Singing Group and the twins winning the award was unparalleled. It’s important for Aniko to keep singing and dancing together and to take the best from both fields by working in different groups and in different styles. She is only 30 years old but thanks to her huge talent she is often invited to festivals abroad to perform and also to teach.
Gábor Bruzsa - bass
Is a bass guitarist, who also contributes to nearly every one of the Twelvetones releases. During his career as a musician he participated in the projects of Friderika, of Attila Mátyás and Károly Binder and he had an active part in the making of the latter’s album “Retropolis”. He has been a constant session musician with the band Emil.RuleZ! since their first concert. He has also remixed and covered the works of other artists like Ganxsta Zolee and the Kartel, Hooligans, Pierrot and Warpigs
