For decades the state-run music industry in Hungary has artificially isolated musical worlds.
The 2010 album I'll Be Your Plaything is a concept album comprising at times drastically
re-imagined cover versions of Hungary's most popular hits from the socialist era. As such it is
a testament to music as a medium's aptness to reflect on public and personal pasts. The album
moreover exemplifies how rich and appealing synthesis of sounds and traditions can be concocted
when folk classically trained rock and jazz musical artists collaborate. Along with this
freedom to blend and synthesize the album opens up some long overdue space for women playing
with personas voices and singing styles Palya reflects on issues of femininity maternity
sexuality and coupledom across generations.
