Little Cow

Kistehen was founded by László Kollár-Klemencz after the great success of his songs for the 'Little yellow cow' animation series. This funny figure and his story were brought to life by him.
László Kollár-Klemencz has been the composer of songs and the writer of lyrics from the beginning. He managed to make two albums with various musician friends in the meantime: The Kistehen – Zene a nyulaknak (Little Cow) came out in 2002, and Csintalan (Naughty) in 2004. In 2007 Csintalan become a Platinum Album in Hungary.
The band in its current form ganged up in 2005, which was also the year of the incredible success of their song Szájbergyerek (Cyber boy). It became quickly wide-known and popular with the mediation of the internet. The song burst out as a Nr. 1 hit on all the home charts and was chosen as the 'Song of the year in Hungary' on the Fonogram Award. Shortly it gained fame even abroad – it was selected for the British 'Beginner's Guide to Eastern Europe' compilation album.
By 2006 they became one of Hungary's most popular bands. Their new album 'Szerelmes vagyok minden nőbe (I'm in Love with Every Lady) was released that year by EMI Hungary and the international version came out on Berlin based label Eastblok Music in February, 2007. The album is available all across Europe. The release gig was in February in Berlin.
In 2007 the band did successful tours in Europe, had a debut gig in the UK BestivalFestival) and had some storming gigs including the Lowlands Festival in The Netherlands. Their song "Virágok a réten" (featuring their gypsy friends Romano Drom) has been selected for the Top of the World album of the Songlines Magazine, UK and the Gypsy Grooves album released by Putumayo.
At the beginning of 2008 they played at the very prestigious global FEST, New York City. New York based agency agreed to help the band and be the launch pad for their carrier in the US. At 2008 summer they were take a part of many Festivals in Europe, including Esperanzah Belgium and Paaspop Festival NL.
In September 2008 they returned to the US and Canada for a 5 week tour, doing 31 shows. Besides the festival and club concerts they also had acoustic performances in theatres. The gigs included the Chicago World Music Festival, and the Hideout Block Party. They rocked New York's Joe's Pub and absolutely stormed the Lotus World Music Festival in Bloomington, IN. They also played some fantastic clubs including Safari Sam's on the Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles and in Slim in San Francisco.
In September 2008 they released a special (easy listening) new album, entitled 'A Man in a Tree', and performed by Little Cow Melancholics. There are personal lyrics and poem singing audible from Kollár-Klemencz László on the album in melancholy waltz rhythm. The orchestra undertook a newer American tour in 2009 of Septembers after numbers of summer festivals.



The year 2009 brought some changes in the band's life. From 2010 the writer, founder László Kollár-Klemencz refreshed KISTEHÉN with new musicians.
Because of the common international invititations, their name caused some troubles (in Hungary: Kistehén, abroad: LittleCow), so they decided to use only the title KISTEHeN in the future. The new formation is strengthened with two new drummers in the rhythm section as well as two pianists. Besides the new logo, the 'folk-rock' world music and the emotional sounding – which were the characteristics of the band so far – will be broadened with more serious and harder musical direction in order to satisfy the members' demands and international trends. The new album of Kistehén is produced by the contribution of English producers, and will be released in April 2010 by EMI. Beside the rewritten old hits, the songs of the new album, called 'Picsába az űrhajókkal' (Fuck the Spacecrafts) will be the main material for the forthcoming concerts. The first single, called 'Marko' is already played by some radios.