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{{Hungarian name|Takács Dorina}}
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'''Дeva''' (Deva), born '''Dorina Takács''' (b. 2000<ref name="wlb">{{cite web|url=https://welovebudapest.com/cikk/2021/12/10/latnivalok-es-kultura-a-filozofiai-kerdesek-jobban-izgatnak-mint-bach-elettortenete-interju-takacs-dorinaval-deva|title="A filozófiai kérdések jobban izgatnak, mint Bach élettörténete" – Interjú Takács Dorinával (Дeva) és Fa lenni klippremier!|publisher=We Love Budapest|accessdate=2022-01-21|language=hu}}</ref>) is a Hungarian singer-songwriter, winner of the 2022 [[European Border Breakers Award|Music Moves Europe Award]].<ref name="telex">{{cite web|url=https://telex.hu/kult/2022/01/20/magyar-nyertese-is-van-az-europai-unio-konnyuzenei-dijanak|title=Magyar nyertese is van az Európai Unió könnyűzenei díjának|publisher=Telex|accessdate=2022-01-20|language=hu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.noklapja.hu/hetilap/2022/03/11/takacs-dorina-deva-valami-uj-fele-vagyunk%CB%AE/|title=Takács Dorina, Deva – "Valami új felé vágyunkˮ|publisher=[[Nők Lapja]]|accessdate=2022-03-17|language=hu}}</ref>
== Life and career ==
Dorina Takács writes and performs [[electronic music]] inspired by [[Hungarian folk music]]. In her childhood, she participated in a choir and performed folk dances. She attended an elementary school specialised in music. During secondary school, she was mostly interested in electronic music, [[techno]] and [[ambient music|ambient]] styles but she thought they lacked deep emotions. She was heavily influenced by [[alt-J]], [[Nils Frahm]], the Weval, [[Four Tet]], the [[Tame Impala]], as well as [[Zoltán Kodály]]. In 2016, she was introduced to Balázs Zságer of [[Žagar (band)|Žagar]], and she started assisting the band with handling administrative tasks. When Zságer founded Move Gently Records, she joined the company. She writes her songs in her own home studio.<ref name="wlb" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://onzine.hu/articles/interju/takacs-dorina.php|title=SZÍNES HANGOKHOZ HANGOS ILLATOK|publisher=Önzine|accessdate=2022-01-21|language=hu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://444.hu/2021/12/26/felegetnem-ezt-a-cudar-vilagot-ne-teremjen-egyebet-csak-viragot|title=Felégetném ezt a cudar világot, ne teremjen egyebet, csak virágot|publisher=444!|accessdate=2022-01-21|language=hu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.electronicbeats.hu/deva-ha-visszamehetnek-egy-idogeppel-nepdalokat-enekelni-megtennem/|title=Дeva: ha visszamehetnék egy időgéppel népdalokat énekelni, megtenném|publisher=Electrinoc Beats|accessdate=2022-01-21|language=hu}}</ref>
Takács attended [[Eötvös Loránd University]], majoring in music culture and religious studies, but postponed her studies due to her music career.<ref name="wlb" />
She first wanted to have ''Veda'' as her stage name, but she did not feel confident to use something that means [[Vedas|"knowledge"]], thus she chose ''deva''. Later on she realised the word has several meanings in different languages.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://whatatune.com/my-songwriting-process-in-one-word-chaos-introducing-deva/|title="My songwriting process in one word? Chaos." Introducing Дeva|publisher=What a Tune|accessdate=2022-01-21}}</ref>
Her first studio album, titled ''Csillag'' ("Star") was released on 20 January 2022. Music magazine ''Recorder'' noted that "Dorina Takács simply sings in a very beautiful way, often in parts, like a choir. [...] bravely abandoning the more obvious 'hit'-ness of her earlier songs, she builds an arc throughout the album, with an impressive but not contrived dramaturgy."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://recorder.blog.hu/2022/01/20/_eva_csillag_lemezkritika|title=EGYSZERŰEN NAGYON SZÉPEN - ДEVA: CSILLAG (LEMEZKRITIKA)|publisher=Recorder|accessdate=2022-01-21|language=hu}}</ref>
== Discography ==
;Studio albums
* ''Csillag'' (2022)<ref name="wlb" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://movegentlyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/eva-csillag-lp|title=Дeva: Csillag|publisher=Move Gently Records|accessdate=2022-01-21|language=hu}}</ref>
== Awards ==
* 2022 {{ill|Petőfi Music Award|hu|Petőfi Zenei Díj}}, Female Performer of the Year<ref>{{cite web|url=https://petofilive.hu/petofizeneidij/az-ev-noi-eloadoja/cikk/2022/01/06/takacs-dorina-deva/#|title=TAKÁCS DORINA "DEVA"|publisher=Petőfi Live|accessdate=2021-01-21|language=hu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://petofilive.hu/hirek/cikk/2022/01/24/petofi-zenei-dij-2022-a-dijazottak/|title=PETŐFI ZENEI DÍJ 2022: A DÍJAZOTTAK!|publisher=Petőfi Live|accessdate=2022-02-04|language=hu}}</ref>
* 2022 [[European Border Breakers Award|Music Moves Europe Award]]<ref name="telex" />
== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://movegentlyrecords.bandcamp.com/ Move Gently Records]
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXnTfl7nJkEiIUP3BFC-17w YouTube channel]
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[[Category:2000 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:21st-century Hungarian women singers]]
[[Category:Hungarian women singer-songwriters]]
[[Category:Hungarian electronic musicians]]
[[Category:Hungarian folk singers]]
[[Category:Hungarian women folk singers]]
[[Category:Hungarian pop singers]]
[[Category:Hungarian women pop singers]]