Trottel have been making their own unique blend of psychedelic rock since 1985 and have released a lot of material and nearly every record is quite different and they have gone from having female vocals, to instrumental to male and female vocals but they have made a lot of instrumental music and in 2001 they changed the name to The Trottel Stereodream Experience and released a really cool and spacey CD of the same title. Since 1993 they have been releasing their material on their own record label. Very unique band. / Aural Innovations /

 

Trottel: Fluid CD

This is an absolute delight, totally uncategorisable though that probably won't stop me trying. On the back of the sleeve you can find the words, 'Interesting Music for Curious People', that alone piqued my interest. It's an accurate description. Monodream are Trottel's latest project. A cursory scan round their website gives you a brief history and, frankly, intrigues me. I want to hear more from this label. Heck, I want to hear it all. This cd is such a diverse mix of styles that giving you a plain description will not do it justice yet I must try to draw you in, convince you to try these extraordinary sounds.

There are folks roots here, from all around the world not just their home, Hungary. There are tracks on here that would sound great at a folk festival, you could see them going down a storm at Womad or even Sidmouth, I can see them dancing in the streets to 'Monodream or, especially, it's companion piece, 'The End of the Dream'. Yet other parts of it have a naive indie charm, the 'home' keyboard sound and vocals on 'Ikaros' are Pram-like or Stereolab-esque. Then again, 'Movement' is a chill out moving into great ethnic pounding drums (and hint of didg, keyboard derived I'm guessing as no player is credited). The love of music is evident. The whole project has such joy, such vitality.

The love of the true power of music is also apparent in their dedication on the sleeve. I'd like to thank them for sending this to us. If you have an ounce of curiosity in your soul seek this out.

/ Acid Attack, England /23.03.2001

Reviews

Ein absoluter Genuss, Musuik die in keine Schublade passt- auch wenn mich das nicht davon abhalten wird es zu versuchen-. Auf der Rückseite steht „interessant Musik für neugierige Leute und schon dies steigerte mein Interesse. Es iat ein korrekte Beschreibung. Monodram ist das jüngste Projekt von „TROTTEL“. Ihre Internetseite gibt auf einen Blick einen Abriss ihrer Geschichte und, offen gesagt, beschäftigt mich. Ich möchte mehr von diesem Label hören, Eigentlich am liebsten alles!! Diese CD ist ein mix aus so vielen verschiedenen Stilen das man es ohnehin nicht so beschreiben kann, dass es dem gerecht wird. Ich kann nur versuchen sie zu überzeugen diesen besonderen ound anzuhören.

So beinhaltet es Folk-Anteile aus allen Ländern der Erde, nicht nur aus ihrer Heimat Ungarn. Es gibt Ftücke die auf jedem Folkfestival wie Womad oder Sidmouth Wirbel verursachen würden. Man kann sich tanzende Menschen in den Strassen vorstellen zu Stücken wie „Monodream“ oder auch insbesondere das Gegenstück „The end of the dream“. Andere Stücke wiederum haben den Indie-charme, den Klang des „heim“keyboard und der Stimmen in „ikarus“ erinnern an Pram oder Streolab. Dann wiederum „Movement“ ist ein Chill-out mit schweren ethno-drums (mit u.a. didgeridoo).Die Liebe zur Musik ist unüberhörbar. Das gesamte Projekt ist geprägt von Freude, Vitalität.

Diese Liebe zur Kraft der Musik ist ebenso präsent in der Widmung auf der CD. Ich möchte ihnen danken das sie uns diese CD geschickt haben. Wenn Sie ein wenig Neugier in sich haben kann ich nur empfehlen diese CD anzuhören.

ACID ATTACK England 23.03.2001

Trottel Monodream is another Hungarian progressive/psychedelic rock band that is relatively unknown in the US.They have been around since 1989 and have toured extensively throughout Europe:Hungary, Italy, Austria, Germany, Spain,Switzerland, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Poland, andCzechoslovakia.Fluid is the band's ninth release.Consisting of violin, keyboards,guitar, drums, and bass, Trottel Monodream create and play progressive rock music with a Hungarian flair.Some songs are sung in Hungarian, others in English, andstill others in wordless chanting.Fluid contains six songs:Fluid, Ikaros,Monodream, Movement, The End of the Dream, and Spider on the Clock.Jean Luc Ponty style violin playing is prominent throughout the disk, along side strong guitar and keyboards.This is excellent music and sure to be a hit with the progressive rock enthusiast. / Henry Schneider US /

...psychedelic treatment of sound, psychedelia like an open-minded attitude more than a 'category' of music: acustic, electric, electronic potions, sonic alchemies, magicatmospheres and musicians like explorers in a creative kaleidoscope....

/ Radio Onda d' Urto, Milano /

Fluid (absolutely unbeliveableelectro-tribal-ethno-space-rock mix ... a sound I've never heard before!)

/ Lord Litter, Radio Marabu , Berlin /

...' Unter dem namen Trottel Monodream haben beide Bands kurzlich zusammengearbeitet und mit der CD 'Fluid' ein wahres meisterwerk vorgelegt. Vollig organisch und selbstverstandlich erscheint hier die mischung aus psychedelischem rock, elektronik und volkmusikalischen elementen.'

/ My Way no 50 /

Karpat Mobius: Kuruclemez CD

' This whole production is light years away from both today 's unforgiveably down-trodden cultural standards and from those who perpetrate or unquestioningly serve these standards. '

' Cziranku is a talent like Hendrix but he can't find his place in the center of the hungarian musical scene. '

' John Landau said in '75: I have seen the future of rock and roll. He is called Bruce Springsteen. I say in '99: I have seen our ancestor's music in the future. It's called Karpat M0bius. '

Trottel Stereodream Experience

This is the 10th release by this very interesting Hungarian group. I have only heard one other of their CDs and it was great. This can be compared with Korai Öröm and Vagtazó Halottkémek. It lies somewhere in between the two groups, not as rhythmic as Korai and not as frantic as Vagtazó. A wide range of Eastern instruments are played and experimented with and the male lead vocals play a major role in this band. The songs are sung in English on this CD. Some great building space rock stuff though on this Stereodream experience. By track 3 the CD is really grooving and there are some great synthesizers. The CD is full of great rich lush sounds and productions, which is highlighted in the great "House Of The Witches. Quite an excellent new CD, showing a continued fresh and interesting sound and evolution. Aural Innovations #20 (July 2002)

TROTTEL MONODREAM

Extrait du livre de Stephane Rossato     / Geneve 2000 /  page 26 '' Trottel est probablement le groupe le plus influent de la scene underground hongrois des années nonante. En effet Trottel Records est également le nom du label qui publie des cds de nombreux groupes underground, surtout dans les domaines alternatif-expérimental, ethno-folk et punk-hardcore La majorité des groupes édités est hongrois / voir sous Hongrie en annexe  / mais il ya aussi dans le catalogue des formations de Croatie, d'Ecosse et de France / le trio parisien de hardcore psychédélique 'GRZZZ'. La musique du groupe Trottel varie beaucoup selon les albums.  Idem au niveau du personel et du type d'instruments utilisés. Pour résumer, on parlera du style alternatif / psychédélique / expérimental. Le premier album Borderline Syndroma a été publié en  1989 par le label francais Gougnaf Rds.L‘exubérence et le délire sont le point commun les premiers albums de Trottel qui cultive le sens de l'absurde: Your Sincere Innocence / 1990 / The Final Salute / 1991 /, The Same Story Goes On / 1993 /, The Stolen Garden / 1995 /, …. Pour la presse spécialisée, Troxx-tracks / 1997 / marque le passage vers une musique plus facile a digérer, au fil d'un – psycho-horror trip – peu conventionnel qui débute par les longs soli de deux guitares, progressivement compléter par  deux basses, batterie, la trompette et le chant. Les influences folk deviennent plus marquées sur Interference / 1999 /, avec la flute en plus des instruments déjá cités La fin de l'année 1999 voit l'arrivée en point de mire de la délicieuse violoniste et chanteuse Györgyi, qui transforme l'atmosphere d'ensemble générée par Trottel. Ainsi, l'album Fluid / 2000 / propose un trip expérimental électronique et planant, a la dimension ethno-folk nerveuse, imprégnée des steppes de l'Europe orientale. La voix aérienne de la jeune princesse underground, en particulier sur le morceaux phare, FLUID, est agréablement halée. Ses dix-sept années du pratique du violon lui permettent d'assurer de belles arabesques, en osmose avec les circonvolutions électroniques. La section rythmique / basse,batterie / est hélas conventionnelle et monolithique. Les percussion ethno sont plus intéressantes. Lors de son passage a l'Usine de Geneve en décembre 2000, on a pu constater que le son de Trottel est nettement plus violant en concert qu'en studio, tendance hard-folk progressif.''