Album
Type:
Album
Date
Released:
31st
Jan 2015
Label:
CD
– Self Released. Vinyl - Adansonia Records
erste
(f/m/n) – Track Listing
1. - 1
2. - 2
3. - 3
4. - 4
5. - 5
Bio
A plumber, a jazzer
and a singer are building a house. And three musicians with a
drumset, a guitar and a bass are standing in self-forgotten manner in
front of the house. On a Trottoir. And they're playing the
self-invented Mannheimer Hartkraut, a mixture of Krautrock, Post
Rock, Space Rock and their own artistic origin.
Members
Martin Feige
(Guitar)
Daniel Schwarz
(Drums)
Jonathan Sell (Bass)
Review:
Time
for a change of scene for myself at Sludgelord. It's been a long time
since I ventured into the world of Krautrock and now here I am making
my first visit in a very long time for Trottoir. A Space Rock/Post
Rock/Krautrock collective where the music has a slighty jazz organic
feel.
Their
debut album - erste (f/m/n) – is a purely instrumental rock
affair with the band adding huge volumes of noise. There are traces
of Stoner Rock running through out the album though it's the more
jazz/space rock vibes that make this album such a thrilling ride. The
tracks are individually titles from 1 to 5 so you don't have to worry
about the meaning of the songs. Sit back and enjoy the ride at
Trottoir have created some heavy pounding and exiting riffs for you
to experience.
Four
of the albums five tracks are epic songs running from 9 mins to
almost 14 mins in length. So Trottoir love their progressive rock
passages which gives their music a more intelligent feel as they
slowly build the riffs with layers of noise, synths and a whole lot
more space-rock goodness. Shades of Karma To Burn and Pelican can be
heard as direct influences but also elements of the 60s/70s legendary
German Krautrock scene. Which isn't too surprising as these space
riffsters are from Germany.
It
feels that Trottoir have made this album to be listened as one
complete song and not broken down into 5 individual parts that the
album actually is. If I have to pick out my fave songs or moments
from the album it has to be songs 2, 3 and 5 as those are the loudest
and most intense parts of the album. Trottoir even venture into
progressive metal territory on song 3. It has a great collection of
breakdown beats and noises with a healthy sideline in loud
experimental rock.
The
album runs for around 51 minutes or so and it will appeal to all fans
of Instrumental Rock/Metal. If you dig Jazz, Space Rock, Post-Rock,
Stoner Rock, Psych Rock, Krautrock then Trottoir's debut album is the
one for you. It's an exciting and fresh take on all things
instrumental rock. It's good to see a band such as Trottoir trying
something different and playing to their musical strengths for the
whole world to see. erste (f/m/n) is a thrilling album and one I
recommend very highly indeed. Awesome stuff.
Words
by Steve Howe
Thanks
to Daniel for the promo. erste (f/m/n) will be available to buy on
CD from the Trottoir's BandCamp Page and on Vinyl from Adansonia Records from January 31st 2015.
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