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Trabant was one of the most effective Hungarian underground and new wave music band operated between 1980 and 1985. The members were [[Gábor Lukin]] (composer, guitar, piano, recording, copying, archiving, covers), [[Marietta Méhes]] (song, lyrics) and [[János Vető]] (poems, percussion instruments, song).

The band began as a room-band. They made records with tape recorders, music instruments, and equipment (those were purchased in a toy store) at Lukin’s apartment. They hadn't hold concerts until years, the audience known them only from cassettes. The band played a central role in János Xantus’s film Eszkimó asszony fázik [The Eskimo Woman is Freezing) in 1984. Xantus’s movie is a typical representation of Hungarian film art of the 1980s, the so-called new sensibility, which merged neo-avantgarde style with postmodern irony. These films often showed contemporary new wave bands from Budapest. Trabant composed the music, the protagonist was Marietta Méhes and the whole story built up around her and the band’s. The songs played in the films were also important because these bands had no opportunities to release their records. Their tracks were disseminated as homemade tape recordings.

It was typical that the avant-garde, alternative rock bands also the Trabant cooperated, the members played in more formations. We can discover overlaps among the performers and the repertoire of the performances, too. Moreover, the representatives of the different artistic sphere collaborated, too. Music, fine art, theatre, film, literature interwove through the events and project of underground cultural life. So we can regard these communities around the bands as an intellectual, artistic studio.
In the late 70’s and the early 80’s az avant-garde rock bands appeared with liberating power in the Hungarian rock music. They expressed those thoughts had never told earlier and emerged suppressed passions in the declining Kádár-era. They brought fresh air and offered new kinds of worldviews. The most bands (like [[Spions]], [[VHK]], [[URH]], [[Kontroll Csoport]]) reacted with anger to the lies and suppressed topics of the communist regime whereas the Trabant gave the passivity of passions. This resigned attitude created a new type of poetic dream world.

The songs of the Trabant were similar to the Velvet Underground in New York. They used music genres very freely. The band played among the four walls, their home-copied cassettes were very much in demand.

The Trabant built up their own inner world and there was the feeling of they did music for only themselves. At the same time, they built a strange wall between them and their audience.

In 2011 a film was created on the story of the band titled “Ragaszthatatlan szív” what is the title of Trabant song (directed by Lili Horváth).

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 Trabant was one of the most popular [[:Category:Hungary|Hungarian]] underground and new wave music bands, active between 1980 and 1985. The members were [[Gábor Lukin]] (composer, guitar, piano, recording, copying, archiving, covers), [[Marietta Méhes]] (song, lyrics) and [[János Vető]] (poems, percussion instruments, song).
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 In 2011 a film was created about the story of the band (directed by Lili Horváth), entitled “Ragaszthatatlan szív”, the title of a Trabant song.
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-Trabant was one of the most effective Hungarian underground and new wave music band operated between 1980 and 1985. The members were [[Gábor Lukin]] (composer, guitar, piano, recording, copying, archiving, covers), [[Marietta Méhes]] (song, lyrics) and [[János Vető]] (poems, percussion instruments, song).
+Trabant was one of the most popular [[:Category:Hungary|Hungarian]] underground and new wave music bands, active between 1980 and 1985. The members were [[Gábor Lukin]] (composer, guitar, piano, recording, copying, archiving, covers), [[Marietta Méhes]] (song, lyrics) and [[János Vető]] (poems, percussion instruments, song).
-The band began as a room-band. They made records with tape recorders, music instruments, and equipment (those were purchased in a toy store) at Lukin’s apartment. They hadn't hold concerts until years, the audience known them only from cassettes. The band played a central role in János Xantus’s film Eszkimó asszony fázik [The Eskimo Woman is Freezing) in 1984. Xantus’s movie is a typical representation of Hungarian film art of the 1980s, the so-called new sensibility, which merged neo-avantgarde style with postmodern irony. These films often showed contemporary new wave bands from Budapest. Trabant composed the music, the protagonist was Marietta Méhes and the whole story built up around her and the band’s. The songs played in the films were also important because these bands had no opportunities to release their records. Their tracks were disseminated as homemade tape recordings.
+The group began as a bedroom band, making records with tape recorders, music instruments, and equipment (much of which purchased in a toy store) at Lukin’s apartment. They did not hold concerts for years, with audiences knowing them only from the cassettes they released. The band played a central role in János Xantus’s film ''Eszkimó asszony fázik'' [The Eskimo Woman is Freezing) in 1984. Xantus’s movie is a typical representation of Hungarian film art of the 1980s, the so-called new sensibility, which merged a neo-avantgarde style with postmodern irony. These films often showed contemporary new wave bands from Budapest. Trabant composed the music, the film's protagonist was Marietta Méhes, and the whole story was built up around her and the band. The songs played in these films were also important, seeing as these bands had no other opportunities to release their records officially -  otherwise, their tracks were disseminated as homemade tape recordings.
-It was typical that the avant-garde, alternative rock bands also the Trabant cooperated, the members played in more formations. We can discover overlaps among the performers and the repertoire of the performances, too. Moreover, the representatives of the different artistic sphere collaborated, too. Music, fine art, theatre, film, literature interwove through the events and project of underground cultural life. So we can regard these communities around the bands as an intellectual, artistic studio.
+It was typical of the time that avant-garde, alternative rock bands like Trabant cooperated amongst themselves, and their members often played in other groups. There was a significant overlap among performers and the repertoire in their performances as well. Moreover, representatives of the different artistic spheres collaborated too: Music, fine art, theatre, film, literature were brought together in the events and projects of the underground cultural life. Thus we can regard these communities around the bands as an intellectual, artistic studio.
-The songs of the Trabant were similar to the Velvet Underground in New York. They used music genres very freely. The band played among the four walls, their home-copied cassettes were very much in demand.
+In the late 70s and the early 80s avant-garde rock bands appeared with liberating power in the Hungarian rock music. They expressed thoughts which had never related earlier and allowed suppressed passions to emerge in the declining Kádár-era. They brought fresh air to the music scene and offered new kinds of world views. While most bands (like [[Spions]], [[VHK]], [[URH]], [[Kontroll Csoport]]) reacted with anger to the lies and suppression of discourse of the communist regime, Trabant reacted with a kind of passivity of passions, and this resigned attitude created a new type of poetic dream world.
-The Trabant built up their own inner world and there was the feeling of they did music for only themselves. At the same time, they built a strange wall between them and their audience.
+Trabant's music was similar to that of the Velvet Underground in New York, and they explored music genres very freely. The band played inside four walls, and their home-copied cassettes were very much in demand. Trabant built up their own inner world and there was a sense that they created music for themselves only. At the same time, they built a strange wall between them and their audience.
-In 2011 a film was created on the story of the band titled “Ragaszthatatlan szív” what is the title of Trabant song (directed by Lili Horváth).
+In 2011 a film was created about the story of the band (directed by Lili Horváth), entitled “Ragaszthatatlan szív”, the title of a Trabant song.
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