HOTEL MORGEN

On Hotel Morgen (trans: Morning Hotel!) To Rococo Rot's fluency is dazzling, although it is always pleasing to recognise a Stefan bass run, a Ronald drum pattern, a Robert melody line. Actually, this time the idea was to make a less electronic record, and the group situated itself in a studio with a different palette of grand piano, wurlitzer and vibraphone, alongside the usual instruments. But with To Rococo Rot, you imagine a concept is often only useful as a starting point rather than an end in itself, and in reverting to a more familiar set-up as the session progressed, they found themselves 'returning' to a new place.