JEFF TROTT: Dig Up The Astroturf

Jeff Trott

Dig Up The Astroturf

© 2001 Jeff Trott (634479261923)

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Having perfected his intriguingly textured take on classic rock and pop enlisting electronic to add even more impressionistic elements, the result is music that's as engaging spatially as it is emotionally.

tracks

1 Walk A Cloud
2 Cosmonaut
3 Dalai Lama
4 Good Luck Club
5 The Few That Remain
6 Atomic Halo
7 No Substitute
8 Maybe That's Something
9 Nevermind Me
10 Hard To Say

notes

Jeff Trott

Trott began dabbling in music as a child, taking trumpet lessons in the fourth grade but soon showed more enthusiasm for his sister's nylon stringed spanish guitar. It became a more serious pursuit later on as an outgrowth of his work in stage production for a fringe theater group in his native San Francisco, where he says he "went from painting sets and sewing buttons to becoming a junior musical director."

He cites punk-era bands such as Wire and such experimentally minded precursors as Roxy Music and Brian Eno as his prime influences, though he's become aware of the effect George Harrison had on his aesthetic - - his penchant for slide guitar, kaleidoscopic backgrounds and Eastern instruments.

He started out playing with the early 80's art-punk band The Lifers and by the mid-1980s, joined the highly-regarded band Wire Train. Subsequent touring led him to become a well sought-after sideman, valued for his way with the resonant riff and the electrifying solo. "I'd always been meaning to do my own record," he admits. "but kept getting sidetracked by playing in all of these different bands."

So after moving to Portland, Oregon around 1997, he began to formulate an artistic vision of his own. HAVING perfected his intriguingly textured take on classic rock and pop, he then enlisted Keith Schreiner, of Portland-based electronic darlings Dahlia, to add an even more impressionistic element.

Schreiner and other players FROM Dig Up the Astroturf, including drummer Jeff Anthony, bassist Nate Query, and Everclear's touring keyboardist James Beaton, recently have come together as the core of Trott's superb live band.

What he has delivered now is Dig Up the Astroturf, an uncommonly bold, beautiful and fully-realized debut album.

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  • Very clever well written songs
    author: The King

    Very clever and well written...One of my favorite albums to play! When do we get another?

  • O.K. CD
    author: Evan Drikes

    A lot of potential but all the gadgetry can't make this CD stand on it's own.The songwriting and vocals are somewhat boring after a few listens. Not a terrible effort though.

  • Congrats Mr. Trott for writing outstanding songs!
    author: Gunter

    Jeff Trott is able to create a unique feel and mood in his songs which I not often hear in nowadays productions. The songs have solid guitar work and great melodies. No bubble gum melodies. Melodies with longevity a la "late Beatles". You also can hear some early Pink Floyd influences. My fav songs are "Cosmonaut", "No Substitute" & "Dalai Lama"! "Dig Up The Astroturf" is my new car CD and worth every buck! :-)

  • 4 stars.
    author: James

    This CD is worth 4 stars as far as I’m concerned. I only give 4 or 5 stars. When I was young my mother said that if you do NOT have anything good to say then don’t say nothing at all. So, if I buy a CD and I am sorry I did that…my response is to not rate it at all. If I am glad I got it I give it 4 stars. If I am overjoyed that I bought that CD it gets 5 stars.

  • author: CD Baby

    Having perfected his intriguingly textured take on classic rock and pop enlisting electronic to add even more impressionistic elements, the result is music that's as engaging spatially as it is emotionally. Truly spacey, dreamy, ethereal and sparkling, this CD can be described as a nutty mix between Sheryl Crow and Radiohead. Seriously, you have to hear it.

  • Can't get it out of the CD player
    author: Hallie

    This album is a great listening experience, most recommended with ear phones to get the full extent of it. I thought the strenght of it was with the quiet songs, with my favourite being No Substitute. It has well written-to the point lyrics and a beautiful composition with a soft production to match. Sometimes the use of electronics made the artist fearfull of burdening more instruments but a lot of the times it would've been better just playing melodic more energetic/emotional riffs and save the electronics to where it could really make a powerfull effect. All and all a worthwhile purchase and I'm sure u'll be listening to it compulsively enuf to know all the lyrics by day 3.

  • Thought this was a great cd. Ecclectic and interesting. I would recommend it.
    author: Sarah

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