Trabant

Trabant was a circle of young songwriters and amateur musicians coworking as a band between 1981 and 1987. Most of the music and words were written by Gábor Lukin, János Vető and Mihály Víg, while minor contributions came from György Kozma, Károly Hunyady, János Xantus and József Dénes "Dönci". The two main voices were visual artist and actress Marietta Méhes and Mihály Víg, occasionally Tamás Pajor, Mariann Urbán and Attila Grandpierre. Among other musicians were János Másik and Jenő Menyhárt of Európa Kiadó. Apart from a few film appearances the band seldom performed publicly and never worked in studio; they focused on writing songs and instantly recording them one by one under lo-tech domestic circumstances. Their texts are best described by the words enigmatic, intertextual, grotesque and absurd; their musical style does not fall into any of the known musical categories.