In October 2013 The Trouble Notes first arrived in Berlin and quickly became one of the city’s most recognized street bands.
Over the past three years the dynamic trio have refined their sound by carving out a niche and developing a new genre of Indie-Gypsy Fusion.
The group’s musical repertoire developed as a soundtrack of their extensive travels – featuring the emotional melodies of violinist, Bennet Cerven, vivid soundscapes of guitarist Florian Eisenschmidt and driving rhythms of percussionist Oliver Maguire.
The instrumental ballads of The Trouble Notes have touched listeners from all walks of life and continue to garner critical acclaim.
The group’s name is irreverently playful, just like their music can be. It conjures the concept of learned musicianship when thought as a twist on “treble notes” and it conjures their daring virtuosity, as in they are playing the “the trouble notes.” But most appropriately the handle evokes daring creativity, music that stirs up something within the listener.
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The Trouble Notes have built a large fanbase spanning numerous countries, headlining sold out shows in Germany, UK, Czech Republic, Italy and the United States.
They have performed on many prestigious international festivals and live on major media networks in multiple countries, including on WBEZ Chicago’s “Worldview”, BBC Radio Lincolnshire, Metro Radio UK’s “Nightowl” with Alan Robson, Deutschland Kultur Radio, and “Sons Urbanos” on Canal Bis in Brazil.
Their song “Ghosts of the Red Sand” was selected as the theme song for RBB’s “Auf Augenhöhe.”
Recently, they’ve been selected to be the musical guest performers at the 2015 European Film Award, and they’ve been nominated “Indie Artist of the year” 2015 by Cultural Magazine Indie Berlin. -- their site can be seen here.
“When people ask me what I want out of this music, I tell them: number one, I want to write music that moves people,” he says. “That’s you how do something good for the world.” -- Bennet Cerven
I Trouble Notes portano in giro per il mondo un repertorio che fonde diversi generi musicali e tradizioni: lo statunitense Bennet Cerven (violino/voce), Florian Eisenschmidt (chitarra) dalla Germania e il britannico Oliver Maguire (percussioni) sono infatti nati cresciuti in Paesi diversi, sviluppando ognuno la propria sensibilità musicale.
Quello che condividono è la passione per il viaggio e la volontà di portare la loro musica in ogni angolo del mondo, una sorta di scambio culturale che di volta in volta li arricchisce musicalmente e personalmente.
Considerati pionieri di un nuovo genere di musica Gispsy Fusion contaminato dai ritmi tradizionali della loro multiculturalità, si spostano continuamente in tutto il mondo con i loro strumenti, e quando si esibiscono nelle strade e piazze di qualsiasi città vengono completamente assorbiti dalla loro musica, che vira dal tango argentino al flamenco spagnolo in un mix di sonorità Klezmer e musica balcanica.
