To Rococo Rot

To Rococo Rot
Origin	Berlin, Germany
Genres	IDM Post-rock Experimental techno
Years active	1995 – present
Labels	Kitty-Yo City Slang Domino Records
Associated acts	Tarwater Kreidler
Members	Robert Lippok Ronald Lippok Stefan Schneider

To Rococo Rot is a Berlin-based trio who combine electronic and acoustic elements to create instrumental post-rock and electronic music. The group is composed of bass guitarist Stefan Schneider (ex-member of Düsseldorf-based group, Kreidler) and brothers Robert (guitar, electronics) and Ronald Lippok (drums, effects). Ronald Lippok has also gained praise for his work in Tarwater. The band's name is a palindrome, as it can be spelled the same both forwards and backwards.

The group's first album, To Rococo Rot, was released in 1996 in the form of an untitled picture disc. It was subsequently reissued on CD by Kitty Yo. The more widely distributed Veiculo, released by the UK independent label City Slang, appeared the following year. In 1997, the group recorded an album's worth of material with the producer David Moufang. Following a move to Mute Records, the band released The Amateur View in 1999 and Music Is a Hungry Ghost in 2001, followed by the critically acclaimed Hotel Morgen in 2004. Speculation was released in March 2010, and their latest full-length album, Instrument, was released in July 2014.

Discography

Albums

Title	Release date	Notes	Label
To Rococo Rot	January 12, 1996		Kitty-Yo
Veiculo	February 20, 1997		City Slang Records
The Amateur View	April 26, 1999		City Slang Records
Music is a Hungry Ghost	April 30, 2001	Collaboration with I-Sound	City Slang Records
Kölner Brett	November 26, 2001		Staubgold
Hotel Morgen	April 19, 2004		Domino Records
Taken From Vinyl	November 27, 2006	Enhanced CD with 12 previously vinyl-only tracks and a video for 'Telema'	Staubgold
ABC One Two Three	October 21, 2007	Music resulting from a commission related to the 50th anniversary of the Helvetica typeface.	Domino Records
Speculation	March 8, 2010		Domino Records
Instrument	April 2014	featuring Arto Lindsay	City Slang Records

EPs

Title	Release date	Notes	Label
Paris 25	February 10, 1998		City Slang Records
TRRD	July 1998	With D	Soul Static Sound
Pantone	October 15, 2001	With I-Sound	City Slang Records

Singles

Title	Release date	Album	Label
"She Understands the Dynamics"	April 27, 1998		Fat Cat Records
"Telema"	March 29, 1999	From The Amateur View	City Slang Records
"Cars"	September 20, 1999	From The Amateur View	City Slang Records
"Jacky"	April 18, 2000		Sub Pop Records
"Cosimo"	June 21, 2004	From Hotel Morgen	Domino Records

External links

• To Rococo Rot at Domino Records
• Official MySpace page
• To Rococo Rot discography at Discogs