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Five musicians and a drummer, their talents finely honed to bring you a dazzling show of the most excellent calibre incorporating an eclectic melange of hardcore punked up ska/klezmer blended with an unsubtle hint of the mystic eastern bloc.

Tragic Roundabout are: Manager and guru, Joseph Mottingham, purveyor of the finest quality linoleum, top Bulgarian clarinettist Pat Popov, doyen of rhythm banjo Richard "Animal" Schovelt, renowned French accordionist Elton Jo Contraire, Des Lawson the world's leading authority on bass trumpet, Charlie "Guitar" Guitar on trombone & Dave "Lightnin'" Lacey on drums.

DISCOGRAPHY

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From Birdlip to Cowfold via Warninglid (2006)

Now available in the shops.

Resident Records, Kensington Gardens, Brighton (local bands section)

Borderline Records, Gardner St. Brighton (world section)

Rounder Records, Brighton Sq. The Lanes, Brighton (punk section)

WE'VE BEEN SECTIONED AT LAST.

Masters of the Tea Party DOYAKNOWHATiMEAN? The Labourer’s Lament Skellington Song Love Me Like a Lollipop Blandstand Prisons Spaceship Cigarettes and Petrol Von Dobbin Alone and Afraid Fisk Una Paloma Wanker

Gone Dancing (2002)

Gone Dancing Prince Geek Whirlygig Shopfront Music Freilach Lost in Leuven Cuppa Tea Big Stick Richards Nicest Chords Camels Last Stand Fanpipe Niguns Attic Silent Night

Live At The Lynx Lane Lounge (2000)

Call My Bluff Richards Nicest Chords B'lum B'lum War and the Establishment and What They've Established Locked One Another Up Brand New Klezmer Zydecoesque Tantz Pantz Gamblin' Bar Room Blues Wedding Samba Garden Song Don't You Want Me Baby It'll Probably Blow Up On The Way

Peggy Cooper (1997)

Fiasco Di Casino The Wombles Ritz Southamericanesque Steam Train La Di Da Cajan Django Spy On Pastis Shaving In A Lift Shaft Down The Road Black Teeth Ein Nacht In Gan Eden The Staffy Don't Get Around Much Steam Boat Reprisal

Here Comes The Lino Man (1994)
Lino Man Mission To Mottingham Hungarian Waltz Multi-Coloured Sticky Tacky Uselessness St Klezmer Dirty Old Bill Henstridge A357 Camel Herders Stomp Ain't She Sweet Mammoth Hop

REVIEWS AND STUFF LIKE THAT
Tragic Roundabout - Bedlam Fair-June 2002

Those itinerant musical vagabonds that are the Tragicks seem always to thrive on a mixed audience in an outdoor setting,and Bedlam Fair inthe Parade Gardens on Sunday 2nd June was no exception.They look almost as if they had just climbed out of a wheelie bin that by chance had contained a vat of cider,and play an irresistable collection of music and songs,gleaned from and written out of their intrepid journeys across Europe and beyond. Accordianist Jo Contraires charismatic bellows provide a distinctly European flavour and strong rhythmic push,augmented by the frenetic swinging of Richard III banjo.Rattling Matt Gloss plays a marching drum kit in situations like these,and out of all the Tragick line ups I have encountered over the years,their present one is stronger and more comprehensive than ever.Desmondo Rez swaps between acoustic and bass guitars,then unveils that sweet sweet mexican trumpet to fire up the fiesta....guitarist Charlie Tango similarly proves to be multi-talented as he swells the brass on the trombone.Add to all that the snaking,shaking climax making tones of Miss Kirsty Cakehole's clarinet and you are in for some serious knees up my dear old Muvver Brown...they make you think theyve just arrived via some Dickensian street party,and you try getting them to stop!All singing,all dancing,if this world were just,the Tragicks would be household names by now,but then again maybe its just us 'tossers' on the street that really get where theyre coming from. For those unfortunate enough never to have encountered their unique style of Vaudeville stomps and soaring Klezmer,my advice would be to catch them in a bar or on a street somewhere in the world soon........BY JONAH FLATFOOT

Brighton Argus For pure upliftment,check out Tragic Roundabout.Renowned for their festie performances these seven guys from Brighton are one of the friendliest and original street and stage bands around.Over 13 years together the band has produced five albums including 'PEGGY COOPER','LIVE AT THE LYNX LANE LOUNGE',GONE DANCIN'' and the ever popular'HERE COMES THE LINO MAN'.They play klezmer,traditional jewish wedding music,passing it through a filter of punk,ska,ragtime and trad jazz.The result is eastern European meets surreal lyrics and footstomping refrains. by MELINDA SAUNDERS
The Rising Sun Institute-Reading

We searched four continents for a band fit to play our birthday party,before stumbling upon the calling card of a certain Joseph Mottingham,self styled purveyor of finest linoleum.His band Tragic Roundabout are eastern European style busker hooligans with an appetite for alcohol and mad dancing and play acoustic ragtime punk blended with an unsubtle hint of the mystic east.Featuring clarinet,banjo,accordian,trombone,trumpet,guitar,bass and drums,you will not find another band quite like them.

Bath Fringe

More triffic than tragic...ajoyus heartlifting glorious noise that you can be sure they'll still be making long after you've dropped.
Ambient Green Picnic Mad as hatters and muchos fun....one of Britains best acoustic acts.
Latest mag. More George Forman than Formby...Cajun Porch band with hobnail holiday vocals.

Latest7 magazine (Horatio's Bar, Brighton Pier 31/08/07)

What goes better than Tragic Roundabout and the Palace Pier, two long-standing Brighton institutions/landmarks, whose decaying and old school flavours continue to find favour among locals and tourists alike. TR are so effortlessly good it sometimes takes a while to fully appreciate their unique brew of Eastern European rhythms,ska, punk, folk, klezmer and bar room sing songs. But once you do, the music gripsyou in it's relentless vice, and before you know it, you end up dancing like a goon on hot coals.

OCCII-Amsterdam

The Tragic sound is totally infectious and sucks you into their bizzarr world of lino salesmen,camel herders,obscure places and cakes leaving you dazed,happy and feeling a little bit ridiculous.

J.Rocket-Prisoner

Tragic Roundabout are completely outstanding and an instant antidote to anything serious.HOORAY!

Squall mag

...red faced nutters and consummate musicians,they play like there's no tomorrow,so making tomorrow a far more cheerful place.Book this band,send us an invite and all previous appointments will be cancelled.

Real Music Club

This month we're back at the Polar Central, now renamed the Hope after being extensively sound-proofed. As usual we have a three band event, headlined by Tragic Roundabout (alledgedly the best festival dance band ever). If you've seen them already you know what I mean. If not, you are in for a unique toe-tapping, hip-wiggling, leaping experience.

Don't Feed the Poets 2004

A packed venue filled out St Mary with a cross section of Hastings and St Leonards glued to the performances of Attila the Stockbroker and Jon Otway and a poetry performance set of unforgettable madness, followed by the antics and music of Tragic Roundabout, who continued to play even when we switched the mikes off, walking across the tables. A great end to a fab festival.

Tunbridge Wells Winter Street Festival 2000 The other band I caught was Tragic Roundabout, I couldn't possibly describe their genre of music but it was real toe tapping stuff. It was their little dog that stole the show. Closer scrutiny afterwards showed that the dog's tail wagged perfectly in time with the band too, that must've taken some training.
Paul Chi (Healthy Concerts)

"They are phenomenal, without a doubt. These musicians make it look like effortless bliss. You imagine that they could continue to play perfectly well in their sleep! The wind players make the production of sweet graceful music seem as easy as er.... farting! The talent is that natural."

Latest 7 Magazine, Brighton

Seemingly as much a part of the Brighton landscape as the Pier and the Pavilion, you can always rely on Tragic Roundabout to be there when you need them. From Birdlip to Cowfold via Warninglid is their umpteenth album, and once again it's an effortlessly classy whirlwind of Eastern European rhythms with healthy dollops of ska, punk, folk, klezmer, pub singalong vibes and even a little bit of Chas'n'Dave style pop! It's all pleasantly irreverent and jolly good fun. Embrace our heritage before it sinks underneath a pile of loft apartments, delis and parking restrictions. Available at their gigs and via myspace.com/missiontomottingham

Sunrise Festival

Not really a sunrise moment, but Tragic Roundabout played in a cosy little tent somewhere behind the ID Spiral area and they were great! For a while that night (forget exactly what night that was....) this wee tent was THE place to be. Tragic Roundabout had the place rammed. I turned up when they were playing the theme to 'world of sport' (you really had to be there...) and there wasn't a dry eye in the place. Totally random and brilliant.