The first recordings were made employing every instrument or device that was available, starting with an acoustic guitar and a small Yamaha PSS-401. From 1988 on they used more exotic equipment such as the Appalachian dulcimer, psaltery, or monochord. As main instruments, drums, piano, and bass were added. The electric guitar had been played occasionally since 1987 but it did not have its typical leading part of rock music until 1989. Years with "normal" rock instrumentation followed, sometimes supported with violin or saxophone. In 2000 an important novelty was introduced: the saz (long-necked lute) became a leading instrument. Since then, several alienated parts were recorded with it in a way never heard before in Turkish rock music.Dark Entries mentioning The Trial as first known band combining Turkish and new wave Later on the group started to also use computers, bins, refrigerators and field recordings.Interview with the online fudder magazine, Freiburg, 2008
