PlanetMosh Keeping it Metal
Progressive/fusion trio, Trioscapes, will release their sophomore album on August 18th via Metal Blade Records. To capture the raw and dynamic mood the band has become accustomed to at their live shows, Trioscapes enlisted the expertise of Kris Hilbert at Legitimate Business in Greensboro, NC to record “Digital Dream Sequence.” Those studio facilities offered the band the flexibility to track individually, or as an entire band, which was done for certain parts on the album. Dan Briggs (bass, Between the Buried and Me), Walter Fancourt (tenor saxophone/flute), and Matt Lynch (drums/percussion) form the trio in the summer of 2011.
Listen to the new song, “Stab Wounds,” and pre-order your copy of “Digital Dream Sequence” now at metalblade.com/trioscapes
Trioscapes have evolved since their debut, and “Digital Dream Sequence” can be accurately described as much more deliberate. Walter Fancourt explained that “after hearing the debut album that was the first time I felt like I knew what we sounded like.” Briggs added, “for the first record, the three of us came together just to write music for that album, not even really knowing we were writing for an album.” Writing for “Digital Dream Sequence” drew on the experiences from the previous two years, both from touring and from having the time to just jam out songs together in a rehearsal space. Briggs continued, “After two years of touring, playing together, and casually working on new music, we really gelled and established more of a sound.” That time together as a band has fortified the already formidable lineup into a much more self-aware and in-tune machine.
The completed songs were sent to Jamie King (Between the Buried and Me, Scale the Summit, Devin Townsend) for mixing and mastering. The final touch provided by the longtime Between the Buried and Me producer added a polish to the sound without sacrificing the raw and aggressive sound achieved in the studio. “Digital Dream Sequence” stands to be one of the most accomplished and inspired releases, regardless of genre, in 2014.
“Separate Realities” Billboard chart positions:
#9 Billboard Traditional Jazz
#80 Billboard New Artist Chart
#12 Billboord Current Jazz
#197 Billboard Top Independent Albums
“prog-jazz mania with relentless, wailing saxophones and off-kilter drum fills that would make most fans of Between The Buried And Me wonder what the fuck was put into their orange juice this morning.” Alternative Press Magazine
“Dynamically charged and musically gifted, these three plow through a colorful array of punchy grooves and extravagant jamming.” ThePRP.com
“Prog dorks like us are in for a real treat. It’s jazzy, it’s fusiony, it’s technical, it’s catchy…It’s barely metal at all, but boy is it awesome.” MetalSucks.net
Trioscapes started in the summer of 2011 when bassist Dan Briggs (Between the Buried and Me) contacted Fancourt and Lynch about working up a rendition of the Mahavishnu Orchestra classic “Celestial Terrestrial Commuters”. The group also messed around with a few original ideas with the intent of playing a one-off live show. However, after rehearsing the material and playing the show, the group decided the music was so demanding and fun to perform that there should be more of a future for the project. A few more songs were written near the end of the summer and a full length album was recorded the first week of October with Jamie King in Winston-Salem, NC.Trioscapes combines elements of 70s fusion with progressive rock, dark syncopated grooves, a flare for the psychedelic, and an unabashed love for both quirky Zappa-ish melodies and thunderous abrasive trade-off lines.
