trioVD Tickets May 01 2010 7:00 pm iCal
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trioVD have influences ranging from Indonesian Gamelan to Math-Rock to Free Improvisation.
trioVD have proved themselves to be amongst the most exciting and energetic bands associated with the Leeds Improvised Music Association (LIMA). LIMA is a collective of musicians based in Leeds in the North of the England that has been producing and promoting improvised music since it’s inception in 2005 to considerable critical acclaim. The past year has seen trioVD blow away audiences at The London and Gateshead Jazz festivals. They have also been featured frequently on Radio 3’s Flagship Jazz show ‘Jazz on 3’.
trioVD’s appearance at the Time Out ‘On The Up’ festival was voted ‘4th best gig of the year’ in Time Out’s 2008 round-up. The band were also picked to be part of the BBC’s Introducing initiative in 2008 and their cover version of Radiohead’s ‘Nude’ was featured in The Guardian London Jazz Festival special in November 2008.
trioVD’s debut album ‘fill it up with ghosts’ was released by renowned U.K Jazz label Babel (Acoustic Ladyland/ Polar Bear) on November 9th 2009. Recent performances include a Leeds album launch which will be recorded for broadcast on Jazz On 3, a London launch as part of the London Jazz festival, The European Jazz Network conference's 'Best of British Jazz' showcase in Glasgow and the Vilnius Jazz Festival in Lithuania.
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Influenced heavily by the interlocking, cyclical tones of indigenous folk genres such as Indonesian gamelan and African Mbira music, Nitkowski seek to fuse these elements with visceral, disjointed post-hardcore. The American minimalist style of Steve Reich and his contemporaries also informs the cyclical aspects of the music. A thorough awareness of the British art-punk lineage of The Fall, This Heat, Public Image Ltd and Joy Division lends the sound an uncompromising austerity. The band also employ octave effects to create 'bass drops'
reminiscent of UK dance genres such as Jungle and Dubstep. These multifarious elements can co-exist because of a rigorous attention to detail in composition and arrangement. Nitkowski render their music with an unpretentious, confrontational attitude, making for abrasive, cathartic live shows.
PRESENTED BY MEAN FIDDLER
