Defined one of the most interesting experience of the new Italian jazz-rock wave, the Tribraco was born in Rome in 2004 as an instrumental trio and enlarged in 2007 with the present quartet, formed by Lorenzo Tarducci (guitar, loop machine), Valerio Lucenti (bass), Tommaso Moretti (drums), Dario Cesarini (guitar, loop machine, effects).

The creativity of the four tight-rope walkers musicians is expressed in the balance between the structured composition and free improvisation, syncopated and pressing rhythms, joint themes, creating goliardic and visionary atmospheres which leave ample room to the viewer's imagination, guided by effective and amusing introductions to the pieces.

A long, original and eclectic way, has the purpose for Tribraco to elevate
the quality of the art and the music technique.
A prolific experimentation path and passion for performed and experienced art, which brought them to perform in Italy, playing in the streets and theatres, working with actors, dancers and video makers, to achieve live performance, audiovisual concept and music for films and theatres.

The Tribraco has touched some of the best festival stages, not only jazz ("Enzimi" 2006 - Rome; "Villa Celimontana Jazz" 2008 - Rome), thanks to his fearless wandering workings and, unofficially but still well appreciated, got to Sardinia and performed at Berchidda's "Time in Jazz" 2007-2008 and will be on the billboard in the 2009 edition of the "S. Anna Arresi Jazz" festival.

Cracking The Whip (November 2008) is his debut album, produced by Megasound and distributed by Megasound / iTunes / Nokia.
After the great success of the presentation at Rome's Rialto Sant'Ambrogio, Cracking The Whip receives an excellent recall by the audience and the specialized press (Musik Box, Metromorfosi, Babylonbus, Movimenti Prog), while the main indie radio stations in the capital (Radio Città Futura, Radio Rock, Radio Città Aperta, Radio Tor Vergata) broadcast the album tracks.
From January 2009 the Tribraco is involved in the preparation of an Italian promotional tour for the album release, which will affect the main Peninsula's jazz and rock stages, offering an energetic, thick and eclectical live.



PRESS REVIEW

"The versatility of Tribraco and ability to be very subtle and powerful with their music are definitely points of strength of this group that proposes in these days with the long-awaited debut album "Cracking the Whip". Their jazz rock is not as obvious and indeed, these artists manage to give a bit more giving great entertainment".
(A.Turetta)

"Eclectic, out of position, absolutely miscellaneous (...) inside the 11 tracks of "Cracking the Whip" everything alternates: underground rock on linear riff broken by sudden constructions out of every simplism ("Marco Polo"), echoes of Middle Eastern sounds breaks loose in jazz ("Benvenuti" and "The Human Cannonball"), including short swing quotations in unconventional rock structures ("Fuga da Alghero") avant-garde ("Il cucchiaio d'acciaio"), Crimson's echoes of half of the 70' ("Sax Song").
All this and much more, was included in a deformed structure made deliberately unstable, using every possible technique of composition / musical improvisation. Each track has its own personality...
schizophrenic and destructured, ready to surprise people who lie in a superficial listening: angular features are fit with many soft, rhythmic excesses are extinguished in lens and so on."
(A.Mariacci)

"The Romans Tribraco is one of the most interesting experience of the new jazz-rock flag. (...) One possible cross between Soft Machine, Frank Zappa and Gong, an irregular intractable sound, which becomes smooth and flowing in the appropriate moment, a guitar that shoots sharp and nervous between brass section, rhythmic or dynamic mutations that swing. The Roman quartet has an unhidden freak soul, that widens and expands his canvas with large doses of improvisation, becoming a sort of Memoria Zero's and Vedda Tribe's mutant version, to remain in the Italian fusion laboratory."
(D. Zoppo)

"There's jazz, there's rock, there's wine. There is the virtuosity, there is a lack of memory such as the Meshuggah, there is some vintage (...) And despite being recorded in direct hold that is not lazy improvisation but a precise care. The Tribraco is ready to enter your homes. Are you are ready to leave?"
(Music Club)

"The lovers of avant-garde jazz-rock can't do without venturing into the sound of Tribraco, a Roman talented quartet, that of his art makes plea of virtue and strategy of movement at the limit of instrumental recklessness.
"Cracking The Whip" does not seem the debut album although it is, this is not only because of the impeccable performance, but also for the overall effect,the wealth of ideas that molds the musical web of the 11 tracks even if you beat the streets of unknown free improvisation."
(Aldo Chimenti - Rockerilla, 8/10)


"The Roman quartet adventures in areas such as jazz, rock and progressive with the certainty of musicians of great technical and compositional skills. The work offers a glimpse of the crossover so abstruse as fascinating, where composition set and free improvisation are inexplicably (and perfectly) summarized [...] In this atypical musical context, acoustic or electronic sounds, syncopated rhythms and atmospheric solutions, dry riff or sound effects, natural percussion or electronic habits, move freely, alternatively or in combination, always bravely."
(Gianluca Livi -MusikBox)

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Who's Marc Edwards? Cecil Taylor fans may remember him as the drummer on the legendary 1976 album Dark to Themselves. Charles Gayle fans may know of him as the drummer on More Live at the Knitting Factory. And David S. Ware fans must remember him as the first drummer of the David S. Ware trio and quartet on Hathut and Silkheart records.
Marc Edwards is what they call a powerhouse drummer .

more info and interview at http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=20296

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PAK is back with a new line-up and new music! Ron Anderson - bass, voice, Keith Abrams - drums. And our new members, Tim Byrnes (ex-friendly bears/Hazel Rah) - Keyboard and trumpet .................................................................................................................. Version 1 - Ron Anderson, Jesse Krakow, Will Redmond, Race Age (2000-2002) Version 2 - Ron Anderson, Jesse Krakow, Race Age (2002) Version 3 - Ron Anderson, Jesse Krakow, Keith Abrams (2003 to 2006) Guests over the years - Jason Berry, Elliott Sharp, Carla Kihlstedt, Ross Bonadonna, Stephen Gauci, Stefan Zeniuk.

Ron Anderson took a year off from working with his New York avant-rock band PAK to do a couple of tours of Europe and the West Coast with The Molecules after their 2007 CD/DVD release "Friends". Now he is back with PAK playing on bass, not guitar, and with a new line-up of musicians and a new set of music. Powerhouse drummer Keith Abrams is back with new member Tim Byrnes (Friendly Bears/Hazel Rah) ..boards. After a very successful concert in New York at John Zorn's performance space The Stone they are writing new music, and touring cities of Northeast, (including, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston). PAK will start recording the new a CD in late August................................................................................................................................ Like Anderson's past work with the Molecules back in the late 80's/early 90's, PAK explores equally manic sonic terrain, built on fractured, lightning fast time changes, Anderson's wild, twisted yet melodic soloing and chaotic vocal accents. Although Anderson's past releases have always exploded with energy and ideas, PAK is the first to fully actualize his musical vision with its pristine production values and compositional embellishments.

PAK has two CDs 100% Human Hair and Motel is working now on the third. PAK tour Europe in October and November of 2008.


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