“this is a genuine trio, with three equally important parts, and they never put a foot or finger wrong! - 5 stars - BBC Music




It’s been a while since we’ve been in the studio… but it’s time again......

If you’re not familiar with us, we are a contemporary music trio from Brisbane, Australia, performing improvised, jazz inspired music for piano, bass and drums. Since forming in 1999 we’ve played around the world touring Australia, and to the UK, Japan, China, Germany, Argentina, Canada, and France. We’ve released 4 acclaimed albums and collaborated with orchestras, string quartets, jazz musicians, video artists and dance companies.
Our last album FACT FINDING MISSION was released in 2013 and All About Jazz called it “the sound of one of the most exciting trios in contemporary music”. Since that release we’re been busy performing in Australia and Japan…. and now we’re keen to get back in the studio to share this new music with you. We’re bringing a bag a new songs to this session, and have some nifty plans for releasing it.

So…. this project involves:

1. Pre-Production - April-May - We’ll be bunkering down in our home studio working up the tracks for the recording.
2. Recording - June - we’ll be in the studio recording 60min of music for the album plus more tracks for the special edition. This whole process will be filmed.
3. Post Production - July - we’ll mix the album in Brisbane and master it in Minneapolis
4. Release - The album will come out late 2016 on Jazzhead (Aust./Japan) and NAIM Jazz (UK/Europe/USA)
5. Tour - we’ll be touring the UK %20 Australia in early 2017.


The people:
Trichotomy - Sean Foran (piano), Sam Vincent (bass), John Parker (drums).
Production team - Recorded in Brisbane by the wonderful Mark Smith and Addison Joy, and mixed by Mark. Mastering by Dave Gardner, our man in Minneapolis.
Art Direction by Paul Underwood. Paul has worked on all the Trichotomy albums, and understands out musical vision perfectly… he’ll craft something very special indeed.
Our labels - Jazzhead in Australia %20 NAIM Jazz in the UK will be releasing this album.







The music:
People have described the music of Trichotomy as:
“a band capable of bold new thinking” (The Guardian),
and with players that "have developed the kind of intuitive shorthand that enables them to navigate even the most intricate arrangements with an air of casual spontaneity, blurring the line between improvised and notated
passages” (The Age).

The music is deeply melodic and rhythmic and it draws upon our love of jazz, but also classical music, electronica and avant grade rock. This new album will again be a step into a new direction… we’ll be integrating live electronic processing of our acoustic sounds, adding whole new dynamic, textural, rhythmic and melodic layers to the music.

The Tour:
Once we release this album we’ll be touring it in Australia and the UK during Jan/Feb/March 2017. In Australia you can expect to see us in capitals Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, plus we’ll try to get down to Tassie and over into WA and SA.

In the UK we’ll certainly stop by London, Leeds, Manchester, Cardiff… and many more… we’ll let you know well in advance. It’s been too long since we’ve visited, so we’ll make it a good trip!

Why we need your help:
As you know… we’re not rock stars… and we work hard to produce music that is of the highest quality. Creating all of this, releasing it and touring it costs a fair chunk of cash… we do really need your help.
Also, crowdfunding allows us to do some special things that we wouldn’t usually get the chance to do…. people commission compositions from us, we created limited edition copies of the album, do private gigs, send you unreleased tracks…. it’s FUN and really cool to interact closely with everyone that loves our music and what we do. It also allows us to work with some other artists - graphic designers, directors, and allow them to share their creative vision with us. ALL of this is not possible without YOU!!!

What’s in it for you??
For starters, our endless appreciation... you'll be helping us create some really special music. But more than that of course… we’ve crafted a pretty sweet list of incentives to get involved, so please, have a peek.
There’s some important things to note though, by getting involved with this album ALL SUPPORTERS get:
- a copy of the new album BEFORE it’s released anywhere else
- links to exclusive pre-release studio demo tracks
-links to video footage from the session
...... regular updates from us… photos, videos, all kinds of things...

AND.. you're not alone. We are very happy to be supported by Creative Partnerships Australia. Thanks to Creative Partnerships Australia’s MATCH program, every dollar you give to this campaign will be matched dollar
for dollar, provided we reach our campaign target of $6000. Pretty wonderful stuff. 
www.creativepartnershipsaustralia.org.au



Finally.... feel like you want to know more about us??? Sure!! 
Official Website
and you can find us on all the usual social media channels :)

These funds will be used for some key costs in the product and release of the album:

1. Recording/Mixing/Mastering - Recording and Mixing in Brisbane, Australia, with mastering done remotely in Minneapolis.
2. CD pressing - high quality cardboard sleeve CD albums with extensive liner notes and photos
3. Score book production - all sheet music from the album, composer notes, photos, and draft scores. 
4. Videography - filming and editing of the recording sessions to create live studio video clips.
5. Pressing of the limited edition Vinyl
6. Touring Costs - Australia + UK Tour Jan/Feb 2017

Recording, releasing and touring an album is hard work! But we’ve done it before… so we know how to plan it all out. We have AMAZING labels that support our music and great great people to work with. It’s all pretty exciting to be creating this new work for you all to hear.