Artist: Three Trapped Tigers
Title: Three Trapped Tigers EP
Label: Blood and Biscuits
Genre: Indie : Alternative
Release Date: 11/17/08
UPC: 5060100665580
Territories: World
EP is the debut release by Three Trapped Tigers, an exciting new instrumental noisenik outfit from London. Three Trapped Tigers exhibit the precision of electronica, the raw intensity of rock music and the schizophrenic spontaneity of their electro-improv past. Not easily classifiable, but we reckon if you have even a passing interest in, Aphex Twin, Lightening Bolt, Squarepusher and Battles, you’ll find plenty to chew on here.
The music veers wildly from noisy guitars to contemplative synths, frantic beats to ambient noise. The five-track EP was recorded with the now-legendary Gordon Raphael, who produced the first two Strokes albums. Raphael caught the band playing at a house party and was instantly enamoured. The band started out as an entirely improvisational duo comprising two of the three members – Tom Rogerson (piano, keyboards, voice) and Matt Calvert (guitar, synths, electronics). When the duo decided they needed more might, it was out with the laptop beats and in with drummer Adam Betts. They named themselves Three Trapped Tigers after the book by Cuban writer Cabrera Infante. It’s not, say the trio, meant to imply that they represent a tiger each. “I liked the book, I liked the name, and it seemed to make sense with the concept of the group – contained rage” says Tom. Things have been moving pretty quickly for Three Trapped Tigers but they are in for the ride. With only plans to release more EPs through the rest of the year, they are building up the suspense for a debut LP. We’re big fans at IODA and look forward to the day when they put together a full offering!
“Produced by Strokes knob-flicker Gordon Raphael, this’ll make fans of Lightning Bolt, Battles and Aphex Twin cream themselves”
- NME
“this loud and twisted trio are the safest bets to take death-improv to the masses”
-Time Out
“While the rest of us are trying to get to bed Three Trapped Tigers are out there trying to stay awake, gnashing their jaw against the moon. Theyr’e up there on that mountain with the bells and the drums and all that. It’s a heck of a racket, a slinking dance with arms akimbo.” -Music For Robots
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