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Triosk Meets Jan Jelinek
Biography
A trio of technically proficient and experimentally focused musicians who bring together elements of post-bop jazz, ambient electronica, post-rock, electro-acoustic music, free improvisation, and musique concréte, the Australian group Triosk first came to the attention of international experimental music listeners thanks to the somewhat unlikely circumstance of a collaboration with the German microhouse producer Jan Jelinek. Formed in Sydney in 2001 by conservatory-trained pianist Adrian Klumpes, bassist Ben "Donny" Waples, and drummer/percussionist Laurence Pike (a member of Pivot! and Roam the Hello Clouds, who has also played with Flanger, Savath + Savalas, Jack Ladder, Qua, and on his own as Laurenz Pike), Triosk's stated intent was to perform improvisation-based music with electronics an "active and equal" component. Taking the familiar jazz piano trio format as a starting point, they sought to broaden the scope and potential of the genre by incorporating the techniques and textures of minimalism and electronica, which meant both the layering of electronic and acoustic sounds and the electronic manipulation of their acoustic instruments, whether live in real time or afterwards in post-production.
Selected Discography

1+3+1
2003