One for the Calderdale diary: Trystero are doing their first UK tour and pitch up at the Golden Lion in Todmorden for a special night on February 6th. Support band are Prangers, an experimental band from nearby Rochdale.
Alt duo Trystero comprises Scottish/Luxembourgish producer Thomas Lea Clarke (aka MR TC) and Low Bat, otherwise known as one half of Jean-Luc. Their debut album, Sfumare e Vedere, was conceived over three days aboard Urban Boat, a 1960s barge transformed into an arts and performance space. Moored just outside of Paris, the duo embarked on a joint residency, discovering their complementary creative energies and a mutual passion for all things strange and psychedelic.
Sfumare e Vedere is a moody and atmospheric album with a combination of psych and motorik riffs that transport the listener into a cosmic head space. The experience is heightened by Low Bat’s agile and impassioned spoken-word vocals, primarily in Italian, adding an intensity to the tracks. Trenti’anni sees the duo embrace their softer dreamy side while Rock dei Pelicani’s slick riffs and motorik rhythms bounce around the head long after the track is over. Trystero promise to be an exciting act to see live.
Support trio Prangers are from Rochdale and have honed their found-sound noise experimental act, sometimes using home made instruments. They create a form of musical collage blending the industrial and natural elements, with fragmented notes and sounds that ebb and flow.
The Golden Lion, Todmorden. Click for Trystero and Prangers tickets