Troyka – Avian Adventurers
Thursday, January 22, 2015
Since their self-titled opening salvo in 2006, keyboardist Kit Downes, guitarist Chris Montague and drummer Joshua Blackmore of relentlessly progressive three-piece Troyka, have become something of a Brit-jazz supergroup.
After the award-winning success of their big band Troyk-estra offshoot, the trio is back with their third studio album, Ornithophobia, which opens a sonic gateway into a wider world of electronically-charged beats, lurching riffs and darkly humorous sci-fi sounds. Selwyn Harris spoke to all three bandmembers to discover the roots of these dystopian musical thrills
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