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FLUTES ETIENNE LECOMTE

TUBA LAURENT GUITTON

DRUMS ORIOL ROCA

 

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EXTRACTS

 

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NEWS

 

- NOV 2008 -  

ALBUM TLS-BCN LIVE  OF VRAK-TRIO SELECTED BY A COMMITTEE FORMED BY SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ JOURNALISTS FOR THE JAZZ COMPILATION 2008 OF THE CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR THE CULTURAL INDUSTRIES.

 

- OCT 2008  -

VRAK'TRIO IN THE MAGAZINE "JAÇ"  READ+

 

VRAK'TRIO, FIRST PART OF HENRY THREADGILL  READ

VAK’TRIO […] HABRÁ QUE ESTAR ATENTOS A ESTA FORMACIÓN, TIENEN LA MISMA LIBERTAD DE QUE GOZABA THREADGILL EN LOS 70 Y 80 Y MIRA DONDE HA LLEGADO. CANDIDO QUEROL (B!RITMOS)

 

- SEPT 2008 -

VRAK'TRIO ON BBC  "JAZZ ON 3"  LISTEN

 

- MAY 2008 -

ALBUM TLS-BCN LIVE

 

DISCOGRAPHY

 

TLS-BCN live (May, 2008)

TLS-BCN LIVE RESULTS FROM AN UNUSUAL BAND.

FLUTIST ETIENNE LECOMTE INVITED TUBIST LAURENT GUITTON AND DRUMMER ORIOL ROCA TO CREATE A SOUND AND A COMMON LANGUAGE, WITH EVER GATHERED INSTRUMENTS. THE FRUIT OF THIS WORK GIVES BIRTH TO A UNIQUE SOUND, WITHOUT ANY HARMONIC INSTRUMENT. A RHYTHMIC FLUTE, AN ALMOST MELODIC DRUM, A TUBA HALFWAY BETWEEN LYRIC TRUMPET AND RHYTHMIC DOUBLE BASS.

THIS FRENCH/SPANISH TRIO WAS NOT NAMED VRAK’TRIOBY CHANCE… "VRAK" REPRESENTS BOTH THIS UNUSUAL SOUND BLENDING AND A MUSIC FED BY THE DIVERSE MUSICAL CURRENTS BROUGHT BY EACH MUSICIAN.

INFLUENCED BY FUNK, AVANT-GARDE JAZZ , MUSIC AND SOUNDS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, THIS TRIO PLAYS ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS AND PERSONAL ARRANGEMENTS, TRYING TO LINK IMPROVISED MUSIC, JAZZ, CONTEMPORARY CURRENTS AND SO CALLED "ACTUAL" MUSIC.

VRAK'TRIO IS NOT A MINI-BRASS BAND WITH HORNS AND DRUMS. IT IS NOT EITHER “THE PIANO TRIO”. VRAK'TRIO IS SIMPLY A BAND TO BE DISCOVERED.

VRAK'TRIO WON BARCELONA'S JAZZ COMPETITION IN JULY 2007.

 

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