The experimental electronica and jazz-fusion trio Troyka are back. Some eighteen months after the release of the critically acclaimed Moxxy, Kit Downes on Hammond and synths, drummer Josh Blackmore and Chris Montague on guitar and loops return with their third album Ornithophobia.
To herald the record’s arrival early next year Troyka have just revealed a brand new track from it. With its ephemeral message buried beneath a flurry of irregular rhythm and burbling electronics, ‘Life Was Transient’ harnesses the freewheeling spirit of progressive jazz to the bold awareness of an electronic Dr. Dre. This early taste of Ornithophobia promises an album that is surely going to creep up slowly on the listener with unmistakable stealth.
Listen to ‘Life Was Transient’ here
Ornithophobia will be released on 26th January 2015 through Naim Records.
To promote the album, Troyka will then set out on a 12 date tour of the UK.
Ornithophobia Tour 2015
Feb 09 LEEDS Leeds College of Music
Feb 10 BARNSTABLE North Devon Theatres
Feb 11 MILTON KEYNES The Stables
Feb 12 LONDON Rich Mix (Launch Party)
Feb 13 CARDIFF Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Feb 20 MANCHESTER Royal Northern College of Music
Feb 25 BIRMINGHAM MAC
Feb 27 LIVERPOOL Capstone Theatre
Feb 28 MORECAMBE Morecambe Hothouse
Mar 12 SHEFFIELD Sheffield Student’s Union
Mar 26 BELFAST Moving on Music
Apr 02 OXFORD Spin Jazz
