aaamusic | On 19, May 2012

TrioVD are at the heart of the improvisational music world in Leeds. They merge jazz, rock, dance and metal together with sounds that are unusual and avant-garde. They are Chris Sharkey (guitar), Christophe de Bezenac (sax) and Chris Bussey (drums).
Their 2009 leftfield debut album Fill It Up With Ghosts won MOJO Jazz Album of the Year and Jazzwise Album Of The Year. Their latest album Maze is released on 21st May, 2012 on the Naim label.
Brick is a typically crazy song which leaves the listener shaken and bewildered and DBST takes you on yet another daring, insane and adventurous voyage. Ducks, with a spontaneous and uninhibited Coltrane feel, has a sinister sonic backdrop. Quirky Ups, with its strange rhythm structure, is a bold and chaotic attempt at original material.
Experimentally, TrioVD have attempted redefine contemporary British jazz. They’re fiery and fearless and their raw energy pushes boundaries. In a coherent way they’re also fun as well as complex. They’re likely to be popular with open-minded music fans, though their fascinating ideas may not yet be fully developed.

Track list: 01 Brick, 02 Interlocking, 03 Ups, 04 Morse, 05 Ducks, 06 DBST, 07 Harm, 08 Interrupting, 09 Bee, 10 Pet Shop Boys.

★★★★★

Anthony Weightman