TRIANGULIZONA

TrianguliZona biography
TrianguliZona is a Croatian collective whose members are Ivan Kapec (guitar, looping, sound effects), Andrej Jaku? ( trumpet, flugelhorn, sound effects), Janko Novoseliæ (drums) and Vladimir Konèar (VJ).

Kapec, renowned Croatian jazz guitarist and Berklee scholar, has already various jazz projects behind himself; two solo albums, awarded music for the movie(s) and various jazz workshops.

Jaku? is inclinig towards jazz and funk music, his musical curriculum vitae includes numerous performances with Croatian Television's Big Band & Jazz Orchestra, work with Soul Fingers (popular Croatian soul combo); he was founder of the fusion ensemble CON FUSION where he showed his eclecticism. He performed with THE BAMBI MOLESTERS too. He's also known for his collaborations with various electronica/IDM acts.

Novoseliæ also showes a respectable amount of collaborations in his agenda - performing with renowned jazz artists all over Europe, as wel as with drum 'n' bass and other electronical acts. For a prog enthusiast, the most notable is his membership in avant-folk band VJE?TICE.


The music of TrianguliZona could be described as nu-jazz that is a mixture of jazz-fusion reminiscent of Bitches Brew, funky, post-rock, and electronical loops, making slow but unevitable vertical gradations utilizing various forms of contemporary jazz improvisations such are instant composition and work in progress. Their music is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.



Moris Mateljan, 2009. (sources: band's web site and Test Tube Netlabel website)