MAESTRO TRYTONY

Three first compositions are very serious chamber/neo-classic pieces, almost without any traces of rock,jazz or avant. So it's no strange that listener could feel a bit ... disappointed there. Don't worry - it's just a beginning!

" Snowboarding Alchemysta " is great very jazzy piece, with complex drumming and slight chamber feeling in nuances. " Heart Of Gold" is melancholic soulful down tempo melody with flute soloing, and it sounds as soundtrack of some movie from late 60-s.

"Tax Collector" is short piece of dissonant piano sounds, and soon it changes to melodic bass and drums jazzy pulsation with melancholic reeds over the top. Plus crying electric guitar and even some nu jazz elements - "Magic Tiara Part 1". " .. Part 2" is real jazz fusion, led by guitar, which continues by post-bop piano jazz.

" Nanotechnology" starts with chaotic dissonant sounds, but very soon continues as just guitar led jazz fusion again. Short " Epilogue" is just a signature of all instruments participated on album in a form of chamber and chaotic miniature.

All album is full of soft melancholic melodies, so usual for Polish music. Really nice recording - accessible and clever, tasteful and not boring.

Band grew up from early 90-s rock band Trytony, led by one of most capable Polish rock guitarist Tomasz Gwincinski. In late 90-s Tomasz Gwincinski found his interest to classic music, started to write music for theatre, and as a result re-built his old rock band in new line up, combining his guitar abilities with classically trained cellist Renata Suchodolska, flautist/keyboardist Tomasz Pawlicki and new rhythm section.

New band started playing chamber mix of avant jazz, neo-classic and fusion. On this their debut album listener can hear what high-class musicians they are! Common atmosphere is very chamber, in moments listener can feel as being on neo-classic concert, but in a few minutes this illusion will be exploded by scratching electric guitar attacks. Guest brass section is very chamber as well, but rhythm section is quite jazzy. Interetsing, that all this different components successfully build very monolith musical construction.

I can strongly recommend this "Polish best kept secret" to any Art Zoyd or Universe Zero fan - you wouldn't be disappointed! BTW, band's second (and last to time) album is even more chamber and dark!

My rating is 4+!