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Story: Jack Foley
AFTER several 12" releases on Compost Records, plenty of
great remix works and the DJ-Kicks (K7 Records) compilation, the
Trüby Trio finally present their debut album, Elevator
Music, on Compost Records.
The Trio was founded in 1997 by Rainer Trüby, Roland Appel
& Christian Prommer.
Since the very beginning they have played in the Champions League
of the dance business, as they brought different flavours like
Brazil, Latin and even Disco music together, thereby creating
a completely new dance genre.
Their remix work includes tracks for artists such as Turntable
Rocker, Nitin Sawhney, Peace Orchestra, Bebel Gilberto, Klaus
Doldinger and Frederic Galliano.
In 2001, they reached another milestone, being asked to contribute
their favourite tunes for the DJ-Kicks series, for which they
also toured the world, where they were able to pick up all sorts
of different cultural and musical influences for their inspiration,
and, finally, they were able to work on a full-length album project.
Their next tune, A Go Go, was on the second 12" release
(CPT 058) and made it onto the soundtrack score of the movie,
Anatomie, featuring actress, Franka Potente (The Borne Identity,
Run Lola Run).
The hit was also recently used for the United Nations Development
Program's (UNDP) charity spot, The Most Beautiful Gesture, featuring
soccer pros Ronaldo and Zidane.
The spot was broadcasted on various TV channels wordwide.
Their album, Elevator Music, features guest appearances from
Joseph Malik, Marcus Begg, Wunmi, and Concha Buika, among others.
The Trio will be touring the world as DJs and also perform live
at several special occasions, presenting their album.
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About the boys:
Christian Prommer, Roland Appel and Rainer Trüby are part
of the Compost family.
Roland and Chris are famous for their Fauna Flash (Aquarius,
Fusion, Confusion) releases as well as for their Voom : Voom project,
together with Vienna mastermind, Peter Kruder.
As few people might know, Christian and Roland are both drummers,
and used to play in competing Munich school-bands, later they
both worked as professional musicians for various studio jobs,
before they finally joined forces.
Rainer was a member of Compost act, A Forest Mighty Black, and
also made a name for himself as a superb compiler, as he did compilations
for Nuphonic (Root Down 99), Talkin Loud (Talkin Jazz 3, with
Gilles Peterson), and, of course, for Compost Records - the Brazilian
flavoured Glücklich series (Vol. 1 - 5).
About some of the guests
Don 'Kills Me, Chris!' Freeman: The Trio occasionally
met him in Los Angeles where they asked him to be part of the
album process. In the past, Don was keyboard player at the legendary
Sister Sledge (during the Muhammed Ali Film- Tour in Africa),
and he also played with Astrud Gilberto, Stanley Clarke, Patti
LaBelle and all the other heroes we admire. At the moment he works
with the West-London collective.
Wunmi: She already lent her voice to Masters At Work (Tribute,
Ekabo) and Bugz In The Attic (Zombie, which can be found on the
Tribute to Fela Kuti - Red, Hot & Blue compilation). Moreover
she was dancer at the legendary London soul outfit, Soul II Soul,
and even ended up being the model for their "Club Classics
Vol.1" album cover. She is working on her own debut album.
Michi Mettke: The young, talented keyboard and guitar
player had his first studio job ever on the track "Galicia",
the first Trio 12". From this time on he became the secret
weapon of the Trio. At the moment he is working as member of Beanfield
on the new album.
Joseph Malik: The Scottish singer/songwriter came along
with his brilliant debut album, Diverse (Compost Records), in
2002. Malik already worked with the Trio on "High Jazz",
their track for the DJ-Kicks compilation.
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