Earworm: Three Trapped Tigers “6″
November 23rd, 2009
Who: Three Trapped Tigers
Sounds like: An (artificially) emotionally charged mathematical post-rock band formed by Small Wonder’s V.I.C.I, Buck Rodgers in the 25th Century’s Twiki and Forbidden Planet’s Robby the Robot.
RIYL: Warp Records, Battles, Lightning Bolt, Salaryman, Boards of Canada, Holy Fuck, Squarepusher, Aphex Twin, 65daysofstatic
Need to know: Three Trapped Tigers is actually three live humans from London, England: Tom Rogerson, Adam Betts and Matt Calvert. They took their name from a book by Cuban writer Cabrera Infante. They’ve released two EPs so far, both containing songs that are numbered not named. Originally they were a duo, but Rogerson and Calvert ditched their synthetic laptop and brought in Betts to give the live sound more presence.
Track: Using an awesome video clip from ‘70s Japanese cult favourite kids show Kure Kure Takora (aka “Gimme Gimme Octopus”), “6” combines those idyllic, serene synths made famous by Boards of Canada with mind-blowing time signatures as tight and rambunctious as the almighty Battles. It’s almost impossible to believe there are only three of them pulling this off, especially Betts’ frenetic polyrhythms, which like he himself is an octopus.
Buy: You can buy the two EPs and other merch over at bloodandbiscuits.bigcartel.com.
Tags: Battles, Blood and Biscuits, Kure Kure Takora, Three Trapped Tigers
Posted on Monday, November 23rd, 2009 at 3:24 pm by Cam and is filed under Earworm, The New Music.
