Cargo Records

EP3

Three Trapped Tigers release final ep and announce headline show at ICA.TTT are a band born out of a common challenge…“The starting point was ‘how do we do IDM [intelligent dance music] live’?” explains Tom Rogerson (Keys/Vox).“The crazy drum programming is the essence of the genre, there’s no way to replicate a drum machine going 250 bpm, it’s humanly impossible… but the attempt will throw up something interesting” Bonding over the idea of dragging elements of IDM into the format of a live band, replacing computers with humans, rendering a backing track redundant and adding a human dimension to a robotic genre.

Forming in 2008 and taking their name from a book by Cuban writer Guillermo Cabrera Infante, they set themselves the challenge of writing, recording and self releasing a triptych of EPs. “We wanted to slow things down a bit, and make sure we'd tried lots of different approaches before going into an album. The three EPs let us develop our sound and concept in many different directions, which might not have made sense on a full-length.” EP1 (red) was recorded in 2008 with Gordon Raphael in Berlin, it captured the band’s furiously raw live energy. EP2 (yellow) saw guitarist Matt Calvert step into the producer role. It served as an amplification and exaggeration of all the ideas from the first EP, consolidating the identity of the band and reaching out in some new directions.EP3 (blue) is the conclusion to the series of releases. It features different tempos and more loops with extra concentration on beats.

Three Trapped Tigers have, in their short existence so far, proved there really are no limits to their imagination or ability. Expect a mind melting but beautiful melding of melody, progressive live electro with opportune slashes of visceral guitar.