Trihornophone – breathing time

Bill Blackmore |  pocket trumpet
Seán Óg |  alto saxophone, composition
Kelan Walsh |  baritone saxophone
Dennis Cassidy | drums, percussion

"An excellent and unusual combination of horns and drums...bringing an intriguing blend of jazz, pop and avant garde sensibilities" - The Sunday Tribune

Breathing Time, the second album from Trihornophone is being released on Tuesday 30th September 2008 on independent label Diatribe Records. Recent winners of Music Network's Young Musicwide Award, Seán Óg's Trihornophone have  been steadily carving a path all their own through the Dublin improvised music scene since their inception in 2004. Led by renowned composer and alto saxophonist Seán Óg this quartet boasts some of the busiest and creatively engaging musicians working in Ireland today.

Their music draws from a wide palette of influences, touching on European folk, mainstream pop and avant-garde giving Trihornophone an approach to contemporary jazz which draws the listener into a world sometimes familiar, sometimes foreign.

The new album Breathing Time is a distillation of the group's progress so far. These 10 original compositions display Seán Óg's skill in handling a highly unusual instrumentation leaving you wonder at their transition from pocket sized brass band one moment to tight funk grooves the next. The all horns and drums line-up yields new timbres and textures; a unique format these accomplished musicians handle with creativity and personality.

By turns playful and colourful, virtuostic and complex, this album does that rare thing of balancing uncompromising improvised music with an openness and accessibility which crosses the usual divides between serious new music and exploratory pop music.

Trihornophone will launch their second album entitled 'Breathing Time' on the 30th of September in the Coach House, Dublin Castle @ 6:00pm. For details on this performance contact the following: e: admin@musicnetwork.ie