Trioscapes started in the summer of 2011 when bassist Dan Briggs (Between the Buried and Me) contacted Walter Fancourt (tenor saxophone/flute) and Matt Lynch (drums) about working up a rendition of the Mahavishnu Orchestra classic “Celestial Terrestrial Commuters”. The group also messed around with a few original ideas with the intent of playing a one-off live show. However, after rehearsing the material and playing the show, the group decided the music was so demanding and fun to perform that there should be more of a future for the project. Trioscapes combines elements of 70s fusion with progressive rock, dark syncopated grooves, a flare for the psychedelic, and an unabashed love for both quirky Zappa-ish melodies and thunderous abrasive trade-off lines. Trioscapes’ debut album “Separate Realities” came out on May 2012 through Metal Blade. Some days ago MSFinland’s Kostya had a chance to interview band’s bassist Dan Briggs.

1. Hello Dan. I’m Kostya. Welcome to Metal Shock Finland. How are you?

-Great! At home for the weekend, taking a break from being in the studio working on the new BTBAM album.

2. Since this is our first interview, please tell me about the band’s creation.

-We formed in the summer of 2011 with the intent of playing one show with a friend’s band, but it spawned a whole album’s worth of music and a bunch of shows since.

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