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A trio of technically proficient and experimentally focused musicians who bring together elements of post-bop jazz, ambient electronica, post-rock, electro-acoustic music, free improvisation, and musique concréte, the Australian group Triosk first came to the attention of international experimental music listeners thanks to the somewhat unlikely circumstance of a collaboration with the German microhouse producer Jan Jelinek. Formed in Sydney in 2001 by conservatory-trained pianist Adrian Klumpes, bassist Ben "Donny" Waples, and drummer/percussionist Laurence Pike (a member of Pivot! and Roam the Hello Clouds, who has also played with Flanger, Savath + Savalas, Jack Ladder, Qua, and on his own as Laurenz Pike), Triosk's stated intent was to perform improvisation-based music with electronics an "active and equal" component. Taking the familiar jazz piano trio format as a starting point, they sought to broaden the scope and potential of the genre by incorporating the techniques and textur...