photo by Konrad Zelazo
Monday, May 10th
1pm CT
Streaming on YouTube
FREE, $10 suggested donation
Option Talks Music: Vasco Trilla
Meet the versatile and highly prolific percussionist Vasco Trilla. Based in Barcelona, he has worked within many styles of sound making including free improvisation, metal, rock and ambient forms. Recording for a multitude of labels including No Business, Astral Spirits, Clean Feed and Cuneiform, his recent solo recording “Unmoved Mover “- (Fundacja Słuchaj) is a stunning example of focused attention to detail and space. Tune in on Monday, May 10th at 1pm Chicago time to hear the discussion, ask questions in the chat, and listen to Vasco perform solo from his home base in Barcelona.
The Option series is presented as part of Experimental Sound Studio’s virtual concerts every Monday. Link to this program, with the interview led by Tim Daisy, below.
About Vasco Trilla
Vasco Trilla is one of the most active, versatile and creative drummers of the Barcelona scene. He has recorded more than 70 albums ranging from free improvisation, jazz rock to progressive rock metal and ambient music. He is a musician with a wide experience – most of his career has been developed internationally, especially on the Polish, Dutch and Portuguese scene. The key attributes of his success seem to consist of the three factors: imagination, cross-genre experience in performing music and the constant search for expanding the limits of the instrument.In the recent years he has become one of the most solid and in-demand voices of the European free improvised scene.
He has released albums in Clean Feed Records, Cuneiform Records, No Bussiness, Not Two,Astral Spirits, Klopotec,Fmr records, Fundacja Sluchaj, Multikulti, Creative Sources....
He has colaborated with Bob Moses, Andrea Centazzo,Mikolaj Trzaska, Mars Williams, Marshall Allen, Lotte Anker, Martin Kuchen, Susana Santos Silva, Kaja Draksler,Jasper Stadhouders, Ernst Glerum, Rodrigo Amado Peter Evans..among many others.