Biography
Powerhouse funk-rock trio Triscale draws on legendary influences to create a unique sound, mixing rock with funk, throwing a little jazz & reggae on the top & serving it up with a side of soul. Their live shows have a psychedelic jam-band quality with get-down grooves; a sonic ride you can blissfully lose yourself in. One fan called Triscale’s music a vacation for her ears. When asked to describe the sound frontman and guitarist Eric Steele put it this way: "It's kind of like a big cooking experiment - we take the energy at the venue and the crowd's mood and just start mixing that into the music to see what happens from there. Every single person at the show and the feeling of each moment has the ability to affect the music, varying the recipe. You might get soul food and homebrew or a tripped-out sci-fi experiment but it’s cool either way because it's all delicious."
Specific influences in no certain order include Led Zeppelin, The Black Crowes, Jimi Hendrix, Clutch, Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals, Galactic, Bill Withers, James Brown, Lenny Kravitz, Ray Charles, The Allman Brothers… and countless other soulful artists that have moved Eric, Shirley and John at any given time, including many they've worked with, caught in a local bar, or shared the stage with.
Recently Triscale has had the honor of sharing venue and festival bills with an assortment of popular independent touring acts including The Jamie McLean Band, Niki Barr Band, Sol Roots, Yo Momma’s Big Fat Booty Band, DJ Williams Projekt, The Lee Boys, Tom Principato, The Chris Duarte Group, Boombox, and EOTO in addition to several talented regional acts. Triscale has appeared live on college radio stations in SWVA and their music is played on both college radio and commercial radio indie shows. In August of 2010, a rough mix of "Backtalk," one of the tracks due to appear on Triscale's Fall 2010 CD release, placed in the top 50 out of over 6,000 entries worldwide in The Hendrix Revolution Compilation CD Contest.
Triscale may be a three piece but the sound they generate live is so full it often takes newcomers by surprise, making them wonder where they're hiding the rest of the band. Down to earth grooves and heavenly sounds intended to move and uplift you, all coming from a little band with a big sound.
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