Tricrotic

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"As if one could watch life for 45 minutes underneath the plummet of Niagara Falls , watching air, land, and sea combine effortlessly, Tricrotic come voice, beats, and soul. Nomy Lamm offers her famous multi-octave voice over what else but the perfect meld of drums (Marcus Rogers), violin (Erin Daly) and accordion. Tricrotic offers the audience a chance to see an accomplished artist conquer new ground within a band that functions collectively, a welcoming to a new landmark for sharing one’s heart and soul through music. It's as if you caught the best drum circle in your life off acid, or you got to watch and feel each and every person at the moment they experience the infamous spark of love. One thanks Erin , Marcus, and Nomy for being at the right place at the right time - one thanks them for Tricrotic."

Mordecai, writer (MTV, VH1, Kitty Magik)

In the year since Tricrotic first debuted at Olympia’s Homo-a-gogo festival (sharing the evening with The Gossip, Juba Kalamka and Lesbians on Ecstacy), they have toured the west coast, recorded a four-song EP (self-released), and shared stages with Mirah, the Blow, Rigamortis, Vaginal Creme Davis, Dead Lee, Liarbird, and many other respected artists. They recently returned from a four-day songwriting retreat in the woods of Tennessee , where they played outdoors with the birds, bees, trees and millipedes, and topped it off with a Nashville show, attended predominantly by faeries.

Tricrotic means, literally, a heartbeat that has three parts. As a band,

Nomy Lamm, Marcus Rogers and Erin Daly illustrate this concept by bringing together three distinct, authentic, powerful self-taught, community-based musical voices. Based in Chicago , Tricrotic blends elements of hip hop, punk rock, soul, classic rock, tent-revival hymnal, and vaudeville stage. The effect is something never heard before, something to feel in every part of you, something to respond to: solid beats, driving accordion riffs, soaring violin, growling vocals with spellbinding harmonies, audience sing-alongs, hand-clapping and ecstatic dance moves invented by audience members on the spot.

Tricrotic are harbingers of a new old school; their songs have been known to affect weather patterns. Join them on their August 2005 Southwest/West Coast tour.

Nomy Lamm (accordion, vocals) began songwriting at age nine, writing musicals at age twelve, and fronting punk bands at age sixteen. With Tricrotic, she has finally found her musical soulmates. Lamm has released two solo albums ("Anthem," 1999 and "Effigy," 2002); co-wrote and co-produced "The Transfused" rock opera with The Need, Emily Stern and Freddie Fagula; toured with Sister Spit, Lynne Breedlove, the Sex Workers Art Show, and "Doctor Frockrocket’s Vivifying Reanimatronic Menagerie and Medicine Show." She is also a writer and speaks at colleges and universities on topic of gender, sexuality, body image, queerness and disability.

Marcus Rogers is a self-taught drummer, who plays from his heart. Based in Chicago , he is a biracial transman artist who focuses on drawing, painting, and comic book making. Always inspired by the music he grew up with, Marcus draws from hip hop and soul music, and considers his beats most successful when they make people move.

Erin Daly spent much of her childhood traveling the western United States with her mother, in search of "real heaven-sent tent revivals". There she learned to express her soul through her voice and whatever instrument was available. For now, she is using her fifth grade violin to channel her melodies. She considers herself successful when the music she creates tears a little rip in your heart, and helps give wings to your own life's lyrics.

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