Cyclone Trio
Cataclysm... Live at Cafe Oto

Massimo Magee: Tenor Saxophone
Tim Green: Drums
Tony Irving: Drums

Recorded by James Dunn at Cafe Oto, London
March 10, 2020

Cover photo by Gavin Hobson
Album design by Mark Smith

TRACKLIST

1- Conflict 39:27

Release August 28, 2020

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ABOUT THE ALBUM

Originally formed in 2013 in Brisbane, the Cyclone Trio is Massimo Magee and Tony Irving, whose “Vitriol & The Third Oraculum” (577 Records, 2020) was warmly received earlier this year, with the addition of Tim Green. In what was incidentally the last gig at London’s Cafe Oto before the Covid-19 lockdown, and the group's second-ever show, this intensely focused performance foreshadowed the cataclysm that would soon arrive on the global horizon. Convening specifically for this intercontinental performance, Tim Green during a European tour, Massimo Magee from his home in London and Tony Irving on a curtailed trip from Australia, all three musicians brought their own electrifying energy to a piece that borders on cacophony in an unrelenting landscape of colliding percussion and towering saxophone. Their record aptly expresses the singularly titled ‘Cataclysm... Live at Cafe Oto/Conflict’ they were attempting to convey—whether anticipating the year to come, or reacting to the world around them, it remains a project with a profound and liberating sound for this historical moment.