Public Domain

by Tryad

electro ambient triphop pop industrial rock ambiance lounge chillout trip

17 tracks

56:59

1	Intro (a.k.a., The Samplist)	0:54
2	The Final Rewind	4:33
3	I See	3:57
4	Our Lives Change	3:10
5	Seduction	3:16
6	Witness	6:25
7	Beat Into Submission (Solo)	3:02
8	Bridge (a.k.a., Presidential Address)	0:50
9	Peace On Earth (Same Place)	3:49
10	My Piano Sings (Part 4) (with Joana Smith)	3:25
11	Dance of the Urbanite	4:27
12	Star Guide	3:06
13	Sampling Memory	4:13
14	My Placid Island	2:20
15	Arcadia	3:40
16	The Rising	4:58
17	Outro (a.k.a., Turntable Winding Down)	0:54

Description

Tryad is one of the world's first 'virtual bands.'

Born of Creative Commons and opsound.org, the members of Tryad :: vavrek, arna, rjmarshall, John Holowach, and emma meet and create music entirely over the internet.

During 2005, for over nine months they collaborated, all without having ever spoken to each other (only e-mailed), and produced a strikingly original work.

Combining elements of trip-hop, alt. rock, classical instrumentation, and electronica, Public Domain breaks the mold of what you'd expect.

From the hard-thumping bass, drums, and chorus of "The Final Rewind," to the mellow, drifting sixties beat of "Peace On Earth (Same Place)," to the stinging madness of "Dance of the Urbanite," there's something here for everyone to appreciate.

Bands and artists like Portishead, Depeche Mode, Rob Dougan, The Beatles, Moby, Massive Attack, and many others mish-mash together in this profound audio journey...

Reviews

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ubik

Public and Perfect Domain

20/01/06

Wonderful and intelligent, the sound is almost perfect. Tryad is, without doubt, one of the best bands you can discover at Jamendo.
Listen to 'The Final Rewind'.

coldsun

Not bad...

21/03/06

... but didn't continue as I'd hoped. The opening tracks could show Enigma a thing or two, but subsequent tracks don't seem to capture that magic and end up sounding like a lighter version of Massive Attack. Worth a listen, though.

pajandrum

droolworthy music

19/07/06

I pity the people who are not utterly gaga over this band. And I'm sure those people pity me because I am so utterly gaga about this band.

Still, music is a fairly subjective thing.

So, here's my subjective opinion:

Try^d and Vavrek are musical geniuses. I don't mean they're technical wizards or anything like that. I mean they have music and musical feel in their veins, and through chemistry or magic or whatever the hell you want to call it, their stuff writhed and wriggled and coiled together and melted together into something new.

Something new that rose up, grabbed me by the head, stuck a slippery tongue through my ears, went down to my chest cavity and wrapped itself like a throbbing anaconda round my heart, twitching with the beat.

And it has happened not just with one or two pieces, but a whole bunch of them.

If I were a woman I'd demand to have Vavrek's babies or something.

OK, there's stuff I don't care for either, but ... what a huge shortlist of truly brilliant pieces we end up with still:

Empty: love the reverse distort guitar samples or whatever they are. And the tune.

Sunlight: after an odd start it settles into a wistful tune. And what a fine tune it is too.

Witness: What a groove. I prefer the Holowatch Screaming Club Mix of this - get that if you can - it's probably on their home page somewhere. What a fine tune.

This: Beautiful mellow groove. What a fine tune (do you see a pattern here? Yes?).

World that you know: Poignant. Love it. Fine tune, of course.

Rewind: Another fave to rave about. Can't get that tune outta my head.

Our Lives Change: How the hell did they manage to keep churning out such beautiful tunes?

Healing Luna: Not as great as the rest in my humble opinion, but stands out all the same. I mean, you can't get past that lovely tune.

These guys are deservedly a top Jamendo download. So damn talented, it's flabbergasting.

Whatever happens, Try^d, do try^nd keep that magical interaction between the musicians going. You have something special there.

Bostik

Surprisingly good

06/06/06

I think I like this album. The songs do not seem to follow any discernable pattern but the album certainly carries itself as a whole. After three full listenings and a fourth one under way, I still find it difficult to form a complete opinion of this.

The styles vary from very modern, easy-listening melodic trance to something which I can only begin to describe as "experimental progressive 70's ethnic rock". There is a hint of jazz, and some parts even sound like old Depeche Mode. A compilation like this should not be this good, but somehow the team (I can't really call them a band due to their collaboration method) has managed to create a solid aural gem.

The album is not perfect, and in that regard I have to disagree with some of the other reviews. What I find disturbing, is that I honestly do not know what to make of the album. I know I feel compelled to listen it again, maybe in the vain hope of trying to understand the complete work.

It may well be that Public Domain requires several listenings before opening up, and I accept the possibility of never understanding it. What I do know, is that the album sounds good - but I honestly do not yet know if I actually like it or not. I don't remember ever listening to any other album that was equally captivating and still this difficult. This should signify a great album, but now, I feel unsure of myself. This continuing uncertainty prevents me from giving 9/10.

Give this album a try. Then a retry.

equalizer

I m a bit disappointed

10/03/06

I liked the cover.
I read the reviews
I thought I was downloading one of the best band i could discover at jamendo..., but I wasn't...
Good sound but songs did not touch me..
I am a fan of Portisead and Massive Attack but I did not recognize them in the work of Tryad.
Even if it's well done it did not seduce me..
Maybe the best virtual band...

praetor_alpha

Audibly irresistible

05/02/06

Got this two days ago. Can't stop listening to it.

The three one minute snippets are somewhat humorus, some tracks are upbeat, others have a touch of darkness to them that makes this album just incredible.

I love this!

sakuramboo

Just Amazing

14/05/08

This is the one of the best examples as to what can be done with the Creative Commons license. The joint collaboration of creativity can only produce some of the best forms of entertainment and expression.This is no exception.

Beautiful flow from track to track.

Hypno-toad

Truly Awesome

06/05/08

A totally moving collection, the album works as a coherent and enjoyable example of down-tempo brilliance. the first track grabbed me from the word go and i've not been able to stop listening to every track since.
For a debut album i was simply astonished by the restraint shown.
Please listen to this, it worries me to think that ive lived so long without this in my life.
Mesmerizing!

ljmudit

Commercial music, lick dirt!

19/04/08

I was afraid. That's right! I was afraid that this album might dissapoint me just like the multi-starrer movie 'Oceans's Twelve' did 4 yrs ago, like the surprise defeat of 'Indian cricket team' in the early rounds of the 2007 'World Cup', like the defeat of 'Roger Federer' by the hands of 'Novak Djokovic' in the 'Australian Open' tennis tournament earlier this year.......

I was the 27000th user who downloaded this incredible masterpiece. An extensive and creative hardwork done by the artist via internet and that too so flawless!

My 'Tryad' journey starts with this album 'Public Domain'. So much has been written about this album --- 'Public & Perfect Domain', 'Not so bad' etc. In my view, any fan of 'classical pop' music will find this album very smooth and great on ears. All the tracks are laden with various 'ambient' sounds mixed with the finest quality 'industrial' & 'rock' music. The vocals are full of emotions and energy. If you concentrate only on listening this album, which I think is an hour long, you will find yourself sitting in a movie theatre relishing a 'thriller' movie.

Almost all the 17 tracks impressed me. But the 'cream' of this album are: 'The Final Rewind', 'Our Lives Change', 'Peace on Earth' (I get goosebumps listening to it on full volume :-P), 'Dance of the Urbanite' (Amazingly realistic!), 'Beat Into Submission', 'Witness' & 'Seduction'.

Overall a 'lovely' and 'perfect' musically 'entertaining' and 'engrossing' journey!

10/10

msd
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