Trifonic is brothers Brian and Laurence Trifon, a San Francisco based electronic act that fuses experimental production with soft melodies…this is highlighted on their 2008 debut album ‘Emergence’. Despite growing up under the same roof in Berkeley, California, Brian and Laurence launched their musical careers from opposite ends of the spectrum. Brian took up guitar at the age of 10 with only one intention: Shredding. “I had big dreams for becoming the next Steve Vai guitar hero,” he recalls. Meanwhile, his older brother was living and breathing hip-hop. “I wrote my first rap song when I was in 5th grade,” Laurence remembers. “It was about me not wanting to go to school on a Monday morning.”
Although Brian’s heavy-metal dreams did not pan out, he did master the guitar sufficiently to enroll in USC’s prestigious Studio Guitar program. It was during this time that he began to explore electronic music and production. Upon graduating in 2004, Brian went to work as a guitarist and programmer for famed electronica artist BT. Laurence, meanwhile, continued to write and perform as an emcee in several hip-hop groups throughout his school years. As a student at Stanford University, he also began to gravitate towards electronic music. By the time they had both graduated from college, the Trifon brothers’ music tastes had converged. “We realized that for the first time in our lives, we were on the same page creatively,” Laurence says. “So we decided to work together.”
Take A Listen: Gutter Box by Trifonic
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Download: Gutter Box (Right click on link and select “Save Target As” in IE or “Save Link As” in Firefox)
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