Trieste
Seattle, Washington · 55 recordings on tape · 6.2 hours · profile last updated 2/24/2008
The bathyscaphe Trieste - the profile picture, saved 5/13/2007
TRIESTE IS IN YOUR EXTENDED NETWORK
Last login: 2/24/2008
Status: broken up since 2008
Here for: being found again
Last recording on tape: 2/17/2008
Status: broken up since 2008
Here for: being found again
Last recording on tape: 2/17/2008
CONTACTING TRIESTE
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Every button here has been dead since 2008. The music below is not.
TRIESTE'S URL
www.myspace.com/thetrieste
thetrieste@yahoo.com
thetrieste@yahoo.com
Both printed on the demo sleeve. The profile itself is gone.
BAND DETAILS
| Members | Jonathan Hudak - bass, vox, artwork Benny Phanichkul - drums Preston Hillman - guitar, synth, percussion |
| Active | 2006-2008 |
| Label | None. Unsigned. |
| Sounds like | "post-punk rockers" - Jonathan, in an email |
| Tempo | median 144 BPM |
| Key | most often F |
TRIESTE'S BLURBS
About Trieste: Three people in a room in Seattle between 2006 and 2008, recorded onto an Edirol R-09 that was left running. 130 of those recordings survive, plus four show flyers, ten photographs and a demo sleeve. The band's last show is among them - the Comet Tavern, February 17, 2008, taped from the room. No studio recording of any song has ever been found. The band is named after a bathyscaphe that went to the bottom of the Mariana Trench in 1960.
Who I'd like to meet: Already met them - Arbitron, Beestings, Coal Mine Fires, Neo Tundra Cowboy, Paul Rucker, Shipwreck, Song Sparrow Research, Twilight Zionists. See the shows below.
THE TAPES - 51 RECORDINGS, 5.6 HOURS
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| TRACK | KEY | BPM | LENGTH |
|---|---|---|---|
| BY TAPE NUMBER - NO CALENDAR · EVERYTHING BELOW R09_0120, SO BEFORE 2/15/2008 · 45 recordings | |||
| safari (?) - tape #0013 | A | 136 | 6:27 |
| to the ground - tape #0017 | C#m | 172 | 8:07 |
| shoelace - tape #0020 | E | 136 | 5:45 |
| shoelace - tape #0021 | E | 144 | 4:19 |
| do it now - tape #0023 | Am | 152 | 3:21 |
| to the ground - tape #0027 | C# | 172 | 9:35 |
| safari (?) - tape #0031 | A | 136 | 4:49 |
| to the ground - tape #0032 | C# | 123 | 10:53 |
| we should have known - tape #0038 | Am | 185 | 6:34 |
| we should have known - tape #0039 | Am | 92 | 5:47 |
| do it now - tape #0040 | Am | 152 | 3:31 |
| oh my goodness - tape #0041 | E | 144 | 8:50 |
| telescope - tape #0045 | F | 92 | 7:22 |
| untitled / do it now - tape #0046 | G#m | 129 | 7:08 |
| safari (?) / do it now - tape #0049 | Am | 144 | 10:42 |
| shoelace - tape #0051 | B | 144 | 6:30 |
| we should have known - tape #0052 | F | 185 | 7:12 |
| to the ground - tape #0053 | C# | 123 | 8:41 |
| do it now - tape #0060 | C | 152 | 3:18 |
| shoelace - tape #0061 | E | 144 | 6:21 |
| we should have known - tape #0062 | F | 185 | 7:12 |
| untitled (roto toms) - tape #0063 | G | 108 | 5:56 |
| safari (?) - tape #0064 | A | 144 | 4:42 |
| to the ground - tape #0065 | C# | 123 | 11:12 |
| telescope - tape #0069 | F | 89 | 4:58 |
| do it now - tape #0070 | C | 152 | 1:56 |
| shoelace - tape #0071 | E | 144 | 6:19 |
| untitled (roto toms) - tape #0072 | G | 112 | 6:36 |
| we should have known - tape #0073 | F | 185 | 6:36 |
| to the ground - tape #0074 | C# | 123 | 9:29 |
| telescope - tape #0075 | F | 172 | 5:35 |
| do it now - tape #0077 | C | 152 | 3:32 |
| do it now - tape #0078 | C | 152 | 3:18 |
| shoelace - tape #0079 | E | 144 | 7:21 |
| we should have known - tape #0080 | F | 185 | 7:07 |
| untitled (roto toms) - tape #0082 | Bm | 118 | 6:27 |
| telescope - tape #0083 | F | 172 | 5:18 |
| untitled (roto toms) - tape #0085 | Em | 118 | 5:08 |
| monroe - tape #0091 | D | 123 | 8:21 |
| do it now - tape #0103 | C | 152 | 3:13 |
| untitled (roto toms) - tape #0104 | G | 118 | 4:36 |
| monroe - tape #0111 | D | 129 | 10:35 |
| shoelace - tape #0113 | E | 144 | 9:11 |
| untitled (roto toms) - tape #0116 | G | 118 | 5:06 |
| do it now - tape #0117 | C | 152 | 3:21 |
| 2/15/2008 - FRIDAY · 1 recording | |||
| to the ground - tape #0120 | C# | 118 | 12:55 |
| 2/16/2008 - SATURDAY · 2 recordings | |||
| Shoelace - tape #0123 | E | 144 | 6:17 |
| untitled (roto toms) - tape #0125 | G | 108 | 4:27 |
| 2/17/2008 - SUNDAY · 3 recordings | |||
| Monroe - tape #0128 | D | 136 | 7:15 |
| Monroe / naming Monroe, practice chatter - tape #0129 | D# | 112 | 3:33 |
| monroe / shoelace - tape #0132 | Bm | 144 | 13:29 |
The recorder's clock was wrong, so these are ordered by tape number rather
than by date. Everything below tape #0120 predates the last show.
THE LAST SHOW - THE COMET TAVERN, 2/17/2008
| TRACK | KEY | BPM | LENGTH |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe / Shoelace - tape #0135 | D | 152 | 12:20 |
| do it now - tape #0136 | C | 118 | 2:56 |
| to the ground - tape #0137 | C# | 129 | 7:32 |
| untitled (roto toms) / we should have known - tape #0138 | F | 123 | 10:31 |
4 files, 33 minutes. Recorded from the floor on the same machine. This is the whole surviving
set.
TRIESTE'S SHOWS
 | 8/18/2007 | Christoff Gallery - 6004 12th Ave S. #17, Georgetown, Seattle with Beestings · 8pm |
 | 10/31/2007 | Healthy Times Fun Club - Seattle with Shipwreck, Coal Mine Fires, Song Sparrow Research · 8pm |
 | 12/14/2007 | Sandpoint Gallery - School of Art, 7527 63rd Ave NE, Seattle with Paul Rucker · 7-10pm “Flashback - an art benefit auction”, presented by Strange Coupling, directed by Laura Michalek |
| 2/17/2008 | The Comet Tavern - 922 E Pike, Seattle with Arbitron, Neo Tundra Cowboy, Twilight Zionists · doors 9pm · $6 · 21+ |
THE DEMO - 1 TEST MIX FOUND
Front and back, click to enlarge
trieste - demo, printed 12/19/2007
- shoelace
- do it now
- we should have known
- safari
- to the ground
The finished demo is still missing, but one test mix from the session
turned up in 2026: shoelace, dated 12/12/2007, a week before this sleeve
was printed. It is below. The demo was recorded at Attercop Sound, and went to KEXP as "Attercop
Sound Demos". Four of
the five songs are on the practice tapes above. Safari is the one nobody has placed yet - if you recognize it, say
so. Jonathan Hudak drew the sleeve. His name is cut off the credits in this
scan, which is cropped - a strip about one line deep is gone from the
bottom.
| TEST MIX | KEY | BPM | LENGTH |
|---|---|---|---|
| shoelace - test mix 12/12/2007 | E | 144 | 5:35 |
TRIESTE'S PICS
LIVE AT HEALTHY TIMES FUN CLUB - halloween 2007, in white with a pumpkin
FLYERS, SLEEVE AND ONE BATHYSCAPHE
TRIESTE'S FRIENDS COMMENTS
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Warren
Warren 7/18/2009
some guy I did a teaching course with made me an Mp3 cd of assorted stuff - animal collective , Jens Lenkman , sebadoh, Joanna Newesome dungen etc - I used listen to it in my car without taking much notice of what was playing ( I find it a good way to avoid forming any opinions based on any hype I may have heard). I just remember one my favourite tunes was this one where the guy repeats 'ooOWHOO!!' I automatically assumed this must be that band Animal Collective that everyone keeps going on about. When i finally bothered checking the contents of the Cd, it turned out that it was you guys . I remember the guy who made me the Cd telling me about his mate's band called ' Trieste'. Shit dude all i can say is that I've been listening to your CD non stop over the last year or so and I find it a mystery that no one has ever heard of you.
DJ Shani, KEXP
DJ Shani, KEXP 2/12/2008
trieste's radio debut =)
shoooooolace. show info posted in dj comments.
night guys
shoooooolace. show info posted in dj comments.
night guys