Trepanning Trio is an instrumental avant-chamber ensemble named for a surgery in which a hole is drilled into the human skull. Cave paintings indicate that people believed the practice would cure seizures, migraines, and mental disorders by letting evil spirits escape.

Trepanning Trio is the passion project of Infinite Number of Sounds co-founder and producer David Mansbach. Since its "unofficial" formation in 1998, David has invited fourteen musicians from all over the United States (and Ireland) to record using only classical, traditional and handmade instruments (i.e., violin, viola da gamba, stem glasses, guzheng, pan lids screwed onto sticks and played with violin bows, etc). Hours of material was recorded, scattered across reels of tape and archived on several generations of studio computers and hard drives until it was finally organized into two distinct bodies of work:

"I am a Crooked Arrow" is a collection of string compositions and sweet little songs inspired by a disparate amalgam of film, literature and music.

"The Man Killed the Bird..." is an album of recent recordings of tones, textures and themes fueled by creative improvisation and unlikely collaborations.

http://www.trepanningtrio.com
http://www.myspace.com/trepanningtrio

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	Trepanning Trio - The Man Killed the Bird (cd) Traditional cd release in a recycled digipak package. Price includes free shipping! "The Man Killed the Bird..." is a collection of recent work, inspired by creative improvisation and collaboration. …	$10.00	Buy More
	Trepanning Trio - The Man Killed the Bird... (deluxe download) Includes Exclusive Bonus Tracks - Digital Release: 320kbs MP3 files. "The Man Killed the Bird..." is a collection of recent work, inspired by creative improvisation and collaboration. …	$7.00	Buy More
	Trepanning Trio - The Man Killed the Bird... (standard download) Pick Your Own Price $0-5 - Digital Release: 128kbs MP3 files. "The Man Killed the Bird..." is a collection of recent work, inspired by creative improvisation and collaboration. …	$0.00	Buy More
	Trepanning Trio - I Am a Crooked Arrow (cd) Traditional cd release in a recycled digipak package. Price includes free shipping! Our first album "I am a Crooked Arrow" is a collection of string compositions and sweet little songs, written and recorded by my friends and I between 1994 and 2008. …	$10.00	Buy More
	Trepanning Trio - I Am a Crooked Arrow (deluxe download) Includes Exclusive Bonus Tracks - Digital Release: 320kbs MP3 files. Our first album "I am a Crooked Arrow" is a collection of string compositions and sweet little songs, written and recorded by my friends and I between 1994 and 2008. …	$7.00	Buy More
	Trepanning Trio - I Am a Crooked Arrow (standard download) Pick Your Own Price $0-5 - Digital Release: 128kbs MP3 files. Our first album "I am a Crooked Arrow" is a collection of string compositions and sweet little songs, written and recorded by my friends and I between 1994 and 2008. …	$0.00	Buy More