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3 Leg Torso

Portland, Oregon, United States | INDIE

Portland, Oregon, United States | INDIE
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"CMJ"

All the beauty of Astor Piazolla's music and all the spunk of Kronos Quartet's. - CMJ


"Dirty Linen"

Wildly exciting, wildly eclectic, rather difficult to describe. - Dirty Linen


"CMJ"

All the beauty of Astor Piazolla's music and all the spunk of Kronos Quartet's. - CMJ


"Willamette Week"

3 Leg Torso's classically tinged combination of gypsy folk and whirling tangos is both devilishly clever and damn beautiful.

- Willamette Week


"The Oregonian"

A success in the fluid netherworld between serious art and popular culture. - The Oregonian


"Willamette Week"

3 Leg Torso's classically tinged combination of gypsy folk and whirling tangos is both devilishly clever and damn beautiful.

- Willamette Week


Discography

"3 Leg Torso" (3 Leg Torso)
"Astor In Paris" (Meester Records)
"Legibly Speaking" (Meester Records)
"Whispers, Grins, Bloodloss and Handshakes" (Meester Records)
"Animals and Cannibals" (Meester Records)

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3 Leg Torso creates charming, elegant and daring modern chamber pop music infused with equal parts tradition and innovation. Since the ensemble's humble start in 1996 with spontaneous street performances -- called Meestering by co-founders Bla Balogh and Courtney Von Drehle -- they have been featured on National Public Radio's All Things Considered and at the San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival, successfully toured the east and west coasts, released four CDs (two with New York spoken word artist, NPR contributor and Duplex Planet founder David Greenberger), composed and recorded film and documentary scores as well as licensing music for film and television both in the US and internationally, written new evening length works commissioned by the Portland Institute of Contemporary Art (PICA) and performed both their original compositions and their arrangements of traditional music with several symphony orchestras.

Influenced by tango, Eastern European folk and other world music traditions, their cosmopolitan musical style embraces wit and humor within thoughtful, uncommon and beautiful musical arrangements.

Highlights
Profiled on NPRs All Things Considered
Performed at the re-opening of the Hollywood Bowl, June 2004
Debut album reached #12 on Amazon.coms Top 100
Two CD collaborations with New York-based spoken word artist David Greenberger
Performances with the Portland Festival Symphony, Metropolitan Youth Symphony and Pacific Crest Wind Symphony.
Scored Music for Academy Award winning animator Joan Gratz
Composed music for United Nations documentary in Thailand
Recorded music for Deutsche Komtel in Germany
Provided theme music for Bosnian television series
Commissioned by PICA for new work at 2003 TBA Festival
Residency at 2006 San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival
Two songs included in the 2007 film "What Would Jesus Buy?," directed by Rob VanAlkemade and produced by Morgan Spurlock (SUPER SIZE ME)