About us

The poeple of Triangle met in a frozen land of tundra. They hooked up their plastic electronic music boxes and, surprisingly, it warmed them. Call this place St. Paul, MN. It was a lot like any other place except for the severely debilitating cold, the risk of horrific frostbite, and a fertile music scene. Those who found each other in the blinding snow were: Amanda Warner, a Fargoan on upright bass in the local college jazz band and a twiddler of garage-sale keyboards in a yellow jumpsuit; Brian Tester, a local who fled from the heartland back into the great white north with a roomful of synthesizers and unloved electronics; Susan Lindell, another Fargoan with a taste for bmx and a ridiculous record collection. They played their hectic electronic music out of a boombox and some guitars.

They put out two eps on their own label, Smoke + Mirrors, which they shared with pals Walker Kong. Not long after, Susan left the band to tune Buddy Holly's double's guitar and Amanda and Brian signed as a duo to File 13 records, in Philadelphia Pa. File 13 released Triangle's debut record, "*", in 2001. Triangle bought a computer to replace the boombox, trekked to the east coast a few times, got some parking tickets. They were, as it turned out, the first US band to tour and perform using Ableton Live software. Triangle began to tour and play with a wide variety of bands, and found their way to a couple of CMJ's in NYC (our spiritual homeland), the 2006 All Tomorrow's Parties in the UK, and and SXSW in TX.

In their journeys, they have played with many fine and weird practicioners of contemporary music, like The Beachwood Sparks, The Shins, RTX, So So Many White White Tigers, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, the late great Dismemberment Plan, Deerhoof, The Flying Luttenbachers, Kreamy 'Lectric Santa, The Busy Signals, Bobby Conn, Numbers, The Mates of State, Fruitbats, Broadcast, Marc Almond, Blonde Redhead, The Mae Shi, O'Death, The Coachwhips, C.R.A.C.K. We Are Rock, Mochipet, and many many others. Chicago's Essay Records released 'Decimal Places', Triangle's 2nd album, in 2006.

Triangle now live in Oakland, Ca. The Triangle ship, rolling through seas of gnarled electronics, forgotten waves off the AM dial, experiments of 70s freakrock Germany, and scratchy transmissions from 80s Detroit, took on a few old salts, namely Jon Otto Schroeder on music box, Mark Treise on bass and Elias Reitz on electroacoustic percussion. They continue to play stormy shows around the globe.