24OurMusic Magazine December 2014 | Page 8

Trillium Shines With Aurora AS THE TITLE SUGGESTS, THIS ALBUM IS NOTHING BUT AN AGGRESSIVE CINEMATIC JOURNEY. Trillium is an electronic dance music duo based from Brooklyn, New York, USA, composed of Janet Krupin and Alex Caraballo. Their latest release, an extended play entitled “Aurora,” is unlike your usual EDM album. Trillium, in six tracks, delivers brilliance of variety and energy, starting right with the first track, “Prelude.” This song brings waves of emotion and melancholy in the blasting orchestral strings, and the vocals add a haunting effect to complement the overall vibe of the song. The prelude track builds up the perfect amount of energy, setting the stage and the dance floor for the second track, “Us Again.” The second track proves enough for the listeners that Trillium goes hard and is unafraid to go all-out aggressive, while still maintaining control on the beat and rhythm. The soft but cinematic verses build up perfectly for the dropping, grinding, and jumping synths and beats, which are different both the first and second time around. Janet Krupin, the vocalist, also does a very great job in her vocal performance, showing a lot of power range and dynamics, comparable to Foxes’ vocal 8 – 24OURMUSIC work in Zedd’s “Clarity.” )Q