Troker finds its center in sublime and dangerous explorations. A musical transition without labels, where jazz harmonies are mixed with rock, psychedelia, scratching, and the popular tradition of mariachi.
Since 2004 they have earned the respect of the public without becoming famous. Even so, they've enjoyed the most important stages of jazz, rock, and world music, recording a Tiny Desk Concert in 2018 and being the only band appearing on the official Glastonbury Festival lineup two years in a row.
Jazz, rock, and tequila is the easiest way to describe them.
Awards
Winner of the IMAS 2015 Award for Independent Mexican music: Best Jazz/Funk/Fusion Album.
Winner of the IMAS 2010 Award for Independent Mexican music: Best Jazz/Funk/Fusion Album.
“Troker's performance was noisy, chaotic, sprawling, messy, and altogether wonderful.” All About Jazz. “Troker is developing into one of the country’s most eclectic improvisational groups. Think Zappa meets Hermeto Pascoal.” Downbeat. “The sextet’s most recent work positions them as leaders of the jazz fusion scene in Mexico.” David Cortes, Mexican rock critic. “Restless listeners will find few Mexican productions in 2014 that are as rich, stimulating and gripping as Crimen Sonoro”. Letras Libres. Read full article “Troker’s beats can cause a revolution in your guts and brain at the same time.” Antonio Malacara, Mexican jazz critic
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“Troker's performance was noisy, chaotic, sprawling, messy, and altogether wonderful.” All About Jazz. “Troker is developing into one of the country’s most eclectic improvisational groups. Think Zappa meets Hermeto Pascoal.” Downbeat. “The sextet’s most recent work positions them as leaders of the jazz fusion scene in Mexico.” David Cortes, Mexican rock critic. “Restless listeners will find few Mexican productions in 2014 that are as rich, stimulating and gripping as Crimen Sonoro”. Letras Libres. Read full article “Troker’s beats can cause a revolution in your guts and brain at the same time.” Antonio Malacara, Mexican jazz critic. “The versatility of this band is admirable.” Alejandro Carranco, Rolling Stone Mexico “Crimen Sonoro... is already among the best albums of the year, period.” World Beat Canada. "Crimen Sonora an album teeming with paradox, is dark yet fun, straight forward yet psychedelic and most importantly is a cohesive and balanced piece of art". DooBeeDooBeeDoo NY "The clearly insane have made a brilliant record. Put on this album and allow it to take you somewhere you've never been. I can guarantee that you have never heard an album like this". Glacially Musical "Some artist make their root conections more explicit than others, and some go further field. One of the biggest surprises to me at Womex this year was hearing the Mexican band Troker". Anastasia Tsicoulas/ NPR "The musically exceptional and energetic performance gained a standing ovation". Lent Festival (Slovenia) official web site "Muscular and brainy, this tight little band shows how to mine the culturally rich tradition of Mexican music and work it ingeniously into fusion jazz on Crimen Sonoro. Troker represents a new chapter in that tradition that should get more attention on either side of the Rio Grande". Something Else “To see them play live is a passionate experience, Troker go from the purest of jazz to total psychedelic music." The National Council for Culture and the Arts (Conaculta). “Troker want to prove that Mexico is much more than violence, drugs and extortion. Improvised numbers such as “Principe Charro” are the ideal cultural messengers.” Vienna Jazz Festival. “An unprecedented honour! Troker is the first band to play West Holts on two consecutive years. Another shot of their high-energy inventiveness and spark was impossible for us to resist”. Glastonbury Festival official website.
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