Tritonus has been played on NTS shows including Beirut Daze w/ Ernesto Chahoud, with The Way Of Spending Time first played on 23 February 2018.

There are several groups that use the name Tritonus. 1) TRITONUS was an early project initiated by Peter K. Seiler, a German art-student who continues to make music today and is a well-regarded new-age/ambient/classical composer and performer. Seiler's intent was to create a 'classical rock' band in the tradition of EMERSON, LAKE, and PALMER, complete with heavy keyboards and Lake-inspired English vocals.

The group enlisted a new vocalist for their second and final album (Geff Harrison) who had been a founding member of the defunct 2066 & THEN, and had most recently left KIN PING MEH in search of a solo career. The second release showed more promise with a side-long symphonic epic ("Suburban Day Suite"), a more psychedelic-sounding style, and keyboards closer to free-form than the highly structured work of their ELP forbearers.

The band toured extensively from 1973 to 1978, but Seilers by then had focused his attentions on television and radio commercials and other projects, finding financial success with his theme song for the television series "Atlantis May Not Perish" as well as a widely used jingle for the Ferrero Chocolate Company, among others. He also collaborated on several efforts with electronica wiz Michael Bundt, and launched a series of multimedia live solo shows. As for the band, TRITONUS folded in 1979.

This band deserves a place in the Archives for their two distinctly different but undeniably progressive studio releases, particularly the highly symphonic and ambitious "Between the Universes".

Bob Moore (ClemofNazareth)

2) Tritonus was founded 1990, by guitar player Carl August Tidemann (Winds/Arcturus). Inspired by the neo-classical style of Yngwie Malmsteen, and progressive acts like Queensryche, Fates Warning and later on, Dream Theater. First lineup also included lead singer Rolf Kristensen, but the band fell apart pretty soon. In 91/92, there was a trash metal trio, looking for a lead-guitar player. The members were Øystein Moe on bass, Thor-Axel Eriksen on guitar, and Øystein Borge-Hansen on drums. After auditioning several great players, Carl Tidemann showed up, and his musicianship was the missing piece, and what they had been looking for. They rehearsed heavily, and wrote songs, as they were looking for a singer to front the band. Singer Stian Thoresen was the guy who did vocals this period. They covered songs by bands like Sanctuary and Annihilator, but were also trying to find their own musical identity. Drummer Borge-Hansen left, and was replaced by Jan Axel Blomberg (Hellhammer), of Mayhem. They also added a keyboard player, Oddmar Sæter. And the music changed, to a more progressive direction. Original singer, Rolf Kristensen, was added to the lineup in 1993, and they suddenly had a clearer view of where to go musically. His special voice, and big vocal range, drew them towards music, inspired by the likes of Dream Theater and Fates Warning, once again. The demo ‘Shadowland’ was released in 1994, and drew a lot of attention, was given some great reviews in various metal magazines. It also gave them a spot on a sampler, released on FaceFront: ‘A Gathering Of 8 Norwegian Prog Metal Bands’. A new drummer, Ole Devold, was just added to the lineup, and two new songs were written for that release. The album also featured great bands like Manitou and Spiral Architect. All of them part of a progressive scene, and the momentum was used at different degrees by the bands. Tritonus, on their part, used most of the late 90’s to write the songs for their debut album. With the occasional live gig, they used most of the time rehearsing and writing. Keyboard player Oddmar Sæter left, and they recruited youngster Lasse Finbråten (now residing in Circus Maximus). Bass player Øystein Moe, also left, and were replaced by his bass-student, Mathis Dikkanen. The recordings for the album started in 2000, and were done over a period of 5 years. Guitar player, Thor-Axel Eriksen, also left during these sessions, and Erik Devold was brought in for guitar duties. The album was finished in 2006, but due to different circumstances, a proper release has never been done, until now! The band had a hiatus, until last year, as the booking for ProgPower Oslo made them reunite for the album release, and start playing together, as a band again. Instead of updating the album, sonically, for an up to date sound, they chose to leave it as originally recorded. Capturing the music, and the band, from the early 2000’s. The album sounds alive and organic and, being recorded in the early years of the digital revolution, the sound is more or less analogue. There has not been any extensive editing, or processing either. In that regard, it will stand out from a lot of contemporary albums. The line-up for 2013, as well as Carl August Tidemann, includes Rolf Kristensen (vocals), Ole Devold (drums) and Thor-Axel Eriksen (guitars). The album also features keyboards from Lasse Finbråten.

3) A Swiss ensemble who research and perform traditional folk music.