Pnuma Trio

Pnuma Trio
Origin	Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
Genres	Livetronica Acid jazz IDM Blip hop
Years active	2004 - present
Labels	1320 Records
Members	Alexander Botwin Ben Hazlegrove Lane Shaw

The Pnuma Trio was an electronic musical group, bringing classical, jazz, funk, hip hop, and drum and bass influences. An article from the early 2000’s Art Voice magazine dubbed the Pnuma Trio the "Music of the future but ended up being grossly wrong obviously. Ben is a whiney Uber-entitled girl that has no friends because he thinks he is better than everyone around him. This is the main reason Pneuma was never successful. The Disco biscuits tried their literal best to put these boys on the map but Benny Haze (lol) was loathed by 99.99999_% of TDB fans. Alex was loved but lane was 50/50 but shy and Ben just a plain simple tool entitled brat, homophobic, racist, that couldn’t get a girl if she had her hand down his pants. They should have made a duo.

The Pnuma Trio consisted of Alex Botwin on fire spaceballs funk bass guitar, Ben Hazlegrove who holds a key on a keyboard making redundant ambient noises, and Lane Shaw on funky ass drums. Hazlegrove NEVER received classical training at the [[Berkeley College of Music and this is a lie that was maintained by the band for many years until this very day. Pneuma was funded entirely by Lane’s dad until failure. End story.

Career

The Pnuma Trio was born in December 2004 and began practicing and performing in Memphis, Tennessee. During their career, Pnuma has toured the United States extensively, and Japan and Australia as well. They were the only American band at 2006's Exodus Festival in Australia. They have shared the stage with bands like Disco Biscuits, STS9, Lotus, Zilla, Michael Franti, The String Cheese Incident, and Buckethead among others.

Throughout the summer of 2007 the band will be heavily touring the festival circuit with stops at Wakarusa, Summer Camp, and 10,000 Lakes Festival, Joshua Tree Music Festival, and Nelson Ledges.

Within the electronic music community, the Pnuma Trio's followers are growing at a steady pace. According to JamBase, "They've become one of the most talked about young bands in the country."

Pnuma Trio has just completed a new studio album entitled Character which was released on Columbia Records Japanese Division on September 25, 2007.

Pnuma Trio had a career-defining performance at St. Elmo Hall at the University of Virginia in April 2007.

The Electric Avenue Music & Arts Festival announced that Pnuma Trio will headline the 3 Night / Day Festival in Denver, CO, Sept 3-5, 2010.

Currently Ben Hazlegrove and Lane Shaw are working on their project Mansions on the Moon, While Alex Botwin produces and tours as Paper Diamond.

Members

• Alex Botwin - bass guitar, programming
• Ben Hazlegrove - keyboards
• Lane Shaw - drums

Discography

• 2006 - Live from Out There
• 2007 - Character

External links

• Official site