3ofmillions began in early 2008, after years of duo playing between Adrian Klumpes (piano/voice/live electronics) and Abel Cross (bass/voice/live electronics), with the addition of a percussive element - the youthful energy of Finn Ryan (drums/percussion).

The band has received critical acclaim for their released recordings, the EP Golden Calf brought out on the electro-experimentral label 'hellosQuare', followed by the album Immediate self-released in 2009. After an intense residency at Arthur Boyd's Riversdale on the Shoalhaven River, NSW, 'Abstruction', was released on Rufus Records in March 2011. At that time 3ofmillions recorded a live-to-tape set for Radio National. The recording will breathe life again very soon, once a deal has been struck!

Brave turns, textural layering and a strong sense of united phrasing direct the music from intimate storytelling to epic intensity. The trio investigate all reaches of improvisation, staying true to the spontanaeity and experimentalism laid down in their precursors of blues, jazz, electro-acoustics, noise and industrial rock. The rawest of emotions are unleashed and transformed into sound.

Reviews for Abstruction (rufus, March 2009):

"The album provides ample evidence, should it be needed, that 3ofmillions rankamongst Australia's finest improvising musicians, committed to developing theirown complex language and vocabulary." - Des Cowley, Extempore

"Definitely one of the albums of the year." - Tony Mitchell, Music Forum
"3ofmillions now operates at a level of telepathy to which all such units aspire. If the three don't quite rewrite the guidebook of trio playing, they at the very least expand upon it by allowing a healthy degree of experimentalism and electronic textures into the picture." - textura

Reviews for Immediate (space dairy, December 2008):

"3ofmillions invigorates with its fearless attack, and embodies the genre-advancing spirit that was once standard practice in jazz" - textura [complete review]
"In 3ofmillions, there's no looking back at the past, no second-guessing the future. There's only now." - mess and noise [Sounds Of Now - complete article]
"3ofmillions speak on their own terms and with their own language." - cyclic defrost [complete review]

Reviews for Golden Calf 3" EP (hellosQuare, June 2008):

"A brave new world of sound ... 4 stars" John Shand, Sydney Morning Herald

"Straining hard at any boundaries" - mapsidaisical

"A promising debut" - textura.org

"Both tracks promise alot" - vital weekly

"Definitely more than the proverbial sum of its parts" - mess and noise
For complete reviews, biography (pdf) and print resolution photos, please email info@3ofmillions.com