Trinity Thirty

Trinity Thirty is a celebration and reinterpretation of the much beloved Cowboy Junkies classic The Trinity Session, on the occasion of the album's 30th anniversary (originally released in late 1988). The idea was spawned when Berlin-based Canadian producer Scott Monteith - best known as DJ and dub-inflected minimal techno-electronica recording artist Deadbeat - heard the Junkies' Trinity version of "Sweet Jane" playing in an airport a few years back. Viscerally reminded of how much he loved the album, and how surprisingly overground the record ended up becoming (by mid-1989 The Trinity Session would be certified Platinum in both Canada and The United States), Monteith immediately reached out to the band to ask if they had anything planned to mark its 30th birthday. Before Monteith even touched down back in Berlin, the band had replied saying they had no such plans but would enthusiastically support whatever angle Monteith/Deadbeat might want to run with.

Monteith then recalled conversations with musician/producer and fellow Canadian-in-Berlin Fatima Camara (whose acclaimed debut solo album Before We Sleep came out on Parachute Records in 2016) about their shared love of The Trinity Session, feeling she'd be the perfect partner to involve in a reinterpretation. Camara was thrilled by the idea, and the two began meeting to explore how to approach things conceptually and aesthetically. This would be their first collaboration - and the first time either artist placed their own vocals at the forefront of a project (with guest vocalist Caoimhe McAlister adding harmonies on certain tracks).