Trio Flux Announces Tribute Album Honoring Adam Ochshorn – Kickstarter Now Live
We’re proud to share that Trio Flux is returning with a new project—one that’s close to our hearts.
Ten years ago, over Thanksgiving weekend in 2015, we lost our bandmate and dear friend Adam Ochshorn in a tragic mountaineering accident. In the year before his passing, Adam was in a powerful creative stride, composing a set of new works that became the foundation of our final performances as a group.
For a long time, it was difficult to return to that music. But over the past two years, with the support of Adam’s family and our broader musical community, we’ve started to revisit those recordings, sketches, and memories—and we’re now ready to bring them to life.
We’re producing a tribute album of Adam’s music, featuring Trio Flux co-founders Neil Mattson and Julio Appling, along with a wide circle of musicians who were part of Adam’s life and legacy. The album will culminate in a live vinyl release concert at the Alberta Rose Theatre in Portland, Oregon, in November 2025.
Today, we’re launching a Kickstarter campaign to help us complete the final stages of the project—recording, mixing, mastering, vinyl pressing, and preparing for the release show.
Back the Kickstarter here
This project is about more than just recording an album. It’s about honoring a friend. It’s about reconnecting with a shared musical language and celebrating the community that shaped and supported it.
We’ve assembled an amazing team of collaborators for this record, including:
Steve Watkins – producer (Liv Warfield, Allen Stone)
Thomas Barber – arranger (Pink Martini, Paul Simon)
A rotating cast of drummers, including Brent Follis, Tyrone Hendrix, and Micah Hummel
Special guests from our musical community, including Portland Cello Project, Michael Elson, Jeff Sechs, and more
Slater Swan (recording engineer) and Dana White (mastering)
We’ll be sharing more about the process in the months ahead—session updates, photos, stories, and memories of Adam—but right now, we need your help to make this vision real.
Every dollar pledged helps bring this music into the world. Any surplus from the release will be donated to a mountain rescue nonprofit, selected by Adam’s parents.
We hope you’ll join us.
Thank you for your support—and for helping us honor Adam’s legacy.
— Neil and Julio
