The Tron project was formed by Joe Willis, Alfred (Daedelus) and David Murray in 1995. During a rehearsal, the character Tron (from the legendary Sci-Fi movie by the same name) came to mind riding inside a translucent elevator above an alien desert.

We expanded upon the music and story, eventually enlisting our artist friends Dave Bergmann and Colby Bluth to add illustrations to the project. This culminated into a single live performance with the illustrations projected next to the band on stage.

The following year we decided to make a much broader sequel. The Search For Tron - A Detective's Story. The music covered Jazz, Metal, Fusion, World, Electronic and various attempts at experimental music. The flow of the music once again evoked a science fiction story covering many lands, characters and situations - mostly centered around a detective character named Mel Function. Tron 2 was performed at a single live event, again featuring projected illustrations from Colby Bluth and Dave Bergmann.

Also, the audio from the demo we recorded to ADAT was recently rescued. I have whittled down the one-take live recording (which is far from perfect) from 55 minutes to 8 minutes.

Although Tron 2 ended with a cliff hanger - we had no intention of finishing the Tron Trilogy. However, we did crank out the final Tron in 1998. It was at this time that we changed the name of the project to be phonetically identical - but with a unique spelling. Later i realized this was not unique at all, because there is a city in Austria named Traun.

No demo was recorded unfortunately, but a copy of the live show ended up in my archive which i've edited down for posterity.

The Traun CD represents the best of the old Tron catalog with some new additions. It was recorded and assembled in LA by Paul McKee.