The Troy Enclosure is a project by Brandon Toy, who creates his dark, spare soundscapes at home on a Mac.
His simple, uncluttered textures - where the spaces seem as important as the sounds - offset by occasional walls of noise, have drawn comparisons with Labradford and Royksopp.
The Troy Enclosure released its first CDR, Lucky Us, on Isolation in late July 2005. Tracks from Lucky Us were subsequently played on BBC Radio Oxford.
Lucky Us
Lucky Us combines murmured vocal samples, haunted chiming keyboard motifs, delicate guitar lines and brittle beats. It creates a laidback vibe, but with shadowy, skewed undercurrents.
The EP was reviewed in Oxford music magazine Nightshift which described it as "a dark, ambient oddity, with a lopsided, out-of-focus feel".
The review added: "The strength here is the way Brandon uses simple, uncluttered textures and the spaces between the instruments to weave fine threads of sound together."
Lucky Us was released in a limited edition of 100 copies, with beautiful artwork by Melissa Jeacock.