Ada Rave – saxophone, clarinet, objects

Nicola Hein – prepared guitar

Wilbert de Joode – bass

BIOGRAPHY

Expressivity, that’s a big thing for Ada Rave, the Argentinean saxophone player based in Amsterdam since 2013. She put together this drumless trio to investigate the fascinating cross section between acoustic and electronic improvised music. It features Nicola Hein (DE) on prepared guitar and Wilbert De Joode (NL) on contrabass and, while the group bears her name, together they create a musical journey improvising in complete communion. This trio explores their own sonic possibilities creating a unique narrative, a musical dialogue that is teeming with fast, telepathic interaction and energetic interplay, never losing nuance and awareness for subtle impulses and sudden changes.

“The Sea, The Storm and The Full Moon” is the name of their first album, which was released by Clean Feed Records in 2018.

REVIEWS

“It took a while for the Argentinean Ada Rave, now based in Amsterdam, to be heard on record as a leader, but it was absolutely worth the wait. The Sea, The Storm And The Full Moon is a sample of free interaction that consists of equal parts instinct, power and poetry.

… quite a daring album, by an artist who is fully committed to her vision and won’t water it down. …

A refreshing, intensely personal album.”

Guy Peters, Enola.be