Dreamlike experiences. Sparks fly and a musical interaction

works without arrangement or plan. An organic musical process

develops out of intuition alone. The same magic happens every

time.

When Brandon Lopez, a New Yorker with Puerto Rican roots, joined

the duo of saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock and drummer Tom Rainey,

this wasn't simply about adding a plus one to the Laubrock -

Rainey duo. Thanks to the young bassist (born 1988), already

collaborating with musicians from Dave Liebman via Zeena Parkins

to John Zorn, a new dynamic has formed involving all three. In

this triangular constellation a different balance is achieved and an

altered play of energies. They are clearly on the same wavelength,

with a similar sense and understanding of overarching form, inner

structure, timing, feeling, energy, density, transparency and

volume.

"Right from the first note the chemistry between them was right.

The interplay between the three worked so effortlessly and

naturally it bordered on telepathy. The three want to keep up the

momentum and capture the magic moment," writes Christoph

Wagner in the liner notes.