“Instante” is the debut recording by the trio formed by José Lencastre (saxophones), based in Lisbon, and Clara Lai (piano) and Àlex Reviriego (electronics), both based in Barcelona.

Their music transports us to new and unexpected sonic spaces. The more organic sounds of the piano and saxophone both contrast with and symbiotically merge with the artificiality of electronics. The electronics place the improvisational style of the piano and saxophone in new perspectives. As with the sound of these instruments, the breath, the spaces, the timbral landscapes, the harmonies, and the natural harmonics, among other elements, move the electronics away from more typical noise or electronic territories, inviting us to stylistically recontextualize each of them, individually and collectively.

Rooted in free improvisation and embedded in a continuously evolving contemporary language, the three instruments meet, diverge and explore, through attentive listening, how far this interaction can expand their respective instrumental possibilities, in the pursuit of a single and unique sound.

This album is dedicated to the ever-renewed experience of being present, in connection with each instant.