María Valencia, Matt Moran, Brandon Lopez - Tarabita Espiral (2025) Hi Res

Friendships and musical ties that are born unpredictably and are woven through distance, allowed the fortuitous encounter of Tarabita Espiral. A trio made up of Colombian saxophonist and clarinetist Maria Valencia, Puerto Rican NY- based double bassist Brandon López and NY-based vibraphonist Matt Moran. These three vibrant artists eschew traditional roles to sculpt a musical landscape of restless motion and textural dissonance. Valencia’s reeds seethe and spiral, channeling both fractured lyricism and guttural exorcism, while Moran’s vibes are less shimmer than pulse percussive, fractured, bowed. Lopez anchors and disrupts in equal measure, his bass work a volatile mix of deep groove and extended technique. This is improvised music at its edge: exploratory, unrelenting, and defiant. This trio doesn’t just play they interrogate, offering a recording that’s as confrontational as it is deeply attuned.