NRA - Untitled

This band has nothing to do with firearms and everything to do with intense free-improvisation by the trio of Tatsuya Nakatani (drums and percussion), Vic Rawlings (amplified cello and crackling electronics) and Ricardo Arias (amplified balloons). The band name is their initials. Not very clever in 2018, and probably not in 2005 (when this was released) either. It was put out as a CD by Free103point9, a label affiliated with a pirate radio station and performance space that existed in Brooklyn NY for awhile. Now, I know what you're thinking: "balloons"?! Just listen. Arias' contributions sound alternately like a bowed string instrument and like percussive textures, so the group makes more sense than you might expect.

NRA - Untitled