The first thing you hear on 'Dark Stage' is the bass of Demian Cabaud but soon enough all three players, pianist Leo Genovese and drummer Jeff Williams completing the line-up, inject their own complementary improvising lines. It is a very invigorating and open sound and very different to Genovese's last release with Trio Sin Tiempo, Williams landing in a kind of Paul Motian space for example encrypting the rhythmical direction in his own unique way and there's a powerful grandeur to Genovese's piano lines. The full album, which was recorded in 2019 in a Portuguese studio, is released in March by the 577 label. Singer Nadia Larcher is on four of the album's 11 tracks.