N.R.A.

N.R.A. is a multi-national conglomerate comprised of Tatsuya Nakatani (percussion, Japan), Vic Rawlings (open-circuit electronics, amplified prepared cello, U. S. A.), and Ricardo Arias (bass-balloon kit, Colombia). The trio creates a sound world that is simultaneously austere and excessive, static and explosive. Their performance practice is firmly based on a kinetic-physical approach to their respective instruments, yet devoid of the heavy-lifting trappings of physical music. The players have concocted their own distinctive instrument adaptations/inventions, and playing techniques, each bringing markedly contrasting sonic materials to the ensemble. Their compositional approach exploits the intersection of these disparate sounds within the confines of particular times and spaces.