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01. The Dave'S Waves House Band - Live at the Sunview Luncheonette
01. The Dave'S Waves House Band - Newest Face
02. The Dave'S Waves House Band - Previewing You
03. The Dave'S Waves House Band - Hosters
04. The Dave'S Waves House Band - Big Jukebox Quizzical
05. The Dave'S Waves House Band - Often Enough, Slowly
06. The Dave'S Waves House Band - Conclusion Lane
ARTIST
TITLE
Trust Patterns
FORMAT
3CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
XI 151CD XI 151CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
6/26/2026

The Dave's Waves House Band is the ultimate outgrowth of an installation project David First created in 2003 entitled Dave's Waves: A Sonic Restaurant. In 2018, after numerous iterations in various European cities, he began presenting it at the Sunview Luncheonette in Brooklyn and for the first time included live performances in what had previously been an individual, headphone-only experience for people entering his establishment. After a few years of putting together one-off situations for different groupings of players, he decided to flip the switch and see how deep things could get using the same players every time. "I've always been a strong believer in bands -- whether it's the Miles Davis Quintets, Cecil Taylor's classic Unit, the Art Ensemble of Chicago, Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane's quartets, Phillip Glass and Steve Reich's early ensembles, Meredith Monk and Robert Ashley's vocal troupes, Karlheinz Stockhausen's core players, or the Grateful Dead, there's something irreplaceable about staying together and vibing long-term." The outcome is this 3CD album entitled Trust Patterns on XI Records. Discs 1 and 2 in this set were recorded live at the Sunview Luncheonette. They did have the pleasure of illustrious guests sitting in, including composer/performer Sarah Hennies, who also guests here on disc 3, which was recorded in sessions at Bard College at the invitation of composer Matt Sargent who came to hear them play one night and offered the facilities he is in charge of as head of the electronic music department. David First has always been fascinated by opposites and extremes. At 20 he played guitar with renowned avant-jazz pianist Cecil Taylor in a legendary Carnegie Hall concert. Two years after that he was invited to create electronic music in the EMS at Princeton and leading a Mummerʼs String Band in Philadelphia parades. He has played in raucous drunken bar bands, semi-legal DIY basements and in pin-drop quiet concert halls. First's performances often find him sitting trance-like without seeming to move, unless he is playing with his psychedelic punk band, Notekillers, at which time he is a whirling blur of hyperactivity. He has had music released on Important Records, Dais, Ecstatic Peace, Mode, and others.