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 dream in this case was to form a group in which my musical goals would be realized without my having to say or do anything, no paper or prep involved. Jessica, Erin and Tristan were the exact right people for that. Not only because they were familiar with what I'd done previously, but because they had been tilling those same fields as well."

The outcome is this 3-CD album entitled Trust Patterns on XI Records. Discs 1&2 in this set were recorded live at the Sunview Luncheonette. "The (original) Sunview was such a wonderful, comfortable, great-sounding place to play that I felt no strong desire to do it anywhere else. If you wanted to see us, you knew where to find us, was the way I thought about it." 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.

Says First: "Regarding the 3 hours-worth of resulting sounds…well, I would never discourage anyone from starting with disc one and listening all the way through. But you surely don't have to! Maybe it's more like one of those expansive eight-page diner menus where you can order breakfast or burgers or a banana split 24 hours a day. Pick what you like and sequence things any way you want. We're here to serve you…"

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 Mummer's 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. First received a New Music USA Award (2025), the Herb Alpert / Ragdale Award for Music Composition (2019), a NYFA/NYSCA Fellowship (2019) a.o.

Erin Rogers is a Canadian-American saxophonist, composer, and improviser dedicated to new and experimental music. Her "decidedly future-oriented" music has been described as "radical and refreshing" (Vital Weekly) and "a richly expressive display of stentorian brilliance" (The Wire Magazine).

Although violist and composer, Jessica Pavone's primary training was in classical music at the Hartt School of Music (B.M. Music Ed. '98) and Brooklyn College (M.M. Music Composition '07), she has dedicated her practice to exploring alternative avenues for creative musical expression and "has made a career of redefining the possibilities for her instrument" (Steve Smith, National Sawdust Log). Pavone's music has been premiered at: Abrons Art Center, ISSUE Project Room, the

Tristan Kasten-Krause is a bassist and composer whose work enlarges the minutiae of close tones and subtle gestures. As a bassist he has lent his "low-end authority to vital New York institutions" (the New Yorker) and praised for his "heavenly" (the Guardian) original compositions. His work exploring duration and expanded time has led to multiple sets on the Hudson Basilica's 24 Hour Drone festival, performances of cathartic, hour-long compositions with experimental black metal band Scarcity, and the premiere of the marathon 6-hour opera, Stranger Love, for the LA Phil. Over the last decade Tristan has worked with forward-thinking artists such as Sigur Ros

Sarah Hennies is a composer whose work is concerned with a variety of musical, sociopolitical, and psychological issues including queer & trans identity, psychoacoustics, and the social and neurological conditions underlying creative thought. She is primarily a composer of acoustic ensemble music, but is also active in improvisation, film, and performance art. She presents her work internationally as both a composer and percussionist. with notable performances at MoMA PS1 (NYC), Monday Evening Concerts (Los