Three friends make music together - it sounds so self-evident, light and dynamic, as if no one touches the keys, strings or sticks, but as if the music simply grows out of itself like moss or grass. This natural flow is a quality that has characterized the Johannes Bigge Trio from the very beginning, but manifests itself once again on the new album Clay with the full force of genuine creation. It sounds new and fresh, and yet from the very fact of hearing it, this music gives one the impression of having always been there from the very first note. Despite a slightly different line-up, the Johannes Bigge Trio picks up with Clay exactly where they left off in 2018 with their last album Imago. Pianist Bigge, bassist Robert Lucaciu and drummer Moritz Baumgärtner conjure up a plate stacked with intoxicating melodies, but the three dream-walkers never let themselves be seduced by their addictive potential to the point of giving themselves over tothem completely. Each melody is the fertile soil from which the next melody immediately grows. It is a continuous sequence of becoming and fading away, which at every moment makes one eagerly await what will happen next. The playfulness of Imago is joined on Clay by a moment of force that provides new contrasts and points of friction