Close to a decade and a half of existence, with various mutations along the way enacting new perspectives and moments of stillness and reflection from the core duo of Afonso Simoes and Nélson Gomes, Gala Drop presents their third album 'Amizade'. Now a trio, with Rui Dâmaso transitioning from 'II' after the departure of Jerry the Cat and Guilherme Canhao, Gala Drop sound even more focused as a working band. With 'Amizade' ('friendship' in Portuguese) the band makes perfect sense in a celebration of their, by now, patented sound of cosmic inspiration: krautrock's endless and hypnotic potential, dub's sense of transient space, the throb of house and polyrhythmic basslines.