dfra & nick weaver: beautiful place
Francisco Espregueira
The connection between DFRA & Nick Weaver flourished in Buenos Aires, first through collaborations on DFRA’s house productions and eventually through a shared album. Colombian-born and based in Buenos Aires, DFRA has been developing a meeting point between jazz and house, with live piano, trumpet, saxophone and guitar appearing alongside the grooves. Weaver brings a different angle, rooted in Seattle hip hop and a more conversational approach to writing. On Beautiful Place, released by Silver Walker Recordings, those worlds meet in a band setting, with DFRA’s musicians playing everything live. The result gives Weaver’s observations about city life plenty of room to breathe.
There is a tension at the centre of the eight tracks: Buenos Aires can feel overwhelming, but it is also where this record came together. Weaver writes about looking for some peace within that movement, while DFRA’s arrangements keep the music grounded in jazz, soul, house and hip hop. “Circle”, “Credits” and “Desde mi balcón” each approach that idea from a slightly different direction, with the instrumental side never simply sitting behind the vocals. DFRA had already worked with Weaver on the 2025 release LTDBLBL019, where their chemistry was more directly framed through house music. Here, on Beautiful Place, they stretch that connection into something more personal and song-focused.