Mendoza Hoff Revels has been played on NTS shows including ARRHYTHMIA, with Diablada first played on 17 October 2023.

Co-led by guitarist Ava Mendoza and bassist Devin Hoff, who split composing duties evenly, the quartet is completed by saxophonist James Brandon Lewis and multifaceted drummer Ches Smith. Mendoza, a Brooklyn-based guitarist, leads the vanguard rock outfit Unnatural Ways, and has worked with many musicians, including Fred Frith and Matana Roberts, and played in the power trio (with William Parker and Gerald Cleaver) that issued the acclaimed Mayan Space Station (2021). Her chief collaborator, bassist/composer Hoff, is also widely experienced and has worked with many artists including Nels Cline, Ben Goldberg, Yoko Ono, Xiu Xiu, and Joshua Redman. While all of these musicians are firmly associated with the jazz vanguard, new music, and free improv scenes, Echolocation offers a wealth of musical directions these players anticipate, follow, and embellish with taste, inspiration, and confidence.