Bianca Rastafiore Opens “Three Women” With the Sharp, Catchy Pop Energy of “Don’t Get Too Excited”

A Bright Opening Track With a Story Behind the Smile

As the opener of “Three Women”, “Don’t Get Too Excited” sets the tone with color, energy and character. It does not simply introduce the EP musically. It introduces its narrative ambition. Bianca Rastafiore is using pop songwriting not only to create catchy songs, but also to sketch portraits of women caught between what the world sees and what they quietly feel.

The other tracks on the EP continue that idea from different angles. One is a rock ballad about a young mother secretly attracted to someone else. Another is a high-energy funky track about a businesswoman driven by burning ambition. Together, the three songs form a compact but vivid musical triptych, where each woman carries her own emotional weather.

This gives “Three Women” a clear identity. It is not just a collection of songs. It is a small gallery of characters, moods and contradictions, built with grooves, guitars, voices and a strong sense of storytelling.

Bianca Rastafiore, A Collective Built on Diversity and Groove

Bianca Rastafiore describes itself as a loose collective of musicians from diverse cultural and musical backgrounds. What connects them is an unwavering passion for music and a shared love for latin grooves. That description matters because the group’s sound feels exactly like that: open, organic, generous and naturally hybrid.

At the center of the project is Sofie, whose vocals bring clarity, personality and emotional precision to the songs. With more than ten years of formal musical schooling, she has lent her voice to renowned artists such as Lady Linn and K’s Choice. Alongside Bianca Rastafiore, she also sings in ItTakes4, a pop choir in Edegem, and remains open to new musical adventures. One of her early bands was called McNoges, a name that also connects her story to other members of the collective.

Svend, composer, author and self-taught keys and bass player, is another key creative force within the band. He won a songwriting competition with the early band McNoges and now writes for several projects, including WASDA. He is also active through Svend48, his electro-oriented project, and Winand vertelt, a folk project. His work with Svend48 already revealed his taste for intuitive composition, electronic experimentation and songs that often begin from a sound, a memory or an image.

Uwe brings drums, percussion and what could be described as the eternal positive spirit of Bianca Rastafiore. With more than forty years of performing experience in diverse bands, including Burning Wizards and WASDA, he gives the group a strong rhythmic backbone. His first childhood band, Newport, was formed with his neighbor Christian.

Christian adds guitars, bass, keys and vocals, with more than fifty years of musical projects behind him. He was also part of Newport with Uwe in his early years. Today, even if he is not active in other bands, his musical presence remains essential to the collective’s broad and textured sound.

The Guest Musicians Behind “Three Women”

The EP also features several guest musicians, giving “Three Women” a rich and collaborative sound. Ferre plays electric guitar on the third track, the funk song, and has been involved with bands such as Grupo Pilon and WASDA. Frede contributes synths and backing vocals on the same track, with experience in projects such as Try Angel and Paradigm.

Marc adds rhythm guitar on the third song, with a background including The Serious 5 and McNoges. Will plays acoustic and electric guitar on “Don’t Get Too Excited”, bringing guitar textures to the EP’s opening track. Peter contributes synths on “Don’t Get Too Excited” and “The Moment Has Gone”, with a musical path connected to The Serious 5, The Shivering Brains and McNoges.

This network of musicians gives Bianca Rastafiore a very particular identity. The project feels like a meeting point rather than a fixed formula. It is a place where different musical pasts can enter the same room and build something cheerful, melodic and full of movement.

Different Tastes, One Shared Musical Language

The group’s influences are as wide as its line-up. Sofie moves from Foo Fighters to Coldplay, with a love for melodic rock and the anthemic force of Iron Maiden. Svend draws from The Rolling Stones, Massive Attack and the soft bossa nova pulse of Getz/Gilberto. Uwe cites Queen, Rush, Prince, Led Zeppelin and Jeff Mills. Christian’s musical world includes Queen, Rush, Johnny Guitar Watson and Billy Cobham’s Glass Menagerie.

Instead of creating confusion, these differences give Bianca Rastafiore its flavor. The band does not sound like musicians trying to fit into one genre. It sounds like musicians allowing their histories to meet. That is why latin grooves, pop choruses, soul colors, rock guitars and funky energy can coexist naturally in the same project.

“Don’t Get Too Excited” benefits from that freedom. It has the immediacy of pop, the brightness of a catchy chorus, the theatrical spark of a strong character and the warmth of musicians who clearly enjoy the act of playing together.

Childhood Memories as the First Spark

Bianca Rastafiore’s story is also shaped by childhood memories. For Sofie, the love of music began early, listening to her father’s CDs and singing along in the backseat of the car. For Svend, one of the first memories was watching his two uncles play four-handed jazz traditionals on piano in the family living room. From that moment, he knew he wanted to play music himself.

For Uwe, the passion came through the father of a neighbor friend, who played music at parties. At fourteen, he and his friend started their first band, Newport, and played around the neighborhood on a five-piece Pearl drum kit. For Christian, music was inherited from his father, who still plays piano in his nineties. That passion has now passed to Christian’s own son, Frede, who guest-features on the EP’s third track.

These stories explain the warmth of Bianca Rastafiore. The music is not built from trend chasing. It comes from lived experience, family memories, friendships, old bands, long musical roads and the joy of still being curious after decades of playing.

“Three Women”, A Celebration of Character, Groove and Human Contradiction

With “Three Women”, Bianca Rastafiore turns three female portraits into a colorful pop journey. The EP celebrates diversity, the fusion of cultures and the pleasure of dancing across time and borders. But it also shows the band’s ability to write songs with character, songs where emotion and groove can exist side by side.

“Don’t Get Too Excited” is the perfect introduction to that world. It is playful without being empty, catchy without being disposable, and humorous without losing its emotional core. Its heroine may wear attitude like armor, but the song knows there is a dream underneath.

That is where Bianca Rastafiore finds its strength: in the space between the smile and the secret, between the groove and the story, between a collective of musicians and the characters they bring to life. “Three Women” promises exactly that, a bright, soulful and rhythm-driven EP with heart, guitars and a funky smile.

The recordings were assembled and mastered by  Günter “Gunny” Martin at his Gunoaa Soundlab studio in Fuerteventura.

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