After Chris recorded his guitar tracks for track two here - we jammed this little piece out direct to a Zoom H2 recorder with no overdubs or editing in post. Chris Cochrane is a gifted guitarist with a emotional and visceral approach to his instrument…

I couldn't help but finally make a layered arpeggiated piece along the the lines of Philip Glass. I put it out there for a taker and Bill Grundmann wrote "I hear voices". I had no idea how many and how disturbing they would be. He created a mini…

Bryn dropped and alternative track in our box that was culled fro his previous elemnts but manipulated into a lurching schizoid glitch piece that I loved. So - I slowed it down and used noise removal in Audacity to add more strangeness to it…

Michael Marquesen suggested that he was going to add manipulated vocals to whatever I sent him - so I left the melody pretty open but attempted to create a full range bed with percussive elements for him to wok with. Not having drums at my disposable…

Found myself in something of a Teutonic state when I created a heavy track using white noise for percussion accents along with deep foreboding lines. What better instrument to mix in than Banjo? I knew Jim Bouchard would kill it and he did. Even…

Yves Baar sent me a midi piano file from Belgium and I found that if I slowed it down 20% and converted the piano to trombone and french horns that I was able to work closely with the synth - doubling and countering his melody.

This is the first piece that I recorded - just after midnite on Feb. 1st. with Anne Cozean in mind as vocalist. Anne and I have worked together before and she delivered a great performance across two tracks. I was thinking Portishead going in…

David Thomas sent me an electronic drum piece that had great space and possibilities to work with. I found myself working in a drone mode to counter his more active parts.

I recorded a four track synth piece with Chris Cochrane in mind. We went into my studio together and he laid down 4 tracks of electric guitar in response to my piece - which I later edited and mixed.

Frequent collaborator Bryn Corbett aka Particledots sent me manipulated electric piano tracks and I a returned a mix and stems with multiple Pro-One tracks from which he created the final mix. He wields a mean blender.