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The duo project of Fred Frith and Sudhu Tewari, joined here in a trio with Danish saxophonist Lotte Anker. Frith and Tewari play adapted and processed guitars, home-made acoustic and electronic instruments, and captured sounds. Instruments included here include the Portable Street Piano, the Post Hole Tone Music Box, the No Strings Guitar, Sudhu’s Infernal Spring Thing, and the Superstrut Bandsaw Bass. The trio represents a merging of improvisation and experimental traditions: Frith (of Henry Cow, Art Bears, Skeleton Crew, Massacre), Tewari (known for self-governing musical systems and self-built musical instruments), and Anker (a key figure in European improvisation and experimental music).