This disc fits in perfectly with the other releases from this fine label in that it walks the line that divides minimal improv from more "conventional" instrument use. The opener (and longest track) features some beautifully wacked-out trumpeting against walking-in-the-leaves percussion. Pay special attention to the harmonics here: split tones and chords seem to rise from the blast of metal covered air. Over the course of its run the duo explore many different combinations of sounds & techniques, and it's again easy to forget that we're hearing trumpet and percussion, a good thing. There are several pauses and re-starts, which give us opportunity to re-gather our attention. Later, high-pitched whining is placed alongside squealing curlicues, a sped-up drone with pig solo. The next piece stays fairly quiet through its entire length, a box of newborn mice accompanied by wind through a half-closed window.

Track 3 opens up with what sounds like mad string bowing, an ethnographic forgery from an imaginary region. Drumhead scrape and quick tings and bangs begin and the trumpet resumes its slight-of-ear. After a (very) short percussion solo, Wick sends out note-less blasts in measured segments, occasionally adding feedback sounding high notes. They stop abruptly.

Perhaps best described as a good example of "sound-improvisation", this disc had me returning several times to re-listen, something I can't say about a lot of recordings these days.