Completing a trilogy with Ghost Lily Cascade (1994) and Winter Pilgrim Arriving (2000), Heritage and Ringtones comprises partly a series of radical cover versions in which everything but the melody is stripped away and replaced by Archer's unique electronic abstractions, and partly original compositions based largely around Archer's violectronic sound. A deliberate attempt to close the difference between live performance and studio approach results in a return to the harsher improv sound world of earlier releases, contrasted with some beautiful melodic and textural work. The past, present and future sit uneasily side by side on this slice of authentic English genius, while the spirits of Faust, Ratledge and Vander listen on.