Since recording his previous solo work Wild Pathway Favourites in 1988, Archer's music appeared to have gone through a radical change, virtually abandoning both live performance and saxophone in favour of studio experimentation and new music technology. In fact this recording is very much a continuation of previous work, as concepts developed over the previous decade by Archer here find their most perfect expression to date. As before, these pieces draw their principal energy from the interaction between improvising soloists and intricately arranged structures. However, this time around notated material has been discarded in favour of structures built around synthesizer improvisations gathered over a period of eighteen months, then subjected to extensive collaging and manipulation in the studio. Extensive use of chance has been made by overlaying parts made by different players at different times, and by wholehearted acceptance of the randomness and uncertainty inherent in new music technology. The end result? Another beautifully detailed, tense, spacious and totally original Archer recording.