this acoustic guitar trio consists of nels cline, jim mcauley and the late great rod poole. rod poole played a guitar that he had refretted into his own twenty-odd tone octave, in his own version of just intonation, which produces harmonies that sound truly alien to ears trained on western harmony. the effect can be seen as similar to the work of microtonal black metal guitarist jute gyte, who also works with a guitar re-fretted for just intonation.

back in the early two thousands, inspired by a fascination with the music of robbie basho, i embarked upon a mission to see who was really at the outer realms of what was being done at high levels of acoustic guitar playing, just to see what i could see. from my many purchases and hours of investigation during that period, this record was my favorite find. this record might have been the first instance of when i raelly fell in love for improvised music. i remember trying again and again to grasp this music in terms of songs, trying to memorize certain moments and sections and just being utterly bewildered and mesmerized in the best possible ways. listening to this recently, it really stands the test of time. i had noticed that the version i had in my library that i had ripped from my cd copy was of a low bit rate, so i was delighted to find a higher quality copy of this tremendous record online. and i am pleased as punch to be able to share this. this record really changed the way i hear harmony. it is truly out of this world. hope you enjoy.

_alibi