Anthea Caddy, cello. Liz Allbee, trumpet and synthesizer. “A nine track CD of trumpet and cello improvisations by two women of international standing in the very field of improvised music. Seven of these pieces were recorded in Berlin and two seem to be some of some sort of long distance collaborations. On the first of these, also the opening piece of the CD, Liz Allbee plays synthesizer rather than trumpet, whereas Anthea Caddy plays cello on all nine pieces. I am not sure, but I think by choosing a band name they probably intend this to be not a one-off collaboration. These nine pieces are not long, in total only thirty-five minutes, but within those thirty-five minutes a lot happens. From the plainer, regular strumming on the cello and the wind down the tube, it bounces back and forth between low and high-end dynamics of both instruments and between the soft-loud axes. Never of course really noise like but with a gritty undercurrent, such as in “Trenches”. Never really all quiet, but sparse and intense. These pieces are rather short and the point, which I actually quite enjoyed. It seemed to have stripped away all things unnecessary, but left behind what is really needed. My favourite piece is “Accumulation” which is indeed an accumulation of their instruments, almost more than one of each it seems, and making a fine drone like piece; but actually, perhaps I had no particular preference here; it all sounded like an exciting disc of improvisations to me”. (FdW) Vital Weekly 930