Effective period / Period of releases: 2002

Members: Robert Powell, Conrad Praetzel

Praetzel, a former archaeologist, is obsessed with music's past and its relationship to cultural identity. But rather than simply lovingly recreate the sounds that fascinate him as some musical nostalgists elect to do, Praetzel reinvents ethnic and traditional music by casting it in bold new settings. In his own unique way, he is documenting the way the world seems to keep growing smaller culturally, even as its population continues to skyrocket.