Friday 15th September.

The duets have already confirmed the sound field we want to work in. Bed leaps into a resonance with the double bass's bottom E and can be made to swoop up and down the woofers in layered physicalities. Kaffe delights to be back in the world of string vibrations. The tabla too is a hit; when spun up , under and around the mattress, it reveals itself as a perfect producer of tones but in endlessly varied shapes. Shri is brilliant and precise and curious visitors are amazed.

When the action of Shri's playing, like the hand on the skin brushing past and then the breath from some flute, punctuates a sound, the music reveals a human presence Bed hasn't yet shown. The bayan too, yes, watery and rumbles down and under. Kaffe reprocesses and plays some of Shri's sounds and adds and makes some layers and breaks and snatches of electronic stuff. the palette is huge.

David comes to discuss our ideas on how to play back sounds. As we now have such rich bass territories that need more control, we suggest working in 3 layers of combining folders. A bottom one combining the Basses, a mid with the mids and a top layer with the sparkle. we present him the score idea and he goes away to make it happen.