In this world of seven billion souls and dwindling resources, it's good to see a couple of musicians taking recycling seriously. Across their debut album, Fairhall and Rogers employ a number of strategies for melding living improvisation with archival material – to striking effect. On ‘Ivy Smith’, Fairhall provides a stride-blues accompaniment for a scratchy recording of the eponymous 1920s vaudeville singer, dueting from beyond the grave. ‘Pine Apple Rag’ is a Scott Joplin tune played pretty straight, with extra “sound sculpture” effects added by Rogers. There are more complex conceptual gambits, too: ‘Catfish’ combines a recording of percussive Delta blues guitar with Fairhall's strident McCoy Tyner-inspired piano, all wrapped up in 7/4 time and topped off with howling wind effects, to create a proggy caravan rolling over endless desert sands. And, on tunes like ‘Stavin’ Chain’ and ‘The Katy Line’ Fairhall reveals a flair for thorny knots of lower register free-piano, leant extra depth and darkness by Rogers’ juddering and clanking manipulations. This fascinating project deserves and rewards careful study – and it's good for your mental environment, too.