In many ways, you can think of this as an affectionate paean to the history of British improv. Back in December 1991, percussionist Mark Wastell attended an all-day benefit gig for legendary improviser/poet Terry Day at the Red Rose Theatre in Finsbury Park (the improv scene's defacto home in those pre-Cafe OTO days). Among the many acts he witnessed was an unaccompanied spoken recitation by the equally legendary drummer, improv pioneer and founder of Spontaneous Music Ensemble, John Stevens. After acquiring an audience recording of the piece, Wastell transcribed Stevens' words and, in 2017, used them as the basis for a group improvisation, with comedian Stewart Lee narrating what amounts to a manifesto for improvisers: “Within the moment with wholeness and understanding… a manifestation of sharing, it could be anything, inspiration externalised.” On the two versions included here (just shy of half an hour long each), Lee's voice skips across the surface of atmospheric drones and rumbling tones full of creaking double basses, modular synth fizz and wibble, and rippling pools of electric piano. It's a big-hearted, 21st century tribute to the roots of free improvisation.