"We decided at the outset to make a set of works which weren’t the same as anything else which we did together (Orch UA, Fjall), which would stretch our imaginations to a point beyond surprise, and on which we would play all the instruments ourselves using the full range of our outrageously large collective resource of acoustic and electronic instruments - (we almost managed this, with the exception of Terry Todd who plays acoustic guitar on one track). We each began around half the tracks before passing over to the other for completion, followed by a period of editing and final tweaking. The composer credits on the sleeve show who started off which tracks. 
 
So, in amongst making Orchestra Of The Upper Atmosphere’s “Theta Six”, forming, playing gigs, and making an album with  new improvising quartet Fjall, plus our own various ongoing studio works, we spent a couple of years making “Private View”.
 
Jan writes in the sleeve notes “The ideas for Private View began when Martin sent along his first collaboration - a suggestion of Five Words - with indications of where to place them. The words Jan chose were like a treatise on painting, mark line form colour frame, reminding her of the theories and works of Paul Cézanne, where painterly ideas were imbued with such feeling that the theories seemed an afterthought. This led to more music collaboration where favourite artists’ works were a treasure trove of influence and interpretation. The paintings are not in any order of preference, but works that are timeless and meaningful to the players in some way.”
 
This feels like a special work. It comes from two musicians who know each other well, working with every bit of skill at our disposal to make a different sort of album full of interest and detail, and which we hope you will want to return to many times."  – Martin Archer