In the spring of 2020, Muddersten did not go to Japan. Nor did the trio collaborate with alive painting artist Akiko Nakayama as planned before the global lockdown. Instead, a video triptych was made by Akiko and sent to the trio serving as a score for a musical performance. The piece was commissioned by Muddersten and had its first performance at the Periferien Festival in Oslo, in August 2020 in the midst of the Covid pandemic.  On this release the trio uses sonic ready-mades as a method for improvisation. Pre-recordings and sound-loops that can be considered as musical analogies to the objects and solid forms in Akiko's alive painting.

When incorporating these musical ready-mades into the performance Muddersten's improvisational flow constantly has to adjust and adapt itself to whatever musical ”other” the tape machine or turntable presents. A vinyl LP called Fyloop (FYLP 1033) from 2013 is one of the main external sound sources used here. When playing this record the pick-up needle won't move towards the center of the LP as it usually does, instead each track leads back to itself in a never-ending circular repetition. It's impossible to know what sound-trap you will be caught up in, just drop the needle and deal with it. These stubborn little sound loops are like islands in the stream as the improvisation gently has to find its way around them. A strategy that makes you roll with the punches and go with the flow in order to provoke greater flexibility into the musical practice. The plan here is to have no plan and to stick to that no matter what. Always expect the unexpected.