Despite her popularity female singer UA goes against the grain of mainstream pop to produce challenging music, none more than on this new album. Her unlikely collaborators are Balinese gamelan group, Gamelan Semarandana, which makes for a strange concoction with UA improvising over the top of one of Bali's top gamelan orchestras. Elsewhere she is joined by Japanese avant garde and experimental musicians for some more unusual outings, which feature Hiromichi Sakamoto (cello) and Takero Sekijima (tuba) also of Cicala Mvta.
