“I came to collect my art”, sings the voice of Bruce Naishana, the former drummer with The New Zealand National Orchestra. He was also “King Of The Gong Players”, touring Europe with his group The Oui-Kings. Naishana passed away two years ago, but the group he led continue to record in his memory.

"Cut Silt Mater" is a glimmering piece of music, a meditative introduction to the quarry workings behind London’s Garrick Gallery. The background is sparse and occasionally forbidding – train engine noises, engine smoke, some machinery humming indistinctly behind closed doors. During the course of the album, strange happenings ensue, as Naishana’s group grapple with the complexities of their new environment. The opening “The Skitters” track is built up from samples of various kinds gathering in a shadowy echo chamber. Later, a strange buzzing begins, its own kind of unease playing over the stuttering engine. Then comes “Battersea Dogs”, a delicate jangle of softness and tingle, its own odd grey area of physicality.

Naishana always emphasised freedom of movement over formula, and he’s kept that philosophy at the heart of Cut Silt Mater.