Joseph Petric began exploring electroacoustic media in the early 1980s. Gems is a compendium of some of his most performed commissions in the 1980s. The electroacoustic works included in this disc by composers Hatch and Hatzis represent a breakthrough in the marriage of computer technology and the practical exigencies of concert production.

The series of compact discs New Music from the Americas seeks to showcase and promote music which represents the unique artistic vision of composers from the three Americas.