A beautiful disc of lush melodies and catchy rhythms by Paul M. Douglas.

dearness features Fred Frith, certainly one of the great contributors to adventurous new music, John Oswald, (in)famous for his landmark plunderphonics work, and Anne Bourne, who carries her sense of musical adventure along with her cello gracefully across the musical spectrum.

This uniquely thrilling brassy ensemble includes Hugh Fraser's most diverse compositions from African, Latin to European forms that invoke the full contemporary musical spectrum and create a sonic feast like never heard before.