Amsterdam-based clarinettist Gareth Davis and American guitarist Steven R Smith recorded their Westeringalbum in May 2008 at Worstward Studios in Los Angeles.

Gareth Davis is a performer of contemporary composition while at the same time working with improvising musicians such as Jon Balke and Terje Rypdal as well as electronic artists including Machinefabriek and Ryan Teague (Type Records) and has recently completed the Rabbit At The Airportseries of LPs with Martin Stig Andersen and Robin Rimbaud (aka Scanner).

Steven R Smith has been releasing solo records for more than a decade as well as playing in various improvisational groups including Thuja, Hala Strana and most recently Ulaan Khol.

This collaboration has created the perfect meeting place for Smith's scrapings and various layers of musical detritus, and Davis's textural, guttural and almost feedback laden bass clarinet. The result is a delicate and abstract musical language of shifting moods and textures.

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