[1] The band started out as a free jazz quintet sprung out from the conservatory in Trondheim, but now incorporates a wide variety of genres, such as jazz, rock, pop music, bluegrass, classical and – most significantly – Bulgarian folk music.
Multi-instrumentalist Stian Carstensen is a sort of front figure, though guitarist Nils-Olav Johansen performs most of the lead vocals.
[1] The band's original saxophonist Håvard Lund left the group in 1995, and they looked to Bulgaria for a replacement.
It is a live recording from two concerts held at Moldejazz 1994 with members from Grammy Award-winning[3] Bulgarian female vocal group Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares and two Bulgarian folk musicians.
[4] It was released on Ipecac Recordings, a label distributed by the Universal Music Group.