He is a violinist and composer who hears music in unusual sources such as the ambient noises of a train in the London Underground or the chirping of crickets.

He is a rebel against the traditions of classical music and displays this by bringing a homeless woman living in the Underground on stage for a concert.

Having shocked opera's establishment, he returns home to Melbourne on the death of his younger sister Emma, who suffers a fatal overdose after experimenting with drugs at a rave dance party.

In despair, Alysse falls prey to a sleazy entrepreneur named Hector Lee who owns a club called Trance-Zen-Dance and who is also a drug dealer.

The title track, sung by Lydia Denker, debuted at number thirty-five on the Australian single charts.