"[2] The album of solo piano performances by Battaglia was recorded at the Fazioli Concert Hall in Sacile, Italy[2] in May 2016.

[4] Of the tracks, five ("Pelagos", "Halap", "Exilium", "Migration Mantra" and "Ufratu") are Battaglia compositions,[1] eleven are improvisations[2] and one is a traditional Arabic song, "Lama Bada Yatathanna", that is performed twice.

[2] Some of the track titles are in keeping with the album's theme: "Lampedusa" is an Italian island where migrant boats from Libya landed.

[2] The first of these four is an improvisation; "Crushed notes, in pairs, become slowly louder, in protest or simply in pain.

[2] The final two "are founded on a few dark repeating left-hand chords like knells of finality, from which Battaglia's right hand seeks release in markings upon silence, in isolated notes that gather to bare melodies.