The five musicians Markus Stockhausen, Tara Bouman, Stefano Scodanibbio, Fabrizio Ottaviucci and Mark Nauseef had known each other since the 1980s. A sense of friendship on both personal and artistic levels grew among these musicians, as did the wish to make a recording of their 'Intuitive Music': a music that is fleeting – since it is only intended for the moment – but nevertheless deserves documentation. This is what motivated the present recordings. In February 2008, the five musicians met at Elmau Castle in the Bavarian Alps. For four days, they played together intuitively, without music or prior discussion. Walter Quintus recorded all these encounters and mixed them very skillfully.

Stefano Scodanibbio died on 8 January 2012, much too young, after a long illness. This music is dedicated to him.