Complex improvised electronic textures bounce around the sound stage in this spontaneous performance from free jazz trio Lifeline (Pat Thomas, Dominic Lash and Tony Orrell), which draws on various musics: noise, dance, rock.

"What makes a band a band? The most obvious answer is surely "its members". If that were the whole story then the music on this album would be by Bleyschool - the name that Pat Thomas, Tony Orrell, and Dominic Lash usually appear under when performing as a classic piano trio (piano, drums, double bass), with two albums to date.

As Lifeline, the same three musicians are as determinedly electric as Bleyschool is resolutely acoustic: keyboards/electronics, electroacoustic percussion and electronics, electric guitar. The musicians have many years' familiarity with one another, but here they eschew the stability of a familiar instrumentation.

Pat Thomas: keyboard, electronics

Dominic Lash: electric guitar

Tony Orrell: electric drums, cymbals