Cellist Erik Friedlander, percussionist Satoshi Takeishi, and Yoon Jeong Heo, geomungo. Erik Friedlander is a composer, improviser, classical musician, and jazz artist who has backed up John Zorn, Laurie Anderson, and Courtney Love and recorded eight CDs as a group leader. Satoshi Takeishi is a drummer, percussionist, and arranger who has performed Latin-fusion music in Colombia with Macumbia and recorded and performed with Nestor Torres, Ray Barretto, and Carlos "Patato" Valdes, among others.