Abstractions and Associations is a collection of colorful, dynamic, and freely improvised performances recorded live at the 3rd Annual Boise Experimental Music Festival, 2008 (www.boisemusicians.com/BEMF-3). Krispen Hartung - Mini archtop guitar, laptop computer, Max/MSP, Reaktor Brian McFadin - Contralto clarinet, toy piano, twanger, recorder, bamboo flute, bells, whistles, vocals, kalimba, tenor sax, bird calls, Peruvian pan pipes, siren Jared Hallock - Drums, toy piano, recorder, bells, shaker, brushes Daryl Shawn - Nylon string guitar, cassette four-track, microcassette Dictaphone Brian Good - Soprano sax, EWI, Nord Micromodular, laptop, Absynth, Sculpture, Cameleon