Aidan Baker - guitars, melodica
Leah Buckareff - electric bass
David Nesselhauf - acoustic bass
Katie English - flute
Rose Bolton - violin
Peter Broderick - violin, piano
Angela Chan - viola
Julia Kent - cello
Felicia Atkinson - organ
Aki Yakamoto - piano
Triptychs: Variations On A Melody takes inspiration from Erik Satie's compositions Gymnopédies and his notion of "furniture music," which many consider a precursor to contemporary ambient music. Each "triptych" is based around a simple, slow-moving melodic line, which repeats three times with the addition of a harmonic line upon each repetition, culminating in a three part harmony. Available on CD from Important Records.