Ende März erscheint der erste Artist Talk einer geplanten Spoken Words-Reihe, die von Ehsam Saboohi und der Post-Orientalism Music Community kuratiert wird. Sprecher ist hier der britische Vokalperformer, Schmerz und Angsttherapeut Andrew Cheffings, der u.a. über Konzepte der Heilung und Gewaltlosigkeit referiert. Das Album erscheint digital bei Noise à Noise. Mehr über Cheffings Ansatz und Werdegang findet sich auf der Bandcampseite des Releases, auf der einige Auszüge bereits erhältlich sind.

“Narratives of non-violence, inclusion and healing. These are the narratives I aspire to in my work with healing, writing and music. I trained initially at Dartington College of Arts 1986-89 in Community Arts and N. Indian Classical Vocal performance. My Community Arts work took me into many and varied contexts and I developed a passion for inclusion, particularly inclusion in the production process (composing and improvising) of music. It always seemed to me that this Community Arts work was part of healing practice and I have since done training in hypnotherapy, mindfulness and Pain Reprocessing Therapy in order to broaden this healing in the body-mind. It almost goes without saying that inclusion and healing are acts of non-violence.” (Andrew Cheffings)