Budd, an early practitioner in the ambient school and frequent collaborator with Brian Eno, here teams up with musical nomad Hector Zazou, who had formed evocative partnerships with musicians from Africa to the Far North, from Bill Laswell to Björk.

A quote from the artist responsible for this collection, 'It's about bringing music to people's attention which they've probably never heard before...music shouldn't have boundaries...it's just language, that everyone can identify with. That's the most valuable thing in music today. We're living in that time when things have got to unite.' 14 tracks, artists include Craig Armstrong, U. Srinivas & Michael Brook, Nils Petter Molvaer, Dreadzone, Trilok Gurtu, Photek, Ali Farka Toure, dZihan Kamien, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan & Massive Attack (Remix). 2001.

Anders Ilar (born December 1973) is a Swedish electronic musician and producer. Born in Ludvika, Ilar grew up in the little town that is surrounded by woods and lakes, and started playing the piano when he was six. However, he gradually lost interest after he started taking lessons. Instead, he became fascinated with electronic sounds and science fiction, and grew up listening to Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream. By the time Ilar was a teenager, he spent most of his time playing with synthesizers, sequencers and drum machines, resulting in an almost endless amount of tracks recorded on tape. Never feeling really satisfied with the quality of his productions, he decided to take a break in 1997.