Formed in 1986 by the late Roger Sutherland, who was teaching a New Music course, and some of his students – the story goes, they ran out of material to listen to and discuss, so they decided to start making their own – Morphogenesis are still going strong, though their public appearances have become more elusive and less frequent. Charivari Music appeared during a relatively busy time for the group, and their septet line-up is in powerful form, essaying a rich, playfully serious, collective improvised electro-acoustic séance. They achieve that rare phenomenon of moving as one, subsuming individual thumbprints to the group mind.

– Jon Dale