Two years ago, jazz guitar Bill Frisell and drummer Matt Chamberlain spent a few days free-associating in the recording studio.

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Floratone got that and more: This is some of the most vital and exciting guitar work Bill Frisell has ever committed to tape.

NPR: Frisell's Floratone Creates an Exotic New Language

Martine is known as the producer for records by The Decemberists, Laura Gibson and Thao Nguyen, among others, as well as a collaborator with guitarist Bill Frisell.

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He is a sensitive partner in duos (with guitarist Bill Frisell and kora master Foday Musa Suso, among others) and within collectives (he first recorded "Oneness" in 1995, with guitarist John Abercrombie and bassist Dave Holland, in the leaderless Gateway Trio).

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