In its original form, this piece appeared as part of the incidental music Farr composed for the television drama The Strip (Series 1, Episode 8), a show based on a male strip club and its female owner. The music accompanied a smoldering tango between one of the male strippers and the choreographer in front of an enthusiastically screaming crowd of women.
Gareth Farr is an indisputably colourful figure in New Zealand music. And whether scored for percussion duet or the resources of two large orchestras, Farr's music reflects his personality – bold, brash, or delicate and sensuous, but inevitably, immediately, engaging. Rhythmic elements of his compositions can be linked to the complex and exciting rhythms of Rarotongan log drum ensembles, Balinese gamelan and other percussion music of the Pacific Rim. In addition to his music for the concert chamber, Farr has written music for dance, theatre and television.
