Since the project started, we have been collaborating with the composer and improviser Henrik Frisk, who has both composed works for the ensemble as well as toured with the group as a lap top improviser. The main ambition with The Six Tones is to create a foundation for a meeting between two distinct musical cultures on equal terms. Building on a concept of mutual learning, musical traditions from Viet Nam and Europe are brought together into music that aims to reach beyond a mere collage-like superimposition of elements and strive for a more complex and experimentally oriented sound. Since 2006 the group has toured Asia, the US and in Europe. In October, two new releases featuring the group are “Signal in Noise”, a double CD recorded with guest artists from the experimental music scene in Hanoi and “(re)thinking improvisation”, a box with a double CD with musicians from three continents, a DVD and a book.