It is at once a continuation of Murail's previous explorations and a radically new departure. Whereas most of his previous music relied essentially on continuous transformation of the material, Time and Again is abrupt and cut up, resulting in a structure of "flashbacks, premonitions and loops". The image is that of a time machine enabling the listener to jump forwards or backwards through the music so that future moments may be glimpsed or pre-echoed and past oves reviewed - as suggested by the...