The show was in two parts: Part 1. the performance of the album "Slope", and after a short interval, Part 2. the performance of "Swimming In Qualia - Ascent"
The musicians with Steve Jansen on stage were: Takagi Masakatsu (keyboards) and Keigo Oyamada (guitar) and Seigen Tokuzawa, (cello) leading a string quartet: Masahiko Todo (1st violin), Mika Naramura (2nd violin), Mikiyo Kikuchi (viola). Shoko Ise provided visuals. These visuals were featured throughout almost the entire set and the vocalists who featured on the album all contributed to the films with their performance. These were: Tim Elsenburg, Anja Garbarek, Thomas Feiner, David Sylvian, David Sylvian with Joan Wasser & Nina Kinert.
The show was recorded and released on DVD entitled "The Occurence of Slope" [more here]
Rehearsals took place over a period of four days from 25th to 28th February