Arve Henriksen: trumpet, voice, Jan Bang: live sampling, programing, Audun Kleive: percussion, David Sylvian: voice, samples, Helge Sunde: strings arrangemets, Eivind Aarset: guitar, Lars Danielsson: bass, Erik Honoré: synthesizer, sampler Tria Mediaeval, Vérène Andronikof: voice

Lester Bowie: trumpet, Joseph Jarman: reeds, percussion, Roscoe Mitchell: reeds, percussion, Malachi Favors Moghostut: bass, percussion, melodica, vocal, Famoudou Don Moye: drums, percussion

Bernie Mallinger - violin, Johannes Dickbauer - violin, Cynthia Liao - viola, Asja Valcic - cello, Klaus Paier - accordion, bandoneon

In Summer 2007, invited by Kent Nagano to the Munich Opera Festival, singer Theo Bleckmann meets the group Kneebody to create a new song cycle from works by Charles Ives. Twelve compositions for voice and piano/ensemble/orchestra, written by this significant American composer at the start of the 20th century, will be reworked by Theo Bleckmann and members of Kneebody.

Theo Bleckmann - voice, live electronic processing, Ben Wendel - tenor sax, bassoon, melodica, effects, Adam Benjamin - piano, Fender Rhodes, Wurlitzer, effects, Shane Endsley - trumpet, percussion, effects, Kaveh Rastegar - electric and acoustic bass, effects, Nate Wood - drums

Lester Bowie, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, Malachi Favors Maghoustus, Famoudou Don Moye, Donald Smith,  Fred Williams, Philip Wilson, Hugh Ragin, George Lewis, Matthew Shipp, Craig Taborn, Jaribu Shahib, William Parker, Tani Tabbal, Gerald Cleaver

Chick Corea: piano, Ida Kavafian: violin, Theodore Arm: violin, Steven Tenenbom: viola, Fred Sherry: viloncello, Steve Kujala: flute, Peter Gordon: French horn

Zakir Hussain: tabla, percussion, vocal, Hariprasad Chaurasia: flute, John McLaughlin: guitar,
Jan Garbarek: tenor and soprano sax

Kai Brückner: guitars,  Christian Kögel: guitars,  Andreas Walter: bass, Jerry Granelli: drums, percussion