Rarely Heard: Larsen - Radial

I have been a fan of Larsen for a while, and last year I finally got to see them perform with Little Annie as support for the Swans. It was wonderful concert. Here's the story how their first album got recorded: "This Italian quartet initiated a courtship with Young God's Michael Gira by sending him bizarrely packaged CDRs with varying contents, thus enabling Gira to acquaint himself with the band's sound and range. For what purpose was unknown to him at the time. Following a series of these discs, Gira received a final package that included a round-trip flight to Italy and a sum of money -- the producer was invited to work on the band's record. Curiosity aroused, Gira obliged. For three weeks he recorded the band and edited the results without actually seeing the band; the band, a pair of engineers, and the producer communicated through a translator as a screen divided them. " (allmusic.com)