"The artist as Vulcan; music as literal test by fire. Think how often the symbolism of metalworking creeps into writing about improvised music [...] - and it's clear tht the connection between the two sides of Steve Hubback's art works at a deep level, not just as a nicely hegged career desission, you also want to picture what extraordianry thing is making these shimmering sounds. It's aperfect synthesia, the ear hearing and the ear seeing." [WIRE 243, page 14]
