It was no easy task to compose a little sister to such an older brother as the ""Tango en skaï"". It was written under extreme conditions (taking just a night and a day), andfirst performed in equally arduous circumstances (just three days later, by the capable hands of that excellent guitarist Aniello Desiderio, in Hungary). This littlework nevertheless manages to waltz its way through melancholy, dissonance and humour, while nonchalantly juggling with a fairly demanding tasklist. Its only realliberty is the use of the tape, left to the discretion of the performer. (R.D.)