The Exchange was first performed at The Centurion, Deptford 6 July 2001. You can listen to the audio here. A CD of the performance is available on application. The performers were: giles perring @ the centurion, deptford, london &endash; electric fretless guitar, electric guitar, sound manipulation is a founder member of ECHO CITY. He produces recorded music in the band UNMEN and plays guitar in YA BASTA and ONEKINGPOETS. michael ray @ new orleans, USA - voice plays trumpet and sings in the SUN RA ARKESTRA and his band THE COSMIC KREWE kate cragg @ tufnell park, london - voice is a lacanian psychoanalyst in the last stages of training john cayley @ highgate ponds, hampstead heath, london - speech translator and poet, recent winner of the ELECTRONIC LITERATURE ORGANISATION'S AWARD FOR POETRY. joe wilton @ peebles, scotland - bagpipes general practitioner and master of highland, northumbrian and english pipes tom day @ cephalonia, greece - trumpet london's newest trumpet talent recently returned from touring in lithuania. paul mackie @ edinburgh - voice is aka paul research, a guitarist and singer, he began his musical career in edinburgh cult band, THE SCARS simon edwards @ somewhere in norfolk - sentir is a versatile bassist and one of the uk's leading exponents of the sentir, and was featured in ORNETTE COLEMAN'S soundtrack for THE NAKED LUNCH. nick cash @ ealing, london - the sounds of loveday road is one half of of the cult band UNMEN, having previously played drums in THE LINES, PRAGVEC and FAD GADGET. carol grimes @ chalk farm, london - voice sings and sings and sings and sings and sings………… ros perring @ corfu - tin whistle is one of london's up and coming wind players, a semi finalist in this year's national schools chamber music competition, equally at home on alto sax, recorders [of all sizes] and tin whistle angela elliot @ melbourne, australia &endash; voice is a violinist, improvising singer, and teacher. her vocal skills can be enjoyed in the london based vocal big band THE SHOUT, NEW LONDON JAZZ VOICES and drum'n'bass outfit CHALK HILL. alan wilkinson @ stoke newington, london - voice is a saxophonixt extraordinaire, known for his solo performances and his playing in HESSIAN, WILKINSON & FELL, and YA BASTA. orlando gough @ brighton - piano was a founder member of THE LOST JOCKEY and MAN JUMPING, he now composes for theatre, dance and THE SHOUT. ivor kallin @ clapton, london - violin and voice is the bass noise behind such utter combos as YA BASTA, THE HERE SHITE REPORT and LEGO [london electric guitar orchestra] chris kerridge @ bude, cornwall - guitar is one of britain's great unsung guitarists, he was one quarter of THE LIFE OF RILEY [not be confused with any other life of rileys], a cornish band whose exploits have passed into legend. ginny clee @ tufnell park , london- voice is a singer and song writer of hugeness whose work is most recently represented in her band THE DEAR JANES &endash; check them out, really. caroline bergvall @ marbella, spain &endash; speech is a poet, performer and a fellow and former director of the performance writing programme at dartington college of arts. rick chew and cheryl pickering @ malvern, worcestershire &endash; piano and voice rick chew is a composer, tenor and pianist. he has written for opera and THE SHOUT. cheryl pickering is is a mezzo-soprano from adelaide, south australia. She has sung in opera, oratorio and comtemporary music and is a member of the vocal big band THE SHOUT