In November 1989, Pakistani Sufi Musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and fellow musicians were in Montreal to perform a concert for Traquen' Art.

Elliot Sharp a central figure in the New York Avant-Garde and experimental music scene, was also in Montreal for a separate performance.

Bryan Zuraw, CKUT's Music Coordinator at the time, and CKUT Programmer, Julia Loktev (host of Curiouser and Curiousear) had the brilliant idea of asking them to perform live from our CKUT studios.

CKUT studios, at this time were located in the basement of the Shatner Building of McGill University.

They had never met each other before and come from opposite musical worlds - it's going to be great right?