An ever evolving improvising music ensemble.

1) hentai - metamorphosis, transformation
2) improvising - to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously
3) orchestra - a group of musicians including especially string players organized to perform ensemble music

"Music, any music, is at its most interesting when it is still in a state of becoming, before it has settled the debate as to what it is." -Derek Bailey

Players in the game:
"Plonker" (PFFFFT!, Joe and the Sonic Dirt From Madagascar) - eye candy, Jimmy Stewart, boing-boing
"The Rememberer" (the owl and the octopus, jin men ju, blind umizato, Yanari) - conceptualist
"The Bearded Scribe" (PFFFFT!, Stoogeaphilia) - executioner
Marcus Brunt (PFFFFT!) - bass trombone, drums, keyboard, small instruments

Occasional participants:
Matt Hembree (Underground Railroad, Pablo & the Hemphill 7, Goodwin, PFFFFT!) - bass guitar, percussion, guitarron, plastic flute, zither, and accordions
Billy Wilson - theremin

Past contributors:
Sarah Alexander - (Vexed UK and Zanzibar Snails) vocals and electronics
Michael Briggs (Vexed UK, Dirty Water Disease, c e re b oso) - vocals and electronics
Michael Chamy (Zanzibar Snails) - electronics
Mark Cook (Mirror People, Yanari) - Warr guitar and electronics
Bob Fisher (Yanari) - saxophones and flute
Clay Stinnett (The Boom Boom Box) - drums
Jon Teague (The Great Tyrant) - drums