Drummer legend Mani Neumeier meets up with guitar extraordinaire Oren Ambarchi and others. "Smoking the Contracts" consists of two extended tracks recorded live in Melbourne in 2007 and 2009. One a duet between Mani and Oren and the other a quartet where the two are joined by Brandan Walls (guitar) and Edmondo Ammendola (bass). Only musicians of this caliber could conjure up a performance as powerful and interwoven as these recordings.