Using prepared guitars, Frith recorded "Clearing" in Stuttgart, Germany in July 2000 in the same vein as "Guitar Solos", and included two additional tracks, "Gaifu Kaisei" and "This Earth is a Flower" that had been recorded earlier.
Using prepared guitars, Frith recorded "Clearing" in Stuttgart, Germany in July 2000 in a similar vein as "Guitar Solos", revisiting areas explored on that album but not developed further at the time. He also included two additional tracks, "Gaifu Kaisei" and "This Earth is a Flower" that had been recorded earlier.