Electric Guitars ~ Rene Akan, Morgan Michael Craft, Kirk Douglas, Vernon Reid, Greg Tate, Shoshana Vogel
Electric Bass ~ Maximina Juson & Jared Michael Nickerson
Acoustic Bass ~ Jason Tobias DiMatteo
Electronic Drums ~ Swiss Chris
Trap Drums ~ Qasim Naqvi
Percussion ~ Tia Nicole Leak
Tablas ~ Suphala
Acoustic Piano & Organ ~ Vijay Iyer
Synth ~ Bruce Mack
Cello ~ Julia Kent & Nioka Workman
Dulcimer ~ Honeychild Coleman
Trumpet ~ Lewis ‘Flip’ Barnes
Flute ~ Monet Dunahm, Atiba Wilson & Satch Hoyt
Tenor Sax ~ Micah Gaugh
Vocals ~ Lisala Beatty & Justice Dilla X
Spanish Castle Magic Contralto ~ Eisa Davis
Poems ~ Latasha N. Nevada Diggs & Shariff Simmons
Rhymes ~ Mugabe
Conversational French ~ Davida Tretout & Satch Hoyt
“Bench” Playas ~ Myles Reilly & Shazad Ismaily

Conduction & Production ~ Greg Tate
Executive Production ~ Jared Michael Nickerson
Recording Engineer ~ Peter Karl
Studio Recordings ~ The Fifth House – Brooklyn N.Y. – May 2000-July 2001
Live Material Recordings ~ The Anchorage Brooklyn Bridge July 21st, 2000 for the Creative Time “Concrete Jungle” event.

Graphic Design ~ Susanne Cerha
Graphic Production ~ Jerri Myer
Photography ~ Arthur Jaffa
All music composed by Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber except – Castles Made of Sand by Jimi Hendrix – If There’s A Hell Below by Curtis Mayfield – Round Midnight by T. Monk, C. Williams & B. Hannigen – At Midnight ( My Love Will Lift You Up ) by T. Maiden & L. Washburn – Take My Hand by Lisala Beatty – No Poema Concrete Blues lyrics by Latasha N. Nevada Diggs – Fubraction lyrics by Shariff Simmons – Keep It Real Til It Flatlines lyrics by Mugabe