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In the spring of 2021, Ring van Möbius was approached by performer and choreographer Harald Beharie to write the music for his next solo performance. This honorable task started a collaborative process involving various artists with different artistic expressions, culminating in January 2022 with the premiere of InchBatty BwoyInch in Dansens Hus in Oslo, Norway. The project was soon nominated for the Norwegian Critics Association Prize 2022.InchThis album, however, is not the actual soundtrack for the finalized commissioned work itself, rather a reflection of the early visions; spontaneous reactions and a starting point for further collaborationInch according to the band, InchBeing an independent body of work based on our early initial musical ideas, this can be referred to as loosely inspired by, but not limited to, the original concept by Harald Beharie.Inch A demo recording was soon produced; a recording of said initial ideas, which became a point of reference, taking the material in a certain direction, but also the starting point for this album, taking it in another direction, further developed solely by Ring van Möbius. Hence, emerging from a common musical source material came three similar but different works. Firstly, the demo recordings, secondly the musical outcome of this commissioned work, and thirdly this very album. This is the fully developed Ring van Möbius version, this is InchCommissioned Works pt II Six Drops Of PoisonInch- Fans of true prog rock and band such as E.L.P, King Crimson, Van Der Graaf Generator - Long awaited 3rd album after the success Past the Evening Sun (2018) and The 3rd Majesty (2020).1. The 1st Chapter Elements, including a) In Awe, b) The Portrait2. The 2nd Chapter The Fire (pt I)3. The 3rd Chapter Moments and Movements, including a) The Questioning, b) Circles & Crosses, c) The Drifting (pt I)4. The 4th Chapter Through Oc