In Step Across the Border, two forms of artistic expression—improvised music and cinema direct—are interrelated. In both forms, it is the moment that counts; the intuitive sense of what is happening within a space at a particular time.
Jean Derome, Pavel Fajt, Eitetsu Hayashi, Tim Hodgkinson, Arto Lindsay, René Lussier, Haco, Kevin Norton, Bob Ostertag, Zeena Parkins, Lawrence Wright, John Zorn and many others

Jan Garbarek: saxes, Anouar Brahem: oud, Ustad Shaukat Hussain: tabla

Jan Garbarek: saxes, keyboards, Rainer Brüninghaus: keyboards, Eberhard Weber: bass, Manu Katché: drums, Marilyn Mazur: percussion, Agnes Buen Garnås: vocal, Mari Boine: vocal

Jan Garbarek: saxes, keyboards, percussion, Rainer Brüninghaus: piano, synthesizer, Eberhard Weber: bass, Marilyn Mazur: percussion, drums, Manu Katché: drums, Trilok Gurtu: tabla, Mari Boine: vocal