ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi wˈʌn hiː spˈɛnt sˈɪks mˈʌnθs ɪn tˈoʊkɪˌoʊ, wˈʌn jˈɪɹ ɪn nˈuː jˈɔːɹk sˈɪɾi ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi tˈuː, ænd ˈæftɚ dɪsbˈændɪŋ spˈeɪsbɑːks, tə lˈɪv fɹʌm nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi fˈaɪv ɪn bɜːlˈɪn, wˌɛɹ hiː ɹᵻdˈuːst hɪz ɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəl mjˈuːzɪk tʊ ɐ mˈeɪnli ˌɪnstɹəmˈɛntəl wˌʌn, ɹˈiːəlˌaɪzɪŋ ɪt wɪð sᵻlˈɛktᵻd mjuːzˈɪʃənz ˌɔn sˈaʊnd kˈæɹɪɹz wˈʌn ˌɛlpˈiː, wˈʌn sˌiːdˈiː, ɪnðə lˈæst jˈɪɹz ɡˈɪvɪŋ mˈoːɹ pɹaɪˈɔːɹᵻɾi tə ðə plˈeɪɪŋ ʌv hɪz mˈoʊdəl mˈaɪnɚ kˈɑːnstənt stɹˈʌktʃɚ blˈuːz ænd wˈɜːkɪŋ æt ðə sˈeɪm tˈaɪm ɪn koʊˈɑːpɚɹˈeɪʃən wɪððə dˈʌtʃ mˌʌltɪmˈiːdiːə ˈɑːɹɾɪst ˈɑːdʒə wˈɑːlweɪk ɔnðɪ ᵻlˈæbɚɹˌeɪt sˈɔŋ pɹˈɑːdʒɛkt tˈeɪks ˌɔn wˈɜːdz tˈuː sˌiːdˌiːˈɛs.
In 1981 he spent six months in Tokyo, one year in New York City in 1982, and after disbanding Spacebox, to live from 1985 in Berlin, where he reduced his original music to a mainly instrumental one, realizing it with selected musicians on sound carriers (1 LP, 1 CD), in the last years giving more priority to the playing of his Modal Minor Constant Structure Blues and working at the same time in cooperation with the Dutch multimedia artist Aja Waalwijk on the elaborate song project Takes on Words (2 CDs).