‘The Arrow of Time’ features seven world premiere recordings of pieces commissioned by seven contributors to the Palintropos Indiegogo recording funding project. The pieces are varied in style and express Stewart's love for experimentation and boundary crossing between genres. Some of the pieces explore polyrhythmic tempi (think Ligeti Etudes) whilst others explore territories more familiar to the sound worlds of Nils Frahm, Olafur Arnalds. The disc also includes three bonus tracks, of which two Uji 1.1 and Uji 1.3 are excerpts from a larger forthcoming project Everything and Nothing. British born composer, pianist and producer Michael Stewart studied with composition with John Tavener in the late 70s. In 2019 he founded the record label A Flock Ascending and the label debuted with the world premiere recording of John Tavener's Palintropos for piano and orchestra in 2020, with the Japanese pianist ARUHI making her debut recording, together with the New London Orchestra conducted by Ronald Corp. The recording received critical acclaim, from Gramophone Magazine, BBC Music Magazine, The Times, and The Morning Star. The album also included Michael Stewart's Beyond Time and Space for piano and electronics and strings.