The album also features contributions from multi-instrumentalist Randy Raine-Reusch, who, along with Anderson, contributed much of the ethnic instrumentation present throughout the album. After returning from a conference in Cairo, Egypt, Raine-Reusch was asked to meet with White and Anderson to pick out some world instruments to flesh out certain tracks. The selected instruments were then brought over to the recording studio, which Raine-Reusch had to transport over by truck. He ended up playing a zheng on "To Be Alive", a didjeridoo on "Can I", a tamboura on "Nine Voices", and a finger cymbal known as a Ching, as well as other effects such as a bullroarer throughout the album.