 Following twenty-two years of effort, Bruford had concluded that music business economics and the relationship of work to reward (and even to the practical business of survival) would no longer support either the band or himself.Although the reissue programme on Summerfold continued, Earthworks as an ongoing project was finally and formally closed down on 1 January 2009 (along with all of Bruford's other live and studio projects) when the drummer announced his retirement from playing music at anything other than a teaching level.Cottle returned to various sessions and sideman work, Garland to his other projects, and Simcock (who was now attracting a great deal of critical and music industry attention) to a burgeoning cross-disciplinary career in both jazz and classical music.