"Even after all this time this four-piece - Harvest labelmates of Pink Floyd and Deep Purple - sound out on a limb. Chattering percussion with off-kilter oboe, violin, viola and cello take in avantgarde classical, baroque, North African rhythms and the sort of wailing wind that saxist Lol Coxhill added to the records of another Harvest chum, Kevin Ayers ... The soundtrack leans towards gentle harmony rather than the earlier, discordant sounds of Stockhausen. By the time of "Dragon" [by which time they'd been joined by cellist Paul Buckmaster, the arranger of Bowie's "Space Oddity"] the music, while still coming in 10-minute works, had expanded further with elements of drums, guitar and bass; there is even dreamy pop on "Mistress To The Sun". Get to the Peel sessions and they sound positively focused - ready for the big time, which never quite arrived".
