On the album, Schweizer is joined by vocalist Maggie Nicols, trombonist George Lewis, pianist Lindsay Cooper, bassist Joëlle Léandre, and drummers Paul Lovens and Günter Sommer.

"[4] Writing for All About Jazz, Derek Taylor remarked: "Attaching a play-by-play to all the delirious, irreverent action and reaction ends up a pointless pursuit within mere minutes.

A marker for various partnerships that have since made good on their promises tenfold, this music still packs an enjoyable jolt on par with its initial release.

"[6] In an article for Paris Transatlantic, Dan Warburton wrote: "These days, now that the molten lava of free improv has cooled to form a number of well-charted islands, it's even more refreshing to rediscover a music that moves effortlessly between high octane free, Darmstadt pointillism, Cathy Berberian theatrics and even stride and boogie woogie.

"[7] Kurt Gottschalk, writing for Signal to Noise, commented: "Two decades later, it's easy to see this album as a statement of what was then a new form of creative improvising.