In conversing with their own Sylvania, Brötzmann and Bennink became totally inspired by it – it's a reciprocal arrangement (the fauna react too) imbued with a sense of fun that's as palpable as it is infectious.

"[9] Writing for The New York City Jazz Record, Kurt Gottschalk stated that the music is "filled with adventure," and noted: "There's a sense that, perhaps more than ever for the impromptu wilderness troubadours, anything was good to go.

"[14] The Wire's Daniel Spicer commented: "Let loose in this environment, Brötzmann and Bennink explore their surroundings with a childlike sense of wonder and inquisitive mischief...

Here, the act of becoming lost in the woods is a way of entering a kind of shamanic consciousness... To play there is to step outside of time and exist in an exquisite cosmic present.

So it was not altogether unexpected when I played this track for a second time that my 20 month old son suddenly came running into the living room, said 'rain', went over to a speaker, looked behind it, and then sat down a foot in front of it, transfixed, laughing with delight.