Although
Lol Coxhill's name is listed first, this is really his partner's recording.
Morgan Fisher wrote almost all the tunes, conceived the project, and dominates most of the CD. He writes that he "perhaps" intended to "produce the minimum 'amount' of music" required to hold the listener's attention. The results are mostly static and even dull, with droning electronics rarely giving way to anything remotely stimulating. While the detailed liners discuss the way in which tape delays, "mathematically calculated loops," and "permutations" of notes were utilized, the listener is left with the sinking feeling that not much is happening. For those who recognize
Coxhill for his audaciously original concepts, there is little here of which to grab hold. The most interesting moments probably take place on his vocalizing of the short "Pretty Little Girl," although there are many better examples of the saxophonist to be found elsewhere. The concept of risk-taking is that sometimes the risks fail, and sometimes they produce far-reaching results. Unfortunately, this is a case of the former. ~ Steven Loewy