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An intersection of two luminous lines! This is the album where I truly discovered Eberhard Weber, through his composition "Forty Colours," one of the high points of this album.

Eberhard and Volker played together for a bit under the aegis of Volker's Spectrum, but it was not to last - Eberhard needed the freedom to showcase his bass as a front line instrument and left after the following album. To my (admittedly unsophisticated) ears, however, no tension or awkwardness shows.

To put it as simply as possible, this is a joyful jazz-funk excursion. Highly polished production, some jazz fiddle action, some inspired compositions...put this on your turntable if you're lucky or at least your bluetooth speakers and you WILL be hipper than your respective "thou." Full of energy and fun, even at its saddest ("The Lame Donkey"), I feel like it's almost too good for its era. And it limbos under the "prog" line for its rock touches and experimental nature. But even at its most experimental ("Electric Blue") it remains accessible and, at its most dated ("Electric Blue" again!) it still manages to reach past its "time" and not FEEL dated, just listenable. For me, "Between the Seasons", "Forty Colours," and "Blue Titmouse" are the standouts, but there's no track on this one that makes my thumb head for the "skip" button.

Fusion is a dirty word sometimes, but this album is a good kind of dirty.

Worth a listen, and another and another and....

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