Welcome reissue on CD of the first recordings from the then loose sound and visual art collective that later morphed into Biota. Made and released in 1979 by an ensemble of 13, it features mainly electric instruments, brass, vocalisation, tapes and (not necessarily conventional) percussion - including piano. With good definition, clean depth of field, transparency and a wide stereo image, the mood is discursive rather than energetic. Though each of the four pieces differs in mood and colour, all share the same sense of a dispassionate and organic coexistence of autonomous elements. It's very different from the juggernaut delirium of their classic Horde but both respect the notion of sound as something separate from its makers - a sum greater than its parts, and with an implacable life of its own.