As England’s Melody Maker wrote in 1977: "It’s like a massed gathering of the ECM All-Stars…Vesala’s big ensemble plays finely-blended music. Every voice fits perfectly: the bass clarinet matching the tones of Danielsson’s arco play; Vesala himself free to embellish with arhythmical coloration; the horns holding down mysterious collective chordings, and Terje Rypdal pulling fizzing electronic surprises in the middle of Manfred Eicher’s panoramic sound-mix."