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Visionary stuff from Harry Partch – the kind of record that's a great introduction to his music – and a relic from an era when mindbending, rule breaking sound art could come out on a label like Columbia! There's lots of Partch's weird invented instruments – like chromelodeon, diamond marimba, mazda marimba, cloud-chamber bowls, gourd tree, and the crazy "spoils of war – but it's engrossing, and confluently rhythmic material that really pulls you in. Conducted by Danlee Mitchell under the supervision of Partch. The titles are long, and include "Castor & Pollux", "Daphne Of the Dunes", and "Barstow", which is "eight hitchiker inscriptions from a railway railing at Barstow, CA".

A bit more hippy-dippy than some of Partch's earlier work, but still excellent stuff, and featuring the usual host of odd-sounding, Partch-invented, homemade instruments! Titles include "A Court In Its Own Contempt Rises To A Motherly Apotheosis", "A Lost Political Soul Finds Himself Among The Voteless Women Of Paradise", and "Two Detectives On The Trail Of A Tricky Culprit Turn In Their Badges".