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LONG OVERDUE REPRESS FOR THIS RELEASE: FIRST TIME AT FORTE: THE CURRENT PINNACLE FROM THE QUINTET OF NEIL CAMPBELL, BRIDGIT RILEY, JULIAN BRADLEY, MICHAEL FLOWER, AND ADAM DAVENPORT WAS ASSEMBLED FROM RECORDINGS OF THEIR WEEKLY SESSIONS IN FLOWER?S KITCHEN. THE TRACKS HERE REPRESENT THE JOYOUS, CELEBRATORY SIDE OF VCO?ALL FORWARD MOTION, MASSED STRINGS, PERCUSSION, HORNS, AND LITTLE INSTRUMENTS ROCKETING FORWARD IN A SWIRL OF SOUND. COMPARED TO THE MORE AUSTERE SOUNDS OF LINO HI AND VERSATILE ARAB CHORD CHART, THE TRACKS HERE TAKE OFF FROM THE SPOT WHERE THE LOOSE HIPPIE-CHANT-AND-DRUM ACTION OF COLLECTIVES LIKE AMON DUUL INTERSECTS WITH THE POLYGLOT INSTRUMENTAL APPROACH OF MID-60S SUN RA (REF. EXOTIC FOREST, SHADOW WORLD, ETC). 'THERE IS NO CHORD FORMATION THAT CAN BE PLANNED,' SAYS CAMPBELL, 'WHICH CREATES ELATION OR SADNESS, OR ANY ART WHICH IS PROFOUND ENOUGH TO CHANGE ANYTHING FUNDAMENTAL ABOUT A PERSON. THERE IS JUST A RESONANCE AROUND US WHICH MUSICIANS AND ARTISTS ARE USING OR NOT USING.