If you listened to Goodman and Hammer's work with Mahavishnu, you have some idea of what to expect, but this is far more of a studio date, much more dependent upon electronics than anything they've done previously. Extensive overdubbing almost always sounds forced, sterile, test-tube music. This session is alive. Segue to a second theme harmonized by Goodman on violins and violas. Definitely a song to avoid if you're susceptible to paranoia.
Earth is really attractive.
The lead riff, done on bass Moog, seems both Afro and ricky-tick, if such a mixture can be imagined. Side two contains some more adventurous metric experiments. Tones sounds like it's in 5, but the 5 seems to me just slightly off-center, creating some effective tension. There's actually no horizontal development to speak of, but the mood-tentative, somewhat sad, but also whimsical is effectively conveyed. The first part of Night , however, is quite similar in voicing and feeling.