Ostensibly a showcase for Zi Lan Liao, who plays ku-cheng and Chinese harp, this CD is also a showcase for Jah Wobble's world music preoccupations, and handfuls of musical ideas are taken up and strewn across expansive landscapes. A bewildering variety of instruments come into play throughout, from the ku-cheng and harp to Wobble's tight bass playing, Jean Pierre Rasle's bagpipes and crumhorn, the usual wind battery from Clive Bell, and so on. A rapid marching drum rhythm drives much of "The Five Tone Dragon," while "The River" serves up tradition with a side order of pyrotechnic percussion work, programmed drums, ambient thinking, trumpet solos, and more.