The album soon finds its rhythm as it alights on the spell-binding and groove-friendly “Bull-Dance”, showing off the best Nucleus has to offer: subtle trumpet melodies, compelling rhythms, a psych-rock vibe and tight soloing. The rest of the musicians represent the two societies of Athens and Crete and their comments on the story as it unfolds. This Be With edition of Labyrinth has been re-mastered from the original Vertigo master tapes, Simon Francis' mastering working together with Pete Norman's cut to weave their usual magic with these wonderful recordings.

Elsewhere 'Paris 2' is a little fuller, with downtempo percussion and busier piano chords and 'The Girl with the Moog in Her Hair' has great retro synths for a subtle cosmic outing.Teasing strands of atmospheric bass clarinet introduce the first theme before swiftly fading out with a startling blast of staccato fanfares and big drums. A circling bass guitar loop inspiring the group to a meditative psychedelic jazz rock improvisation in a silent, Miles kind of way, with a great flugelhorn solo from Carr and an ace synth climax. David Bowie's music is typical for his mid 1980s style, though perhaps because I've heard these tracks so many times that I find them this catchy.

This constant evolution and revolution was all part of the continuous musical exploration and discovery that took jazz to new levels. The final track, the haunting, twelve minute “Naxos”, is an incredible way to close out this remarkable record.And of course there’s Norma Winstone’s stunning wordless vocals, that also take the lead in the next track “Ariadne”, a spacey-jazz song with beautiful piano, flute and clarinet, and the only recognisable lyrics on the album. Labyrinth was the second of three soundtrack releases in which Bowie had a major role, following Christiane F. The first part of the improvised “Arena” closes out the first side of the album, a short experimental piece with piano and horns. It swiftly builds, with vocal melodies, piano and horns all pronounced over the thick drums snapping your neck.