Quantum embodies the principle of “psychodyslepsis” described by Morse Peckham in Man’s Rage For Chaos. Peckham posited that the artist’s role is not to elicit order from chaos, but to destroy the preconceptions that deafen our senses and bind us to the mundane. On the disc, a woman tenderly reciting poetry accompanied by harmonium drones leads into echoes stirred from the undercurrents of the soul; mutant birdcalls open a vast expanse resounding with keening bass and soprano sax blowing by Evan Parker; an innocent, yet provocative “Fol de Rol” leads to glossolalia that would curl Diamanda Galas’ short hairs. An aural tour of the dark places, Quantum sounds both fresh and timeless.