Helmut Hachmann (sax, fl), Harald Gleu (g, voc), Wolfgang Spillner (dr, voc) and Michael Ufer (b) from Hamburg founded the band Ardo Dombec in 1970. They played an earthy, sometimes bluesy jazz rock, dominated by Hachmann's saxophone, accompanied by sparkling jazz guitar and driving rhythms. In the summer of 1971, they recorded their first and only album at the Windrose Studio in Hamburg. It was one of the first releases on Rolf Ulrich Kaiser's legendary Pilz label. The producer was Jürgen Schmeisser, who discovered and produced numerous bands for the BASF sub-label. Despite additional progressive borrowings with virtuoso flute playing and lyrics sung in English, their debut LP was not a success. The band broke up at the turn of the year 1972/73.
The album with its bizarre cover, which shows a blood-stained ice cream cone with a cactus sticking out of it, is one of the rarest records on the Pilz label, as it is said to have been pressed in only 2,000 copies.
