Producer and multi-instrumentalist Jochen Petersen (g, as, ts, fl, cl, voc) was the driving force behind the project, which was joined in the early 1970s by musicians Lorenz Köhler (voc), Manfred Schulz (g, voc), Wulf-Dieter Struntz (org, p), Wolfgang Kracht (b, voc) and Bernd Schröder (dr, perc) and was then named Ikarus. This short-lived Hamburg sextet played quite complex progressive rock, partly jazzy, partly symphonic. The versatile sound with English vocals featured the interplay of guitar and organ, while wind instruments such as saxophone, flute and clarinet added additional timbres to the four long compositions.

Recorded at Studio Maschen, they released their first and only album in 1971 on Petersen's small label +plus+, where he also served as producer. Like the previous albums on this low-budget label, Tomorrow's Gift and Wind, the third release was also a commercial failure, and the band soon split up. Today, the extremely rare LP on the +plus+ label is recognised as one of the first progressive jazz-rock albums from Germany and is accordingly sought after in collector circles.