Corea’s foray into electric music erred towards the OTT – his group Return to Forever went from ferocious virtuosity to prog rock, and while Corea’s original compositions demanded a high level of musicianship, aesthetic consideration was often squeezed out in favour of jaw-dropping displays of chops.

When the Elektric Band was formed a decade or so later, the same considerations seemed paramount, again a high level of musicianship where the means became the end, such as the OTT fusion-fest of Beneath the Mask (a fleet of removal vans was required to transport Corea’s Kurzweil, Synclavair, minimoog, Korg Waveframe, Roland Super Jupiter D-550, Prophet VS, MIDI Rhodes, Yamaha KX5 and Yamaha S-CF III synths into the studio).

Paint the World was perhaps a tacit admission that things may have gone a tad too far in the widdly-widdly department, as Corea pulls back to a more modest concert grand and a Fender Rhodes with this 1993 reincarnation of the Elektric band and some new faces. Things are a little more considered on ‘Blue Miles,’ ‘Reprise,’ ‘Silhouette’ and there’s a nod to the first version of Return to Forever with ‘Tone Poem.’

Altogether a more digestible outing, even if it did mean perhaps suppressing Corea’s sheer love of music making and the maxim, if you’ve got it, flaunt it.