..Sure, you can shake your body to these huge beats
and enticing textures, but there always seems to be
something important happening in these songs. . songs
take you on a journey that is mystical, even while the
couple next to you flails away like dervishes. This is
a treat.
--American Newspaper Group
...Ultra-tasty drum & bass from NYC. This one is going
straight into my "listen to it a home" stack..
--Keyboard
...menacing bass lines, spin through a variety of
complex and enveloping textures en route to combining
to form a final product both danceable and
meditative..
--All Music Guide
...provides a rich tapestry of electronic sound which
bodes well for the future.
--Barcode
...wonderful music to work by, but better to dance to...
--New Haven Advocate
...This is not street music, nor is it urban--this
tuneage is set on an investigation of savage realms
beyond the concept of civilization, where sound and
intellect blend to bring into existence a
teeth-grinding yet hypnotic experience...
--Sonic Curiosity
...a high degree of electronic musicianship. The
production is razor sharp, which make the percussion
and sequencing more appreciated. psychedelic fx'd
serpent-conjuring flute, gooey dub rhythms, campy
piano/guitar touches, symphonic-techno keys... in
other words, a lot! I'm not trying to describe this in
a linear fashion, but don't worry, it's all totally
coherent and composed...
--Aural Innovations
...This would work very well in a film soundtrack where
an action sequence required pulse pounding intensity
to accompany the moving images. tracks that are
clearly NOT like all other copycats. This is fresh,
original work capable of transcending the age and
genre boundaries that are sometimes foolishly set up
as limitations...
--Starvox
As a conductor
...In 'The Bed,' which recalls Caroline's suicide, the pure voices of a children's choir float to join the singer as he muses, 'Oh, oh, oh, what a feeling,' and linger after he's done in ghostly, wordless swoops of dissonance that met a stunned silence at St. Ann's."
-- Jon Pareles, The New York Times, 12/16/06
"The brilliance of Reed's writing for Berlin was the irony of combinations... [including] the blinding melancholy of 'Sad Song,' especially when the Brooklyn Youth Chorus went into a breathtaking loop of the title chorus, soaring and diving in defiantly bright grandeur."
-- David Fricke, Rolling Stone, 12/15/06
"The choir added numerous ethereal touches, including spooky vocal swirls on the suicide-themed number "The Bed."
-- Frank Scheck, Reuters, 12/19/06